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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	54 (53)	Jun 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	55	Jun 16 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	56	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
4	57	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	58	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	59	Jun 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	60	Jun 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	61	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	62	Jun 22	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	63	Jun 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	64	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	65	Jun 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
13	66	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	67	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	68	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	69	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	10.2	6	0	0	6	0
19	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	73	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	74	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	75	Jul 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	76	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	77	Jul 7	CHW		CLE	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	78	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	81	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	82	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	83	Jul 16	CHW		WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	84	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	85	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	86	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	87	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	88	Jul 20	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	89	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	90	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	91	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	92	Jul 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	93	Jul 27	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
41	94	Jul 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
42	95	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	96	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	97	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	98	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	99	Aug 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	100	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	101	Aug 5	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	102	Aug 6	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	53	12.0	5	0	1	6	0
50	103	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	104	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	105	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-11	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	106	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	108 (1)	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	115 (6)	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	116	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	118 (1)	Aug 23	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	119	Aug 24	CHW		PHA	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	122 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-10	GS	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	123	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	124	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
62	125	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	127 (1)	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	128	Sep 1	CHW		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	129	Sep 2	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	130	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	131	Sep 4	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	132	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	133	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	134	Sep 7	CHW		SLB	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	135	Sep 8	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	136	Sep 10	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
73	137	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	138	Sep 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	139	Sep 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	140	Sep 16 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	141	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	142	Sep 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	143	Sep 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	144	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	145	Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	146	Sep 23	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	147	Sep 25 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	148	Sep 25 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	149	Sep 27	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
86	152 (2)	Oct 1	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
87	154 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
							89gm		720.1	205	2	7	214	0