Catfish Metkovich

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Full Name: George Michael Metkovich	Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: July 16, 1943
Birthdate: October 8, 1920	Final Game: September 26, 1954
Birthplace: Angel's Camp, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: May 17, 1995
Deathplace: Costa Mesa, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

George Metkovich (George Michael Metkovich) was born on October 8, 1920 in Angel's Camp, California. He made his Major League debut on July 16, 1943 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .246 with 5 home runs and 27 RBI. Metkovich played for the Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that George Metkovich's best season was 1944, when he hit for a .277 average and knocked in 59 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	BOS	A	78	321	34	79	5	27	.246	.294	.361	14	4	19	38	3	9	1	0	6
1944	BOS	A	134	549	94	152	9	59	.277	.319	.406	28	8	31	57	3	4	13	0	7
1945	BOS	A	138	539	65	140	5	62	.260	.331	.347	26	3	51	70	6	2	19	0	6
1946	BOS	A	86	281	42	69	4	25	.246	.333	.356	15	2	36	39	1	2	8	0	2
1947	CLE	A	126	473	68	120	5	40	.254	.302	.362	22	7	32	51	1	9	5	0	9
1949	CHI	A	93	338	50	80	5	45	.237	.321	.331	9	4	41	24	1	1	5	0	18
1951	PIT	N	120	423	51	124	3	40	.293	.338	.378	21	3	28	23	1	3	3	0	11
1952	PIT	N	125	373	41	101	7	41	.271	.335	.391	18	3	32	29	4	5	5	0	9
1953	PIT	N	26	41	5	6	1	7	.146	.255	.268	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0
1953	CHI	N	61	124	19	29	2	12	.234	.326	.355	9	0	16	10	1	3	2	0	6
1953	TOT	N	87	165	24	35	3	19	.212	.309	.333	9	1	22	13	1	3	2	0	6
1954	MIL	N	68	123	7	34	1	15	.276	.352	.358	5	1	15	15	1	0	0	5	6
Total	NL		400	1084	123	294	14	115	.271	.334	.374	53	8	97	80	7	11	10	5	32
Total	AL		655	2501	353	640	33	258	.256	.317	.363	114	28	210	279	15	27	51	0	48
Total			1055	3585	476	934	47	373	.261	.322	.367	167	36	307	359	22	38	61	5	80

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	BOS	A	OF	76	0	0	183	6	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1943	BOS	A	1B	2	0	0	23	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1944	BOS	A	OF	82	0	0	242	8	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1944	BOS	A	1B	50	0	0	469	33	7	38	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1945	BOS	A	OF	42	0	0	87	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1945	BOS	A	1B	97	0	0	935	76	15	96	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1946	BOS	A	OF	81	0	0	125	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1947	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1947	CLE	A	OF	119	0	0	349	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1949	CHI	A	OF	87	0	0	212	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1951	PIT	N	OF	69	0	0	171	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1951	PIT	N	1B	37	0	0	306	27	3	32	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1952	PIT	N	OF	33	0	0	72	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	PIT	N	1B	72	0	0	530	33	7	59	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1953	PIT	N	1B	5	0	0	47	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PIT	N	OF	4	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	CHI	N	OF	38	0	0	67	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	CHI	N	1B	7	0	0	37	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1953	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1953	TOT	N	OF	42	0	0	74	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	TOT	N	1B	12	0	0	84	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1953	TOT	N	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1954	MIL	N	RF	13	12	101	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	MIL	N	OF	13	12	101	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1954	MIL	N	1B	18	13	135	143	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	644	12	101	1532	31	39	7	0	0	0	0	0	.976
Total			RF	13	12	101	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	289	13	135	2491	189	34	246	0	0	0	0	0	.987

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1939).
Granted free agency (January 14, 1940).
Signed by Boston Bees (@March, 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) with a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jerry Scala, cash and a player to be named later (June 2, 1949); Chicago White Sox received Jerry Scala (June 11, 1949) and 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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