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Jersey Number 29
Jack Metzger
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 210
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Powell, Ohio
- High School:
- Olentangy Liberty
- Major:
- Engineering
Bio
All-Ivy League Second Team (2022)
Pitcher of the Year (2023 team award)
Elected a co-captain for the 2024 season.
SENIOR (2023) | Game-by-Game Stats
Chosen by his teammates as the Big Green Pitcher of the Year … led Dartmouth in innings (63.1) and strikeouts (52) … ranked third in the nation in fewest walks issued per nine innings (0.85) and fourth among Division I pitchers in strikeout-to-walk ratio (8.67) … struck out six without a free pass over five frames in his season debut at 22nd-ranked Miami … closed out the 6-1 win at South Florida with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief … held UCF in check for seven innings, allowing just three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out a career-high seven batters and departed with a 9-3 lead but did not get a decision … struck out six without a walk in six stanzas against Penn … pitched a career-long eight innings in the opener against Harvard, matching his personal best with seven punchouts, and was lifted with a 3-2 lead only to get a no-decision … hurled eight frames in his next start against Yale, yielding four earned runs … moved back to the bullpen to give the team a late-game boost, and he picked up the 3-2 win over Cornell with four innings of one-run relief.
JUNIOR (2022) | Game-by-Game Stats
All-Ivy League Second Team reliever … led the conference in overall saves (6) and games finished (12) while ranking third in appearances (19) and innings in relief (39.1) … in Ancient Eight games only, led the loop in saves (5), appearances (10) and games finished (8) … held opponents to a .224 average, .191 in Ivy play … posted a 2.03 ERA over his final 16 outings … picked up his first career save with three scoreless stanzas of one-hit ball, striking out two and ending the game on a double play in a 5-4 victory over Bradley … fanned four in two shutout innings in the 11-6 win against Hope … twirled two perfect frames with three punchouts to save the Ivy opener versus Brown, 5-3, then did not allow a hit or walk in the last 1.2 innings of the second game of the twinbill, striking out two more … locked down the save in the 2-1 win at Penn, retiring all four batters he faced … relieved in both ends of the doubleheader sweep of Princeton, hurling 2.1 perfect innings for a save in the 6-2 win before closing out the 11-6 triumph by getting the last five outs including two whiffs … saved the 10-8 victory at Cornell with two scoreless stanzas, striking out two … final save came at Harvard, yielding just an unearned run in his one inning of the 8-6 win … earned his first career victory with 3.2 shutout frames of one-hit ball in the 3-2 comeback victory over Manhattan … final appearance of the year was in the first game versus Columbia as he went a season-long 4.1 innings with a career-high five strikeouts, picking up his second win in the process, 11-8.
SOPHOMORE (2021)
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FRESHMAN (2020) | Game-by-Game Stats
Tossed 1.1 scoreless innings of relief with his first strikeout in his collegiate debut in the season opener against Indiana State, a 1-0 Big Green loss … also provided an inning of relief during the three-game series at Virginia before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letterman at Oletangy Liberty for coach Ty Brenning ... two-time first-team all-conference pitcher, including junior year when he helped the Patriots to a 30-4 record and an Ohio State Championship … captain, second-team all-state in Division 1 and Central District Player of the Year as a senior … also earned two letters on the basketball team, helping the squad go 24-5 with a Central Region Championship in his final year … played against Lebron James’ high school in the state semifinals.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jack Miller Metzger … son of Marc and Shannon Metzger has one brother ... born March 3, 2001 in Columbus, Ohio ... grandfather Kenneth Miller played basketball at Toledo … avid fantasy football player and golf enthusiast.
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