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George Metkovich
Full name George Michael Metkovich Born October 8, 1920, Angel's Camp, California Died May 17, 1995, Costa Mesa, California Buried at El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, California First Game: July 16, 1943 ; Final Game: September 26, 1954 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185 Ejections: 1947 (1), 1951 (1), 1952 (2), 1953 (1), 1954 (2). Total: 7 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1943 BOS A Daily Splits 78 321 34 79 14 4 5 27 19 0 38 3 9 0 10 6 1 3 .246 .294 .361 -1.4 1943 BOS A
1944 BOS A Daily Splits 134 549 94 152 28 8 9 59 31 0 57 3 4 0 18 7 13 4 .277 .319 .406 0.3 1944 BOS A
1945 BOS A Daily Splits 138 539 65 140 26 3 5 62 51 3 70 6 2 0 11 6 19 6 .260 .331 .347 -1.2 1945 BOS A
1946 BOS A Daily Splits 86 281 42 69 15 2 4 25 36 1 39 1 2 0 5 2 8 3 .246 .333 .356 -1.3 1946 BOS A
1947 CLE A Daily Splits 126 473 68 120 22 7 5 40 32 0 51 1 9 0 6 9 5 3 .254 .302 .362 -1.3 1947 CLE A
1949 CHI A Daily Splits 93 338 50 80 9 4 5 45 41 2 24 1 1 0 7 18 5 4 .237 .321 .331 -2.4 1949 CHI A
1951 PIT N Daily Splits 120 423 51 124 21 3 3 40 28 0 23 1 3 0 5 11 3 2 .293 .338 .378 -0.9 1951 PIT N
1952 PIT N Daily Splits 125 373 41 101 18 3 7 41 32 1 29 4 5 0 6 9 5 2 .271 .335 .391 -0.9 1952 PIT N
1953 PIT N Daily Splits 26 41 5 6 0 1 1 7 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .146 .255 .268 -0.5 1953 PIT N
1953 CHI N Daily Splits 61 124 19 29 9 0 2 12 16 0 10 1 3 0 2 6 2 1 .234 .326 .355 -0.5 1953 CHI N
1953 TOT N 87 165 24 35 9 1 3 19 22 0 13 1 3 0 3 6 2 1 .212 .309 .333 -1.0 1953 TOT N
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 68 123 7 34 5 1 1 15 15 5 15 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 .276 .352 .358 0.0 1954 MIL N
Total NL ( 4 Years) 400 1084 123 294 53 8 14 115 97 6 80 7 11 3 0 14 32 10 5 .271 .334 .374 -2.8 Total NL
Total AL ( 6 Years) 655 2501 353 640 114 28 33 258 210 6 279 15 27 0 57 48 51 23 .256 .317 .363 -7.3 Total AL
Total (10 Years) Splits 1055 3585 476 934 167 36 47 373 307 12 359 22 38 3 0 71 80 61 28 .261 .322 .367 -10.1 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1946 BOS A Daily Splits 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1946 BOS A
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1943 BOS A Daily Splits OF 76 76 73 689.2 183 6 9 3 0 .955 0 51 28
1943 BOS A CF 51 48 48 451 122 2 7 2 0 .947
1943 BOS A RF 28 28 25 238.2 57 3 2 1 0 .968
1943 BOS A 1B 2 2 2 18 23 3 0 2 0 1.000
1944 BOS A Daily Splits OF 83 80 74 708.1 242 8 10 2 0 .962 0 83 2
1944 BOS A CF 83 80 74 705.1 245 9 10 2 0 .962
1944 BOS A 1B 49 46 45 428 469 33 7 38 0 .986
1944 BOS A RF 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -
1945 BOS A Daily Splits 1B 97 95 93 836 935 76 15 96 0 .985
1945 BOS A OF 42 40 35 359 87 2 1 0 0 .989 0 29 14
1945 BOS A CF 29 29 25 252.1 59 2 1 0 0 .984
1945 BOS A RF 14 11 10 106.2 31 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS A Daily Splits OF 81 65 62 619 125 3 7 0 0 .948 6 4 71
1946 BOS A RF 71 61 58 567 107 3 7 0 0 .940
1946 BOS A LF 6 2 2 26.1 7 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS A CF 4 2 2 25.2 10 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 CLE A Daily Splits OF 119 111 104 995.2 349 2 4 2 0 .989 0 119 2
1947 CLE A CF 119 111 104 991.2 348 3 4 2 0 .989
1947 CLE A RF 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 CLE A 1B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1949 CHI A Daily Splits OF 87 83 80 730.1 212 1 7 0 0 .968 10 78 1
1949 CHI A CF 78 76 76 671.1 197 1 5 0 0 .975
1949 CHI A LF 10 7 4 57 11 1 2 0 0 .857
1949 CHI A RF 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 PIT N Daily Splits OF 69 64 57 559.2 171 4 1 0 0 .994 3 66 0
1951 PIT N CF 66 62 55 538.2 167 3 1 0 0 .994
1951 PIT N 1B 37 35 26 286.1 306 27 3 32 0 .991
1951 PIT N LF 3 2 2 21 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 72 62 37 515 530 33 7 59 1 .988
1952 PIT N OF 33 29 26 260 72 1 0 0 0 1.000 5 21 8
1952 PIT N CF 21 18 18 162.2 60 1 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PIT N RF 8 7 5 63.1 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 PIT N LF 5 4 3 34 3 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 5 3 3 38 47 0 0 2 0 1.000
1953 PIT N OF 4 3 3 22 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 1
1953 PIT N CF 3 3 3 22 7 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 PIT N RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1953 CHI N Daily Splits OF 39 21 18 221.1 67 1 0 0 0 1.000 10 12 19
1953 CHI N RF 19 11 10 109 26 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI N CF 12 9 7 77.1 36 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI N LF 10 1 1 35 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 CHI N 1B 7 4 2 43 37 1 2 2 0 .950
1953 TOT N 1B 12 7 5 81 84 1 2 4 0 .977
1953 TOT N CF 15 12 10 99.1 43 1 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT N RF 20 11 10 109 26 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 TOT N OF 43 24 21 243.1 74 2 0 0 0 1.000 10 15 20
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 1B 18 13 12 135 143 15 0 15 0 1.000
1954 MIL N RF 13 12 6 101 17 2 0 0 0 1.000
1954 MIL N OF 13 12 6 101 17 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 13
Total (10 Years) Splits OF 646 584 538 5266 1532 31 39 7 0 .976 34 466 159
Total ( 9 Years) CF 466 438 412 3898 1251 22 28 6 0 .978
Total ( 8 Years) 1B 288 260 220 2300.1 2491 189 34 246 1 .987
Total ( 9 Years) RF 159 130 114 1194.2 248 8 9 1 0 .966
Total ( 5 Years) LF 34 16 12 173.1 31 1 2 0 0 .941
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
8- 5-1947 BOX CLE A Bill McKinley Bench jockeying
9-16-1951(2) BOX PIT N Lou Jorda Call at 1B
5-26-1952 BOX PIT N Jocko Conlan Fighting
8-16-1952 BOX PIT N Frank Dascoli Bench jockeying
5-30-1953(1) BOX PIT N Bill Jackowski Bench jockeying
6-27-1954(2) BOX MIL N Bill Stewart Bench jockeying
9- 4-1954 BOX MIL N Bill Stewart Bench jockeying
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1939).
Granted free agency (January 14, 1940 ).
Signed by Boston Bees (February 13, 1940 ).
Sold by Boston Braves to San Francisco (PCL) for $5000 (@March, 1943).
Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Dee Miles and cash
(July 6, 1943 ).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians (April 2, 1947 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with $50000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Johnny
Berardino (December 9, 1947 ); George Metkovich returned to Cleveland Indians (@April
20, 1948 ); Cleveland Indians sent $15000 (@April 20, 1948 ) to complete trade.
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Les Webber and cash to Oakland (PCL) in exchange
for Will Hafey (May 6, 1948 ).
Traded by Oakland (PCL) to Chicago White Sox in exchange for cash and a player to be
named later (June 2, 1949 ); Oakland (PCL) received Earl Rapp (June 11, 1949 ).
Sold by Chicago White Sox to Oakland (PCL) (February 28, 1950 ).
Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from Oakland (PCL) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Ralph Kiner , Joe Garagiola and Howie Pollet to
Chicago Cubs in exchange for Toby Atwell , Bob Schultz , Preston Ward , George Freese ,
Bob Addis , Gene Hermanski and $150000 (June 4, 1953 ).
Sold by Chicago Cubs to Milwaukee Braves (December 7, 1953 ).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (March 4, 1955 ).
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