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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1970	18	-1.2	Great Falls	PION	Rk	SFG	2	9	.182	4.17	5.38	14	13		1	0	0	82.0	80	49	38	5	38	2	92	2	1	7		1.439	8.8	0.5	4.2	10.1	2.42
1971	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	SFG	9	12	.429	4.91	6.00	26	26		6	1	0	174.0	171	116	95	29	94	3	173	6	0	5		1.523	8.8	1.5	4.9	8.9	1.84
1971	19	-1.5	Decatur	MIDW	A	SFG	3	7	.300	6.49	8.47	13	13		2	0	0	68.0	83	64	49	16	48	3	65	4	0	3		1.926	11.0	2.1	6.4	8.6	1.35
1971	19	-0.3	Magic Valley	PION	Rk		6	5	.545	3.91	4.42	13	13		4	1	0	106.0	88	52	46	13	46	0	108	2	0	2		1.264	7.5	1.1	3.9	9.2	2.35
1972	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	SFG	6	7	.462	3.15	4.05	23	18		10	3	1	140.0	123	63	49	12	43	1	152	3	0	8		1.186	7.9	0.8	2.8	9.8	3.53
1972	20	-2.3	Amarillo	TL	AA	SFG	2	1	.667	1.13	2.25	5	3		3	1	1	24.0	16	6	3	0	3	0	35	1	0	2		0.792	6.0	0.0	1.1	13.1	11.67
1972	20	-0.7	Decatur	MIDW	A	SFG	4	6	.400	3.57	4.42	18	15		7	2	0	116.0	107	57	46	12	40	1	117	2	0	6		1.267	8.3	0.9	3.1	9.1	2.93
1973	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SFG	12	8	.600	3.41	3.99	30	29		11	2	0	203.0	192	90	77	11	71	3	147	4	0	1		1.296	8.5	0.5	3.1	6.5	2.07
1973	21	-3.7	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	2	5	.286	4.63	5.13	13	12		2	0	0	72.0	87	41	37	6	22	1	39	0	0	0		1.514	10.9	0.8	2.8	4.9	1.77
1973	21	-1.8	Amarillo	TL	AA	SFG	10	3	.769	2.75	3.37	17	17		9	2	0	131.0	105	49	40	5	49	2	108	4	0	1		1.176	7.2	0.3	3.4	7.4	2.20
1974	22	-2.3	Phoenix	PCL	AAA	SFG	12	10	.545	4.72	5.29	33	28		9	1	0	204.0	209	120	107	20	90	7	148	9	1	6		1.466	9.2	0.9	4.0	6.5	1.64
1974	22	-5.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	0	1.000	3.55	3.55	10	0	4	0	0	0	12.2	11	5	5	0	12	7	5	0	0	0	60	1.816	7.8	0.0	8.5	3.6	0.42
1975	23	-2.0	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	SDP	15	7	.682	3.62	4.58	36	20		9	2	5	169.0	163	86	68	16	78	3	114	5	1	3		1.426	8.7	0.9	4.2	6.1	1.46
1975	23	-4.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	1	0	1.000	7.71	7.71	4	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	6	4	4	1	4	1	6	0	0	0	24	2.143	11.6	1.9	7.7	11.6	1.50
1976	24	-3.4	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	11	4	.733	2.92	3.21	77	0	62	0	0	16	123.1	119	44	40	5	52	14	89	3	1	0	528	1.386	8.7	0.4	3.8	6.5	1.71
1977	25		2 Teams	NL	Maj	SDP-STL	4	2	.667	3.59	4.06	75	1	32	0	0	7	115.1	105	52	46	13	50	6	54	2	0	2	494	1.344	8.2	1.0	3.9	4.2	1.08
1977	25	-2.3	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	0	0		5.56	6.35	17	1	4	0	0	0	22.2	27	16	14	5	12	4	6	1	0	0	105	1.721	10.7	2.0	4.8	2.4	0.50
1977	25	-2.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	4	2	.667	3.11	3.50	58	0	28	0	0	7	92.2	78	36	32	8	38	2	48	1	0	2	389	1.252	7.6	0.8	3.7	4.7	1.26
1978	26	1.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	PHI	3	7	.300	4.50	5.43	11	10		1	0	0	68.0	74	41	34	1	18	0	30	7	0	0		1.353	9.8	0.1	2.4	4.0	1.67
1978	26	-2.0	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	3	.250	6.51	6.75	25	0	11	0	0	0	37.1	48	28	27	4	22	7	21	1	1	0	180	1.875	11.6	1.0	5.3	5.1	0.95
1979	27	-0.3	Caracas	IAML	AAA		2	0	1.000	0.50	1.00	2			1	0	0	18.0	8	2	1		5		7					0.722	4.0		2.5	3.5	1.40
1980	28	2.9	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	3	6	.333	3.26	3.91	38	2		0	0	14	69.0	64	30	25	6	21	2	42	3	0	0		1.232	8.3	0.8	2.7	5.5	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (5 seasons)					Majors		18	9	.667	3.74	4.08	191	1	112	0	0	23	293.1	289	133	122	23	140	35	175	6	2	2	1286	1.463	8.9	0.7	4.3	5.4	1.25
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		64	66	.492	3.94	4.77	213	146		48	9	20	1127.0	1084	597	494	100	458	21	905	39	3	30		1.368	8.7		3.7	7.2	1.98
All Levels (11 Seasons)							82	75	.522	3.90	4.63	404	147	112	48	9	43	1420.1	1373	730	616	123	598	56	1080	45	5	32	1286	1.388	8.7		3.8	6.8	1.81

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		37	35	.514	4.08	4.80	133	72		22	3	19	600.0	605	320	272	49	234	13	380	24	2	9		1.398	9.1		3.5	5.7	1.62
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		12	4	.750	2.50	3.19	22	20		12	3	1	155.0	121	55	43	5	52	2	143	5	0	3		1.116	7.0	0.3	3.0	8.3	2.75
A (2 seasons)					Minors		7	13	.350	4.65	5.92	31	28		9	2	0	184.0	190	121	95	28	88	4	182	6	0	9		1.511	9.3	1.4	4.3	8.9	2.07
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		8	14	.364	4.02	4.84	27	26		5	1	0	188.0	168	101	84	18	84	2	200	4	1	9		1.340	8.0	0.9	4.0	9.6	2.38