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Catfish Metkovich
George Michael Metkovich
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 8, 1920 in Angels Camp, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1943
Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: May 17, 1995 in Costa Mesa, CA
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Catfish Metkovich: 47 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 0 go ahead, 43 lacking some details
6 Tms
BOS23
PIT11
CLE5
CHW5
CHC2
MLN1
 
vs RHP44
vs LHP3
 
Away31
Home16
 
Leverage
Low Lev1
14 Opps
CLE8
NYY7
PHA5
SLB5
DET5
BSN/MLN3
BRO3
NYG2
PHI2
CHC2
CHW2
STL1
BOS1
CIN1
40 Pitchers
Orval Grove2
Bob Lemon2
Max Surkont2
Bobo Newsom2
Joe Coleman2
Virgil Trucks2
Ray Poat2
Charlie Fuchs1
Bill Connelly1
Dick Fowler1
Ed Klieman1
Fred Hutchinson1
Jack Kramer1
Ben Wade1
Al Smith1
Ellis Kinder1
Bob Rush1
Bert Thiel1
Jesse Flores1
Robin Roberts1
14 Parks
Fenway Pk9
Yankee Stad6
Shibe Pk4
League Pk II4
Wrigley Fld4
Forbes Fld4
Sportsman Pk4
ClevelandStd3
Comiskey Pk2
Ebbets Fld2
Tiger Stad2
Crosley Fld1
Polo Grounds1
Braves Fld1
Where Hit
Unk46
91
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms43
2·HR gms2
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd22
3rd10
1st7
4th3
7th2
Unk1
5th1
6th1
Outs
Unk40
03
23
11
 
DefPos
CF23
1B17
RF5
PH1
LF1
Bases
Unk46
---1
 
72 RBI
0 on26
1 on17
2 on4
Any on21
Inning
111
34
43
58
62
78
86
95
 
1-315
4-613
7-end19
RelScore
+12
-11
-31
Unk43
 
Ahead2
Behind2
Unk43
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1943 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1943-07-24 BOS SLB Bobo Newsom b 5 3 2 8
2 2 2 1 1943-07-28 (1) BOS DET Virgil Trucks b 1 1 2 8
3 3 3 1 1943-08-11 BOS @ CHW Orval Grove t 1 1 3 8
4 4 4 1 1943-08-16 BOS @ SLB Charlie Fuchs t 5 1 3 8
5 5 5 1 1943-08-25 (1) BOS @ CLE Vern Kennedy t 1 1 2 9
1944 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1944-05-05 BOS @ NYY Atley Donald t 5 1 1 8
7 7 2 1 1944-05-24 BOS @ SLB Jack Kramer t 3 1 2 3
8 8 3 1 1944-05-31 BOS @ CLE Ed Klieman t 9 1 1 8
9 9 4 1 1944-06-01 BOS @ CLE Ray Poat t 9 3 1 3
10 10 5 1 1944-08-14 BOS SLB Denny Galehouse b 7 2 2 3
11 11 6 1 1944-08-18 (2) BOS DET Johnny Gorsica b 1 1 2 3
12 12 7 1 1944-08-20 (1) BOS CLE Ray Poat b 7 1 2 3
13 13 8 1 1944-08-29 (2) BOS @ NYY Bill Bevens t 1 1 1 2 8 IPHR
14 14 9 1 1944-09-09 BOS NYY Tiny Bonham b 1 1 2 8
1945 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
15 15 1 1 1945-05-20 (2) BOS @ CHW Orval Grove t 7 2 7 3
16 16 2 1 1945-05-31 BOS CLE Red Embree b 5 2 1 3
17 17 3 1 1945-06-08 BOS @ NYY Al Gettel t 7 2 3 3
18 18 4 1 1945-06-12 BOS @ PHA Jesse Flores t 8 2 3 3
19 19 5 1 1945-07-07 BOS @ CLE Al Smith t 1 1 2 3
1946 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
20 20 1 1 1946-04-21 (1) BOS PHA Joe Berry b 9 3 6 9
21 21 2 1 1946-05-21 BOS @ DET Virgil Trucks t 3 1 1 9
22 22 3 1 1946-06-09 (1) BOS DET Dizzy Trout b 5 2 1 9
23 23 4 1 1946-09-19 BOS @ SLB Ellis Kinder t 8 2 2 7
1947 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
24 24 1 1 1947-05-03 CLE BOS Tex Hughson b 1 1 2 8
25 25 2 1 1947-07-23 CLE @ PHA Dick Fowler t 3 2 1 8
26 26 3 1 1947-08-02 (1) CLE @ NYY Bobo Newsom t 7 1 2 8
27 27 4 1 1947-08-03 CLE @ NYY Allie Reynolds t 6 1 2 8
28 28 5 1 1947-09-16 (1) CLE @ PHA Joe Coleman t 8 1 2 8
1949 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1949-06-16 (1) CHW @ NYY Tommy Byrne t 1 2 4 8
30 30 2 1 1949-06-26 (2) CHW @ PHA Joe Coleman t 4 1 4 8
31 31 3 1 1949-07-01 CHW @ DET Fred Hutchinson t 5 1 4 8
32 32 4 1 1949-09-05 (2) CHW @ CLE Bob Lemon t 1 0 2 2 8
33 33 5 2 1949-09-05 (2) CHW @ CLE Bob Lemon behind 3-6 t 8 2 1 2 8
1951 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
34 34 1 1 1951-05-22 PIT BRO Carl Erskine behind 3-4 b 3 2 1 3 8
35 35 2 1 1951-05-25 PIT @ CHC Frank Hiller t 5 1 2 8
36 36 3 1 1951-05-28 PIT @ STL Tom Poholsky t 8 2 2 8
1952 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1952-04-30 PIT BSN Bert Thiel b 7 3 3 3
38 38 2 1 1952-06-18 PIT @ NYG Jim Hearn t 9 2 3 8
39 39 3 1 1952-07-16 PIT PHI Robin Roberts b 9 2 3 3
40 40 4 1 1952-07-27 (2) PIT @ BSN Max Surkont t 5 2 3 3
41 41 5 1 1952-08-27 PIT NYG Bill Connelly b 6 2 3 3
42 42 6 1 1952-09-17 PIT @ BRO Ben Wade t 1 0 2 2 3
43 43 7 2 1952-09-17 PIT @ BRO Joe Black ahead 2-1 t 8 0 1 2 3
1953 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
44 44 1 1 1953-05-16 PIT @ CHC Bob Rush t 7 2 PH
45 45 2 1 1953-06-25 CHC PHI Jim Konstanty b 4 1 2 9
46 46 3 1 1953-08-14 CHC MLN Max Surkont b 4 1 7 8
1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
47 47 1 1 1954-07-11 (1) MLN @ CIN Jackie Collum ahead 4-3 t 7 2 --- 1 5 3 14% 79% Home Run

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.