Butch Metzger
Born: May 23, 1952, Lafayette, INHeight: 6'1" Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1974 San Francisco NL 22 1 0 3.55 10 0 0 6 4 0 0 12.2 11 60 5 5 0 5 7 0 5 1975 San Diego NL 23 1 0 7.71 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 4.2 6 24 4 4 1 3 1 0 6 1976 San Diego NL 24 11 4 2.92 77 0 0 15 62 16 0 123.1 119 528 44 40 5 38 14 3 89 1977 San Diego NL 25 0 0 5.56 17 1 0 12 4 0 0 22.2 27 105 16 14 5 8 4 1 6 1977 St. Louis NL 25 4 2 3.11 58 0 0 30 28 7 0 92.2 78 389 36 32 8 36 2 1 48 1978 New York NL 26 1 3 6.51 25 0 0 14 11 0 0 37.1 48 180 28 27 4 15 7 1 21 TOTALS 18 9 3.74 191 1 0 78 112 23 0 293.1 289 1286 133 122 23 105 35 6 175
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 San Francisco NL 10 46 5 11 16 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 7 0 5 0 .239 .348 .397 1975 San Diego NL 4 19 4 6 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 .316 .526 .417 1976 San Diego NL 77 461 44 119 149 15 0 5 8 4 14 3 38 14 3 89 14 .258 .323 .335 1977 San Diego NL 17 88 16 27 47 3 1 5 2 2 1 2 8 4 1 6 1 .307 .534 .388 1977 St. Louis NL 58 342 36 78 126 22 1 8 6 2 3 3 36 2 1 48 6 .228 .368 .305 1978 New York NL 25 148 28 48 65 5 0 4 5 4 2 1 15 7 1 21 1 .324 .439 .406
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 San Francisco NL 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 San Diego NL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 San Diego NL 24 77 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .200 1977 San Diego NL 25 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 St. Louis NL 25 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .000 .000 1978 New York NL 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 191 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 .000 .000 .118
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1974 San Francisco NL P 12.2 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 1 0 1975 San Diego NL P 4.2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 0 1976 San Diego NL P 123.1 0 77 5 17 1 0 .957 1.61 14 3 2 1977 San Diego NL P 22.2 1 17 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 1 2 0 1977 St. Louis NL P 92.2 0 58 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.36 3 3 0 1978 New York NL P 37.1 0 25 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.21 2 1 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Tito Fuentes to San Diego Padres in exchange for Derrel Thomas (December 6, 1974).
- Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon (May 17, 1977).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Mets from St. Louis Cardinals (April 5, 1978).
- Sold by New York Mets to Philadelphia Phillies (July 4, 1978).
- Released by Philadelphia Phillies (March 19, 1979).
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