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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 Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1976 Away 68 290 25 63 6 1 8 35 15 62 0 0 4 .584 .256 .328 .110 .217
1976 Home 74 296 41 76 16 2 10 38 29 61 0 0 2 .753 .327 .426 .169 .257
1977 Away 73 276 32 67 7 0 9 36 28 64 0 0 1 .677 .311 .366 .123 .243
1977 Home 72 270 35 72 15 3 7 38 22 42 0 0 0 .749 .327 .422 .156 .267
1978 Away 70 280 38 91 14 2 17 57 17 53 1 6 1 .932 .361 .571 .246 .325
1978 Home 74 281 33 80 10 1 11 54 35 63 3 2 1 .811 .366 .445 .160 .285
1979 Away 73 298 43 78 14 3 12 47 30 54 5 5 1 .776 .326 .450 .188 .262
1979 Home 71 266 36 69 14 0 14 40 23 56 4 4 4 .788 .318 .470 .211 .259
1980 Away 74 289 35 67 8 1 10 39 36 67 3 3 2 .689 .319 .370 .138 .232
1980 Home 70 261 27 65 11 1 6 37 32 58 2 6 1 .699 .331 .368 .119 .249
1981 Away 67 250 42 68 10 1 15 52 27 57 5 3 2 .848 .348 .500 .228 .272
1981 Home 64 249 44 76 8 6 12 35 15 46 7 3 1 .878 .348 .530 .225 .305
1982 Away 75 296 39 82 17 1 17 54 18 75 0 1 4 .834 .321 .514 .236 .277
1982 Home 68 240 31 59 14 2 8 32 20 55 0 3 0 .724 .303 .421 .175 .246
1983 Away 69 278 37 77 17 1 8 46 23 68 0 1 1 .760 .328 .432 .155 .277
1983 Home 72 265 49 78 18 4 14 58 32 62 0 0 0 .920 .369 .551 .257 .294
1984 Away 74 301 53 75 18 4 16 48 26 49 2 1 2 .810 .315 .495 .246 .249
1984 Home 72 262 44 65 15 1 10 42 23 48 3 1 0 .735 .308 .427 .179 .248
1985 Away 73 299 43 92 19 4 14 54 26 64 0 1 3 .903 .364 .538 .231 .308
1985 Home 71 270 31 69 11 1 6 36 24 56 0 1 0 .686 .315 .370 .115 .256
1986 Away 70 290 40 84 15 2 12 42 21 60 1 0 1 .816 .337 .479 .190 .290
1986 Home 74 290 48 89 16 0 18 64 25 54 4 2 4 .908 .360 .548 .241 .307
1987 Away 54 196 27 45 5 3 6 29 18 42 1 1 2 .675 .298 .378 .148 .230
1987 Home 44 152 24 44 7 0 7 28 9 31 1 3 0 .807 .333 .474 .184 .289
1988 Away 57 131 16 38 5 2 9 37 12 27 1 0 0 .917 .352 .565 .275 .290
1988 Home 67 134 15 38 7 2 3 22 12 22 3 0 2 .771 .338 .433 .149 .284
1989 Away 55 183 16 42 8 1 5 23 16 39 0 1 1 .656 .290 .366 .137 .230
1989 Home 59 186 16 39 9 1 5 25 10 45 1 0 0 .608 .259 .349 .140 .210
Total Away 952 3657 486 969 163 26 158 599 313 781 19 23 25 .777 .324 .453 .188 .265
Total Home 952 3422 474 919 171 24 131 549 311 699 28 25 15 .778 .331 .447 .179 .269
Total 1904 7079 960 1888 334 50 289 1148 624 1480 47 48 40 .777 .327 .450 .184 .267
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.