Bio
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1976
Bio
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Rookie of the Year
- 1976
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 191
- W
- 18
- L
- 9
- ERA
- 3.74
- IP
- 293.1
- K
- 175
- BB
- 140
- WHIP
- 1.46
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | SF | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 12.2 | 5 | 12 | 1.82 |
| 1975 | SD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7.71 | 4.2 | 6 | 4 | 2.14 |
| 1976 | SD | 77 | 11 | 4 | 2.92 | 123.1 | 89 | 52 | 1.39 |
| 1977 |  SD/STL | 75 | 4 | 2 | 3.59 | 115.1 | 54 | 50 | 1.34 |
| 1978 | NYM | 25 | 1 | 3 | 6.51 | 37.1 | 21 | 22 | 1.88 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | SD/STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Butch Metzger's career stats?
Butch Metzger played 5 seasons for the Giants, the Padres and the Mets. He had 18 wins and 175 strikeouts with a 3.74 ERA over 293.1 innings. His best season was 1976: 11 wins, a 2.92 ERA and 89 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
5 seasons, 1974 to 1978
Butch Metzger finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Awards
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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