Alex Metzler
1925–1930 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
561G
.285AVG
.374OBP
.384SLG
More career statistics
561H
9HR
207RBI
46SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 561 | 560 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,968 | 1,966 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,298 | 2,297 |
| Batting · Runs | 290 | 291 |
| Batting · RBI | 207 | 208 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 46 | 48 |
| Batting · Walks | 260 | 261 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 561 | 2,298 | 1,968 | 290 | 561 | 85 | 41 | 9 | 207 | 260 | 144 | 46 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 755 | .285 | .374 | .384 | .758 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1929-09-14 to 1930-04-17
28longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1928-08-06 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1927-07-12 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1928-09-09 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 290 | 1190 | 307 | 3 | 113 | 145 | 68 | .306 | .380 | .407 |
| Away | 270 | 1107 | 254 | 6 | 95 | 116 | 76 | .264 | .334 | .360 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 160 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 10 | .358 | .456 | .463 |
| May | 97 | 418 | 102 | 3 | 31 | 46 | 20 | .281 | .354 | .394 |
| June | 92 | 333 | 72 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 27 | .248 | .318 | .328 |
| July | 117 | 458 | 109 | 1 | 47 | 57 | 25 | .283 | .362 | .384 |
| August | 106 | 484 | 124 | 2 | 38 | 41 | 26 | .292 | .341 | .373 |
| September | 104 | 421 | 103 | 2 | 42 | 49 | 34 | .284 | .361 | .394 |
| October | 5 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .389 | .522 | .611 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 86 | 343 | 82 | 1 | 29 | 33 | 26 | .275 | .335 | .366 |
| boston-red-sox | 85 | 343 | 95 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 13 | .319 | .373 | .419 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 78 | 322 | 70 | 1 | 29 | 33 | 20 | .245 | .320 | .339 |
| cleveland-guardians | 76 | 300 | 75 | 2 | 25 | 37 | 13 | .298 | .373 | .381 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 76 | 316 | 78 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 26 | .288 | .364 | .376 |
| detroit-tigers | 72 | 304 | 80 | 0 | 32 | 37 | 17 | .315 | .385 | .457 |
| st-louis-browns | 66 | 274 | 63 | 2 | 24 | 45 | 19 | .285 | .394 | .398 |
| chicago-white-sox | 12 | 53 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .229 | .264 | .271 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 |  Chicago Cubs | 9 | 38 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .184 | – | – |
| 1926 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 20 | 66 | 16 | – | 11 | 1 | .242 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Chicago White Sox | 134 | 543 | 173 | 3 | 62 | 16 | .319 | – | – |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 464 | 141 | 3 | 58 | 16 | .304 | – | – |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 568 | 156 | 2 | 46 | 10 | .275 | – | – |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 112 | 287 | 68 | 1 | 29 | 5 | .237 | – | – |