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Name Team Age
Al Metha Retired (1967, Age 36) Died (2007, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6
(1953)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ty Cobb League 0 3 years (113 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- D- C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- D+ C 
Endurance Velocity Control
C  B+ B-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
B+ A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 12/13/1930
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1953 STL 3 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 66.0 78 36 36 4 31 37 1.65 4.91
1954 STL 6 8 79 0 0 0 3 0 120.1 132 66 65 3 54 69 1.55 4.86
1955 STL 6 10 54 7 0 0 25 0 79.2 100 56 48 1 31 48 1.64 5.42
1956 STL 5 2 66 0 0 0 20 0 101.2 107 54 52 2 55 62 1.59 4.60
1957 STL 1 13 43 19 0 0 0 0 126.0 126 85 67 4 49 82 1.39 4.79
1958 STL 7 11 28 28 1 0 0 0 133.0 148 87 82 3 60 90 1.56 5.55
1959 STL 10 7 22 22 3 2 0 0 122.2 126 77 63 0 55 92 1.48 4.62
1960 STL 7 10 22 22 1 0 0 0 120.2 141 78 65 1 44 93 1.53 4.85
1961 STL 5 7 24 11 1 0 0 0 79.2 89 50 47 4 29 49 1.48 5.31
1962 PIT 5 3 46 0 0 0 0 0 82.0 58 28 28 1 39 75 1.18 3.07
1963 PIT 1 1 36 0 0 0 0 0 67.2 48 26 24 0 28 42 1.12 3.19
1964 PIT 2 1 31 1 0 0 1 0 66.0 53 16 14 2 24 55 1.17 1.91
1965 PIT 2 5 50 0 0 0 0 0 89.2 88 49 46 1 37 54 1.39 4.62
1966 PIT-DET-NYA 3 1 34 2 0 0 0 0 50.2 55 30 26 1 23 43 1.54 4.62
1967 NYA-MIL 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 7 6 0 5 8 1.83 7.04
2086 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 63 84 584 112 6 2 49 0 1312.2 1358 745 669 27 564 899 1.46 4.59
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Al Metha has retired from the Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen
1967-07-10The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have designated Al Metha for assignment.
1967-06-08The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have designated Tex Munger for assignment.
1967-05-29The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have acquired Al Metha from the waiver wire. The Milwaukee Southern Railwaymen have waived Don Neal.
1967-05-24The New York Creatures have waived Al Metha.
1966-07-13The New York Creatures have promoted Clifford Morris to the major league team. The New York Creatures have designated Al Metha for assignment.
1966-07-08A trade has been completed between the New York Creatures and the Detroit Rotties. The Detroit Rotties receive Jeff Mills, Draft Pick - 1968 Round 4 (NYA), Draft Pick - 1967 Round 3 (WAS) from the New York Creatures in exchange for Al Metha, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 2 (DET).
1966-05-14The Detroit Rotties have acquired Al Metha from the waiver wire.
1966-05-09The Pittsburgh Pythons have designated Al Metha for assignment.
1965-06-07The Pittsburgh Pythons have re-claimed Al Metha from the waiver wire.
1965-06-06The Pittsburgh Pythons have promoted Johnny Hurley to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pythons have designated Al Metha for assignment.
1962-09-15The Pittsburgh Pythons have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pythons have sent Ty Greene to the minors.
1962-08-31The Pittsburgh Pythons have promoted Johnny Hurley to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pythons have sent Al Metha to the minors.
1961-08-07The St. Louis Birds have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Ty Greene to the minors.
1961-07-18The St. Louis Birds have promoted Walter Eaton to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Al Metha to the minors.
1961-06-22The St. Louis Birds have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Walter Eaton to the minors.
1961-06-03The St. Louis Birds have promoted Ramon Tedrow to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Al Metha to the minors.
1961-03-01The St. Louis Birds have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Rudy Hudson to the minors.
1960-08-29The St. Louis Birds have promoted Keith Welsh to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Al Metha to the minors.
1960-03-01The St. Louis Birds have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Rudy Hudson to the minors.
1959-09-01The St. Louis Birds have promoted Rudy Hudson to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Al Metha to the minors.
1953-04-22The St. Louis Birds have promoted Al Metha to the major league team. The St. Louis Birds have sent Darrell Schmidt to the minors.