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Roger Metzger

Astros Career team 1971 to 1978
Position SS
Born Oct 10, 1947

Key Insights

1980
One opponent brings the best out of him

Metzger has hit .500/.692/.500 against Sam McDowell in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

4 for 8 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .558 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Metzger is 7 for 15 against Dennis Blair, a .467 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

19 career plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Metzger swings through more against Bob Gibson than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

31 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 34 matchups on his own record.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Metzger more often than Don Sutton: 93 plate appearances, in which Metzger has hit .222/.247/.278.

20 hits, 0 home runs and 9 strikeouts across 93 plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Metzger carries a .584 career OPS; against Wayne Simpson it is 1.080, over 22 plate appearances.

6 for 16 with 0 home runs.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Metzger has never got a hit off Rawly Eastwick: 0 for 14 across 17 plate appearances.

1 strikeout and 3 walks in those 17 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 10, 1947