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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	4	2	3	9	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	13	2	1	16	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	10	2	1	13	1
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	2
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	13.0	12	0	0	12	2
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
13	13	May 2	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
14	14	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
15	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
16	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
17	17	May 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
18	21 (3)	May 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	16	0	0	16	3
19	22	May 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
20	24 (1)	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
22	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
23	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
25	31 (2)	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
26	32	May 29	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
28	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
29	35	May 31	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	1	15	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	36	Jun 1	BOS		DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
31	37	Jun 2	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
32	38	Jun 3 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
33	39	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
34	40	Jun 6 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
35	41	Jun 6 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
36	42	Jun 7	BOS		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
37	43	Jun 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
38	44	Jun 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-13	CG	47	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
39	45	Jun 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	3
40	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	11.1	8	0	0	8	0
41	47	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	2
42	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	15	1	0	16	2
43	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	50	13.0	16	1	0	17	1
44	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	51	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
46	52	Jun 17 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	53	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	10	4	0	14	2
48	54	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
49	55	Jun 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
50	56	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
51	57	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
52	58	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
53	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
54	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	11	2	1	14	2
55	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	6.1	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
57	65 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	7	1	0	8	0
58	66	Jul 3	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
59	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	69	Jul 5	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	46	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
62	70	Jul 6 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	71	Jul 6 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
64	72	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
65	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	77 (2)	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	78	Jul 15	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	0	5.2	4	0	0	4	0
69	79	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	80	Jul 17	BOS		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	81	Jul 18	BOS		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	84 (2)	Jul 21	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	85	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	86	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	87	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	88	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	89	Jul 28	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	90	Jul 29	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	91	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,2-4	CG	44	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	92	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	93	Aug 2	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	94	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	95	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	96	Aug 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	97	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	46	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	99	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	102	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	GS	0		0	0	1	1	0
91	105 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	106	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	108 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	109	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
95	110	Aug 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	9	3	0	12	0
96	111	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
97	112	Aug 17	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	113	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-16	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
99	114	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-8	CG	0	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	115	Aug 19 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	12	0	1	13	1
101	118 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	5.0	8	0	0	8	1
102	120 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS	0		10	0	1	11	1
103	121	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
104	122	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
105	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
106	124	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
107	125	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
108	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
109	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	16	4	0	20	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	128	Sep 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	129	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
112	130	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
113	131	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
114	132	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
115	133	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
116	134	Sep 5 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
117	135	Sep 6	BOS		CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
118	136	Sep 7	BOS		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
119	137	Sep 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
120	138	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
121	139	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		DET	T,3-3	CG	0	11.0	11	1	0	12	2
122	140	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
123	141	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
124	142	Sep 11	BOS		DET	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
125	143	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	12	1	1	14	1
126	144	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
127	145	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
128	146	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
129	148 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
130	149	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	150	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	153 (2)	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GS	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
133	154	Sep 23 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-5	CG	60	14.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	155	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
135	156	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	157	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							140gm		840.0	1003	78	16	1097	96