SS Roger Metzger #14
Age: 33 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/17/1980
OA: 45 POT: 45
SS ROGER METZGER #14 - AGE: 33 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
147 471 123 16 18 3 52 48 47 .261 .328 .391 24 0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 4 4 4 4
Gap 5 4 5 5
Power 3 3 3 3
Eye 5 4 5 5
Avoid K's 8 8 8 8
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 6 1
Errors: - 7 1
Arm: - 7 1
Turn DP: - 7 -
Ability: - - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 4
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 3 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 8
Stealing Ability: 9
Baserunning Inst.: 7
Sacrifice Bunt: 5
Bunt for Hit: 4
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/05/1980 @ BOS Win, 5-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/04/1980 @ BOS Win, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/03/1980 @ BOS Loss, 6-15 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/02/1980 @ BOS Win, 9-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1980 DET Win, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/30/1980 DET Loss, 5-9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1980 BOS Loss, 4-6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/27/1980 BOS Win, 4-3 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
09/26/1980 BOS Win, 12-1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1980 @ DET Loss, 4-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Birthday:10/10/1947
Born in:Payson, UT
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:78 kg
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:10 Years, None
Service This Yr:178 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 20th Pick in Round 3
MLB 1980 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 147 471 123 16 18 3 52 46 48 47 .261 .328 .391 .718 .312 .130 93
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 137 544 0 1 0 7 22 3 184 37 24 7 77.4 64.0 4.46 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   119 28 5 2 1 13 10 9 13 1 9 0 .235 .287 .336 .623
Versus Right   352 95 11 16 2 39 36 39 34 2 13 0 .270 .341 .409 .750
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   55 15 5 1 1 5 7 5 4 1 4 0 .273 .328 .455 .782
May   81 18 0 3 0 8 7 9 6 0 2 0 .222 .300 .296 .596
June   79 21 3 2 1 8 7 7 11 0 2 0 .266 .326 .392 .718
July   76 26 2 4 0 10 10 11 8 0 3 0 .342 .425 .474 .899
August   92 22 3 5 0 10 8 8 10 1 3 0 .239 .297 .380 .677
September   77 19 2 3 1 11 6 8 7 1 6 0 .247 .314 .390 .704
October   11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 .182 .182 .273 .455
Last Year   476 115 12 9 5 53 36 36 40 4 9 1 .242 .294 .336 .630
2 Years Ago   399 100 17 3 2 34 50 32 30 1 13 1 .251 .307 .323 .630
Career   4557 1102 114 94 29 412 431 353 438 24 163 8 .242 .296 .327 .623
Home   230 62 6 10 2 28 26 22 16 2 14 0 .270 .331 .409 .739
Road   241 61 10 8 1 24 20 26 31 1 8 0 .253 .325 .373 .698
Grass   207 47 9 6 1 21 16 20 27 0 7 0 .227 .295 .343 .638
Turf   264 76 7 12 2 31 30 28 20 3 15 0 .288 .353 .428 .781
Day   158 38 7 5 2 15 14 14 15 2 5 0 .241 .299 .386 .685
Night   313 85 9 13 1 37 32 34 32 1 17 0 .272 .342 .393 .735
As Starter   462 122 16 18 3 52 45 48 45 3 22 0 .264 .331 .396 .727
As Reliever / Substitution   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Pinch Hitting   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Close/Late   106 26 2 5 1 13 12 15 11 1 5 0 .245 .336 .387 .723
Inning 1-3   139 32 5 5 0 10 12 9 17 0 9 0 .230 .277 .338 .615
Inning 4-6   160 47 7 7 2 22 19 21 14 2 8 0 .294 .372 .463 .834
Inning 7-9   163 43 4 6 1 19 15 18 12 0 3 0 .264 .337 .380 .717
Extra Innings   9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 .111 .100 .111 .211
0 Outs   163 44 6 8 0 7 22 22 14 1 22 0 .270 .355 .405 .760
1 Outs   156 37 3 4 1 19 16 14 18 2 0 0 .237 .297 .327 .623
2 Outs   152 42 7 6 2 26 8 12 15 0 0 0 .276 .329 .441 .770
Scoring Position   124 33 6 3 0 48 14 12 11 3 22 0 .266 .324 .363 .687
Bases Empty   278 77 8 14 3 3 29 29 31 0 0 0 .277 .345 .439 .784
Runner on 1st   69 13 2 1 0 1 3 7 5 0 0 0 .188 .263 .246 .510
Runner on 2nd   44 14 4 0 0 8 6 5 5 0 16 0 .318 .388 .409 .797
Runner on 3rd   20 8 0 1 0 13 3 0 0 2 2 0 .400 .364 .500 .864
Runner on 1st & 2nd   22 4 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 2 1 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .455 .625 1.080
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   22 5 1 1 0 16 2 2 3 1 0 0 .227 .280 .364 .644
Two Strikes   163 29 5 4 0 17 8 18 47 2 0 0 .178 .257 .258 .514
First Pitch   87 21 5 3 1 11 8 1 0 0 8 0 .241 .250 .402 .652
Count 0-1   55 16 1 2 0 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 .291 .286 .382 .668
Count 0-2   19 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 .211 .211 .368 .579
Count 1-0   56 17 1 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 .304 .304 .429 .732
Count 1-1   41 15 0 2 2 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 .366 .366 .610 .976
Count 1-2   60 11 1 3 0 2 3 0 23 0 0 0 .183 .183 .300 .483
Count 2-0   20 10 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 .500 .500 .700 1.200
Count 2-1   31 10 2 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 .323 .323 .516 .839
Count 2-2   50 8 1 0 0 8 3 0 12 1 0 0 .160 .157 .180 .337
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   18 5 0 1 0 4 9 20 0 0 0 0 .278 .658 .389 1.047
Full Count   34 6 2 0 0 4 1 18 5 1 0 0 .176 .453 .235 .688
Behind in Count   134 31 3 6 0 10 7 0 30 1 2 0 .231 .230 .343 .573
Ahead in Count   125 42 5 7 0 15 19 29 0 0 9 0 .336 .461 .488 .949
Batting Leadoff   14 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .214 .357
Batting 2nd   38 11 0 1 1 4 6 3 4 0 2 0 .289 .341 .421 .763
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 6th   15 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 .200 .294 .333 .627
Batting 7th   20 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .050 .095 .050 .145
Batting 8th   258 78 10 12 1 39 25 34 27 2 7 0 .302 .381 .446 .827
Batting 9th   122 27 5 4 1 5 10 8 10 1 10 0 .221 .267 .352 .620
Low Leverage   211 54 4 7 2 12 15 17 23 0 2 0 .256 .311 .370 .681
Medium Leverage   171 49 11 7 0 20 19 21 15 1 14 0 .287 .363 .433 .795
High Leverage   87 19 1 4 1 20 12 10 9 2 6 0 .218 .293 .356 .649
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Milwaukee - MLB 23 151 590 145 14 12 6 46 70 46 2 2 59 20 10 .246 .302 .341 .642 81 80 1.6
1972 Philadelphia - MLB 24 154 511 113 5 5 3 42 43 42 3 3 56 21 4 .221 .283 .268 .551 63 63 0.8
1973 Philadelphia - MLB 25 153 562 142 17 11 3 41 58 50 0 1 51 11 8 .253 .313 .338 .651 85 84 2.1
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 26 149 517 119 8 19 2 47 47 31 1 2 53 4 8 .230 .274 .331 .605 75 62 0.6
1975 Philadelphia - MLB 27 146 477 117 9 10 4 56 40 32 0 4 54 7 2 .245 .290 .331 .622 77 71 1.2
1976 Chicago - MLB 28 118 359 87 13 4 0 26 21 25 0 3 30 0 0 .242 .289 .301 .590 75 63 0.9
1977 Baltimore - MLB 29 86 195 41 3 3 1 15 20 11 0 1 18 2 0 .210 .251 .272 .523 40 31 -1.1
1978 New York - MLB 30 132 399 100 17 3 2 34 50 32 1 1 30 8 7 .251 .307 .323 .630 77 77 -0.3
1979 Houston - MLB 31 151 476 115 12 9 5 53 36 36 1 4 40 13 8 .242 .294 .336 .630 78 73 0.4
1980 Toronto - MLB 32 147 471 123 16 18 3 52 46 48 0 3 47 24 7 .261 .328 .391 .718 94 93 0.8
Total MLB 1387 4557 1102 114 94 29 412 431 353 8 24 438 110 54 .242 .296 .327 .623 77 72 7.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Paris - AAA 22 126 476 153 21 18 7 61 93 57 3 1 30 18 15 .321 .397 .485 .882 142 151 4.9
1976 Paris - AAA 28 7 23 5 1 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 2 1 0 .217 .379 .391 .771 109 115 0.2
Total AAA 133 499 158 22 18 8 63 96 63 3 1 32 19 15 .317 .396 .481 .877 141 149
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1979 Houston - MLB 31 4 14 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .357 .438 .571 1.009 184 203 0.7
Total MLB 4 14 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 .357 .438 .571 1.009 184 203
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1971 Milwaukee - MLB SS 147 138 206 412 107 641 23 .964 1259.2 4.42 +2.3 1.010
1972 Philadelphia - MLB SS 150 147 209 492 103 720 19 .974 1252.2 5.04 +1.4 1.016
1973 Philadelphia - MLB SS 149 140 225 431 94 678 22 .968 1259.1 4.69 +2.3 1.011
1974 Philadelphia - MLB SS 146 144 206 452 100 669 11 .984 1266.0 4.68 +6.1 1.026
1975 Philadelphia - MLB SS 143 138 178 431 83 629 20 .968 1177.1 4.66 +2.4 1.018
1976 Chicago - MLB SS 115 111 165 362 62 544 17 .969 942.0 5.04 +3.3 1.010
1977 Baltimore - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1977 Baltimore - MLB SS 85 56 99 200 32 309 10 .968 545.1 4.93 +2.8 1.018
1978 New York - MLB SS 89 77 111 240 47 360 9 .975 730.1 4.33 -0.9 .991
1979 Houston - MLB SS 148 137 234 419 88 665 12 .982 1208.0 4.87 -1.3 .989
1980 Toronto - MLB 2B 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 -0.1 1.043
1980 Toronto - MLB SS 141 137 215 434 93 666 17 .974 1204.2 4.85 -10.3 .962
TOTAL 2B 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 -0.1 1.043
TOTAL SS 1313 1225 1848 3873 809 5881 160 .973 10845.1 4.75 +8.1 1.005
PLAYER HISTORY
12/20/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft by the Chicago Cubs. (Round 3, Pick 20, 68th overall pick).
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
07/04/1970 Named the #62 prospect in the MLB
08/19/1970 Goes 5-6 against the Memphis Blues, with 0 RBI and 1 R.
09/15/1970 Goes 5-5 against the Lamesa Lobos, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
10/21/1970 Named the #43 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
01/18/1971 Was traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for RF Bob Burda.
04/05/1971 Named the #89 prospect in the MLB
11/09/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
12/21/1971 Was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Philadelphia Phillies, along with RP Stover McIlwain, in exchange for 2B Lenny Randle.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
09/07/1972 Injured on 09/06/1972, diagnosed with a sore shoulder, is day-to-day.
11/14/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
06/01/1973 Injured (hip flexor strain),day-to-day for one week.
10/21/1973 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $72,000 with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
07/04/1974 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 2 days.
10/25/1974 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $104,000 with the Philadelphia Phillies organization.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
11/10/1975 Became a free agent.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
03/21/1976 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs organization.
08/09/1976 Injured on 08/06/1976, diagnosed with a strained oblique, will miss 5-6 weeks.
11/13/1976 Became a free agent.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 3 (4); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
03/29/1977 Signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles organization.
05/29/1977 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 4 weeks.
11/12/1977 Became a free agent.
01/01/1978 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 4 (4).
03/27/1978 Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees organization.
06/14/1978 Injured (knee inflammation),day-to-day for one week.
11/13/1978 Became a free agent.
01/01/1979 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
03/21/1979 Signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros organization.
04/17/1979 Suspended 2 games after ejection following arguing a strike call.
11/10/1979 Became a free agent.
01/01/1980 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
04/11/1980 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
05/20/1980 Injured (knee inflammation),day-to-day for one week.
06/26/1980 Injured (knee inflammation),day-to-day for one week.
11/17/1980 Became a free agent.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1972 147 6
Year PA Rank
1971 663 3
Year AB Rank
1971 590 3
Year 3B Rank
1971 12 2
1973 11 2
1974 19 1
1975 10 3
1979 9 6
1980 18 1
Year SB Rank
1972 21 8
Year SH Rank
1971 22 1
1974 27 1
1975 18 3
1976 20 3
1980 22 1
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