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.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,13-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,12-11	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	10	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	11	Apr 26	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	12	Apr 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	13	Apr 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	15 (1)	May 1	BOS		DET	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	16	May 2	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	17	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	18	May 4	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	19	May 6 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	20	May 6 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	21	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	CG	0	14.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	22	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,14-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	24 (1)	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	25	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	26	May 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	27	May 14	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	28	May 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	29	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	30	May 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,18-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	31	May 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	32	May 19 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	33	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
31	34	May 22	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	50	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	35	May 23	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
33	36	May 25	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	37	May 26 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	39 (1)	May 29	BOS		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	40	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
37	41	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	44 (2)	Jun 4	BOS		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
39	45	Jun 5	BOS		SLB	T,8-8	GF	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	46	Jun 6	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	47	Jun 8	BOS		DET	W,15-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	48	Jun 9 (1)	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	49	Jun 9 (2)	BOS		DET	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	50	Jun 10	BOS		CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	51	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
48	55 (1)	Jun 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	57 (1)	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	60 (2)	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	61	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	62	Jun 23 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	63	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	64	Jun 24	BOS	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	65	Jun 25	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	66	Jun 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-16	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
57	67	Jun 26 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	72 (4)	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	73	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	2	4	0
60	74	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	78 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	79	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	85 (5)	Jul 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	87 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	91 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	92	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	93	Jul 23	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	97 (3)	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	W,13-6	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	99 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	110 (10)	Aug 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-7	GF	29	5.2	1	0	0	1	0
71	112 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	114 (1)	Aug 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
73	122 (7)	Aug 21	BOS		SLB	W,12-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	139 (16)	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
75	147 (7)	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	GF	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	152 (2)	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	153	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	155 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	156	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	L,0-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
							81gm			103	3	7	113	0