Butch Metzger vs. Billy Taylor — Career Comparison

Butch Metzger
Baby BoomersIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the Year
Billy Taylor
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Billy Taylor a clear advantage over Butch Metzger across the core pitching metrics. Billy Taylor led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 97), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 131 vs 93), and strikeout rate (K%+ 129 vs 98). Billy Taylor was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Butch Metzger and Billy Taylor

Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
5.86
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
8.79
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.78
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.77
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
3.74
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
4.21
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
974
27
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324.2
9
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
8.87
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
8.7
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.71
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
4.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.69
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.89
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
5.37
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
8.51
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1286
39.46
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1414
39.2
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
3.44
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
5.38
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
4.08
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
4.77
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.71
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.4
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.68
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.61
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1104
33.87
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1236
34.26
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Butch Metzger and Billy Taylor

Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
5.86
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
8.79
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
27
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
974
27
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
293.1
9
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324.2
9
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.37
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.07
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.47
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.44
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.52
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.92
97.92
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.174
0.174
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Butch Metzger and Billy Taylor

Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PAverified
191
5457.14
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
428.57
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-2.89
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.16
-33.16
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.63
2.63
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Butch Metzger
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Billy Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Butch Metzger
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA