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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1976 DET
142
586
66
139
22
3
18
73
44
 123 4 4
0
 0 6
.670
.293
.377
.140
.237
1977 DET
145
546
67
139
22
3
16
74
50
 106 2 1
0
 0 1
.713
.319
.394
.139
.255
1978 DET
144
561
71
171
24
3
28
111
52
 116 2 4
4
 8 2
.872
.363
.508
.203
.305
1979 DET
144
564
79
147
28
3
26
87
53
 110 2 7
9
 9 5
.782
.323
.459
.199
.261
1980 DET
144
550
62
132
19
2
16
76
68
 125 2 2
5
 9 3
.694
.325
.369
.129
.240
1981 DET
131
499
86
144
18
7
27
87
42
 103 5 3
12
 6 3
.863
.348
.515
.226
.289
1982 DET
143
536
70
141
31
3
25
86
38
 130 2 3
0
 4 4
.785
.313
.472
.209
.263
1983 DET
141
543
86
155
35
5
22
104
55
 130 0 5
0
 1 1
.838
.348
.490
.204
.285
1984 DET
146
563
97
140
33
5
26
90
49
 97 4 3
5
 2 2
.775
.312
.464
.215
.249
1985 DET
144
569
74
161
30
5
20
90
50
 120 3 5
0
 2 3
.800
.341
.459
.176
.283
1986 DET
144
580
88
173
31
2
30
106
46
 114 1 5
5
 2 5
.862
.348
.514
.216
.298
1987 DET
98
348
51
89
12
3
13
57
27
 73 2 0
2
 4 2
.733
.313
.420
.164
.256
1988 DET
124
265
31
76
12
4
12
59
24
 49 1 3
4
 0 2
.843
.345
.498
.211
.287
1989 DET
114
369
32
81
17
2
10
48
26
 84 3 3
1
 1 1
.632
.274
.358
.138
.220
Total
1904
7079
960
1888
334
50
289
1148
624
 1480 33 48
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.