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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
2	2	Apr 6	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 7	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
4	4	Apr 9	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 10	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	6	Apr 11	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
7	7	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
8	8	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
9	9	Apr 14	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 15	HOU		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
11	11	Apr 16	HOU		SFG	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	0	SS
12	12	Apr 17	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
13	13	Apr 18	HOU		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 19	HOU		ATL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
15	15	Apr 20	HOU		ATL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
16	16	Apr 21	HOU		ATL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
17	17	Apr 22	HOU		ATL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
18	18	Apr 23	HOU	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
19	19	Apr 24	HOU	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	2	SS
20	20	Apr 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	1	3	1	5	0	SS
21	21	Apr 27	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
22	22	Apr 28	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	40 (17)	May 17	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
24	41	May 18	HOU		CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
25	42	May 19	HOU		CIN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
26	43	May 20	HOU		SDP	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
27	44	May 21	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
28	45	May 22	HOU		SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
29	46	May 24	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	47	May 25	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	48	May 28	HOU	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
32	49	May 29	HOU	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
33	50	May 30	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
34	51	May 31	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	52	Jun 1	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
36	53	Jun 4	HOU		MON	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
37	54	Jun 5	HOU		MON	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
38	55	Jun 6	HOU		MON	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	56	Jun 7	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
40	57	Jun 8	HOU		NYM	L,5-6	CG	63	14.0	3	8	1	12	3	SS
41	58	Jun 9	HOU		NYM	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	59	Jun 10	HOU		PHI	L,0-12	CG	46	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	SS
43	60	Jun 11	HOU		PHI	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
44	61	Jun 12	HOU		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
45	62	Jun 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,7-10	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
46	63	Jun 15	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
47	64	Jun 16	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	44	9.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	65	Jun 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
49	66	Jun 18	HOU	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
50	67	Jun 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
51	68	Jun 21	HOU		SDP	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
52	69	Jun 22	HOU		SDP	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
53	70	Jun 23	HOU		SDP	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	71	Jun 24	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
55	72	Jun 25	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
56	73	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
57	74	Jun 28	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
58	75	Jun 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
59	76	Jun 30 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
60	77	Jun 30 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	78	Jul 1	HOU	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
62	81 (2)	Jul 4	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	82	Jul 5	HOU		PIT	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
64	83	Jul 6	HOU		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	SS
65	84	Jul 7	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
66	85	Jul 8	HOU		STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
67	86	Jul 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
68	87	Jul 10	HOU		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
69	88	Jul 12	HOU		CHC	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
70	89	Jul 13	HOU		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
71	90	Jul 14	HOU		CHC	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
72	91	Jul 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
73	92	Jul 16	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
74	93	Jul 17	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	94	Jul 18	HOU	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
76	95	Jul 19	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
77	96	Jul 20	HOU	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
78	97	Jul 21	HOU	@	STL	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
79	98	Jul 25 (1)	HOU		LAD	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
80	99	Jul 25 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	SS
81	100	Jul 26	HOU		LAD	W,8-7	CG	52	11.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
82	101	Jul 27	HOU		SFG	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	102	Jul 28	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	2	8	0	10	0	SS
84	103	Jul 29	HOU		SFG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
85	104	Jul 30	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
86	105	Jul 31	HOU	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	106	Aug 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
88	107	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
89	108	Aug 5	HOU	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
90	109	Aug 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
91	110	Aug 7	HOU		ATL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
92	111	Aug 8	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
93	112	Aug 9	HOU		MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
94	113	Aug 10	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
95	114	Aug 11	HOU		MON	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
96	115	Aug 13	HOU	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
97	116	Aug 14	HOU	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
98	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
99	118	Aug 16	HOU	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
100	119	Aug 17	HOU	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	41	8.2	0	5	0	5	1	SS
101	120	Aug 18	HOU	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
102	121	Aug 19	HOU		NYM	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
103	122	Aug 20	HOU		NYM	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
104	123	Aug 21	HOU		NYM	L,2-10	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
105	124	Aug 23	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	125	Aug 24	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
107	126	Aug 25	HOU		PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
108	127	Aug 26	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	1	2	1	4	1	SS
109	128	Aug 27	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
110	129	Aug 28	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
111	130	Aug 29	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
112	131	Aug 30	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	132	Aug 31	HOU	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	133	Sep 1	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
115	134	Sep 2	HOU		CIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
116	135	Sep 3	HOU		CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
117	136	Sep 4	HOU		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	SS
118	137	Sep 6	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
119	138	Sep 7	HOU		SDP	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
120	139	Sep 8	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
121	140	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	L,6-8	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
122	141	Sep 10	HOU		SFG	L,5-6	CG	50	11.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
123	142	Sep 11	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
124	143	Sep 12	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
125	144	Sep 13	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
126	145	Sep 14	HOU	@	SFG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
127	147 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
128	148	Sep 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	SS
129	149	Sep 17	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
130	150	Sep 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
131	151	Sep 20	HOU		ATL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
132	152	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
133	153	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	58	14.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	154	Sep 24	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
135	155	Sep 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
136	156	Sep 26	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
137	157	Sep 28 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
138	158	Sep 28 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
139	159	Sep 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
140	160	Sep 30	HOU		LAD	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
141	161	Oct 1	HOU		LAD	L,5-8	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
142	162	Oct 2	HOU		LAD	L,4-5	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							143gm		1261.2	238	451	17	706	85