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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
4	4	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
5	5	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	14.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
7	7	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	CG	67	16.0	19	2	0	21	3
8	8	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-11	GS	25	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	14 (2)	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	21 (6)	May 14 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
14	22	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-7	GF	20	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	23	May 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
16	24	May 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
17	25	May 18	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
18	26	May 19	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	16	1	1	18	3
19	27	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	2
20	28	May 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
21	29	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
22	30	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
23	31	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	32	May 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
25	33	May 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	36 (2)	May 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	37	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
28	38	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	39	May 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	40	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
31	41	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	42	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
33	43	Jun 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	44	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
35	45	Jun 7	BOS		NYY	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	46	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	47	Jun 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	48	Jun 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	49	Jun 13	BOS		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	50	Jun 14 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	51	Jun 14 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	52	Jun 15	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	53	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	54	Jun 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	55	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	GS	0		2	0	1	3	0
46	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
47	57	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
48	58	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
49	59	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	60	Jun 22 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	61	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
52	62	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
53	63	Jun 25 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
54	64	Jun 25 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	65	Jun 28	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	66	Jun 29	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jun 30	BOS		CHW	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	68	Jul 1	BOS		SLB	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	69	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	70	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	73	Jul 5	BOS		DET	L,1-8	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
63	74	Jul 6	BOS		DET	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	75	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	79 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	82 (2)	Jul 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	83	Jul 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	88 (2)	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	89	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-1	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
72	90	Jul 23 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	91	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	92	Jul 25	BOS	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
75	95 (2)	Jul 28	BOS	@	DET	W,15-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
76	96	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
77	97	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
78	98	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	99	Aug 1	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
80	100	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	101	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	104 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	106 (1)	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	GF	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
84	107	Aug 11	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
85	109 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	13	1	0	14	1
86	110	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
87	111	Aug 14	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
88	112	Aug 15	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
89	113	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
90	114	Aug 17	BOS		DET	T,3-3	CG	24	5.1	5	1	0	6	0
91	115	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
92	116	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
93	117	Aug 19	BOS		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
94	118	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
95	119	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
96	120	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	18	2	0	20	0
97	121	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
98	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
99	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
100	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
101	125	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	126	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	127	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	128	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
105	129	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	130	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	131	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	132	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	133	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	134	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	135	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
112	136	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	4	1	0	5	0
113	137	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	138	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	139	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
116	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	141	Sep 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	142	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
119	143	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	0	12.2	6	0	0	6	0
121	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
122	146	Sep 22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	147	Sep 22 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
124	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
125	150 (1)	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
126	151	Sep 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
127	152	Sep 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
128	153	Sep 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	10	1	0	11	0
129	154	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
130	155	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
131	156	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
							135gm		425.0	702	42	17	761	40