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George Metkovich

George Michael Metkovich (Catfish)

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 8, 1920 in Angel's Camp, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1943
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Pirates/Indians/WhiteSox/Braves/... 1943-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: May 17, 1995 in Costa Mesa, CA
Buried: El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, CA
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1943 BOS AL 22 OF 76 76 73 198 183 6 9 3 .955 2.49 .977 2.47
1943 BOS AL 22 CF 51 48 48 132 123 2 7 1 .947 2.45 .978 2.79
1943 BOS AL 22 RF 28 28 25 66 60 4 2 2 .970 2.29 .973 2.21
1943 BOS AL 22 1B 2 2 2 26 23 3 0 2 1.000 13.00 .991 10.05
1944 BOS AL 23 CF 83 80 74 267 249 8 10 2 .963 3.10 .979 3.01
1944 BOS AL 23 OF 82 80 74 260 242 8 10 2 .962 3.05 .974 2.47
1944 BOS AL 23 1B 50 46 45 509 469 33 7 38 .986 10.04 .990 10.07
1944 BOS AL 23 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1945 BOS AL 24 1B 97 95 93 1026 935 76 15 96 .985 10.42 .989 10.10
1945 BOS AL 24 OF 42 40 35 90 87 2 1 0 .989 2.12 .978 2.40
1945 BOS AL 24 CF 29 29 25 60 57 2 1 0 .983 2.03 .982 2.80
1945 BOS AL 24 RF 14 11 10 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 .974 2.15
1946 BOS AL 25 OF 81 64 62 135 125 3 7 0 .948 1.58 .977 2.36
1946 BOS AL 25 RF 71 60 58 118 108 3 7 0 .941 1.56 .972 2.10
1946 BOS AL 25 LF 6 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .973 2.23
1946 BOS AL 25 CF 4 2 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 .984 2.75
1947 CLE AL 26 CF 119 111 104 355 349 2 4 2 .989 2.95 .983 2.95
1947 CLE AL 26 OF 119 111 104 355 349 2 4 2 .989 2.95 .979 2.47
1947 CLE AL 26 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10
1947 CLE AL 26 1B 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .990 9.60
1949 CHW AL 28 OF 87 83 79 220 212 1 7 0 .968 2.45 .980 2.44
1949 CHW AL 28 CF 78 76 75 205 199 1 5 0 .976 2.56 .980 2.84
1949 CHW AL 28 LF 11 7 4 16 13 1 2 0 .875 1.27 .982 2.36
1949 CHW AL 28 RF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.10
1951 PIT NL 30 OF 69 64 57 559.2 176 171 4 1 0 .994 2.81 2.54 .981 2.42 2.41
1951 PIT NL 30 CF 66 62 55 538.2 168 164 3 1 0 .994 2.79 2.53 .983 2.89 2.87
1951 PIT NL 30 1B 37 35 26 287.1 336 306 27 3 32 .991 10.43 9.00 .989 9.76 9.72
1951 PIT NL 30 LF 3 2 2 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71 1.33 .978 2.31 2.33
1952 PIT NL 31 1B 72 62 37 513.0 570 530 33 7 59 .988 9.88 7.82 .990 9.89 9.81 MVP-38
1952 PIT NL 31 OF 33 29 26 260.0 73 72 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 2.21 .981 2.31 2.29 MVP-38
1952 PIT NL 31 CF 21 18 18 162.2 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.77 2.38 .983 2.75 2.73 MVP-38
1952 PIT NL 31 RF 8 7 5 64.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.56 0.50 .980 2.07 2.05 MVP-38
1952 PIT NL 31 LF 5 4 3 33.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.27 0.20 .980 2.02 2.00 MVP-38
1953 TOT NL 32 OF 42 24 21 243.1 76 74 2 0 0 1.000 1 4 2.81 1.81 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 TOT NL 32 RF 20 11 10 108.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 2.17 1.30 .981 2.00 1.96
1953 TOT NL 32 CF 15 12 10 99.1 42 41 1 0 0 1.000 2 21 3.81 2.80 .980 2.84 2.79
1953 TOT NL 32 1B 12 7 5 81.0 87 84 1 2 4 .977 0 0 9.44 7.08 .990 9.88 9.68
1953 PIT NL 32 1B 5 3 3 38.0 47 47 0 0 2 1.000 -0 -6 11.13 9.40 .990 9.88 9.68
1953 PIT NL 32 OF 4 3 3 22.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 3.27 2.00 .980 2.37 2.33
1953 PIT NL 32 CF 3 3 3 22.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -44 2.45 2.00 .980 2.82 2.80
1953 PIT NL 32 RF 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1953 CHC NL 32 OF 38 21 18 221.1 68 67 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 2.77 1.79 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CHC NL 32 RF 19 11 10 108.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -11 2.17 1.37 .981 2.00 1.96
1953 CHC NL 32 CF 12 9 7 77.1 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 2 39 4.19 3.00 .980 2.84 2.79
1953 CHC NL 32 LF 10 1 1 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.25 0.50 .976 2.15 2.10
1953 CHC NL 32 1B 7 4 2 43.0 40 37 1 2 2 .950 0 6 7.95 5.43 .990 9.88 9.69
1954 MLN NL 33 1B 18 13 12 135.0 158 143 15 0 15 1.000 0 4 10.53 8.78 .991 9.81 9.75
1954 MLN NL 33 OF 13 12 6 101.0 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -27 1.69 1.46 .975 2.36 2.34
1954 MLN NL 33 RF 13 12 6 101.0 20 18 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -27 1.78 1.54 .970 1.95 1.94
10 Seasons OF 644 583 537 1164.0 1602 1532 31 39 7 .976 -1 -2 2.65 2.43 .978 2.38 2.42
9 Seasons CF 466 438 411 800.2 1290 1242 20 28 5 .978 2 3 2.91 2.71 .981 2.86 2.89
8 Seasons 1B 289 260 220 1016.1 2714 2491 189 34 246 .987 0 0 10.09 9.27 .990 9.84 9.93
9 Seasons RF 159 129 114 273.1 265 247 9 9 2 .966 -3 -14 1.65 1.61 .973 2.00 2.09
5 Seasons LF 35 16 12 90.0 32 29 1 2 0 .938 0 1 1.00 0.86 .979 2.14 2.21
10 Seasons TOT 933 843 757 2180.1 4316 4023 220 73 253 .983 -1 -1 6.12 4.55 .985 5.86 4.75
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1943 BOS AL 22 CF
1943 BOS AL 22 RF
1943 BOS AL 22 1B
1944 BOS AL 23 CF
1944 BOS AL 23 1B
1944 BOS AL 23 RF
1945 BOS AL 24 1B
1945 BOS AL 24 CF
1945 BOS AL 24 RF
1946 BOS AL 25 RF
1946 BOS AL 25 LF
1946 BOS AL 25 CF
1947 CLE AL 26 CF
1947 CLE AL 26 RF
1947 CLE AL 26 1B
1949 CHW AL 28 CF
1949 CHW AL 28 LF
1949 CHW AL 28 RF
1951 PIT NL 30 CF
1951 PIT NL 30 1B
1951 PIT NL 30 LF
1952 PIT NL 31 1B
1952 PIT NL 31 CF
1952 PIT NL 31 RF
1952 PIT NL 31 LF
1953 PIT NL 32 1B -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 32 CF -1 -44 -1 0 -1 0
1953 PIT NL 32 RF
1953 CHC NL 32 RF -1 -11 -1 0 -1 0
1953 CHC NL 32 CF 2 39 2 2 0 0
1953 CHC NL 32 LF 0 3 0 -0 1 0
1953 CHC NL 32 1B 0 6 0 -0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 33 1B 0 4 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 33 RF -2 -27 -1 -2 0 -1
9 Seasons CF 2 3 2 2 -0 0
8 Seasons 1B 0 0 0 -0 1 0
9 Seasons RF -3 -14 -2 -1 -1 -1
5 Seasons LF 0 1 0 -0 1 0
10 Seasons TOT -1 -1 -0 -0 -0 0 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 BOS AL 22 78 78 78 78 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 51 28 76 0 0 0
1944 BOS AL 23 134 126 134 131 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 83 2 83 0 4 1
1945 BOS AL 24 138 135 138 136 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 29 14 42 0 3 0
1946 BOS AL 25 86 64 86 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 71 81 0 4 1
1947 CLE AL 26 126 111 126 120 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 119 2 119 0 6 0
1949 CHW AL 28 93 83 93 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 78 1 87 0 7 0
1951 PIT NL 30 120 99 120 106 0 0 37 0 0 0 3 66 0 69 0 16 2
1952 PIT NL 31 125 91 125 105 0 0 72 0 0 0 5 21 8 33 0 24 1
1953 CHC NL 32 61 25 61 43 0 0 7 0 0 0 10 12 19 39 0 20 7
1953 PIT NL 32 26 6 26 9 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 17 1
1954 MLN NL 33 68 25 68 30 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 38 2
10 Seasons 1055 843 1055 926 0 0 288 0 0 0 35 466 159 646 0 139 15
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 CHW AL 28 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 28 19 0 14 1 0 5 3 0 10 2 0 17 15 0 74 40 54.1% 34 0 0.0% 1 1775 63% 83% 30% 242 57%
1951 PIT NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 11 4 1 14 3 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 10 7 0 43 15 34.9% 27 2 4.7% 1 1899 68% 81% 30% 180 69%
1952 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 4 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 1 572 59% 84% 34% 73 68%
1953 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 4 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 341 64% 82% 28% 58 62%
1953 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 84 67% 77% 33% 11 45%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 3 6 0 3 0 1 56 31 1 34 5 1 6 4 0 27 3 0 37 30 0 160 73 45.6% 86 2 1.3% 4 4671 65% 82% 30% 564 63%
MLB Averages 45.2% 2.9% 62% 82% 31% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1951 PIT NL 30 774 71% 81% 27% 44 100% 0 193 5 185 3 27 13 9 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 16 2 0 0 15 2 1 0 1 4 100%
1952 PIT NL 31 1683 64% 83% 27% 101 91% 0 381 25 348 7 43 24 20 3 1 1 6 0 6 0 6 45 0 0 0 40 0 5 1 4 7 86%
1953 CHC NL 32 202 64% 80% 19% 11 91% 0 33 1 32 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
1953 PIT NL 32 110 68% 86% 37% 3 67% 0 38 1 36 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 33 524 66% 81% 28% 29 97% 0 128 8 119 1 11 11 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 14 2 0 0 0 4 75%
4 Seasons 3293 66% 82% 27% 188 94% 0 773 40 720 12 88 51 36 12 1 1 9 1 8 0 7 80 3 0 0 73 4 7 1 6 15 87%
MLB Averages 62% 82% 26% 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1952 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 110 60% 76% 27% 7 57%
1953 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 404 67% 81% 34% 42 48%
1953 PIT NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 100% 0% 0
1954 MLN NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 332 63% 86% 31% 18 78%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 4 0 4 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 21 9 42.9% 12 0 0.0% 1 847 65% 83% 32% 67 57%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.2% 62% 82% 31% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1949 CHW AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 150 57% 81% 22% 20 45%
1951 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 49% 81% 28% 4 100%
1952 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 139 73% 84% 27% 16 6%
1953 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 129 55% 81% 29% 15 33%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 6 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 9 47.4% 10 0 0.0% 0 501 60% 82% 26% 55 35%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 62% 82% 31% 51%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (38, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1945 AL  15 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  349 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1943 AL  7 (3rd)
1944 AL  10 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1946 AL  7 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1944 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1945 AL  10.42 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  2 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1944 AL  3.10 (3rd)
1947 AL  2.95 (5th)
1949 AL  2.56 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1947 AL  .989 (2nd)
1949 AL  .976 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1944 AL  3.05 (4th)
1947 AL  2.95 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1947 AL  .989 (4th)

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