Buck Marrow vs. Butch Metzger — Career Comparison

Buck Marrow
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Butch Metzger
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the Year

Buck Marrow built a career as a starting pitcher and Butch Metzger as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Butch Metzger posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.582 compared to 5.06 and 1.615 for Buck Marrow. By the career numbers, Butch Metzger had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Marrow and Butch Metzger

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.52
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.9
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.72
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.64
25.64
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
5.06
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.74
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
27
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.2
9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
10.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
8.87
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.11
10.11
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.87
8.87
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.81
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.42
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
4.3
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
3.52
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
5.37
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.074
1.074
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.81
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
41.54
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1286
39.46
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.44
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
3.44
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
5.69
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.08
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.68
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.615
1.615
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
36.3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
33.87
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.46
39.46

Fielding Stats for Buck Marrow and Butch Metzger

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
5.86
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
880
27
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293.1
9
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.37
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.07
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.47
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.44
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.88
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.795
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Marrow and Butch Metzger

Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
39
900
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
191
5457.14
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
17.18
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-2.89
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
2.88
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-33.16
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.71
3.71
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Marrow
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA