MLB / Players

Alex Metzler

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 167 lb

BornJanuary 4, 1903 · Fresno, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 16, 1925

Final gameSeptember 28, 1930

Seasons6 (1925–1930)

Chicago Cubs 1925; Philadelphia Athletics 1926; Chicago White Sox 1927–1930; St. Louis Browns 1930

Percentile snapshot

1929 season — qualified batters

146

74.4

658

82.3

568

79.3

61.6

156

63.4

47.6

90.9

19.5

RBI

34.1

93.9

14.6

57.9

18.3

.275

20.1

OBP

.367

43.9

SLG

.371

23.8

OPS

.739

29.9

wRC+

94.6

34.8

OPS+

91.2

32.9

wOBA

.349

32.3

sWAR

1.1

38.4

of 165 qualified 1929 batters (min 471 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

6.6

82.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1925	9	42	38	2	7	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	0	.184	.244	.237	.481	20.9	23.2	.229	-0.3
1926	20	75	67	8	16	3	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	.239	.311	.284	.594	53.7	54.2	.291	-0.3
1927	134	624	543	87	173	29	11	3	61	61	39	15	11	.319	.396	.429	.826	119.0	117.4	.388	3.8
1928	139	567	464	71	141	18	14	3	55	77	30	16	8	.304	.410	.422	.832	124.9	120.3	.391	3.2
1929	146	658	568	80	156	23	13	2	49	80	45	9	5	.275	.367	.371	.739	94.6	91.2	.349	1.1
1930	112	332	288	42	68	10	3	1	28	32	18	5	3	.236	.313	.302	.615	58.2	54.9	.291	-0.9

Career totals

560

2,298

1,968

290

561

RBI

207

260

144

.2851

OBP

.3736

SLG

.3836

OPS

.7572

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1929-08-03	CWS @ BOS Gameday	6	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	8
1927-06-08	CWS @ NYY Gameday	6	1	4	2	0	0	3	1	6
1927-09-01	CLE @ CWS Gameday	5	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	6
1930-07-27	BOS @ BAL Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	1	3	1	6
1927-05-29	CWS @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1925-04-14	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-15	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-16	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-17	PIT @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1925-04-18	STL @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.