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

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Team Record in Appearances: 1-9

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 5, Entered with runners on base: 5

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	IR	IS	CS	AB	2B	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	140	Sep 8	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	5-6		99	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0.00	5.58	9	3	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	6	0	2	1.87	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.79	5b 123 0 out tie	6b 3 out d1
2	2	143	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	6-7		2	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	3.38	5.95	5	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	.86	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.37	6t -2- 2 out d2	7t 1-3 1 out d2
3	3	144	Sep 12	SFG		LAD	L,0-11	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	5.03	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d8	8t 3 out d8
4	4	146	Sep 14	SFG		HOU	L,0-5	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	1.59	5.23	8	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	.15	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
5	5	151	Sep 18	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	4.27	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.28	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.97	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
6	6	152	Sep 19	SFG		CIN	L,4-8	7-8		0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1.86	4.03	9	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	2	0	.04	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d7
7	7	154	Sep 21	SFG		CIN	W,8-6	10-GF(10)	W(1-0)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	1.69	3.98	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.77	0.134	.00	0.00%	0.48	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
8	8	157	Sep 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	1.59	4.17	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	1	2.42	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-0.16	8b 12- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
9	9	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-13	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	3	3	3	2	1	3.75	4.41	7	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	5	2	1	.07	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-3.09	8b --3 1 out d3	8b end d 7
10	10	162	Oct 2	SFG		SDP	L,5-9	9-GF		3	0.2	1	0	0	2	1	3.55	4.63	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	.54	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.61	9t -23 1 out d2	9t end d 4
							1-9		W-L:1-0	1.7	12.2	11	5	5	12	5	3.55	4.63	60	1.00		0%	0%	11	9	56%	1	46	5	7	.82	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.43

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