Butch Metzger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: May 23, 1952 in Lafayette, IN us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from John F. Kennedy HS (Sacramento, CA).

High School: John F. Kennedy HS (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: September 8, 1974 (Age 22-108d, 13,557th in major league history)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 28, 1978 (Age 26-036d)
vs. CHC 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Clarence Edward Metzger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

3.74

191

293.1

175

WHIP

1.463

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	2 (1)	Apr 10	SDP		ATL	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 13	SDP	@	LAD	W,8-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	1	1	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 17	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8	Apr 18 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	9	Apr 18 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	W,11-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	10	Apr 20	SDP	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	10	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	11	Apr 21	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	13 (1)	Apr 24	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	15 (1)	Apr 26	SDP		CHC	W,6-2	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	18 (2)	Apr 29	SDP		CHC	W,9-5		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	22 (3)	May 5	SDP	@	MON	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	23	May 6	SDP	@	MON	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	29 (5)	May 14	SDP	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	32 (2)	May 18	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	34 (1)	May 20	SDP		HOU	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	36 (1)	May 22	SDP		CIN	L,2-3		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	40 (3)	May 26	SDP		LAD	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	41	May 27	SDP		SFG	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	45 (3)	May 31	SDP	@	ATL	W,10-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	47 (1)	Jun 4	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	48	Jun 5	SDP	@	PIT	W,11-9		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	53 (4)	Jun 10	SDP		NYM	L,0-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
23	54	Jun 11	SDP		PHI	L,2-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	55	Jun 12	SDP		PHI	L,2-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	57 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	SDP		PHI	W,4-3	GF	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	62 (4)	Jun 19	SDP	@	STL	L,0-1	GF	4	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	63	Jun 20	SDP	@	STL	W,5-4		11	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
28	66 (2)	Jun 23 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	67	Jun 23 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	69 (1)	Jun 25	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	70	Jun 26 (1)	SDP		ATL	W,9-7	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	73 (2)	Jun 28	SDP		CIN	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
33	74	Jun 29	SDP		CIN	L,5-12		11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	77 (2)	Jul 2	SDP		LAD	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	81 (3)	Jul 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	84 (2)	Jul 9	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
37	86 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	87	Jul 11	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	88	Jul 15	SDP		STL	L,1-2	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	91 (2)	Jul 18	SDP		CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	94 (2)	Jul 21	SDP		PHI	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	95	Jul 22	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4		17	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
43	97 (1)	Jul 24	SDP		LAD	W,6-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	98	Jul 25	SDP		LAD	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	103 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	L,8-13	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	104	Jul 30 (2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-4	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	106 (1)	Aug 1	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	107	Aug 2 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,7-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	111 (3)	Aug 5	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	112	Aug 6	SDP		HOU	W,9-3	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	113	Aug 7	SDP		HOU	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	114	Aug 8	SDP		HOU	W,4-3	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	116 (1)	Aug 11	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	119 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	SDP	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	120	Aug 14	SDP	@	MON	W,7-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	122 (1)	Aug 16	SDP	@	STL	W,11-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	125 (2)	Aug 21	SDP		NYM	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	126	Aug 22	SDP		NYM	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
59	127	Aug 23	SDP		PIT	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	129 (1)	Aug 25	SDP		PIT	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	131 (1)	Aug 28	SDP		MON	L,4-7		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
62	132	Aug 29	SDP		MON	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
63	133	Aug 31	SDP	@	PIT	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	136 (2)	Sep 3	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	137	Sep 4	SDP	@	SFG	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	141 (3)	Sep 7	SDP		LAD	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	142	Sep 8	SDP		ATL	L,1-3		12	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	143	Sep 9	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	145 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	SDP		HOU	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	146	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	L,2-3		3	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
71	147	Sep 14	SDP		SFG	L,6-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	151 (3)	Sep 19 (2)	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	152	Sep 21	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-9		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	154 (1)	Sep 24	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
75	155	Sep 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,8-11		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
76	156	Sep 26	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-10		8	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
77	161 (4)	Oct 2	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							77gm		123.1	5	17	1	23	0