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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CHC NL 22 SS 1 1 7.0 6 1 4 1 1 .833 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.43 5.00 .967 5.01 4.20
1971 HOU NL 23 SS 148 145 1302.1 751 275 459 17 91 .977 -5.2 -4.8 -5.2 -0.8 -4.4 0 5.07 4.96 .968 5.14 4.46
1972 HOU NL 24 SS 153 153 1373.1 764 238 504 22 101 .971 -8.2 -7.2 -9.2 -0.2 -9.0 1 4.86 4.85 .967 5.04 4.48
1973 HOU NL 25 SS 149 146 1306.2 672 231 429 12 83 .982 -5.2 -4.8 -5.2 -9.6 4.4 0 4.55 4.43 .960 4.93 4.31 GG
1974 HOU NL 26 SS 143 143 1261.2 706 238 451 17 85 .976 -5.1 -4.9 -6.1 -10.4 4.3 1 4.91 4.82 .960 4.97 4.26
1975 HOU NL 27 SS 126 123 1094.1 642 186 441 15 83 .977 9.8 10.7 7.8 6.6 1.2 2 5.16 4.98 .962 4.99 4.21
1976 HOU NL 28 SS 150 149 1304.1 725 253 462 10 93 .986 4.7 4.3 6.7 -2.3 9.0 -2 4.93 4.77 .963 5.05 4.48
1976 HOU NL 28 2B 2 2 17.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -77.6 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 -1 5.82 5.50 .973 5.51 4.95
1977 HOU NL 29 SS 96 86 758.0 401 130 260 11 45 .973 -3.3 -5.2 -3.3 -3.0 -0.4 0 4.63 4.06 .963 5.02 4.30
1977 HOU NL 29 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.50
1978 TOT NL 30 SS 116 105 926.0 472 171 287 14 51 .970 -17.8 -23.1 -15.8 -12.6 -3.2 -2 4.45 3.95 .966 4.88 4.25
1978 HOU NL 30 SS 42 38 333.2 168 59 103 6 21 .964 -3.6 -12.9 -3.6 -2.5 -1.1 0 4.37 3.86 .966 4.88 4.25
1978 HOU NL 30 2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.30
1978 SFG NL 30 SS 74 67 592.1 304 112 184 8 30 .974 -14.2 -28.8 -12.2 -10.1 -2.1 -2 4.50 4.00 .966 4.88 4.25
1979 SFG NL 31 SS 78 68 598.1 342 108 219 15 34 .956 -3.1 -6.2 -2.1 -0.7 -1.4 -1 4.92 4.19 .965 5.00 4.51
1979 SFG NL 31 2B 10 5 55.0 32 14 18 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 5.24 3.20 .978 5.42 4.55
1979 SFG NL 31 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.50
1980 SFG NL 32 SS 13 7 69.0 34 14 19 1 4 .971 -2.1 -36.5 -2.1 -0.2 -1.9 0 4.30 2.54 .965 5.02 4.30
1980 SFG NL 32 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
11 Seasons SS 1173 1126 10001.0 5515 1845 3535 135 671 .976 -35.7 -4.3 -34.7 -33.4 -1.4 -1 4.84 4.59 .964 5.01 4.36
5 Seasons 2B 15 7 76.0 45 19 26 0 4 1.000 -1.0 -15.8 -0.0 -0.4 0.4 -1 5.33 3.00 .978 5.44 4.59
1 Season 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.50
11 Seasons TOT 1189 1133 10077.0 5560 1864 3561 135 675 .976 -36.7 -4.4 -34.7 -33.8 -1.0 -2 4.85 4.56 .940 5.01 4.36
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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
1971 HOU NL 23 150 145 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 3
1972 HOU NL 24 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 25 154 146 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 149 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 1195 0 0 0 15 1 1173 0 0 0 0 0 24 24
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 31 68% 65% 29% 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 5344 58% 77% 27% 573 92% 2 255 126 104 25 444 343 91 0 1 15 0 13 2 12 88 30 11 24 5 5 81 41 36 6 2 4
1972 HOU NL 24 5973 60% 75% 26% 630 92% 4 231 116 93 23 505 379 115 2 3 22 0 21 1 20 100 51 5 29 4 1 96 57 35 1 0 1
1973 HOU NL 25 5674 61% 76% 25% 549 95% 3 228 124 84 20 419 308 96 1 6 12 1 10 1 8 79 45 3 22 1 0 73 48 23 4 2 1
1974 HOU NL 26 5644 62% 79% 27% 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 5035 58% 76% 26% 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 5896 54% 77% 26% 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 3347 59% 78% 27% 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 2657 66% 79% 25% 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 1522 56% 75% 22% 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 2693 66% 78% 28% 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 32 300 62% 82% 24% 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 44116 60% 77% 26% 4384 92% 22 1791 827 748 217 3503 2713 688 9 43 134 5 118 11 110 660 280 51 194 45 19 616 333 266 32 16 14
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 84 61% 83% 30% 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 7 71% 57% 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 31 251 65% 75% 25% 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 6 67% 67% 17% 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 354 64% 76% 26% 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 60% 78% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 60% 78% 27% 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 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.

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