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Butch Metzger

Game Log for 1976
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Apr 10 L, 0-3 vs Braves Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SDP Apr 13 W, 8-5 at Dodgers Finish 0.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SDP Apr 17 L, 4-5 at Astros Finish 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 SDP Apr 18 (1) L, 2-4 at Astros Finish 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SDP Apr 18 (2) W, 11-5 at Astros Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 SDP Apr 20 W, 7-5 at Reds Finish 2.2 0 10 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.00 W (1-0) SDP Apr 21 L, 4-5 at Reds Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SDP Apr 24 W, 4-3 vs Cardinals Finish 2.1 5 12 1 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 W (2-0) SDP Apr 26 W, 6-2 vs Cubs Finish 1 2.1 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 SDP Apr 29 W, 9-5 vs Cubs Middle 1.2 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 W (3-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP May 05 W, 6-4 at Expos Finish 2 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 SDP May 06 W, 4-1 at Expos Finish 3 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 SDP May 14 W, 7-4 at Cubs Finish 4 3.0 4 14 2 2 0 1 0 2 0.82 SDP May 18 W, 7-6 at Giants Finish 3.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.72 W (4-0) SDP May 20 L, 4-5 vs Astros Finish 2.0 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.00 SDP May 22 L, 2-3 vs Reds Middle 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.95 SDP May 26 L, 0-8 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.92 SDP May 27 W, 3-1 vs Giants Finish 5 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.86 SDP May 31 W, 10-7 at Braves Finish 6 2.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.81 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Jun 04 L, 2-7 at Pirates Finish 1.0 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.05 SDP Jun 05 W, 11-9 at Pirates Middle 1.0 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.27 SDP Jun 10 L, 0-6 vs Mets Finish 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.21 SDP Jun 11 L, 2-4 vs Phillies Finish 1.2 2 6 1 1 0 1 0 2 1.38 SDP Jun 12 L, 2-3 vs Phillies Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.32 SDP Jun 13 (2) W, 4-3 vs Phillies Finish 7 2.1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.25 SDP Jun 19 L, 0-1 at Cardinals Finish 1.2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.20 SDP Jun 20 W, 5-4 at Cardinals Middle 2.1 3 11 2 2 0 1 0 1 1.52 SDP Jun 23 (1) L, 6-7 at Giants Finish 1.0 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 1.86 SDP Jun 23 (2) L, 7-8 at Giants Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.82 SDP Jun 25 L, 1-4 vs Braves Finish 1.0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.79 SDP Jun 26 (1) W, 9-7 vs Braves Finish 1.1 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 1.92 W (5-0) SDP Jun 28 L, 3-7 vs Reds Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 3 2.01 SDP Jun 29 L, 5-12 vs Reds Middle 2.0 3 11 1 1 0 2 0 1 2.10 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Jul 02 W, 6-3 vs Dodgers Finish 8 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.03 SDP Jul 06 L, 0-4 at Cubs Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.99 SDP Jul 09 L, 3-4 at Phillies Finish 2.0 4 11 1 1 0 0 1 0 2.08 SDP Jul 10 (2) L, 2-4 at Phillies Finish 2.0 3 10 1 1 0 0 1 4 2.15 SDP Jul 11 L, 0-3 at Phillies Finish 2.0 2 10 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.09 SDP Jul 15 L, 1-2 vs Cardinals Finish 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.07 SDP Jul 18 W, 2-1 vs Cubs Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.04 W (6-0) SDP Jul 21 L, 1-5 vs Phillies Finish 1.0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.00 SDP Jul 22 W, 5-4 at Dodgers Middle 3.1 5 17 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.04 W (7-0) SDP Jul 24 W, 6-5 vs Dodgers Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.03 W (8-0) SDP Jul 25 L, 0-1 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.00 SDP Jul 30 (1) L, 8-13 at Reds Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.97 SDP Jul 30 (2) L, 2-4 at Reds Finish 3.0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.89 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Aug 01 L, 4-5 at Reds Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.85 SDP Aug 02 (1) W, 7-3 at Braves Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.80 W (9-0) SDP Aug 05 W, 4-3 vs Astros Finish 9 0.2 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.90 SDP Aug 06 W, 9-3 vs Astros Finish 10 3.0 4 13 1 1 0 1 0 2 1.94 SDP Aug 07 W, 3-2 vs Astros Finish 11 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.91 SDP Aug 08 W, 4-3 vs Astros Finish 1.2 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.87 W (10-0) SDP Aug 11 L, 1-2 at Mets Finish 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.83 SDP Aug 13 (2) W, 4-3 at Expos Finish 12 2.0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.79 SDP Aug 14 W, 7-2 at Expos Finish 2.0 3 10 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.75 SDP Aug 16 W, 11-7 at Cardinals Finish 1.0 3 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.83 SDP Aug 21 L, 1-7 vs Mets Finish 2.0 2 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.88 SDP Aug 22 L, 0-1 vs Mets Finish 1.0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.86 SDP Aug 23 W, 5-4 vs Pirates Finish 13 3.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.81 SDP Aug 25 L, 0-3 vs Pirates Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.79 SDP Aug 28 L, 4-7 vs Expos Middle 1.2 4 10 3 3 1 2 0 3 2.02 L (10-1) SDP Aug 29 L, 0-3 vs Expos Finish 1.0 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.09 SDP Aug 31 L, 0-3 at Pirates Finish 1.0 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 2.24 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Sep 03 L, 3-7 at Giants Finish 1.0 1 6 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.31 SDP Sep 04 L, 3-4 at Giants Finish 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 2.26 SDP Sep 07 W, 4-2 vs Dodgers Finish 14 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.24 SDP Sep 08 L, 1-3 vs Braves Middle 2.1 3 12 0 0 0 1 1 3 2.20 SDP Sep 09 W, 4-3 vs Braves Finish 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.17 W (11-1) SDP Sep 11 (2) L, 1-2 vs Astros Finish 2.0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.13 SDP Sep 13 L, 2-3 vs Giants Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.11 SDP Sep 14 L, 6-7 vs Giants Middle 1.0 3 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.25 L (11-2) SDP Sep 19 (2) L, 2-3 at Astros Finish 1.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 2 0 2.31 L (11-3) SDP Sep 21 L, 1-9 at Reds Middle 2.0 5 12 3 3 0 1 0 0 2.50 SDP Sep 24 W, 6-4 at Braves Finish 15 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.45 SDP Sep 25 L, 8-11 at Braves Middle 0.1 5 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 2.60 SDP Sep 26 L, 4-10 at Braves Middle 1.1 3 8 5 5 0 2 0 0 2.93 L (11-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record SDP Oct 02 W, 4-1 at Dodgers Finish 16 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.92

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Middle relief    3   3   7.11   15   0   0   0   0   0   25.1   39   128   22   20   2   11   3   15    5-10
As closer        8   1   1.84   62   0   0  62  16   0   98.0   80   400   22   20   3   27  11   74   28-34

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              173   24   43   62   7   0   4   21   3   2   14   8   0   43   7  .249  .358  .330  .688
vs RHB              288   35   76   87   8   0   1   35  11   1   24   6   3   46   7  .264  .302  .337  .640

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   2   2.14   38   0   0  30   9   0   59.0   51   247   15   14   3   23   4   48   16-22
Road             4   2   3.64   39   0   0  32   7   0   64.1   68   281   29   26   2   15  10   41   17-22

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              5   2   2.89   23   0   0  19   3   0   37.1   32   156   12   12   0    8   6   23   10-13
Night            6   2   2.93   54   0   0  43  13   0   86.0   87   372   32   28   5   30   8   66   23-31

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   0   0.00   10   0   0   9   1   0   17.0   11    67    1    0   0    4   2   10    6-4 
May              1   0   1.65    9   0   0   8   5   0   16.1   13    62    3    3   0    3   0   12    6-3 
June             1   0   4.03   14   0   0  10   1   0   22.1   23    95   11   10   2    9   0   16    4-10
July             3   0   1.33   13   0   0  12   1   0   20.1   19    84    3    3   0    1   5   14    4-9 
August           2   1   3.18   17   0   0  15   5   0   28.1   26   123   10   10   2   13   2   23    9-8 
September        1   3   6.87   13   0   0   7   2   0   18.1   27    95   16   14   1    8   5   13    3-10
October          0   0   0.00    1   0   0   1   1   0    0.2    0     2    0    0   0    0   0    1    1-0 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   1   2.25   10   0   0  10   3   0   16.0   16    68    4    4   0    6   2    9    5-5 
Braves           3   1   4.91   10   0   0   6   2   0   14.2   18    67   10    8   1    5   1   10    5-5 
Cardinals        1   0   3.38    5   0   0   4   0   0    8.0   12    36    4    3   0    3   1    4    3-2 
Cubs             2   0   2.00    5   0   0   4   2   0    9.0    7    37    2    2   0    2   1    6    4-1 
Dodgers          2   0   0.90    8   0   0   7   3   0   10.0    7    42    1    1   0    3   1    6    6-2 
Expos            0   1   4.15    6   0   0   5   3   0    8.2    9    40    4    4   1    5   1    9    4-2 
Giants           1   1   3.75    8   0   0   6   1   0   12.0   10    49    5    5   2    2   2   11    2-6 
Mets             0   0   1.29    4   0   0   4   0   0    7.0    5    29    1    1   0    3   1    2    0-4 
Phillies         0   0   2.08    7   0   0   6   1   0   13.0   16    58    3    3   0    2   3   13    1-6 
Pirates          0   0   5.14    5   0   0   4   1   0    7.0    6    29    5    4   1    1   0    5    2-3 
Reds             1   0   2.50    9   0   0   6   0   0   18.0   13    73    5    5   0    6   1   14    1-8 

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