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Vida Blue League
3-25-2028
Arne Metsala Left Field
Retired (1989, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .777 Status Retired (1989) Option Years 0  
H 1888 Age 73 (OS 74) Date of Birth 05-14-1954
HR 289 Drafted Round 1, Pick 6
(1973)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(89 games)
RBI 1148
SB 47
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R A+ Power vs. L A  Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (98.4%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1973 Minors 19 61.00 3 / 8 4 / 8 6 / 9 6 / 9 9 / 9 9 / 9 9 / 9 46 / 61
1974 Minors 20 45.00 3 / 10 3 / 8 4 / 6 4 / 5 2 / 2 10 / 10 4 / 4 30 / 45
1974 Pos (RF) 20 10.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 10
1975 Minors 21 53.00 1 / 8 4 / 8 3 / 15 1 / 2 6 / 6 3 / 3 10 / 11 28 / 53
1976 Minors 22 3.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 3
1976 Majors 22 67.26 159 142 0 2 / 11 5 / 10 3 / 8 4 / 9 4 / 7 5 / 11 9 / 11 32 / 67
1977 Majors 23 68.01 162 144 0 1 / 11 1 / 11 5 / 10 5 / 12 9 / 12 1 / 5 3 / 7 25 / 68
1978 Majors 24 69.28 162 144 0 6 / 15 0 / 6 5 / 11 1 / 5 6 / 10 8 / 13 5 / 9 31 / 69
1979 Majors 25 69.42 162 144 0 2 / 10 0 / 6 1 / 8 3 / 15 4 / 5 5 / 10 6 / 15 21 / 69
1980 Majors 26 68.10 162 144 0 0 / 10 0 / 13 1 / 6 0 / 7 9 / 10 8 / 15 2 / 7 20 / 68
1981 Majors 27 58.70 145 125 17 0 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 8 1 / 7 2 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 5 4 / 58
1982 Majors 28 63.60 162 137 0 0 / 7 0 / 16 3 / 9 3 / 7 1 / 9 2 / 11 1 / 4 10 / 63
1983 Majors 29 64.72 162 138 0 0 / 9 0 / 14 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 12 2 / 15 1 / 4 3 / 64
1984 Majors 30 65.70 162 144 0 1 / 9 0 / 10 1 / 12 0 / 3 0 / 11 0 / 13 0 / 7 2 / 65
1985 Majors 31 65.78 162 144 0 0 / 13 0 / 7 1 / 15 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 10 1 / 65
1986 Majors 32 65.78 162 144 0 0 / 7 0 / 18 0 / 10 1 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 65
1987 Majors 33 41.40 108 83 18 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 41
1988 Majors 34 43.88 149 51 13 -1 / 9 -4 / 4 -1 / 9 -6 / 6 -6 / 3 -4 / 9 -2 / 3 -24 / 43
1989 Majors 35 50.32 162 88 0 -3 / 9 -2 / 7 -2 / 5 -6 / 13 -2 / 1 -2 / 8 -4 / 7 -21 / 50
Total 2181 1772 48 15 / 163 11 / 167 31 / 152 17 / 123 44 / 125 47 / 155 45 / 132 211 / 1027
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Arne Metsala has retired from the Detroit Cougars
1988-09-02Arne Metsala of the Detroit Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1987-07-04Arne Metsala of the Detroit Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1981-05-29Arne Metsala of the Detroit Cougars is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1976-04-04The Detroit Cougars have promoted Arne Metsala to the major league team. The Detroit Cougars have sent Waddy Walters to the minors.
1974-04-08The Detroit Cougars have renamed Dave Gorman to Arne Metsala.