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Butch
Metzger		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 23, 1952 in Usa, IN, LAFAYETTE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 22 CLN NL   7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1975 23 CLN NL   7 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 24 CLN NL   7 5 6 6 3 4 3 4 4 4
1977 25 CLN NL   7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
1978 26 CLN NL   7 5 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
1979 27 CLN NL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1980 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1981 29 LAD NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1982 30 LAD NL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1983 31 LAD NL   7 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1984 32 LAD NL   6 4 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1985 33 LAD NL   6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1974 22 AAA   2 4 .333 27 1 0 0 0 51.0 68 44 7 28 42 7.76 .305 .382 .462 .844  
1975 23 AAA   1 0 1.000 7 2 0 0 0 13.3 17 10 1 6 12 6.75 .298 .365 .386 .751  
1976 24 AAA   0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 7.7 14 9 1 5 3 10.57 .378 .452 .622 1.074  
1977 25 A   8 7 .533 21 21 4 2 0 146.3 115 40 4 50 149 2.46 .216 .283 .281 .564  
1978 26 A   12 3 .800 24 24 2 0 0 182.0 136 33 9 48 174 1.63 .206 .260 .280 .539  
1979 27 AA   6 12 .333 24 24 4 1 0 175.3 141 48 15 56 158 2.46 .215 .277 .331 .608  
1980 28 CLN NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 17.0 10 5 1 9 3 2.65 .175 .288 .246 .533 1.6
    AA   12 7 .632 27 27 2 0 0 178.3 183 91 16 75 157 4.59 .263 .334 .380 .714  
1981 29 LAD NL 10 17 .370 32 32 2 1 0 217.0 222 101 24 117 87 4.19 .266 .358 .400 .758 6.9
1982 30 LAD NL 7 18 .280 31 31 1 0 0 183.0 187 121 27 101 86 5.95 .265 .356 .426 .782 0.4
1983 31 AAA   6 11 .353 24 24 1 1 0 151.3 148 71 20 87 99 4.22 .256 .354 .400 .754  
1984 32 AAA   8 10 .444 25 25 2 1 0 162.3 162 70 19 83 101 3.88 .259 .346 .391 .737  
1985 33 AAA   10 12 .455 29 29 1 0 0 190.3 202 77 19 105 149 3.64 .273 .363 .396 .759  
3 Years Sim 18 36 .333 65 65 5 1 0 417.0 419 227 52 227 176 4.90 .262 .355 .406 .760 8.9
6 Years AAA 27 38 .415 114 83 4 2 0 576.0 611 281 67 314 406 4.39 .270 .359 .406 .765  
2 Years AA 18 19 .486 51 51 6 1 0 353.7 324 139 31 131 315 3.54 .240 .307 .357 .663  
2 Years A 20 10 .667 45 45 6 2 0 328.3 251 73 13 98 323 2.00 .210 .270 .281 .551  
10 Years Minors 65 67 .492 210 179 16 5 0 1258.0 1186 493 111 543 1044 3.53 .247 .323 .361 .684  
Season Average 6 12 .333 21 21 1 0 0 139.0 139 75 17 75 58 4.90 .262 .355 .406 .760  
Career Highs 10 18 .500 32 32 2 1 0 217.0 222 121 27 117 87 5.95 .266 .358 .426 .782  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   183 97 21 89 94   .240 .320 .374 .694
vs LH   236 130 31 138 82   .283 .384 .435 .819
Home 9 16 .360 31 31 1 0 0 190.0 193 107 24 105 73 5.07 .264 .356 .407 .763
Away 9 20 .310 34 34 4 1 0 227.0 226 120 28 122 103 4.76 .261 .353 .405 .757
Mar/Apr 5 4 .556 10 10 1 0 0 70.0 62 32 10 31 27 4.11 .239 .321 .394 .715
May 3 5 .375 10 10 0 0 0 61.7 69 38 7 36 28 5.55 .288 .380 .417 .797
June 2 8 .200 12 12 0 0 0 74.0 78 43 12 47 38 5.23 .269 .371 .428 .799
July 2 6 .250 10 10 1 0 0 61.0 66 36 10 27 29 5.31 .280 .354 .445 .799
August 3 6 .333 10 10 0 0 0 61.3 65 38 6 30 27 5.58 .266 .347 .422 .769
Sep/Oct 3 7 .300 13 13 3 1 0 89.0 79 40 7 56 27 4.04 .241 .352 .348 .699
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 28 CLN NL P 2 2 17.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 3.71    
1981 29 LAD NL P 32 32 217.0 13 39 2 5 .963 2.16    
1982 30 LAD NL P 31 31 183.0 13 25 2 0 .950 1.87    
Career Totals   65 65 417.0 29 68 4 5 .960 2.09    
Career Highs   32 32 217.0 13 39 2 5 1.000 3.71    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1981-4-17
1982-4-18
 Homeruns Allowed
1981-10-24
1982-4-27
 Walks Allowed
1981-4-117
1982-3-101
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Pat Jarvis (974)
  5. Walt Terrell (972)
  6. Harry Dorish (968)
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  8. Dave Stieb (963)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 79th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1974
Injured on 8/11/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/23/1977 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1977 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/12/1978 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 3/23/1979 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 7 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/27/1980
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to CLN: P Mike Garman. Going to LAD: RF Tom Brunansky, DH Roy Foster, 2B Tom Heintzelman, P Butch Metzger, CF Paul Blair)
 
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