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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	HOU		ATL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
2	2	Apr 8	HOU		ATL	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	HOU		ATL	W,14-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
4	4	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
5	5	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
6	6	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
9	9	Apr 17	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
10	10	Apr 18	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
11	11	Apr 19	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	3	4	0	7	1	SS
12	12	Apr 20 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	SS
13	13	Apr 20 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
14	14	Apr 21	HOU		SDP	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
15	15	Apr 22	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	4	SS
16	16	Apr 23 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
17	17	Apr 23 (2)	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
18	18	Apr 24	HOU		SFG	L,5-6	GS	42	8.0	2	2	2	6	1	SS
19	19	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
20	20	Apr 26	HOU		CIN	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
21	21	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-6	CG	43	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
22	22	Apr 28	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
23	23	Apr 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
24	24	Apr 30	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	May 1	HOU	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
26	26	May 2	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	5	0	7	1	SS
27	27	May 4 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
28	28	May 4 (2)	HOU	@	SFG	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
29	29	May 5	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
30	30	May 6	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
31	31	May 7	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
32	32	May 9	HOU	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
33	33	May 10	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 11	HOU	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	SS
35	35	May 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
36	36	May 14	HOU	@	CHC	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
37	37	May 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	38	May 16	HOU		NYM	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	SS
39	39	May 17	HOU		NYM	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
40	40	May 18	HOU		NYM	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
41	41	May 19	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
42	42	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
43	43	May 21	HOU		PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
44	44	May 23	HOU		MON	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
45	45	May 24	HOU		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
46	46	May 25	HOU		MON	W,8-7	CG	50	12.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
47	47	May 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
48	48	May 27	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	SS
49	49	May 28	HOU	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	50	May 30	HOU	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
51	51	May 31	HOU	@	PHI	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	52	Jun 1	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
53	53	Jun 2	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
54	54	Jun 3	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
55	55	Jun 4	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
56	56	Jun 5	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
57	57	Jun 6	HOU		STL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	58	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
59	59	Jun 8	HOU		STL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
60	60	Jun 9	HOU		CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
61	61	Jun 10	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
62	62	Jun 11	HOU		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	SS
63	63	Jun 12	HOU		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
64	64	Jun 13	HOU	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
65	65	Jun 14	HOU	@	STL	W,9-0	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
66	66	Jun 15	HOU	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
67	67	Jun 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
68	68	Jun 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
69	69	Jun 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
70	70	Jun 20	HOU		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	8	0	8	0	SS
71	71	Jun 21	HOU		CIN	L,6-7	CG	65	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
72	72	Jun 22	HOU		CIN	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
73	73	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
74	74	Jun 24	HOU		LAD	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
75	75	Jun 25	HOU		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
76	76	Jun 26	HOU		ATL	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
77	77	Jun 27	HOU		ATL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	78	Jun 28	HOU		ATL	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
79	79	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
80	80	Jun 30	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	58	11.2	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	81	Jul 1	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	66	14.1	1	9	0	10	1	SS
82	83 (1)	Jul 4	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
83	84	Jul 5 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
84	85	Jul 5 (2)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
85	86	Jul 6	HOU	@	ATL	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
86	87	Jul 7	HOU		MON	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
87	88	Jul 8	HOU		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
88	89	Jul 9	HOU		MON	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
89	90	Jul 11	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	91	Jul 12	HOU		PHI	L,2-14	GS	49	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
91	92	Jul 13	HOU		PHI	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
92	93	Jul 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	1	4	0	5	1	SS
93	94	Jul 18	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
94	95	Jul 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
95	96	Jul 20	HOU	@	NYM	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
96	97	Jul 21	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	7	0	9	3	SS
97	98	Jul 22	HOU	@	MON	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
98	99	Jul 23	HOU	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
99	100	Jul 24	HOU	@	MON	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	124 (23)	Aug 15	HOU		CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
101	125	Aug 16	HOU		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	6	0	10	0	SS
102	126	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
103	133 (6)	Aug 25	HOU	@	STL	T,3-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
104	134	Aug 26 (1)	HOU	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	50	11.1	3	5	0	8	2	SS
105	135	Aug 26 (2)	HOU	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
106	136	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
107	137	Aug 30	HOU	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
108	138	Aug 31	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-9	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	139	Sep 1	HOU		ATL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
110	140	Sep 2	HOU		ATL	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
111	141	Sep 3	HOU		SFG	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
112	142	Sep 4	HOU		SFG	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
113	144 (1)	Sep 6	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
114	145	Sep 7	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
115	147 (1)	Sep 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
116	148	Sep 10	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
117	149	Sep 11	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
118	150	Sep 12	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
119	151	Sep 14	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
120	152	Sep 16	HOU	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
121	154 (1)	Sep 19	HOU		LAD	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
122	155	Sep 20	HOU		LAD	L,4-5	CG	61	13.0	1	7	0	8	1	SS
123	157 (1)	Sep 22	HOU		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
124	158	Sep 23	HOU		CIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
125	160 (1)	Sep 26	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS
126	162 (1)	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
							126gm		1094.1	186	441	15	642	83