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Roger Metzger

Roger Henry Metzger

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX
High School: Holy Cross HS (San Antonio, TX)
School: Saint Edward's University (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1970
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants/Cubs 1970-1980

Final Game: August 10, 1980
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CHC NL 22 SS 1 1 0 7.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -0 -34 6.43 5.00 .965 5.01 5.00
1971 HOU NL 23 SS 148 145 133 1302.1 751 275 459 17 91 .977 -5 -5 5.07 4.96 .968 5.14 5.13
1972 HOU NL 24 SS 153 153 149 1373.1 764 238 504 22 101 .971 -8 -7 4.86 4.85 .967 5.04 5.06
1973 HOU NL 25 SS 149 146 139 1306.2 672 231 429 12 83 .982 -5 -5 4.55 4.43 .961 4.93 4.93 GG
1974 HOU NL 26 SS 143 143 140 1261.2 706 238 451 17 85 .976 -5 -5 4.91 4.82 .961 4.97 4.97
1975 HOU NL 27 SS 126 123 114 1094.1 642 186 441 15 83 .977 10 11 5.16 4.98 .963 4.99 4.99
1976 HOU NL 28 SS 150 149 135 1304.1 725 253 462 10 93 .986 5 4 4.93 4.77 .964 5.05 5.04
1976 HOU NL 28 2B 2 2 2 17.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -1 -78 5.82 5.50 .975 5.51 5.45
1977 HOU NL 29 SS 96 86 60 758.0 401 130 260 11 45 .973 -3 -5 4.63 4.06 .963 5.02 5.03
1977 HOU NL 29 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
1978 TOT NL 30 SS 116 105 88 926.0 472 171 287 14 51 .970 -18 -23 4.45 3.95 .966 4.88 4.84
1978 HOU NL 30 SS 42 38 31 333.2 168 59 103 6 21 .964 -4 -13 4.37 3.86 .966 4.88 4.84
1978 HOU NL 30 2B 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 300 9.00 2.00 .975 5.40 5.20
1978 SFG NL 30 SS 74 67 57 592.1 304 112 184 8 30 .974 -14 -29 4.50 4.00 .966 4.88 4.84
1979 SFG NL 31 SS 78 68 56 598.1 342 108 219 15 34 .956 -3 -6 4.92 4.19 .965 5.00 4.98
1979 SFG NL 31 2B 10 5 5 55.0 32 14 18 0 4 1.000 0 0 5.24 3.20 .979 5.42 5.40
1979 SFG NL 31 3B 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1980 SFG NL 32 SS 13 7 3 69.0 34 14 19 1 4 .971 -2 -37 4.30 2.54 .966 5.02 5.02
1980 SFG NL 32 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -360 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.50
11 Seasons SS 1173 1126 1017 10001.0 5515 1845 3535 135 671 .976 -36 -4 4.84 4.59 .964 5.01 5.00
5 Seasons 2B 15 7 7 76.0 45 19 26 0 4 1.000 -1 -16 5.33 3.00 .978 5.44 5.39
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
11 Seasons TOT 1189 1133 1024 10077.0 5560 1864 3561 135 675 .976 -37 -4 4.85 4.56 .964 5.01 5.00
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1970 CHC NL 22 SS -0 -34 -0 0 -0 0
1971 HOU NL 23 SS -5 -5 -5 -4 -1 0
1972 HOU NL 24 SS -8 -7 -9 -9 -0 1
1973 HOU NL 25 SS -5 -5 -5 4 -10 0
1974 HOU NL 26 SS -5 -5 -6 4 -10 1
1975 HOU NL 27 SS 10 11 8 1 7 2
1976 HOU NL 28 SS 5 4 7 9 -2 -2
1976 HOU NL 28 2B -1 -78 -0 0 -0 -1
1977 HOU NL 29 SS -3 -5 -3 -0 -3 0
1977 HOU NL 29 2B -0 -120 -0 -0 0
1978 HOU NL 30 SS -4 -13 -4 -1 -2 0
1978 HOU NL 30 2B 0 300 0 0 0 0
1978 SFG NL 30 SS -14 -29 -12 -2 -10 -2
1979 SFG NL 31 SS -3 -6 -2 -1 -1 -1
1979 SFG NL 31 2B 0 0 0 -0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 31 3B 0 0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 32 SS -2 -37 -2 -2 -0 0
1980 SFG NL 32 2B -0 -360 -0 0 -0
11 Seasons SS -36 -4 -35 -1 -33 -1
5 Seasons 2B -1 -16 -0 0 -0 -1
1 Season 3B 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons TOT -37 -4 -35 -1 -34 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 CHC NL 22 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 23 150 145 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1972 HOU NL 24 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 25 154 146 154 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1974 HOU NL 26 143 143 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 27 127 123 127 126 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1976 HOU NL 28 152 151 152 152 0 0 0 2 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 29 97 86 97 97 0 0 0 1 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1978 SFG NL 30 75 67 75 74 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 HOU NL 30 45 38 45 43 0 0 0 1 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 SFG NL 31 94 73 94 88 0 0 0 10 1 78 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
1980 SFG NL 32 28 7 28 14 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 10 7
11 Seasons 1219 1133 1219 1188 0 0 0 15 1 1173 0 0 0 0 0 25 24
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 CHC NL 22 30 70% 67% 30% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 23 5239 60% 80% 28% 578 92% 2 258 128 105 25 447 346 91 0 1 15 0 13 2 12 89 30 12 24 5 5 82 42 36 6 2 4
1972 HOU NL 24 5800 63% 78% 27% 636 92% 4 232 116 94 23 510 383 116 2 3 22 0 21 1 20 100 52 5 29 4 1 96 58 35 1 0 1
1973 HOU NL 25 5517 64% 79% 26% 552 95% 3 231 124 87 20 422 309 98 1 6 12 1 10 1 8 82 46 3 22 1 0 75 49 23 5 2 2
1974 HOU NL 26 5422 64% 82% 28% 563 93% 2 238 103 108 27 452 341 99 2 3 17 0 14 3 14 85 40 5 26 6 4 82 45 37 1 1 0
1975 HOU NL 27 4784 61% 80% 27% 523 91% 5 176 78 75 23 435 342 77 2 5 15 0 14 1 13 81 35 7 28 3 3 78 42 34 3 3 0
1976 HOU NL 28 5592 57% 81% 28% 551 93% 3 253 99 133 21 455 369 74 0 7 10 0 9 1 8 92 33 11 23 12 4 85 44 40 7 3 4
1977 HOU NL 29 3183 62% 82% 28% 297 93% 3 125 48 48 29 259 209 41 1 5 11 0 9 2 11 45 14 2 17 5 0 40 16 23 3 2 1
1978 SFG NL 30 2534 69% 83% 27% 239 92% 0 108 51 41 17 187 152 31 0 3 8 1 7 0 5 30 8 4 10 3 1 27 12 15 2 1 1
1978 HOU NL 30 1456 59% 78% 23% 133 89% 0 61 26 21 12 101 74 24 0 1 6 0 6 0 5 21 11 1 8 0 0 20 12 8 1 1 0
1979 SFG NL 31 2571 69% 82% 30% 293 85% 0 101 51 36 15 223 176 37 1 7 16 3 13 0 12 34 13 2 5 5 1 30 16 12 3 1 1
1980 SFG NL 32 287 64% 86% 25% 27 74% 0 14 4 5 5 19 17 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 1
11 Seasons 42415 62% 80% 27% 4398 92% 22 1798 829 753 217 3514 2721 691 9 43 134 5 118 11 110 664 282 52 194 45 19 619 336 266 33 16 15
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 HOU NL 28 79 65% 89% 32% 7 86% 0 5 0 3 2 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 29 6 83% 67% 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 0 0
1978 HOU NL 30 6 50% 67% 33% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SFG NL 31 233 70% 81% 27% 18 100% 0 15 3 8 4 19 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1980 SFG NL 32 5 80% 80% 20% 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 0
5 Seasons 329 69% 82% 28% 27 96% 0 20 3 11 6 27 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1979 SFG NL 31 1 0% 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
1 Season 1 0% 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
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 89% 67%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves
1973 NL (SS)

Assists† s c a p y
1972 NL  504 (2nd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  148 (4th)
1972 NL  153 (1st)
1973 NL  149 (4th)
1976 NL  150 (3rd)
Career  1,173 (96th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  275 (1st)
1972 NL  238 (4th)
1973 NL  231 (5th)
1974 NL  238 (4th)
1976 NL  253 (2nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  459 (5th)
1972 NL  504 (2nd)
1973 NL  429 (4th)
1974 NL  451 (5th)
1975 NL  441 (3rd)
Career  3,535 (95th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  22 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1975 NL  10 (3rd)
1976 NL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
1975 NL  5.16 (4th)
Career  4.85 (25th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1971 NL  4.96 (4th)
1975 NL  4.98 (3rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  .971 (4th)
1973 NL  .982 (1st)
1974 NL  .976 (2nd)
1975 NL  .977 (3rd)
1976 NL  .986 (1st)
1977 NL  .973 (5th)
1978 NL  .970 (3rd)
Career  .976 (31st)

                           

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