George Metkovich

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: October 8, 1920 in Angels Camp, CA us

Died: May 17, 1995 in Costa Mesa, CA

Buried: El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, CA

High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 16, 1943 (Age 22-281d, 9,486th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1954 (Age 33-353d)
vs. STL 5 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: George Michael Metkovich

Nicknames: Catfish

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.8

3585

934

.261

476

RBI

373

OBP

.322

SLG

.367

OPS

.689

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	3	Apr 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 23	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 27	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	CG	58	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	T,1-1	CG	37	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
13	13	May 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	14	May 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
15	15	May 4	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
16	18 (2)	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	19	May 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
18	20	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
19	21	May 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	22	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	23	May 12	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	24	May 13 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	25	May 13 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
24	26	May 15	PIT		NYG	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	27	May 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	28	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,12-7	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
28	30	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
29	31	May 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-17	CG	57	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	32	May 20 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-12	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
32	34	May 23	PIT		BRO	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
33	35	May 25	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
34	36	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	37	May 28	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
36	38	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	39	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	40	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	41	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-14	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	42	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS	27	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
41	43	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	44	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	45	Jun 5	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
44	46	Jun 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
45	47	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
46	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	49	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	50	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
49	51	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	52	Jun 14	PIT		BSN	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
51	53	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	54	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	56 (1)	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	57	Jun 19	PIT		PHI	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	59	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	60	Jun 22	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	70 (9)	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	73 (2)	Jul 5	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	74	Jul 6	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	82 (7)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
62	83	Jul 16	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
63	84	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
64	85	Jul 18	PIT	@	BRO	W,13-12	GS	20	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	87 (1)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	13	3	1	17	1	1B
66	93 (5)	Jul 27	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	94	Jul 28	PIT		BSN	W,8-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
68	96 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
69	97	Jul 31	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	98	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
71	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	100	Aug 3	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	106 (5)	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	GF	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
74	111 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	113 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
76	114	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
77	115	Aug 16	PIT		STL	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
78	117 (1)	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
79	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
80	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
81	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.2	11	2	0	13	0	1B
82	123 (1)	Aug 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
83	124	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,12-11	GS	31	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
84	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
85	128 (1)	Aug 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	GS	24	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
86	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	132 (2)	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	133	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	GF	25	5.2	9	2	0	11	0	PH 1B
89	134	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	135	Sep 5	PIT		CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
91	136	Sep 6	PIT		CIN	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
92	137	Sep 7	PIT		STL	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
93	140 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
94	141	Sep 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
95	142	Sep 12	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	144 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
97	145	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
98	146	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GS	29	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
99	147	Sep 18	PIT		BSN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
100	149 (1)	Sep 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	11	1	1	13	1
101	150	Sep 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	11	0	0	11	0
102	151	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
103	152	Sep 25	PIT		CHC	W,6-3	GS	0	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
104	153	Sep 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
105	154	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
106	155	Sep 30	PIT		CIN	W,8-4	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
							106gm		845.0	474	30	4	508	32