Roger Metzger
Roger Henry Metzger
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX
High School: Holy Cross (San Antonio, TX)
School: St. Edward's University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1970
Final Game: August 10, 1980
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 22 CHC NL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1971 23 HOU NL 150 617 562 64 132 14 11 0 26 15 6 44 50 .235 .294 .299 .593 70 168 5 4 5 2 4 *6
1972 24 HOU NL 153 715 641 84 142 12 3 2 38 23 9 60 71 .222 .288 .259 .547 58 166 7 1 9 4 1 *6
1973 25 HOU NL 154 637 580 67 145 11 14 1 35 10 4 39 70 .250 .299 .322 .622 74 187 10 3 12 3 0 *6 GG
1974 26 HOU NL 143 633 572 66 145 18 10 0 30 9 7 37 73 .253 .297 .320 .617 76 183 13 0 21 3 1 *6
1975 27 HOU NL 127 510 450 54 102 7 9 2 26 4 5 41 39 .227 .289 .296 .584 68 133 6 0 15 4 10 *6
1976 28 HOU NL 152 543 481 37 101 13 8 0 29 1 1 52 63 .210 .286 .270 .556 66 130 11 0 8 2 10 *6/4
1977 29 HOU NL 97 307 269 24 50 9 6 0 16 2 0 32 24 .186 .272 .264 .535 51 71 7 0 5 1 3 6/4
1978 30 TOT NL 120 393 358 28 88 10 2 0 23 8 1 24 26 .246 .292 .285 .577 66 102 12 0 9 2 3 *6/4
1978 30 HOU NL 45 138 123 11 27 4 1 0 6 0 0 12 9 .220 .287 .268 .555 62 33 8 0 2 1 3 6/4
1978 30 SFG NL 75 255 235 17 61 6 1 0 17 8 1 12 17 .260 .294 .294 .588 68 69 4 0 7 1 0 6
1979 31 SFG NL 94 288 259 24 65 7 8 0 31 11 3 23 31 .251 .311 .340 .651 84 88 6 0 5 1 2 64/5
1980 32 SFG NL 28 31 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .074 .167 .074 .241 -29 2 2 0 1 0 0 6/4
11 Seasons 1219 4676 4201 453 972 101 71 5 254 83 36 355 449 .231 .291 .293 .584 67 1230 79 8 90 22 34
162 Game Avg. 162 621 558 60 129 13 9 1 34 11 5 47 60 .231 .291 .293 .584 67 163 10 1 12 3 5
HOU (8 yrs) 1021 4100 3678 407 844 88 62 5 206 64 32 317 399 .229 .291 .291 .582 67 1071 67 8 77 20 32
SFG (3 yrs) 197 574 521 46 128 13 9 0 48 19 4 38 50 .246 .296 .305 .601 71 159 12 0 13 2 2
CHC (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1970 22 CHC NL 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .280 .000 .354 .000 .427 .000 .781 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1971 23 HOU NL 617 448 52 3.1 91 .257 .235 .257 .294 .323 .299 .377 .593 .700 70 .381 -22.8 -2.4 .510 .158 .064 .0
1972 24 HOU NL 715 528 52 2.7 90 .245 .222 .254 .288 .322 .259 .376 .547 .698 58 .316 -34.6 -3.7 .468 .153 .037 3.7
1973 25 HOU NL 637 464 57 3.3 96 .281 .250 .261 .299 .330 .322 .389 .622 .719 74 .385 -22.9 -2.4 .523 .150 .072 1.8
1974 26 HOU NL 633 471 54 3.1 91 .289 .253 .258 .297 .329 .320 .372 .617 .701 76 .357 -19.5 -2.0 .497 .135 .066 .0
1975 27 HOU NL 510 378 40 2.8 90 .242 .227 .257 .289 .327 .296 .371 .584 .698 68 .318 -19.6 -2.0 .482 .158 .069 2.7
1976 28 HOU NL 543 402 38 2.6 84 .240 .210 .252 .286 .317 .270 .359 .556 .676 66 .296 -20.4 -2.2 .464 .168 .060 .0
1977 29 HOU NL 307 232 20 2.3 95 .203 .186 .258 .272 .324 .264 .394 .535 .718 51 .222 -17.8 -1.8 .465 .204 .078 .0
1978 30 TOT NL 393 294 29 2.6 90 .263 .246 .256 .292 .323 .285 .376 .577 .699 66 .301 -16.0 -1.7 .470 .126 .039 .0
1978 30 HOU NL 138 107 8 2.0 88 .235 .220 .253 .287 .319 .268 .371 .555 .690 62 .206 -5.8 -0.6 .433 .146 .049
1978 30 SFG NL 255 187 21 3.0 91 .279 .260 .257 .294 .324 .294 .378 .588 .703 68 .354 -10.2 -1.1 .492 .115 .034 .0
1979 31 SFG NL 288 209 28 3.6 94 .284 .251 .260 .311 .325 .340 .387 .651 .711 84 .409 -6.2 -0.6 .586 .208 .089 .0
1980 32 SFG NL 31 28 0 0.0 93 .080 .074 .263 .167 .325 .074 .382 .241 .707 -29 .000 -4.7 -0.5 .185 .111 .000
11 Seasons 4676 3456 370 2.9 91 .257 .231 .257 .291 .325 .293 .377 .584 .701 67 .333 -185.0 -19.3 .490 .157 .061 9.4
162 Game Avg. 621 459 49 2.9 91 .257 .231 .257 .291 .325 .293 .377 .584 .701 67 .333 -185.0 -19.3 .490 .157 .061 1
HOU (8 yrs) 4100 3030 321 2.9 91 .255 .229 .257 .291 .324 .291 .376 .582 .700 67 .330 -163.4 -17.0 .487 .157 .062 9.3
SFG (3 yrs) 574 424 49 3.1 93 .271 .246 .259 .296 .325 .305 .383 .601 .707 71 .355 -21.1 -2.2 .518 .161 .060 .0
CHC (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .280 .000 .354 .000 .427 .000 .781 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 22 CHC NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1971 23 HOU NL 617 0.0% 8.1% 7.1% 4.1% 19% 1.14 11.2 21.6 1.53 83%
1972 24 HOU NL 715 0.3% 9.9% 8.4% 2.4% 12% 1.18 9.0 320.5 16.9 1.87 80%
1973 25 HOU NL 637 0.2% 11.0% 6.1% 4.1% 18% 1.79 8.3 580.0 16.6 1.68 80%
1974 26 HOU NL 633 0.0% 11.5% 5.9% 4.4% 19% 1.97 7.8 19.1 1.83 79%
1975 27 HOU NL 510 0.4% 7.7% 8.0% 3.5% 18% 0.95 11.5 225.0 17.3 1.45 81%
1976 28 HOU NL 543 0.0% 11.6% 9.6% 3.9% 21% 1.21 7.6 16.6 1.45 77%
1977 29 HOU NL 307 0.0% 7.8% 10.4% 4.9% 30% 0.75 11.2 16.8 1.85 80%
1978 30 TOT NL 393 0.0% 6.6% 6.1% 3.1% 14% 1.08 13.8 15.6 1.50 85%
1978 30 HOU NL 138 0.0% 6.5% 8.7% 3.6% 19% 0.75 13.7 20.5 1.72 83%
1978 30 SFG NL 255 0.0% 6.7% 4.7% 2.8% 12% 1.42 13.8 13.8 1.39 86%
1979 31 SFG NL 288 0.0% 10.8% 8.0% 5.2% 23% 1.35 8.4 8.4 1.43 80%
1980 32 SFG NL 31 0.0% 6.5% 9.7% 0.0% 0% 0.67 13.5 1.89 81%
11 Seasons 4676 0.1% 9.6% 7.6% 3.8% 18% 1.26 9.4 840.2 16.5 1.63 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 22 CHC NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 HOU NL 11 0 36% 265 15 6 71% 12 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 14 53% 31 20 10 2 0 2 25 5 19
1972 24 HOU NL 11 0 41% 249 23 9 72% 23 9 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 19 51% 36 22 14 16 9 7 22 5 17
1973 25 HOU NL 11 0 36% 257 10 4 71% 9 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 18 36% 37 30 7 11 5 6 21 9 12
1974 26 HOU NL 8 0 36% 248 9 7 56% 9 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 10 46% 36 22 14 12 8 4 21 6 14
1975 27 HOU NL 6 0 37% 185 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 23 51% 23 19 4 8 2 6 18 1 15
1976 28 HOU NL 9 0 24% 173 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 34% 22 18 4 3 2 0 19 7 11
1977 29 HOU NL 8 0 29% 122 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 40% 13 9 4 1 1 0 11 5 6
1978 30 TOT NL 4 0 25% 144 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 44% 16 10 6 1 0 1 17 9 8
1978 30 HOU NL 0 0 28% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 36% 4 2 2 0 0 0 7 5 2
1978 30 SFG NL 4 0 23% 101 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 48% 12 8 4 1 0 1 10 4 6
1979 31 SFG NL 3 0 27% 107 11 3 79% 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 60% 13 6 7 2 2 0 15 4 11
1980 32 SFG NL 0 0 100% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 71% 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
11 Seasons 71 0 34% 1767 83 36 70% 77 34 3 1 0 1 15 3 40 115 47% 231 158 72 56 29 26 172 51 116
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1970 22 CHC NL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 HOU NL 584 100% 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 82 5 6% 44 22 50% 304 28 9% 32 13 41% 32 15 47% 33
1972 24 HOU NL 705 100% 142 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 0 11 9 82% 84 7 8% 34 21 62% 297 41 14% 20 14 70% 30 17 57% 10
1973 25 HOU NL 628 100% 145 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 15 12 80% 105 10 10% 66 23 35% 309 35 11% 21 11 52% 27 13 48% 9
1974 26 HOU NL 633 100% 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 22 21 95% 136 13 10% 80 31 39% 365 31 8% 26 15 58% 37 13 35% 0
1975 27 HOU NL 510 100% 102 2 1 0 0 2.35 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 0 15 15 100% 101 6 6% 53 21 40% 288 25 9% 24 7 29% 20 7 35% 0
1976 28 HOU NL 543 100% 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 99 11 11% 49 22 45% 337 33 10% 24 12 50% 38 17 45% 0
1977 29 HOU NL 307 100% 50 1 0 0 0 0.07 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 63 7 11% 30 11 37% 204 19 9% 15 7 47% 16 7 44% 0
1978 30 TOT NL 393 100% 88 4 1 0 0 1.77 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 68 12 18% 35 15 43% 208 24 12% 21 12 57% 27 16 59% 0
1978 30 HOU NL 138 100% 27 2 1 0 0 0.40 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 28 8 29% 15 6 40% 79 6 8% 9 5 56% 9 7 78% 0
1978 30 SFG NL 255 100% 61 2 0 0 0 3.15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 40 4 10% 20 9 45% 129 18 14% 12 7 58% 18 9 50% 0
1979 31 SFG NL 288 100% 65 6 1 0 0 1.01 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 52 6 12% 22 7 32% 176 32 18% 13 6 46% 15 10 67% 0
1980 32 SFG NL 31 100% 2 8 1 0 0 1.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 16 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
11 Seasons 4624 100% 972 21 4 0 0 1.31 5 0 88 4 1 0 5 0 99 90 91% 794 79 10% 414 174 42% 2504 268 11% 196 97 49% 244 116 48% 52
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 151 619 564 64 132 14 11 0 26 15 6 44 50 .234 .293 .298 .591 70 168 5 4 5 2 4
1972 24 304 1334 1205 148 274 26 14 2 64 38 15 104 121 .227 .290 .277 .567 64 334 12 5 14 6 5
1973 25 458 1971 1785 215 419 37 28 3 99 48 19 143 191 .235 .293 .292 .585 67 521 22 8 26 9 5
1974 26 601 2604 2357 281 564 55 38 3 129 57 26 180 264 .239 .294 .299 .593 69 704 35 8 47 12 6
1975 27 728 3114 2807 335 666 62 47 5 155 61 31 221 303 .237 .293 .298 .591 69 837 41 8 62 16 16
1976 28 880 3657 3288 372 767 75 55 5 184 62 32 273 366 .233 .292 .294 .586 68 967 52 8 70 18 26
1977 29 977 3964 3557 396 817 84 61 5 200 64 32 305 390 .230 .291 .292 .582 67 1038 59 8 75 19 29
1978 30 1097 4357 3915 424 905 94 63 5 223 72 33 329 416 .231 .291 .291 .582 67 1140 71 8 84 21 32
1979 31 1191 4645 4174 448 970 101 71 5 254 83 36 352 447 .232 .292 .294 .586 68 1228 77 8 89 22 34
1980 32 1219 4676 4201 453 972 101 71 5 254 83 36 355 449 .231 .291 .293 .584 67 1230 79 8 90 22 34

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 22 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1971 23 150 636 579 73 149 16 12 0 30 17 50 50 .257 .321 .326 .647 60 150
1972 24 160 769 692 101 170 14 4 2 45 28 72 74 .246 .316 .286 .602 63 153
1973 25 154 638 590 73 155 12 15 1 38 11 42 70 .263 .313 .339 .652 62 154
1974 26 143 621 579 73 152 19 10 0 33 9 39 73 .263 .308 .330 .637 59 143
1975 27 127 510 461 63 113 8 10 2 30 4 45 39 .245 .310 .319 .629 46 127
1976 28 152 555 494 45 114 15 9 0 35 1 59 63 .231 .312 .298 .609 46 152
1977 29 97 309 273 26 54 10 6 0 17 2 35 24 .198 .288 .278 .566 22 97
1978 30 120 395 367 33 97 11 2 0 27 9 26 26 .264 .311 .305 .617 35 120
1979 31 94 291 265 27 71 8 9 0 35 12 25 31 .268 .330 .366 .696 32 94
1980 32 28 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 28
11 Seasons 1226 4756 4329 514 1075 113 77 5 290 93 396 452 .248 .311 .313 .625 425 1219
162 Game Avg. 162 628 572 68 142 15 10 1 38 12 52 60 .248 .311 .313 .625 56 1219

* 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

Gold Gloves
1973 NL (SS)

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL  153 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1972 NL  641 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1972 NL  715 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1971 NL  11 (1st)
1973 NL  14 (1st)
1974 NL  10 (4th)
1975 NL  9 (6th)
1976 NL  8 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1972 NL  23 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1972 NL  125 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1973 NL  12 (6th)
1974 NL  21 (3rd)
1975 NL  15 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1972 NL  528 (1st)
1973 NL  464 (10th)
1974 NL  471 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1625), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Ozzie Smith (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Bud Harrelson (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bud Harrelson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bud Harrelson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bud Harrelson (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bud Harrelson (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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