Butch Metzger
Clarence Edward Metzger
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 23, 1952 in Lafayette, IN
High School: Kennedy (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Final Game: June 28, 1978
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 22 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 3.55 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 11 5 5 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 60 107 1.816 7.8 0.0 8.5 3.6 0.42
1975 23 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 7.71 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.2 6 4 4 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 24 45 2.143 11.6 1.9 7.7 11.6 1.50
1976 24 SDP NL 11 4 .733 2.92 77 0 62 0 0 16 123.1 119 44 40 5 52 14 89 3 1 0 528 113 1.386 8.7 0.4 3.8 6.5 1.71 RoY-1
1977 25 TOT NL 4 2 .667 3.59 75 1 32 0 0 7 115.1 105 52 46 13 50 6 54 2 0 2 494 106 1.344 8.2 1.0 3.9 4.2 1.08
1977 25 SDP NL 0 0 5.56 17 1 4 0 0 0 22.2 27 16 14 5 12 4 6 1 0 0 105 64 1.721 10.7 2.0 4.8 2.4 0.50
1977 25 STL NL 4 2 .667 3.11 58 0 28 0 0 7 92.2 78 36 32 8 38 2 48 1 0 2 389 125 1.252 7.6 0.8 3.7 4.7 1.26
1978 26 NYM NL 1 3 .250 6.51 25 0 11 0 0 0 37.1 48 28 27 4 22 7 21 1 1 0 180 53 1.875 11.6 1.0 5.3 5.1 0.95
5 Seasons 18 9 .667 3.74 191 1 112 0 0 23 293.1 289 133 122 23 140 35 175 6 2 2 1286 95 1.463 8.9 0.7 4.3 5.4 1.25
162 Game Avg. 6 3 .667 3.74 68 0 40 0 0 8 104 102 47 43 8 50 12 62 2 1 1 455 95 1.463 8.9 0.7 4.3 5.4 1.25
SDP (3 yrs) 12 4 .750 3.46 98 1 69 0 0 16 150.2 152 64 58 11 68 19 101 4 1 0 657 96 1.460 9.1 0.7 4.1 6.0 1.49
NYM (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.51 25 0 11 0 0 0 37.1 48 28 27 4 22 7 21 1 1 0 180 53 1.875 11.6 1.0 5.3 5.1 0.95
SFG (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.55 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 11 5 5 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 60 107 1.816 7.8 0.0 8.5 3.6 0.42
STL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.11 58 0 28 0 0 7 92.2 78 36 32 8 38 2 48 1 0 2 389 125 1.252 7.6 0.8 3.7 4.7 1.26

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 22 SFG NL 10 60 46 5 11 5 0 0 0 1 12 5 .239 .397 .348 .744 .268 16 0 0 2 0 7
1975 23 SDP NL 4 24 19 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 .316 .417 .526 .943 .385 10 0 0 0 1 1
1976 24 SDP NL 77 528 461 44 119 15 0 5 14 3 52 89 .258 .335 .323 .658 .307 149 14 3 8 4 14
1977 25 SDP NL 17 105 88 16 27 3 1 5 1 2 12 6 .307 .388 .534 .922 .278 47 1 1 2 2 4
1977 25 STL NL 58 389 342 36 78 22 1 8 3 3 38 48 .228 .305 .368 .674 .243 126 6 1 6 2 2
1977 25 TOT NL 75 494 430 52 105 25 2 13 4 5 50 54 .244 .323 .402 .725 .251 173 7 2 8 4 6
1978 26 NYM NL 25 180 148 28 48 5 0 4 2 1 22 21 .324 .406 .439 .845 .346 65 1 1 5 4 7
5 Seasons 191 1286 1104 133 289 51 2 23 20 10 140 175 .262 .344 .374 .719 .289 413 22 6 23 13 35
162 Game Avg. 68 455 391 47 102 18 1 8 7 4 50 62 .262 .344 .374 .719 .289 146 8 2 8 5 12
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1977 25 TOT NL 75 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 30 20 7 0 0 11.0 0.0 2.3
1977 25 SDP NL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 7 1 0 0 11.0 0.0 2.3
1 Season 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 7 1 0 0 11.0 0.0 2.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 22 SFG NL 10 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 6 0.856 3 1 6 0 3 7 5 5 4 4 5 2 3.8
1975 23 SDP NL 4 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.015 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 3.5
1976 24 SDP NL 77 77 62 11 4 24 16 8 67% 25 1 58 18 31% 8 1.414 31 19 26 28 10 39 33 44 46 7 47 32 4.8
1977 25 TOT NL 75 74 32 4 2 11 7 4 64% 15 4 43 12 28% 0.848 21 15 36 18 7 49 26 48 40 14 46 30 4.6
1977 25 SDP NL 17 16 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 6 40% 6 0.605 2 3 11 2 1 13 9 7 6 6 8 6 3.8
1977 25 STL NL 58 58 28 4 2 10 7 3 70% 14 4 28 6 21% 8 0.914 19 12 25 16 6 36 17 41 34 8 38 24 4.8
1978 26 NYM NL 25 25 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 12 2 17% 7 0.798 5 6 14 3 3 19 6 19 16 7 17 6 4.5
5 Seasons 191 190 112 18 9 35 23 12 66% 43 8 122 37 30% 1.077 61 41 85 49 24 117 70 120 107 32 116 70 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 22 SFG NL 60 37% 0.0% 8.3% 20.0% 8.3% 46% 1.00 68% 10 0 0%
1975 23 SDP NL 24 25% 4.2% 25.0% 16.7% 8.3% 33% 0.14 54% 6 0 0%
1976 24 SDP NL 528 37% 1.0% 16.9% 9.9% 3.8% 17% 0.94 70% 124 14 11%
1977 25 TOT NL 494 35% 2.6% 10.9% 10.1% 8.1% 38% 0.80 74% 80 7 9%
1977 25 SDP NL 105 35% 4.8% 5.7% 11.4% 8.6% 33% 0.93 75% 12 1 8%
1977 25 STL NL 389 35% 2.1% 12.3% 9.8% 8.0% 40% 0.77 74% 68 6 9%
1978 26 NYM NL 180 44% 2.2% 11.7% 12.2% 5.0% 19% 0.53 71% 55 1 2%
5 Seasons 1286 37% 1.8% 13.6% 10.9% 5.9% 26% 0.81 71% 275 22 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 22 SFG NL 60 11 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 33% 0 0 0 24 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1975 23 SDP NL 24 6 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 33% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1976 24 SDP NL 528 119 5 0 26 1 4 3 2 37 19 4 51% 5 0 1 234 14 3 82% 13 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 0
1977 25 TOT NL 494 105 13 0 17 8 5 4 9 24 11 3 46% 9 2 0 187 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 25 SDP NL 105 27 5 0 4 3 2 2 3 9 3 0 33% 2 0 0 35 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1977 25 STL NL 389 78 8 0 13 5 3 2 6 15 8 3 53% 7 2 0 152 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 26 NYM NL 180 48 4 0 9 1 3 3 1 14 7 1 50% 1 0 1 86 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Seasons 1286 289 23 0 62 11 12 11 12 84 40 10 48% 15 2 2 538 20 10 67% 19 8 1 1 0 1 2 0 25 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1974 22 1 0 1.000 3.55 10 0 4 0 0 0 12.2 11 5 5 0 12 7 5 0 0 0 60 107 1.816 7.8 0.0 8.5 3.6 0.42 107
1975 23 2 0 1.000 4.67 14 0 7 0 0 0 17.1 17 9 9 1 16 8 11 0 0 0 84 80 1.904 8.8 0.5 8.3 5.7 0.69 80
1976 24 13 4 .765 3.14 91 0 69 0 0 16 140.2 136 53 49 6 68 22 100 3 1 0 612 107 1.450 8.7 0.4 4.4 6.4 1.47 107
1977 25 17 6 .739 3.34 166 1 101 0 0 23 256.0 241 105 95 19 118 28 154 5 1 2 1106 107 1.402 8.5 0.7 4.1 5.4 1.31 107
1978 26 18 9 .667 3.74 191 1 112 0 0 23 293.1 289 133 122 23 140 35 175 6 2 2 1286 95 1.463 8.9 0.7 4.3 5.4 1.25 95

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 22 1 0 1.000 3.75 12.0 11 6 5 0 12 5 0 1.917 8.3 9.0 3.8 0.42 0.0 10
1975 23 0 0 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 1 4 6 0 2.000 10.8 7.2 10.8 1.50 1.8 4
1976 24 6 6 .500 3.82 113.0 129 53 48 5 56 82 3 1.637 10.3 4.5 6.5 1.46 0.4 77
1977 25 6 6 .500 3.89 111.0 108 53 48 13 51 52 2 1.432 8.8 4.1 4.2 1.02 1.1 75
1978 26 1 2 .333 8.21 34.0 52 34 31 4 24 19 1 2.235 13.8 6.4 5.0 0.79 1.1 25
5 Seasons 14 14 .500 4.45 275.0 306 150 136 23 147 164 6 1.647 10.0 5.4 1.12 0.8 191

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1976-NL-Rookie of the Year

Games Played s c a p y
1976 NL--77--2nd
1977 NL--75--4th

Saves s c a p y
1976 NL--16--5th

Games Finished s c a p y
1976 NL--62--1st

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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