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Roger
Metzger		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 10, 1947 in Usa, TX, FREDERICKSBUR
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 8
1971 23 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1972 24 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 8
1973 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1974 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 8 8
1975 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 8 8 8
1976 28 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1977 29 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1978 30 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
1979 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 8 8
1980 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 8 8
1981 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 7 8 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1970 22 AA   29 116 10 20 1 0 1 4 4 6 11 12 .172 .244 .207 .451 4.5  
    A   107 399 44 105 16 3 2 26 22 16 75 29 .263 .380 .333 .713 55.6  
1971 23 AAA   54 224 25 70 6 1 4 14 10 3 26 13 .313 .384 .402 .786 35.5  
    AA   81 325 38 96 10 4 3 25 15 10 46 27 .295 .383 .378 .761 48.3  
1972 24 AAA   136 521 69 125 23 6 6 39 34 11 57 42 .240 .315 .342 .657 60.4  
1973 25 OAK AL 85 53 22 10 2 0 0 4 13 11 4 5 .189 .246 .226 .472 1.0 0.0
1974 26 OAK AL 44 22 12 4 2 0 0 1 8 6 2 0 .182 .240 .273 .513 1.0 0.0
    AAA   55 228 30 57 7 3 3 28 9 8 18 18 .250 .305 .346 .651 23.2  
1975 27 OAK AL 8 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.1 0.0
    AAA   106 360 44 100 15 2 8 44 12 9 29 28 .278 .332 .397 .729 46.1  
1976 28 AAA   132 428 60 111 16 6 5 46 26 6 44 31 .259 .328 .360 .688 54.2  
1977 29 AAA   136 514 61 141 27 2 10 44 22 10 51 37 .274 .340 .393 .733 69.2  
1978 30 AAA   137 508 65 123 20 3 9 50 16 11 56 38 .242 .317 .346 .664 57.4  
1979 31 OAK AL 142 424 48 118 21 4 2 51 24 18 28 20 .278 .325 .361 .686 46.0 7.0
1980 32 OAK AL 95 266 40 59 13 6 3 34 17 12 16 19 .222 .262 .350 .612 22.9 1.2
1981 33 OAK AL 53 43 18 9 0 0 2 4 14 7 1 6 .209 .227 .349 .576 3.9 0.0
    AAA   24 85 10 21 2 0 2 6 3 3 7 11 .247 .304 .341 .646 8.6  
1982 34 AAA   98 400 44 119 22 6 6 37 16 10 23 45 .298 .336 .428 .763 53.7  
6 Years Sim 427 817 142 202 39 10 7 94 77 55 51 51 .247 .291 .345 .636 74.8 8.2
9 Years AAA 878 3268 408 867 138 29 53 308 148 71 311 263 .265 .328 .374 .702 408.5  
2 Years AA 110 441 48 116 11 4 4 29 19 16 57 39 .263 .347 .333 .681 52.8  
1 Years A 107 399 44 105 16 3 2 26 22 16 75 29 .263 .382 .333 .715 55.6  
12 Years Minors 1095 4108 500 1088 165 36 59 363 189 103 443 331 .265 .336 .366 .701 517.0  
162 Game Average 309 53 76 14 3 2 35 29 20 19 19 .247 .291 .345 .636 28.4  
Career Highs 142 424 48 118 21 6 3 51 24 18 28 20 .278 .325 .361 .686 46.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   645 109 158 32 9 5 74 56 40 40 35 .245 .288 .346 .633 59.7
vs LH   172 33 44 7 1 2 20 21 15 11 16 .256 .304 .343 .647 16.4
Home 205 387 68 89 12 7 3 38 33 28 29 23 .230 .285 .320 .605 32.0
Away 222 430 74 113 27 3 4 56 44 27 22 28 .263 .297 .367 .664 44.1
RISP   184 0 57 10 4 1 78 0 0 12 13 .310 .345 .424 .769 25.7
Pinch Hitting   18 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.7
Close/Late   145 32 33 7 1 3 23 0 0 9 10 .228 .273 .352 .624 13.7
Mar/Apr 61 132 14 37 8 2 0 18 10 16 7 4 .280 .310 .371 .681 11.3
May 60 96 11 23 4 1 0 11 8 6 7 5 .240 .298 .302 .600 7.8
June 76 161 25 37 9 2 1 17 16 4 6 13 .230 .256 .329 .585 14.2
July 71 107 29 28 4 0 1 9 15 8 11 4 .262 .328 .327 .655 12.1
August 83 173 35 44 10 2 3 27 14 10 9 10 .254 .291 .387 .678 18.1
Sep/Oct 76 148 28 33 4 3 2 12 14 11 11 15 .223 .280 .331 .611 12.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 25 OAK AL 2B 17 2 52.7 18 30 1 5 .980 8.20   0.5
    SS 17 2 46.3 12 28 0 5 1.000 7.77   0.5
    3B 15 0 36.0 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00   0.1
    1B 17 0 32.0 40 7 2 3 .959 13.22   0.1
1974 26 OAK AL 3B 7 0 25.0 2 3 1 0 .833 1.80   0.0
    1B 10 0 21.0 36 0 0 3 1.000 15.43   0.1
    2B 9 0 18.0 9 11 0 5 1.000 10.00   0.2
    SS 5 0 9.7 2 4 2 0 .750 5.59   0.0
1975 27 OAK AL 2B 3 0 10.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 6.30   0.1
    3B 2 0 8.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    1B 1 0 1.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 20.30   0.0
1979 31 OAK AL 3B 121 118 1013.3 67 276 11 25 .969 3.05   3.1
    SS 6 4 40.3 5 15 1 3 .952 4.46   0.1
    2B 7 4 39.0 13 17 0 7 1.000 6.92   0.2
    LF 3 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
1980 32 OAK AL 1B 19 12 124.3 168 18 1 10 .995 13.46   0.2
    SS 15 13 113.7 17 49 3 6 .957 5.23   0.5
    2B 15 12 107.7 39 42 0 10 1.000 6.77   0.5
    3B 14 8 98.7 9 24 2 2 .943 3.01   0.2
    LF 14 8 79.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.2
    CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1981 33 OAK AL 1B 10 1 30.0 30 4 1 2 .971 10.20   0.0
    SS 12 0 24.0 2 12 0 0 1.000 5.25   0.1
    LF 7 0 22.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86   0.0
    2B 5 0 14.7 3 8 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 160 126 1183.0 79 315 15 27 .963 3.00   3.5
  2B 56 18 242.0 83 114 1 30 .995 7.33   1.4
  SS 55 19 234.0 38 108 6 14 .961 5.62   1.2
  1B 57 13 208.7 277 29 4 18 .987 13.20   0.4
  LF 24 8 109.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.2
  CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
Career Totals   353 184 1983.6 506 566 26 89 .976 4.86   6.7
Career Highs   137 126 1100.7 254 308 12 35 1.000 8.19    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Caught Stealing
1979-7-18
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Fred Merkle (971)
  2. George Vico (970)
  3. Billy Baldwin (969)
  4. George Thomas (965)
  5. Ray Knode (965)
  6. Lloyd Merriman (964)
  7. Don Kolloway (964)
  8. Robin Yount (963)
  9. Charlie Dees (957)
  10. Brooks Robinson (953)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 71st overall pick, by Oakland in 1970
Had first career hit on 4/11/1973, off Tom House (BSN)
Injured on 7/23/1975 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 8/1/1979, off Charlie Hough (MIN)
Injured on 5/4/1980 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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