George Metkovich
Boston Red Sox 1943–1946; Cleveland Indians 1947; Chicago White Sox 1949; Pittsburgh Pirates 1951–1952; Chicago Cubs 1953; Pittsburgh Pirates 1953; Milwaukee Braves 1954
Percentile snapshot
1947 season — qualified batters
of 104 qualified 1947 batters (min 486 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 78 | 352 | 321 | 34 | 79 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .246 | .294 | .361 | .656 | 85.2 | 90.4 | .311 | 0.4 |
| 1944 | 134 | 587 | 549 | 94 | 152 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 59 | 31 | 57 | 13 | 4 | .277 | .319 | .406 | .725 | 103.6 | 107.0 | .339 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 138 | 598 | 539 | 65 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 51 | 70 | 19 | 6 | .260 | .331 | .347 | .677 | 94.5 | 94.7 | .329 | 0.7 |
| 1946 | 86 | 320 | 281 | 42 | 69 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 36 | 39 | 8 | 3 | .246 | .333 | .356 | .689 | 88.5 | 88.1 | .328 | 0.2 |
| 1947 | 126 | 515 | 473 | 68 | 120 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 32 | 51 | 5 | 3 | .254 | .302 | .362 | .664 | 84.8 | 89.8 | .312 | 0.9 |
| 1949 | 93 | 381 | 338 | 50 | 80 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .237 | .321 | .331 | .652 | 72.9 | 74.7 | .317 | 0.0 |
| 1951 | 120 | 455 | 423 | 51 | 124 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .293 | .338 | .378 | .717 | 85.6 | 87.4 | .328 | 0.5 |
| 1952 | 125 | 414 | 373 | 41 | 101 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .271 | .335 | .391 | .726 | 94.8 | 95.4 | .335 | 0.4 |
| 1953 | 87 | 191 | 165 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .212 | .309 | .333 | .642 | 65.4 | 65.1 | .297 | -0.4 |
| 1954 | 68 | 142 | 123 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .352 | .358 | .710 | 94.6 | 93.8 | .327 | 0.2 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-05-25 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 1945-06-12 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1944-08-18 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1947-08-02 | CLE @ NYY Gameday | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1949-09-05 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-06-06 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-06-06 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-06-09 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-06-10 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943-06-12 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.