George Metkovich
1943–1954 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Braves, MLS, PIR, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,055G
.261AVG
.322OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
934H
47HR
373RBI
61SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 3,585 | 3,584 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 28 | 30 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,955 | 3,954 |
| Batting · RBI | 373 | 374 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,055 | 3,955 | 3,585 | 476 | 934 | 167 | 36 | 47 | 373 | 307 | 359 | 61 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 1,314 | .261 | .322 | .367 | .689 |
Streaks
25longest hitting streak · 1944-08-18 to 1944-09-10
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1944-09-30 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1946-05-01 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1951-05-25 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 512 | 1858 | 436 | 16 | 181 | 133 | 151 | .257 | .306 | .345 |
| Away | 543 | 2096 | 498 | 31 | 193 | 174 | 208 | .264 | .321 | .386 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 81 | 301 | 55 | 2 | 29 | 30 | 26 | .208 | .282 | .294 |
| May | 152 | 592 | 139 | 11 | 63 | 54 | 48 | .261 | .326 | .395 |
| June | 192 | 724 | 178 | 8 | 67 | 54 | 69 | .268 | .320 | .367 |
| July | 217 | 832 | 210 | 8 | 87 | 50 | 83 | .273 | .312 | .375 |
| August | 220 | 757 | 173 | 11 | 61 | 58 | 71 | .254 | .305 | .361 |
| September | 187 | 726 | 178 | 7 | 66 | 60 | 61 | .273 | .328 | .380 |
| October | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .048 | .091 | .048 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 99 | 421 | 101 | 0 | 47 | 39 | 44 | .271 | .333 | .349 |
| new-york-yankees | 95 | 410 | 92 | 7 | 38 | 34 | 50 | .248 | .307 | .361 |
| st-louis-browns | 94 | 386 | 84 | 5 | 38 | 36 | 44 | .245 | .311 | .364 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 94 | 404 | 85 | 5 | 38 | 26 | 35 | .227 | .275 | .333 |
| detroit-tigers | 91 | 383 | 97 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 40 | .276 | .321 | .379 |
| cleveland-guardians | 78 | 331 | 76 | 8 | 31 | 24 | 32 | .250 | .302 | .391 |
| chicago-white-sox | 71 | 285 | 77 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 25 | .288 | .305 | .390 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 71 | 208 | 45 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 15 | .250 | .341 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Boston Red Sox | 78 | 321 | 79 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .246 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 134 | 549 | 152 | 9 | 59 | 13 | .277 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 539 | 140 | 5 | 63 | 19 | .260 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 86 | 281 | 69 | 4 | 25 | 8 | .246 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Cleveland Guardians | 126 | 473 | 120 | 5 | 40 | 5 | .254 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Chicago White Sox | 93 | 338 | 80 | 5 | 45 | 5 | .237 | – | – |
| 1951 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 120 | 422 | 124 | 3 | 40 | 3 | .294 | – | – |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 125 | 373 | 101 | 7 | 41 | 5 | .271 | – | – |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 87 | 165 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 2 | .212 | – | – |
| 1954 |  Milwaukee Braves | 68 | 123 | 34 | 1 | 15 | – | .276 | – | – |