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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
2	6 (4)	Apr 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	19 (12)	May 9 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	22 (2)	May 10 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
5	28 (5)	May 19	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
6	39 (10)	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
7	40	May 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
8	41	May 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	30	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	42	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
10	45	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,9-10	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
11	46	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	47	Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
13	52 (4)	Jun 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	53	Jun 17	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GF	45	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF CF
15	54	Jun 18	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	GF	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	55	Jun 19 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,11-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	59 (3)	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
18	61 (1)	Jun 24	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
19	62	Jun 25	CHC		PHI	L,2-13	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	63	Jun 26	CHC		NYG	L,6-9	GS	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B CF
21	64	Jun 27	CHC		NYG	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
22	65	Jun 28	CHC		NYG	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	68 (2)	Jul 1	CHC	@	STL	L,5-10	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	82 (13)	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
25	87 (4)	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-15	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
27	89	Jul 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
28	90	Jul 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	91	Jul 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
30	93 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	94	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,2-13	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	99 (4)	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	102 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
34	104 (1)	Aug 7	CHC		PHI	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
35	105	Aug 8	CHC		PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	106	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	107	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-5	GS	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	CF 1B
38	111 (3)	Aug 13	CHC		CIN	L,2-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	112	Aug 14	CHC		MLN	W,11-4	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
40	114 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
41	115	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	116	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
43	117	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	119 (1)	Aug 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	120	Aug 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	122	Aug 23 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	123	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	124	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
50	125	Aug 26	CHC	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	131 (5)	Aug 31	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-13	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	145 (13)	Sep 16	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
							57gm		325.1	156	2	2	160	4