Catfish Metkovich Stats

Catfish Metkovich was born on Friday, October 8, 1920, in Angels Camp, California. Metkovich was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 16, 1943, with the Boston Red Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Catfish Metkovich baseball stats page.
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Catfish Metkovich
 
 
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Birth Name:   George Michael Metkovich
Nickname:   Catfish
Born On:   10-08-1920  (Libra)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Angels Camp, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   05-17-1995 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Costa Mesa, California
Cemetery:   El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, California
High School:   Fremont High School (Los Angeles, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   07-16-1943 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-26-1954
Draft:   Not Applicable
Catfish Metkovich

Catfish Metkovich Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Catfish Metkovich

Catfish Metkovich Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1943 23 Red Sox 78 321 34 79 14 4 5 0 27 19 - 38 9 - 3 6 .246 .294 .361
1944 24 Red Sox 134 549 94 152 28 8 9 0 59 31 - 57 4 - 3 7 .277 .319 .406
1945 25 Red Sox 138 539 65 140 26 3 5 0 62 51 - 70 2 - 6 6 .260 .331 .347
1946 26 Red Sox 86 281 42 69 15 2 4 0 25 36 - 39 2 - 1 2 .246 .333 .356
1947 27 Indians 126 473 68 120 22 7 5 0 40 32 - 51 9 - 1 9 .254 .302 .362
1949 29 White Sox 93 338 50 80 9 4 5 0 45 41 - 24 1 - 1 18 .237 .321 .331
1951 31 Pirates 120 423 51 124 21 3 3 0 40 28 - 23 3 - 1 11 .293 .338 .378
1952 32 Pirates 125 373 41 101 18 3 7 0 41 32 - 29 5 - 4 9 .271 .335 .391
1953 33 Pirates 26 41 5 6 0 1 1 0 7 6 - 3 0 - 0 0 .146 .255 .268
1953 33 Cubs 61 124 19 29 9 0 2 0 12 16 - 10 3 - 1 6 .234 .326 .355
1954 34 Braves 68 123 7 34 5 1 1 0 15 15 - 15 0 3 1 6 .276 .352 .358
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 1,055 3,585 476 934 167 36 47 0 373 307 - 359 38 3 22 80 .261 .322 .367
Catfish Metkovich

Catfish Metkovich Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1943 Red Sox 1B 2 2 54 26 13.0 26 23 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.00
1943 Red Sox CF 51 48 1,317 132 2.6 125 123 2 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.56
1943 Red Sox RF 28 28 657 266 9.5 264 260 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.85
1944 Red Sox 1B 50 46 1,233 509 10.2 502 469 33 7 38 n/a n/a n/a .986 10.99
1944 Red Sox CF 83 80 1,968 1,267 15.3 1,257 1,249 8 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 17.25
1944 Red Sox RF 2 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1945 Red Sox 1B 97 95 2,472 1,026 10.6 1,011 935 76 15 96 n/a n/a n/a .985 11.04
1945 Red Sox CF 29 29 744 160 5.5 159 157 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .994 5.77
1945 Red Sox RF 14 11 297 230 16.4 230 230 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 20.91
1946 Red Sox CF 4 2 63 211 52.8 211 211 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 90.43
1946 Red Sox LF 6 2 57 16 2.7 16 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.58
1946 Red Sox RF 71 60 1,566 2,118 29.8 2,111 2,108 3 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .997 36.40
1947 Indians 1B 1 0 3 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 18.00
1947 Indians CF 119 111 2,973 2,355 19.8 2,351 2,349 2 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .998 21.35
1947 Indians RF 2 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1949 White Sox CF 78 76 1,977 1,206 15.5 1,201 1,201 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .996 16.40
1949 White Sox LF 10 7 126 17 1.7 15 14 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .882 3.21
1949 White Sox RF 1 0 - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1951 Pirates 1B 37 35 858 336 9.1 333 306 27 3 32 n/a n/a n/a .991 10.48
1951 Pirates CF 66 62 1,614 2,168 32.8 2,167 2,164 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 36.25
1951 Pirates LF 3 2 63 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.71
1952 Pirates 1B 72 62 1,545 570 7.9 563 530 33 7 59 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.84
1952 Pirates CF 21 18 486 250 11.9 250 249 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 13.89
1952 Pirates LF 5 4 102 1 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.26
1952 Pirates RF 8 7 189 14 1.8 14 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1953 Pirates 1B 5 3 114 47 9.4 47 47 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.13
1953 Cubs CF 12 9 231 136 11.3 136 136 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.90
1953 Pirates CF 3 3 66 8 2.7 8 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.27
1953 Cubs LF 10 1 105 6 0.6 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.54
1953 Cubs RF 19 11 324 26 1.4 26 26 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.17
1953 Pirates RF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1953 Cubs 1B 7 4 129 40 5.7 38 37 1 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .950 7.95
1954 Braves 1B 18 13 405 158 8.8 158 143 15 0 15 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.53
1954 Braves RF 13 12 303 20 1.5 20 18 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.78
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
CF Totals 466 438 11,439 7,893 16.9 7,865 7,846 19 28 5 n/a n/a n/a .996 18.56
1B Totals 289 260 6,813 2,714 9.4 2,680 2,491 189 34 246 n/a n/a n/a .987 10.62
RF Totals 159 129 3,348 2,675 16.8 2,666 2,657 9 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .997 21.50
LF Totals 34 16 453 44 1.3 42 41 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.50
10 Years 948 843 22,053 13,326 14.1 13,253 13,035 218 73 253 n/a n/a n/a .995 16.23
Catfish Metkovich

Catfish Metkovich Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1943 Red Sox 1 3 .250 0 0 n/a 64.2 8.4 11.9 - - -
1944 Red Sox 13 4 .765 4 1 n/a 61.0 9.6 9.3 - - -
1945 Red Sox 19 6 .760 3 0 n/a 107.8 7.7 8.7 - - -
1946 Red Sox 8 3 .727 4 1 n/a 70.3 7.2 11.2 - - -
1947 Indians 5 3 .625 6 0 n/a 94.6 9.3 11.8 - - -
1949 White Sox 5 4 .556 7 0 n/a 67.6 14.1 7.5 - - -
1951 Pirates 3 2 .600 16 2 n/a 141.0 18.4 10.6 - - -
1952 Pirates 5 2 .714 24 1 n/a 53.3 12.9 9.1 - - -
1953 Pirates 0 0 .000 17 1 n/a 41.0 13.7 5.9 - - -
1953 Cubs 2 1 .667 20 7 n/a 62.0 12.4 10.3 - - -
1954 Braves 0 0 .000 38 2 n/a 123.0 8.2 8.2 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 61 28 .685 139 15 n/a 76.3 10.0 9.6 - - -
Catfish Metkovich

Catfish Metkovich Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1943 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - -
1944 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - -
1945 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Boston Red Sox 2 Undetermined - Stats
1947 Cleveland Indians 31 Undetermined - -
1949 Chicago White Sox 47 Undetermined - -
1951 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 Undetermined - -
1952 Pittsburgh Pirates 44 Undetermined - -
1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 44 Undetermined - -
1953 Chicago Cubs 22 Undetermined - -
1954 Milwaukee Braves 27 Undetermined - -




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