Roger Metzger
1970–1980 · bats B / throws R · Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants
1,219G
.231AVG
.291OBP
.293SLG
More career statistics
972H
5HR
254RBI
83SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,219 | 4,676 | 4,201 | 453 | 972 | 101 | 71 | 5 | 254 | 355 | 449 | 83 | 36 | 8 | 22 | 1,230 | .231 | .291 | .293 | .584 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1973-05-17 to 1973-05-28
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1972-09-07 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1973-05-19 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1972-07-12 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 623 | 2304 | 465 | 0 | 121 | 174 | 238 | .224 | .277 | .288 |
| Away | 596 | 2372 | 507 | 5 | 133 | 181 | 211 | .238 | .290 | .297 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 189 | 688 | 118 | 0 | 43 | 61 | 60 | .194 | .260 | .258 |
| May | 188 | 772 | 186 | 3 | 46 | 56 | 71 | .268 | .313 | .352 |
| June | 212 | 793 | 159 | 1 | 32 | 45 | 89 | .219 | .257 | .267 |
| July | 234 | 939 | 210 | 0 | 47 | 77 | 86 | .251 | .306 | .313 |
| August | 203 | 766 | 164 | 0 | 41 | 64 | 77 | .239 | .298 | .284 |
| September | 185 | 685 | 128 | 1 | 44 | 50 | 61 | .207 | .260 | .270 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .226 | .273 | .355 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 148 | 563 | 112 | 0 | 36 | 47 | 37 | .224 | .282 | .291 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 140 | 508 | 92 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 61 | .194 | .234 | .243 |
| atlanta-braves | 140 | 515 | 108 | 0 | 30 | 37 | 47 | .231 | .282 | .297 |
| san-diego-padres | 133 | 512 | 104 | 0 | 35 | 40 | 47 | .232 | .281 | .315 |
| san-francisco-giants | 110 | 443 | 88 | 1 | 27 | 43 | 34 | .226 | .296 | .283 |
| new-york-mets | 97 | 369 | 86 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 54 | .256 | .295 | .345 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 90 | 344 | 67 | 1 | 13 | 21 | 26 | .211 | .256 | .230 |
| montreal-expos | 87 | 352 | 88 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 28 | .287 | .341 | .349 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  Chicago Cubs | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Houston Astros | 150 | 562 | 132 | – | 26 | 15 | .235 | – | – |
| 1972 | Houston Astros | 153 | 641 | 142 | 2 | 38 | 23 | .222 | – | – |
| 1973 | Houston Astros | 154 | 580 | 145 | 1 | 35 | 10 | .250 | – | – |
| 1974 | Houston Astros | 143 | 572 | 145 | – | 30 | 9 | .253 | – | – |
| 1975 | Houston Astros | 127 | 450 | 102 | 2 | 26 | 4 | .227 | – | – |
| 1976 | Houston Astros | 152 | 481 | 101 | – | 29 | 1 | .210 | – | – |
| 1977 | Houston Astros | 97 | 269 | 50 | – | 16 | 2 | .186 | – | – |
| 1978 | Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants | 120 | 358 | 88 | – | 23 | 8 | .246 | – | – |
| 1979 |  San Francisco Giants | 94 | 259 | 65 | – | 31 | 11 | .251 | – | – |
| 1980 | San Francisco Giants | 28 | 27 | 2 | – | – | – | .074 | – | – |