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Butch Metzger

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM Apr 08 W, 6-5 vs Expos Middle 0.1 3 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 54.00 NYM Apr 09 (2) L, 0-5 vs Expos Middle 0.2 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 27.00 NYM Apr 21 L, 0-5 at Cubs Finish 1.1 2 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 15.43 NYM Apr 23 L, 2-3 at Cubs Finish 1.2 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.25 L (0-1) NYM Apr 25 L, 1-2 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 NYM Apr 28 L, 1-5 vs Reds Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 5.62 NYM Apr 29 L, 7-14 vs Reds Middle 2.0 5 12 4 4 1 0 1 2 8.10 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM May 01 L, 5-6 at Braves Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.84 NYM May 05 L, 4-9 at Phillies Finish 2.0 3 10 2 2 0 0 1 2 8.03 NYM May 07 L, 5-8 at Phillies Middle 1.2 4 10 2 2 1 0 1 1 8.36 NYM May 12 L, 4-5 vs Astros Middle 1.0 2 7 2 2 0 2 0 1 9.00 NYM May 13 L, 4-7 vs Astros Finish 2.2 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 7.64 NYM May 18 W, 8-7 vs Braves Middle 2.0 2 8 1 1 0 1 0 1 7.32 NYM May 20 L, 4-9 vs Phillies Middle 1.1 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 6.86 NYM May 26 L, 4-5 at Astros Finish 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.26 NYM May 27 W, 9-7 at Astros Middle 1.0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 W (1-1) NYM May 30 L, 2-8 vs Cardinals Middle 2.0 4 11 4 4 1 0 1 0 6.92 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record NYM Jun 06 L, 2-8 vs Dodgers Finish 3.0 2 13 2 2 1 3 0 1 6.83 NYM Jun 11 L, 5-7 vs Giants Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.39 NYM Jun 15 L, 0-3 at Dodgers Finish 3.0 4 14 0 0 0 1 0 2 5.82 NYM Jun 18 (1) L, 0-3 at Giants Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.77 NYM Jun 24 L, 4-7 vs Pirates Finish 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.71 NYM Jun 25 L, 0-4 vs Pirates Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.40 NYM Jun 26 L, 9-10 at Cubs Middle 0.1 3 5 4 4 0 1 0 0 6.32 L (1-2) NYM Jun 28 L, 8-9 at Cubs Finish 0.1 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.51 L (1-3)

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    1   1   9.64   14   0   0   0   0   0   18.2   29    97   21   20   3    8   4   13    3-11
As closer        0   2   3.38   11   0   0  11   0   0   18.2   19    83    7    7   1    7   3    8    0-11

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB               63   10   25   36   2   0   3   10   0   0    6   6   0    8   1  .397  .571  .487 1.058
vs RHB               85   14   23   29   3   0   1   14   2   1    9   1   1   13   0  .271  .341  .343  .685

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             0   0   6.17   14   0   0   4   0   0   23.1   23   105   17   16   3   11   2   15    2-12
Road             1   3   7.07   11   0   0   7   0   0   14.0   25    75   11   11   1    4   5    6    1-10

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   3   8.47   14   0   0   7   0   0   17.0   26    88   17   16   2    7   3   10    1-13
Night            1   0   4.87   11   0   0   4   0   0   20.1   22    92   11   11   2    8   4   11    2-9 

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            0   1   8.10    7   0   0   2   0   0   10.0   15    51   10    9   1    5   1    8    1-6 
May              1   0   6.19   10   0   0   3   0   0   16.0   22    78   11   11   2    5   5    7    2-8 
June             0   2   5.56    8   0   0   6   0   0   11.1   11    51    7    7   1    5   1    6    0-8 

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           1   0   2.70    4   0   0   2   0   0    6.2    6    30    2    2   0    3   2    2    1-3 
Braves           0   0   3.86    2   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    3    10    1    1   0    1   0    1    1-1 
Cardinals        0   0  18.00    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    11    4    4   1    0   1    0    0-1 
Cubs             0   3  17.18    4   0   0   3   0   0    3.2   10    25    7    7   0    3   1    1    0-4 
Dodgers          0   0   3.00    2   0   0   2   0   0    6.0    6    27    2    2   1    4   0    3    0-2 
Expos            0   0  27.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    1.0    4    10    4    3   0    2   0    1    1-1 
Giants           0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    2.1    0     7    0    0   0    0   0    2    0-2 
Phillies         0   0   7.20    3   0   0   1   0   0    5.0    9    27    4    4   1    1   2    4    0-3 
Pirates          0   0   0.00    3   0   0   2   0   0    4.1    0    13    0    0   0    0   0    2    0-3 
Reds             0   0   9.00    2   0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    20    4    4   1    1   1    5    0-2 

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