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	23-45 / in Starts: 13-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 142 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	106 (54-36-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 142 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	91 (48-29-14)

Most Driven In
J Pendleton	4
H Aaron	3
J Logan	3
E Mathews	2
B Bruton	1
A Pafko	1
Self	1
D Crandall	0

Most Driven In By
A Pafko	2
D Crandall	1
L Burdette	1
Self	1
J Dittmer	1
J Adcock	1

1954 Batting Game Log

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1954 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	988	2 (1)	Apr 15	MLN		STL	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	.53	-0.062	1.20	-0.08%	-1.62	RF
2	989	3	Apr 17	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	1.02	-0.141	2.62	-0.22%	-2.13	RF
3	990	4	Apr 18 (1)	MLN		CIN	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.333	.444	8	.89	0.059	2.62	0.10%	1.54	PH
4	991	5	Apr 18 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.333	.533	9	1.03	0.032	2.75	0.05%	0.21	PH
5	992	7 (1)	Apr 23	MLN	@	STL	W,7-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.300	.482	9	1.73	-0.044	4.29	-0.07%	-0.24	PH
6	993	9 (1)	Apr 25	MLN	@	STL	L,6-7	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.250	.404	4	3.15	-0.161	7.74	-0.24%	-0.61	1B
7	994	11 (1)	Apr 28	MLN		NYG	L,1-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.250	.464	8	1.60	0.042	4.20	0.07%	0.11	PH
8	995	12	Apr 29	MLN		PHI	L,0-4	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.267	.250	.517	9	.71	0.032	1.59	0.04%	0.38	PH
9	996	13	Apr 30	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.313	.308	.620	8	.87	0.045	1.77	0.06%	0.38	PH
May		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
10	997	18 (4)	May 7	MLN		CHC	L,0-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.143	.294	.286	.580	9						PH
11	998	20 (1)	May 9	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.294	.286	.580	5						1B
12	999	32 (11)	May 22 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,11-9	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.333	.667	9	1.70	0.073	5.49	0.14%	0.61	PH
13	1000	38 (5)	May 29	MLN		STL	L,7-12	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.316	.313	.628	9	.83	-0.019	4.04	-0.06%	-0.46	PH
Jun		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
14	1001	40 (1)	Jun 1	MLN		BRO	L,0-2	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.353	.703	9	1.03	0.045	4.89	0.13%	0.25	PH
15	1002	41	Jun 2	MLN		BRO	L,6-7	5-GF(5)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	9	1.80	-0.050	8.14	-0.14%	-0.31	PH
16	1003	42	Jun 4	MLN		PIT	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.368	.732	9	.48	0.026	1.55	0.05%	0.20	PH
17	1004	46 (3)	Jun 7	MLN		NYG	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.391	.400	.791	9	1.91	0.087	6.52	0.18%	1.00	PH
18	1005	47	Jun 8	MLN		NYG	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.381	.756	9	3.41	-0.086	10.45	-0.16%	-0.23	PH
19	1006	49 (1)	Jun 10	MLN		NYG	L,0-1	9-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.400	.381	.781	8	3.17	0.010	8.12	0.02%	0.23	PH
20	1007	54 (4)	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748	9	1.33	-0.033	3.90	-0.06%	-0.59	PH
21	1008	59 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.407	.391	.799	9	.43	0.021	.81	0.02%	0.66	PH
22	1009	64 (4)	Jun 26	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-10	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.393	.375	.768	9	.45	-0.018	.55	-0.01%	-0.53	PH
23	1010	68 (3)	Jun 30	MLN		CHC	L,7-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.379	.360	.739	9	1.91	-0.048	1.11	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
Jul		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
24	1011	69	Jul 1	MLN		STL	L,2-9	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	9	.39	0.019	.20	0.01%	0.38	PH
25	1012	70	Jul 2 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,11-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.370	.757	9	1.91	-0.048	.62	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
26	1013	72 (1)	Jul 3	MLN		CIN	L,4-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.357	.732	9	2.01	-0.047	.93	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
27	1014	73	Jul 4	MLN		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.364	.345	.708	1	4.98	-0.139	2.08	-0.04%	-0.31	PH
28	1015	76 (2)	Jul 6	MLN	@	CHC	W,14-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.281	.368	.344	.712	6	.66	0.127	.21	0.02%	1.32	RF 1B
29	1016	77	Jul 7	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.341	.314	.656	7	.98	-0.073	.37	-0.02%	-0.65	1B
30	1017	78	Jul 8	MLN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG(14)	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.340	.317	.657	5	1.24	-0.059	.51	-0.02%	0.07	1B
31	1018	79	Jul 9	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.353	.302	.655	5	.82	0.075	.25	0.01%	0.24	1B
32	1019	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.364	.311	.675	5	1.65	-0.017	.33	0.00%	-0.75	1B
33	1020	81	Jul 11 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.350	.360	.710	5	1.26	-0.020	.21	0.00%	-0.36	1B
34	1021	82	Jul 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.355	.365	.720	5	.87	0.017	.12	0.00%	0.22	1B
35	1022	83	Jul 14	MLN		BRO	L,1-2	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.349	.358	.708	9	3.41	-0.086	.75	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
36	1023	85 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,9-8	9-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.359	.358	.718	9	.27	0.009	.06	0.00%	0.38	PH
37	1024	87 (1)	Jul 17	MLN		BRO	L,1-2	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.354	.352	.706	9	4.61	-0.133	1.54	-0.03%	-0.59	PH
38	1025	89 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	MLN		PIT	L,5-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.348	.345	.694	9	1.57	-0.040	.28	0.00%	-0.23	PH
39	1026	90	Jul 19	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.357	.379	.736	6	.79	0.111	.10	0.01%	1.11	RF
40	1027	91	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.279	.356	.377	.733	6						RF
41	1028	92	Jul 22	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.355	.365	.720	6	1.09	-0.051	.11	0.00%	-0.46	RF
42	1029	98 (5)	Jul 29	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.351	.359	.710	9	1.73	-0.044	.69	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
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
43	1030	101 (2)	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-6	4-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.367	.379	.746	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.66	PR 1B
44	1031	102	Aug 2	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.363	.373	.736	9	3.44	-0.081	4.06	-0.06%	-0.37	PH
45	1032	104 (1)	Aug 4	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.358	.368	.726	9	.91	-0.023	.63	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
46	1033	109 (4)	Aug 11	MLN	@	STL	W,6-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.354	.362	.716	9	2.32	-0.015	4.01	-0.02%	-0.09	PH
47	1034	114 (4)	Aug 17	MLN		STL	L,1-4	7-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.361	.362	.724	9	.66	0.031	2.75	0.08%	0.38	PH
48	1035	116 (1)	Aug 19	MLN		STL	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.357	.357	.714	9	3.41	-0.086	11.70	-0.18%	-0.23	PH
49	1036	117	Aug 20	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.353	.352	.705	9	1.25	-0.036	3.18	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
50	1037	119 (1)	Aug 22	MLN	@	CHC	W,12-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.349	.347	.696	9	1.26	-0.036	1.84	-0.03%	-0.24	PH
51	1038	122 (2)	Aug 26	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.356	.347	.704	8	4.79	-0.003	7.79	0.00%	0.24	PH
52	1039	125 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	MLN		BRO	L,4-12	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.352	.342	.695	9	1.77	-0.045	2.74	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
53	1040	126	Aug 29 (2)	MLN		BRO	L,4-11	4-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.360	.351	.711	9	2.28	0.148	2.47	0.10%	1.06	PH
Sept		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
54	1041	133 (6)	Sep 5 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.344	.333	.677	5	1.50	-0.220	2.59	-0.23%	-2.29	RF
55	1042	134	Sep 6 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,13-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	.340	.329	.670	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.11	RF
56	1043	138 (3)	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-5	1-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.330	.317	.647	3	.94	-0.072	4.65	-0.22%	-0.81	PR 1B
57	1044	139	Sep 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.337	.318	.654	8	1.10	-0.021	2.72	-0.03%	-0.32	1B
58	1045	140	Sep 12 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.333	.307	.640	8	.99	-0.071	1.72	-0.07%	-0.53	1B
59	1046	142 (1)	Sep 14	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.339	.319	.658	8	1.29	0.030	6.60	0.09%	0.45	1B
60	1047	143	Sep 16 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.336	.316	.652	8	.65	-0.007	.69	-0.01%	0.30	1B
61	1048	147 (3)	Sep 19	MLN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.342	.323	.665	8	.44	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.92	1B
62	1049	148	Sep 20 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.347	.340	.687	8	1.04	0.195	.00	0.00%	1.58	1B
63	1050	149	Sep 20 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.339	.330	.669	8	2.88	-0.215	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1B
64	1051	150	Sep 21	MLN		CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.341	.327	.668	8	.61	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.10	RF
65	1052	151	Sep 22 susp	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.338	.324	.663	8	2.74	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.05	RF
66	1053	152	Sep 24	MLN		STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.336	.330	.666	8	.49	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-1.04	RF
67	1054	153	Sep 25	MLN		STL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.343	.339	.682	8	1.34	0.126	.00	0.00%	1.02	RF
68	1055	154	Sep 26	MLN		STL	L,0-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.352	.358	.710	6	1.51	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.56	RF
							23-45		142	123	7	34	5	1	1	15	15	5	15	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	.276	.352	.358	.710		1.33	-0.709	1.69	-0.96%	-3.52

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