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

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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	MLN		STL	W,7-6	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	3	Apr 17	MLN		CIN	W,5-1	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	9 (5)	Apr 25	MLN	@	STL	L,6-7	GF	29	5.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	20 (10)	May 9	MLN		CHC	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	76 (55)	Jul 6	MLN	@	CHC	W,14-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	RF 1B
6	77	Jul 7	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	78	Jul 8	MLN	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	67	13.2	12	3	0	15	1
8	79	Jul 9	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
9	80	Jul 10	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
10	81	Jul 11 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
11	82	Jul 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS	18	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
12	90 (7)	Jul 19	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	91	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	92	Jul 22	MLN		PHI	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	101 (8)	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	W,14-6	GF	28	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	PR 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	133 (31)	Sep 5 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	134	Sep 6 (1)	MLN		CHC	W,13-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
18	138 (3)	Sep 11	MLN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	PR 1B
19	139	Sep 12 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
20	140	Sep 12 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
21	142 (1)	Sep 14	MLN	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
22	143	Sep 16 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
23	147 (3)	Sep 19	MLN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	10	2	0	12	3	1B
24	148	Sep 20 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
25	149	Sep 20 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
26	150	Sep 21	MLN		CIN	L,0-5	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	151	Sep 22 susp	MLN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	152	Sep 24	MLN		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
29	153	Sep 25	MLN		STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	154	Sep 26	MLN		STL	L,0-2	CG	40	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
							31gm		236.0	161	17	0	178	15