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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-13	CG	45	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	CG	46	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
5	5	Apr 13	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
6	6	Apr 14	HOU		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
7	7	Apr 16	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
9	9	Apr 18 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
10	10	Apr 18 (2)	HOU		SDP	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
11	11	Apr 19	HOU		LAD	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
12	12	Apr 20	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
13	13	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	GS	41	11.0	5	6	0	11	1	SS
14	14	Apr 22	HOU		LAD	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
15	15	Apr 23	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
16	16	Apr 24	HOU		NYM	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
17	17	Apr 25	HOU		NYM	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	SS
18	18	Apr 28 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
19	19	Apr 28 (2)	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	CG	44	8.1	0	3	0	3	1	SS
20	20	Apr 29	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
21	21	Apr 30	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 2 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
23	23	May 2 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
24	24	May 4	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
25	25	May 5	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
26	26	May 7	HOU	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
27	27	May 8	HOU	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
28	28	May 9	HOU	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	SS
29	29	May 11	HOU		MON	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
30	30	May 12	HOU		MON	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
31	31	May 14	HOU		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
32	32	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
33	33	May 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-12	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
34	34	May 17 (1)	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
35	35	May 17 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
36	36	May 18	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
37	37	May 19	HOU	@	SDP	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
38	38	May 20	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
39	39	May 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
40	40	May 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	54	12.1	0	7	1	8	1	SS
41	41	May 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	3	3	0	6	1	SS
42	42	May 24	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
43	43	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
44	44	May 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
45	45	May 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
46	46	May 30 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
47	48 (1)	May 31	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	49	Jun 1	HOU		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
49	50	Jun 2	HOU		CIN	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
50	51	Jun 3	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
51	52	Jun 4	HOU		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
52	53	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
53	54	Jun 6 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
54	56 (1)	Jun 7	HOU		STL	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
55	57	Jun 8	HOU		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
56	58	Jun 9	HOU		STL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	60 (1)	Jun 12	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
58	61	Jun 13	HOU	@	CHC	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
59	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
60	63	Jun 16	HOU		PIT	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
61	64	Jun 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
62	65	Jun 20	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
63	66	Jun 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,9-11	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
64	67	Jun 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
65	68	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	GS	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
66	69	Jun 24	HOU		LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
67	70	Jun 25	HOU		CIN	L,6-8	GS	38	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
68	71	Jun 26	HOU		CIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
69	72	Jun 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
70	73	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
71	74	Jun 29	HOU	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
72	75	Jun 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	76	Jul 2 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-8	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
74	78 (1)	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
75	79	Jul 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
76	80	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
77	81	Jul 6	HOU		NYM	W,1-0	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
78	82	Jul 7	HOU		NYM	L,4-12	CG	52	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
79	83	Jul 8	HOU		MON	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
80	84	Jul 9	HOU		MON	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
81	85	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
82	86	Jul 11	HOU		MON	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
83	87	Jul 15	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	7	0	12	2	SS
84	88	Jul 16	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
85	89	Jul 17	HOU	@	NYM	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
86	90	Jul 18 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
87	91	Jul 18 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,14-1	GS	24	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
88	92	Jul 19	HOU	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
89	94 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
90	96 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	97	Jul 23	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
92	98	Jul 24 (1)	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	CG	54	13.0	3	7	0	10	1	SS
93	99	Jul 24 (2)	HOU		SFG	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
94	100	Jul 25	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	10.0	5	3	0	8	2	SS
95	101	Jul 26	HOU		SDP	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	102	Jul 27	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	SS
97	103	Jul 28	HOU		SDP	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
98	104	Jul 30	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
99	105	Jul 31 (1)	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
100	106	Jul 31 (2)	HOU		ATL	W,9-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107	Aug 1	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
102	108	Aug 2	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	44	10.2	1	9	0	10	1	SS
103	109	Aug 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
104	110	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
105	111	Aug 5	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	112	Aug 6	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-9	GS	31	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
107	113	Aug 7	HOU	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
108	114	Aug 8	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	4	0	5	2	SS
109	115	Aug 9	HOU	@	STL	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
110	116	Aug 10	HOU	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
111	117	Aug 11	HOU	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
112	118	Aug 13	HOU		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
113	119	Aug 14	HOU		PIT	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	SS
114	120	Aug 15 (1)	HOU		PIT	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
115	121	Aug 15 (2)	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
116	122	Aug 16	HOU		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
117	123	Aug 17	HOU		CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
118	124	Aug 19	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
119	125	Aug 20	HOU	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
120	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
121	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
122	128	Aug 24	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	SS
123	129	Aug 25	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
124	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
125	131	Aug 27	HOU		STL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
126	132	Aug 28	HOU		STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
127	133	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
128	134	Aug 30	HOU		PHI	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
129	135	Aug 31	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	136	Sep 1	HOU		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
131	137	Sep 3	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
132	138	Sep 4	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
133	139	Sep 5	HOU		LAD	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
134	140	Sep 6	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
135	141	Sep 7	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
136	142	Sep 8	HOU		CIN	L,0-3	GS	30	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	SS
137	143	Sep 9	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
138	144	Sep 11 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
139	145	Sep 11 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
140	146	Sep 14 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
141	148 (1)	Sep 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
142	149	Sep 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
143	150	Sep 18	HOU		SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
144	151	Sep 19 (1)	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
145	152	Sep 19 (2)	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
146	153	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
147	154	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
148	155	Sep 24	HOU	@	SFG	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
149	157 (1)	Sep 26	HOU	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
150	158	Sep 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	3	6	0	9	2	SS
151	159	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
152	162 (2)	Oct 2	HOU		SFG	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
							152gm		1321.1	258	468	10	736	93