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Alex
Metzler		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 182
 
Born: January 4, 1903 in Usa, CA, FRESNO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1934   
All-Star Selections 1934   
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
1930 27 SDP NL $ 2,857,143   80 80 72 16 16 16 57 70 66 52 67 63 83 88 87
1931 28 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10
1932 29 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10
1933 30 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 5 7 6 9 10 10
1934 31 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 6 5 8 9 9
1935 32 SDP NL $ 11,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1936 33 SDP NL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1937 34 MON NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 5 4 8 8 8
1938 35 MON NL $ 3,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 7 6 3 5 4 8 8 8
1939 36 OAK AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8
1940 37 OAK AL $ 2,000,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 4 3 8 8 8
1941 38 DET AL     6 6 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 3 3 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000   80 80 72 16 16 16 57 70 66 52 67 63 83 88 87
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
1930 27 SDP NL 129 477 92 176 32 6 7 57 0 6 53 12 .369 .434 .505 .939 91.2 18.5
1931 28 SDP NL 154 534 73 153 19 3 3 69 7 9 77 26 .287 .378 .350 .728 70.3 10.2
1932 29 SDP NL 148 528 91 172 28 11 5 75 8 13 59 13 .326 .394 .449 .842 85.7 16.7
1933 30 SDP NL 125 457 76 139 22 7 2 58 10 8 55 19 .304 .379 .396 .775 65.2 13.0
1934 31 SDP NL 148 559 88 177 21 9 9 74 8 11 55 37 .317 .380 .435 .815 87.2 15.9
1935 32 SDP NL 151 563 92 162 27 12 9 73 10 7 56 38 .288 .355 .426 .781 81.3 13.4
1936 33 SDP NL 138 531 95 156 24 6 8 48 21 12 49 32 .294 .356 .407 .762 76.4 12.9
1937 34 SDP NL 77 229 35 55 9 2 3 15 1 2 23 14 .240 .308 .336 .645 21.7 1.6
  MON NL 53 171 22 47 9 3 1 20 1 1 8 14 .275 .306 .380 .686 17.2 2.1
  TOT   130 400 57 102 18 5 4 35 2 3 31 28 .255 .307 .355 .662 38.9 3.7
1938 35 MON NL 101 206 30 61 5 0 3 22 0 0 15 17 .296 .345 .364 .709 24.8 3.5
1939 36 OAK AL 91 140 23 42 5 2 3 25 4 2 5 12 .300 .320 .429 .748 18.2 2.9
1940 37 OAK AL 71 86 27 22 5 0 2 13 1 0 6 10 .256 .304 .384 .688 10.0 1.7
1941 38 AAA   137 545 68 176 27 3 18 80 17 12 48 66 .323 .378 .483 .860 92.6  
11 Years Sim 1386 4481 744 1362 206 61 55 549 71 71 461 244 .304 .370 .414 .784 649.0 112.5
1 Years AAA 137 545 68 176 27 3 18 80 17 12 48 66 .323 .381 .483 .864 92.6  
162 Game Average 523 86 159 24 7 6 64 8 8 53 28 .304 .370 .414 .784 75.9  
Career Highs 154 563 95 177 32 12 9 75 21 13 77 38 .369 .434 .505 .939 91.2  
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   3572 607 1119 166 46 49 440 64 60 395 175 .313 .382 .427 .809 558.1
vs LH   909 137 243 40 15 6 109 7 11 66 69 .267 .320 .364 .684 100.3
Home 681 2164 368 666 108 30 31 264 26 37 216 107 .308 .371 .428 .800 324.6
Away 705 2317 376 696 98 31 24 285 45 34 245 137 .300 .369 .401 .769 333.8
RISP   1055 0 331 51 21 17 460 0 0 120 62 .314 .379 .450 .829 175.3
Pinch Hitting   193 33 63 11 3 3 42 1 0 12 10 .326 .362 .461 .823 30.1
Close/Late   554 118 186 27 14 11 90 0 0 68 22 .336 .408 .495 .902 104.6
Mar/Apr 236 806 130 230 42 7 6 70 9 8 85 48 .285 .354 .377 .731 106.3
May 259 876 133 253 41 10 10 100 5 12 93 48 .289 .359 .393 .752 119.2
June 226 737 136 239 32 12 5 88 13 11 68 31 .324 .383 .421 .804 111.9
July 203 660 103 195 32 6 11 76 13 15 67 38 .295 .361 .412 .774 93.8
August 245 781 130 246 37 17 12 114 10 10 76 45 .315 .377 .452 .829 124.7
Sep/Oct 217 621 112 199 22 9 11 101 21 15 72 34 .320 .391 .438 .829 102.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 27 SDP NL RF 118 112 986.7 232 5 10 2 .960 2.16 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    LF 7 0 15.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1931 28 SDP NL RF 140 138 1226.7 303 3 13 1 .959 2.25 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    LF 10 4 61.3 15 1 2 0 .889 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1932 29 SDP NL CF 104 100 879.7 203 4 8 1 .963 2.12 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    RF 39 36 320.0 74 1 5 0 .938 2.11 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
1933 30 SDP NL CF 100 94 827.7 213 7 5 5 .978 2.39 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    RF 18 17 150.0 33 0 2 0 .943 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1934 31 SDP NL CF 132 125 1130.7 331 5 10 1 .971 2.67 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    RF 8 6 59.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1935 32 SDP NL CF 146 138 1224.3 341 13 15 2 .959 2.60 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1936 33 SDP NL CF 126 123 1095.0 269 10 16 2 .946 2.29 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 5 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1937 34 SDP NL CF 60 55 477.4 131 2 5 2 .964 2.51 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 5 1 17.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 0 9.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  MON NL CF 42 38 339.9 94 2 3 1 .970 2.54 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    RF 3 1 12.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 6.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 102 93 817.3 225 4 8 3 .966 2.52   2.2
      RF 8 2 29.6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
      LF 8 0 16.6 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
      C 1 0 3.6 0 0 1 0 .000 .00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 35 MON NL CF 44 42 362.3 118 1 1 1 .992 2.96 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 11 0 22.0 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
1939 36 OAK AL LF 16 15 118.7 20 2 2 0 .917 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 12 7 68.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 11 5 48.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.94 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 37 OAK AL CF 13 8 75.0 24 0 1 0 .960 2.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 7 6 50.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 3 29.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 783 730 6485.9 1739 44 65 15 .965 2.47 0 0 .000 0 19.4
  RF 360 319 2873.3 683 9 32 3 .956 2.17 0 0 .000 0 8.8
  LF 71 25 295.6 60 4 5 0 .928 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  SS 2 0 6.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.6 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1217 1074 9664.4 2483 61 103 18 .961 2.37 1 0 .000 0 28.7
Career Highs   152 142 1291.0 348 14 16 5 .984 2.91 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 29 SDP NL 14 55 8 19 2 0 1 5 1 3 5 0 .345 .400 .436 .836
1934 31 SDP NL 7 28 5 8 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 4 .286 .300 .429 .729
1937 34 MON NL 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1940 37 OAK AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 27 88 14 28 3 0 2 10 3 3 6 4 .318 .358 .420 .778
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.
Batting Average
1930-2-.369
1932-9-.326
 On-Base Pct
1930-1-.434
1932-5-.394
1934-10-.380
 Slugging Pct
1930-9-.505
 OPS
1930-4-.939
 Hits
1934-9-177
 Singles
1934-4-138
Triples
1932-3-11
1934-4-9
1935-2-12
 Stolen Bases
1932-3-8
1933-10-10
1934-8-8
1935-3-10
1936-1-21
 Caught Stealing
1930-10-6
1931-4-9
1932-2-13
1933-6-8
1934-1-11
1935-2-7
1936-1-12
 Walks
1931-8-77
1932-10-59
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Jo-Jo White (942)
  5. Brett Butler (937)
  6. Gee Walker (930)
  7. Eddie Waitkus (930)
  8. Don Ross (926)
  9. Carl Furillo (923)
  10. Goose Goslin (922)
History
Had first career hit on 4/1/1930, off Bunny Hearn (OAK)
Had 6 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis (B) on 4/22/1930
Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1930, off Johnny Werts (CHA)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle (P) on 6/19/1930
Injured on 6/27/1930 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Had 6 hits with 2 RBI against Cincinnati on 8/27/1930
10/3/1930: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $11,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1932, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 5/31/1933 with a Fractured Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1934
10/12/1935: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from San Diego to Montreal on 7/1/1937 (Going to SDP: P Frank Pearce. Going to MON: CF Alex Metzler)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/5/1939 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1941 to a minor league contract
 
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