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Roger Metzger
Roger Henry Metzger

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.
School St. Edward's (TX)

MLB Debut June 16, 1970
Final Game August 10, 1980
Born October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX (age 76)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 23 ATN NL  128  445   51  119   9  14   0   45  22   8   29   33  .267  .318  .351  .669    94   156   2   2   0   5   2  
 1972 24 ATN NL   69  231   28   44   4   1   0   20   4   2   33   19  .190  .292  .216  .508    73    50   4   0   1   0   3  
         CHA AL   85  284   22   70   9   1   1   18   3   1   32   24  .246  .319  .296  .615    92    84   0   4   1   0   4  
         TOT     154  515   50  114  13   2   1   38   7   3   65   43  .221  .307  .260  .567         134   4   4   2   0   7 
 1973 25 CHA AL  163  589   68  137  14  15   2   52   0   1   32   67  .233  .272  .317  .590    80   187  15   2   0   1   9  
 1974 26 CHA AL  162  591   59  134  21   9   0   38   7   5   30   92  .227  .262  .293  .555    75   173  13   5   2   0  14  
 1975 27 CHA AL    7   24    4    7   0   0   0    1   3   0    2    3  .292  .346  .292  .638    87     7   3   0   0   0   0  
         LAN NL  145  462   58  108   9   5   3   38   4   3   29   35  .234  .278  .294  .573    84   136  65   1   0   0   2  
         TOT     152  486   62  115   9   5   3   39   7   3   31   38  .237  .282  .294  .576         143  68   1   0   0   2 
 1976 28 LAN NL  153  513   52  106  13  16   0   26   0   0   53   50  .207  .280  .294  .575    84   151  34   1   2   0   7  
 1977 29 LAN NL  103  283   38   54   9   6   0   13   4   1   37   17  .191  .283  .265  .548    74    75  27   2   0   0   4  
 1978 30 LAN NL  136  381   31   84  10   4   0   18   3   3   20   26  .220  .258  .268  .526    77   102  31   2   1   0  11  
 1979 31 NYN NL   85  244   30   48   9   9   0   19   7   1   22   28  .197  .261  .307  .569    78    75   3   2   1   0  11  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons     1236 4047  441  911 107  80   6  288  57  25  319  394  .225  .281  .296  .577        1196 197  21   8   6  67
 Per 600 PA           529   58  119  14  10   1   38   7   3   42   52                                 156  26   3   1   1   9
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With LAN      537 1639  179  352  41  31   3   95  11   7  139  128  .215  .275  .283  .558         464 157   6   3   0  24
   With CHA      417 1488  153  348  44  25   3  109  13   7   96  186  .234  .279  .303  .582         451  31  11   3   1  27
   With ATN      197  676   79  163  13  15   0   65  26  10   62   52  .241  .309  .305  .613         206   6   2   1   5   5
   With NYN       85  244   30   48   9   9   0   19   7   1   22   28  .197  .261  .307  .569          75   3   2   1   0  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1219 4201  453  972 101  71   5  254  83  36  355  449  .231  .291  .293  .584        1230  90  22  34   8  79
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 23 ATN NL  20   52   4.2   4   2   0  .500  11  145  122  .841    0    0  .000  SS   2e19       76   
 1972 24 ATN NL  38   16   2.3   4   2   0  .500   4   71   59  .831    0    0  .000  SS   2e22      -38   
         CHA AL  26   29   3.5   0   0   0  .000   7  103   82  .796    0    0  .000  SS   2e22       68   
         TOT                     4   2   0  .500  11  174  141  .810    0    0  .000
 1973 25 CHA AL  34   51   2.9   0   0   0  .000   8  203  187  .921    0    0  .000  SS   1e14      -32   
 1974 26 CHA AL  36   43   2.4   0   0   0  .000  22  195  167  .856    0    0  .000  SS   1e19      -63   
 1975 27 CHA AL  38    3   4.5   0   0   0  .000   1   10    7  .700    0    0  .000  SS   1e19       53   
         LAN NL  27   42   2.7   0   0   0  .000  11  144  128  .889    0    0  .000  SS   1e19      -12   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  12  154  135  .877    0    0  .000
 1976 28 LAN NL  19   46   2.8   0   0   0  .000   8  182  168  .923    0    0  .000  SS   1e12       19   
 1977 29 LAN NL  39   25   2.6   1   1   0 1.000  17  116   91  .784    0    0  .000  SS   2e21       12   
 1978 30 LAN NL  32   26   2.0   1   0   0  .000   9  111   91  .820    0    0  .000  SS   3e22      -51   
 1979 31 NYN NL  11   18   2.4   7   1   0  .143  12   69   51  .739    0    0  .000  SS   3e36      -82   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          355   2.8  17   6   0  .353 110 1349 1153  .855    0    0  .000                 -10   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 23 ATN NL  SS   123   232   428   11   82   .984   118  1084.0   5.48
 1972 24 ATN NL  SS    67   117   211    4   35   .988    64   563.0   5.24
         CHA AL  SS    85   127   316    7   60   .984    85   766.0   5.20
 1973 25 CHA AL  SS   163   264   645    8  125   .991   163  1474.2   5.55  GG
 1974 26 CHA AL  SS   162   300   584   22  116   .976   162  1460.1   5.45
 1975 27 CHA AL  SS     7    19    19    1    3   .974     7    64.1   5.32
         LAN NL  SS   144   271   365   11   69   .983   130  1154.2   4.96
 1976 28 LAN NL  SS   153   278   517    8   86   .990   148  1364.1   5.24  GG
 1977 29 LAN NL  SS   100   115   319   17   48   .962    81   714.1   5.47
                 2B     2     2     4    0    1  1.000     0     4.0  13.50
 1978 30 LAN NL  SS   134   253   300    9   56   .984   104   944.0   5.27
                 2B     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   2.57
 1979 31 NYN NL  SS    65    85   178    9   33   .967    52   487.0   4.86
                 2B    17    36    29    3    7   .956    11   103.2   5.64
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 SS  1203  2061  3882  107  713   .982  1114 10076.2   5.31
                 2B    20    39    34    3    8   .961    11   114.2   5.73
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1975 NLCS  LAN MON   W    4  13  2  5  0  1  0   1  1  1  .385  .429  .538  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    5  19  1  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  .158  .158  .158  0
 1979 NLCS  NYN CIN   L    3   5  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  ATN   89-73   Brandon Colvin
 1972  ATN   75-87   Rich McCoy, Tom Austad
 1972  CHA   85-77   Ben Lea
 1973  CHA   89-74   Ben Lea
 1974  CHA   82-80   Ben Lea
 1975  CHA   77-85   Ben Lea
 1975  LAN  102-60   Billy Vanson
 1976  LAN   77-85   Billy Vanson
 1977  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1978  LAN   73-89   Billy Vanson
 1979  NYN  107-55   Jon Fellows

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