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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-44 / in Starts: 33-44
Longest Hitting Streak	16 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	10

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 352 PAs	27
Actual Runners on Base	176 (95-60-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 352 PAs	33
Avg. Runners on Base	226 (117-73-35)

Most Driven In
S Newsome	7
Self	4
T Lupien	3
R Partee	3
J Peacock	2
J Cronin	1
E O'Neill	1
B Conroy	1

Most Driven In By
J Tabor	8
B Doerr	7
P Fox	4
Self	4
F Garrison	4
L Culberson	1
T Lupien	1
J Lazor	0

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	78 (77)	Jul 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	3	1.03	-0.075	1.17	-0.05%	-0.68	RF
2	2	79	Jul 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	3	.96	-0.093	1.17	-0.07%	-0.77	RF
3	3	80	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	3	.61	-0.039	.63	-0.02%	-0.41	RF
4	4	81	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	2	1.10	-0.065	.90	-0.03%	0.19	RF
5	5	82	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.227	.238	.465	2	1.54	-0.073	.73	-0.02%	-0.08	1B
6	6	83	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.192	.377	2	1.16	-0.156	.66	-0.05%	-1.64	1B
7	7	84	Jul 23 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG(10)	6	6	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.219	.242	.313	.555	2	1.26	0.386	.66	0.12%	2.50	CF
8	8	85	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.270	.333	.604	2	.52	-0.015	.27	-0.01%	-0.31	CF
9	9	86	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.317	.475	.792	2	1.46	0.416	.54	0.09%	3.78	CF
10	10	87	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	.302	.318	.512	.830	2	.81	0.062	.41	0.02%	0.83	CF
11	11	88	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.286	.458	.744	2						CF
12	12	89	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.264	.423	.687	2	.63	-0.072	.42	-0.03%	-1.10	CF
13	13	90	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.268	.473	.741	2	.70	0.059	.37	0.02%	0.33	CF
14	14	91	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	.241	.254	.448	.703	2	1.60	-0.117	.89	-0.04%	-0.96	CF
15	15	92	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.254	.435	.689	2	1.11	0.104	.84	0.05%	0.69	CF
16	16	93	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.227	.239	.409	.648	2						CF
17	17	94	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.219	.375	.594	2	1.66	-0.235	.89	-0.08%	-1.29	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	18	95	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.221	.231	.403	.633	2	.92	0.026	.66	0.01%	0.23	CF
19	19	96	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.241	.388	.628	2	.93	0.053	.53	0.02%	1.11	CF
20	20	97	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,9-11	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.261	.400	.661	2	.43	-0.020	.20	-0.01%	0.07	CF
21	21	98	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.272	.409	.681	3	1.57	0.100	.60	0.02%	0.58	CF
22	22	99	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.398	.666	3	.82	0.052	.25	0.01%	-0.30	CF
23	23	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.257	.381	.639	3	.83	-0.074	.33	-0.02%	-0.54	CF
24	24	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.267	.386	.653	3	1.58	0.097	.39	0.01%	0.35	CF
25	25	102	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.278	.404	.682	3	.77	0.040	.16	0.01%	0.14	CF
26	26	103	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.301	.450	.750	3	.56	0.213	.11	0.03%	3.20	CF
27	27	104	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.281	.305	.456	.761	3						CF
28	28	105	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.298	.442	.740	3	.96	-0.120	.35	-0.03%	-0.79	CF
29	29	106	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1	0	.285	.313	.447	.760	3	1.04	0.038	.25	0.01%	0.60	RF
30	30	107	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.311	.441	.752	3	1.41	-0.202	.18	-0.02%	-1.78	CF
31	31	108	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.282	.309	.450	.759	3	1.15	0.030	.10	0.00%	0.38	CF RF
32	32	109	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.274	.300	.437	.737	3	1.10	-0.156	.11	-0.01%	-2.17	CF
33	33	110	Aug 16	BOS	@	SLB	W,9-0	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.310	.468	.778	3	.32	0.071	.03	0.00%	0.95	CF
34	34	111	Aug 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.309	.462	.770	3	.46	-0.029	.05	0.00%	-0.32	CF
35	35	112	Aug 18	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.272	.301	.449	.750	3	1.38	-0.139	.09	-0.01%	-0.80	CF
36	36	113	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.293	.437	.730	3	1.11	-0.104	.09	-0.01%	-0.88	CF
37	37	114	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.286	.426	.712	3	.47	-0.035	.05	0.00%	-0.76	CF
38	38	115	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.285	.421	.706	3	1.48	-0.133	.07	0.00%	-0.82	CF
39	39	116	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0			0	0	0	.262	.292	.421	.713	3						CF
40	40	117	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.291	.413	.705	3						CF
41	41	118	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG(13)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	.251	.289	.404	.692	3	1.42	-0.057	.02	0.00%	-0.70	CF
42	42	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.286	.398	.684	3	.88	-0.087	.01	0.00%	-1.17	CF
43	43	120	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.280	.389	.669	3						RF
44	44	121	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.238	.273	.378	.652	2	.93	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-1.42	RF
45	45	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.273	.392	.664	2						RF
46	46	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.277	.399	.676	2	1.06	0.032	.01	0.00%	0.24	RF
47	47	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.240	.277	.393	.670	2						CF RF
48	48	125	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.280	.393	.673	2	1.91	0.196	.00	0.00%	0.61	CF
49	49	126	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.282	.390	.673	2	1.07	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.51	CF
50	50	127	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.239	.277	.383	.660	2	.72	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.94	CF
51	51	128	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.277	.380	.657	2	.81	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.45	CF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
52	52	129	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.240	.279	.382	.662	2	1.50	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.92	CF
53	53	130	Sep 4	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.280	.391	.671	2	1.31	0.263	.00	0.00%	1.65	CF
54	54	131	Sep 5	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.278	.384	.662	2	1.44	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.85	CF
55	55	132	Sep 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.278	.379	.657	2	.91	-0.055	.00	0.00%	0.14	CF
56	56	133	Sep 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.278	.377	.654	2	1.02	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.54	CF
57	57	134	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,3-11	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.288	.378	.666	2	.78	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.42	CF
58	58	135	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-9	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.291	.384	.675	2	.73	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.44	CF
59	59	136	Sep 11	BOS		NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.238	.288	.379	.667	2	.88	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.23	CF
60	60	137	Sep 12 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.284	.373	.656	2	1.68	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.03	CF
61	61	138	Sep 12 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.279	.367	.646	2	.86	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.69	CF
62	62	139	Sep 14	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.230	.279	.365	.644	2	1.38	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-1.00	RF
63	63	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.282	.365	.647	2						RF
64	64	141	Sep 18	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.281	.362	.642	2	1.31	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.87	RF
65	65	142	Sep 19 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	6	6	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.289	.376	.665	2	.37	0.202	.00	0.00%	3.64	RF
66	66	143	Sep 19 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.288	.374	.662	2	.61	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.36	RF
67	67	144	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-7	CG	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.244	.290	.375	.665	2	.29	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.88	RF
68	68	145	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.292	.373	.665	2	1.22	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.18	RF
69	69	146	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.295	.375	.669	2	1.45	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.52	RF
70	70	147	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	GS-10	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.294	.376	.670	2	1.43	0.111	.00	0.00%	1.36	RF
71	71	148	Sep 26 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.296	.377	.673	2						RF
72	72	149	Sep 26 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.251	.301	.376	.677	2						RF
73	73	150	Sep 27	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.299	.373	.672	2	.88	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.15	RF
74	74	151	Sep 28	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.301	.372	.672	2	.83	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.14	RF
75	75	152	Sep 29 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,3-4	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.249	.299	.369	.668	2	1.79	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.10	CF RF
76	76	153	Sep 29 (2)	BOS		SLB	T,3-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.249	.299	.367	.666	2						RF
77	77	154	Oct 3 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.249	.298	.366	.664	2						RF
78	78	155	Oct 3 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.246	.294	.361	.656	2						RF
							33-44		352	321	34	79	14	4	5	27	19	0	38	3	9		8	6	1	3	.246	.294	.361	.656		1.05	-0.184	.24	-0.07%	2.50

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