Roger Metzger

Full Name: Roger Henry Metzger	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/165	First Game: June 16, 1970
Birthdate: October 10, 1947	Final Game: August 10, 1980
Birthplace: Fredericksburg, Texas	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Roger Metzger (Roger Henry Metzger) was born on October 10, 1947 in Fredericksburg, Texas. He made his Major League debut on June 16, 1970 for the Chicago Cubs. In 1971, his rookie year, he hit .235 with 0 home runs and 26 RBI. Metzger played for the Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants over the course of his 11 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1970	CHI	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	HOU	N	150	562	64	132	0	26	.235	.294	.299	14	11	44	50	4	5	15	4	5
1972	HOU	N	153	641	84	142	2	38	.222	.288	.259	12	3	60	71	1	9	23	1	7
1973	HOU	N	154	580	67	145	1	35	.250	.299	.322	11	14	39	70	3	12	10	0	10
1974	HOU	N	143	572	66	145	0	30	.253	.297	.320	18	10	37	73	0	21	9	1	13
1975	HOU	N	127	450	54	102	2	26	.227	.289	.296	7	9	41	39	0	15	4	10	6
1976	HOU	N	152	481	37	101	0	29	.210	.286	.270	13	8	52	63	0	8	1	10	11
1977	HOU	N	97	269	24	50	0	16	.186	.272	.264	9	6	32	24	0	5	2	3	7
1978	SF	N	75	235	17	61	0	17	.260	.294	.294	6	1	12	17	0	7	8	0	4
1978	HOU	N	45	123	11	27	0	6	.220	.287	.268	4	1	12	9	0	2	0	3	8
1978	TOT	N	120	358	28	88	0	23	.246	.292	.285	10	2	24	26	0	9	8	3	12
1979	SF	N	94	259	24	65	0	31	.251	.311	.340	7	8	23	31	0	5	11	2	6
1980	SF	N	28	27	5	2	0	0	.074	.167	.074	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
Total			1219	4201	453	972	5	254	.231	.291	.293	101	71	355	449	8	90	83	34	79

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1970	CHI	N	SS	1	1	7	1	4	1	1	0	.833
1971	HOU	N	SS	148	145	1302.1	275	459	17	91	2	.977
1972	HOU	N	SS	153	153	1373.1	238	504	22	101	0	.971
1973	HOU	N	SS	149	146	1306.2	231	429	12	83	0	.982
1974	HOU	N	SS	142	142	1261.2	238	451	17	85	0	.976
1975	HOU	N	SS	126	123	1094.1	186	441	15	83	0	.977
1976	HOU	N	SS	150	149	1304.1	253	462	10	93	0	.986
1976	HOU	N	2B	2	2	17	5	6	0	0	0	1.000
1977	HOU	N	SS	96	86	758	130	260	11	45	0	.973
1977	HOU	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	SF	N	SS	74	67	592.1	112	184	8	30	0	.974
1978	HOU	N	2B	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1978	HOU	N	SS	42	38	333.2	59	103	6	21	2	.964
1978	TOT	N	SS	116	105	926	171	287	14	51	2	.970
1979	SF	N	2B	10	5	55	14	18	0	4	0	1.000
1979	SF	N	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	SF	N	SS	78	68	598.1	108	219	15	34	0	.956
1980	SF	N	2B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	SF	N	SS	13	7	69	14	19	1	4	0	.971
Total			SS	1172	1125	10001	1845	3535	135	671	4	.976
Total			2B	15	7	76	19	26	0	4	0	1.000
Total			3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros in exchange for Hector Torres (October 12, 1970).
Sold by Houston Astros to San Francisco Giants (June 15, 1978).
Released by San Francisco Giants (August 16, 1980).

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