Roger Metzger

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th) of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Edward's University (Austin, TX).

High School: Holy Cross HS (San Antonio, TX)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), St. Edward's University (Austin, TX)

Debut: June 16, 1970 (Age 22-249d, 13,004th in major league history)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1980 (Age 32-305d)
vs. ATL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Roger Henry Metzger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

4201

972

.231

453

RBI

254

OBP

.291

SLG

.293

OPS

.584

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jul 16, Sep 17)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
2	2	Apr 6	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
3	3	Apr 7	HOU		LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
4	4	Apr 8	HOU		CHC	W,7-3	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
5	5	Apr 9	HOU		CHC	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	1	10	0	SS
6	6	Apr 10	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
7	7	Apr 11	HOU		CHC	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
8	8	Apr 12	HOU	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
9	9	Apr 13	HOU	@	STL	W,8-4	GS	35	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
10	10	Apr 14	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	44	10.2	2	1	1	4	0	SS
11	11	Apr 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.1	1	3	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
13	13	Apr 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	2	SS
14	14	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
16	16	Apr 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
17	17	Apr 23	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
18	18	Apr 24	HOU		MON	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
19	19	Apr 25	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
20	20	Apr 26	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
21	21	Apr 27	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	SS
22	22	Apr 28	HOU		PHI	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
23	23	Apr 30	HOU		NYM	L,3-4	CG	52	12.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
25	25	May 2	HOU		NYM	L,5-6	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
26	26	May 5	HOU	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
27	27	May 6	HOU	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
28	28	May 7	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
29	29	May 9	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	4	3	0	7	2	SS
30	30	May 10	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
31	31	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
32	32	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
33	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 15	HOU		STL	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
35	35	May 16	HOU		STL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
36	36	May 17	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
37	37	May 18	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
38	38	May 19	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
39	39	May 20	HOU		SDP	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	3	9	0	12	2	SS
40	40	May 21	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	41	May 22	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
42	42	May 23	HOU		SFG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
43	43	May 25	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
44	44	May 26 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
45	45	May 26 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
46	46	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	48	12.1	4	5	0	9	1	SS
47	47	May 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
48	48	May 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
49	49	May 31	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	50	Jun 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 2	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
52	52	Jun 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 4	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
54	54	Jun 5	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
55	55	Jun 6	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
56	56	Jun 8	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	PR SS
57	57	Jun 9	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
58	59 (1)	Jun 11	HOU		ATL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
59	60	Jun 12	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
60	61	Jun 13	HOU		ATL	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
61	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
62	63	Jun 15	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
63	64	Jun 16	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
64	65	Jun 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
65	66	Jun 19	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
66	67	Jun 20	HOU	@	LAD	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
67	68	Jun 22	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
68	69	Jun 23 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	1	5	0	6	1	SS
69	70	Jun 23 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
70	71	Jun 25	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
71	72	Jun 26	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
72	73	Jun 27	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
73	74	Jun 28 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
74	75	Jun 28 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
75	76	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 2	HOU		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	78	Jul 3	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
79	80	Jul 5	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
80	81	Jul 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
81	82	Jul 7	HOU	@	SFG	W,18-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
82	83	Jul 8	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
83	84	Jul 9 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
84	85	Jul 9 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
85	86	Jul 10	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
86	87	Jul 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
87	88	Jul 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
88	89	Jul 16	HOU		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
89	90	Jul 17	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
90	91	Jul 18 (1)	HOU		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
91	92	Jul 18 (2)	HOU		PHI	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
92	93	Jul 19	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
93	94	Jul 20	HOU		MON	L,3-4	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
94	95	Jul 21	HOU		MON	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
95	96	Jul 22	HOU		MON	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
96	97	Jul 23	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
97	98	Jul 24	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
98	99	Jul 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
99	100	Jul 26	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	60	15.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
100	101	Jul 27 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
101	102	Jul 27 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
102	103	Jul 28	HOU	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
103	104	Jul 30 (1)	HOU	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
104	105	Jul 30 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
105	106	Jul 31	HOU	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	107	Aug 1	HOU	@	MON	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
107	108	Aug 2	HOU		CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
108	109	Aug 3	HOU		CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
109	110	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
110	111	Aug 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-3	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
111	112	Aug 6	HOU		SDP	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
112	113	Aug 7	HOU		SDP	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
113	114	Aug 8	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
114	120 (5)	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
115	121	Aug 16	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
116	122	Aug 17	HOU	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
117	123	Aug 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
118	124	Aug 20 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
119	125	Aug 20 (2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
120	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
121	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
122	128	Aug 23	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
123	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
124	130	Aug 25	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
125	131	Aug 27	HOU		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
126	132	Aug 28	HOU		PIT	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
127	133	Aug 29	HOU		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	134	Aug 30	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
129	135	Aug 31	HOU		LAD	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
131	144 (7)	Sep 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	145	Sep 11	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
133	146	Sep 12	HOU	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
134	147	Sep 13	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
135	148	Sep 14	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
136	149	Sep 15	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
137	150	Sep 16	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
138	151	Sep 17	HOU		CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	152	Sep 18	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	48	11.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
140	153	Sep 19	HOU		CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
141	154	Sep 21	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
142	155	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	L,1-3	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
143	156	Sep 23	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
144	157	Sep 24 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	68	19.0	4	5	1	10	1
145	159 (1)	Sep 25	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
146	160	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
147	161	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,11-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
148	162	Sep 30	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
							148gm		1302.1	275	459	17	751	91