Catfish Metkovich stats
Last played for the Atlanta Braves, 1954
Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Bio
- Debut
- 1943
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,055
- AB
- 3,585
- R
- 476
- H
- 934
- HR
- 47
- RBI
- 373
- SB
- 61
- AVG
- .261
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | BOS | 78 | 321 | 34 | 79 | 5 | 27 | 1 | .246 |
| 1944 | BOS | 134 | 549 | 94 | 152 | 9 | 59 | 13 | .277 |
| 1945 | BOS | 138 | 539 | 65 | 140 | 5 | 62 | 19 | .260 |
| 1946 | BOS | 86 | 281 | 42 | 69 | 4 | 25 | 8 | .246 |
| 1947 | CLE | 126 | 473 | 68 | 120 | 5 | 40 | 5 | .254 |
| 1949 | CHW | 93 | 338 | 50 | 80 | 5 | 45 | 5 | .237 |
| 1951 | PIT | 120 | 423 | 51 | 124 | 3 | 40 | 3 | .293 |
| 1952 | PIT | 125 | 373 | 41 | 101 | 7 | 41 | 5 | .271 |
| 1953 |  PIT/CHC | 87 | 165 | 24 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 2 | .212 |
| 1954 | ATL | 68 | 123 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .276 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 2
- AB
- 2
- R
- 1
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .500
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,955
- TB
- 1,314
- XBH
- 250
- HBP
- 22
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | BOS | 352 | 116 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | BOS | 587 | 223 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | BOS | 598 | 187 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | 320 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CLE | 515 | 171 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CHW | 381 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 455 | 160 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 414 | 146 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | 191 | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 142 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.9
- RC
- 453.0
- RC/27
- 4.50
- ISOP
- .106
- SECA
- .201
- BB/K
- 0.86
- AB/HR
- 76.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | BOS | 0.0 | 35 | 3.7 | .115 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 64.2 | 0 |
| 1944 | BOS | 0.0 | 74.4 | 5 | .129 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 61 | 0 |
| 1945 | BOS | 0.0 | 68.2 | 4.5 | .087 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 107.8 | 0 |
| 1946 | BOS | 0.0 | 37 | 4.6 | .110 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 70.3 | 0 |
| 1947 | CLE | 1.0 | 54.1 | 4 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 94.6 | 0 |
| 1949 | CHW | -0.2 | 39.1 | 4 | .095 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 67.6 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 0.8 | 56.5 | 5 | .085 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 141 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 1.0 | 52.2 | 5 | .121 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 53.3 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT/CHC | -0.4 | 18.9 | 3.8 | .121 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 55 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | -0.3 | 17.5 | 5.1 | .081 | 0.2 | 1 | 123 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Catfish Metkovich's career stats?
Catfish Metkovich played 10 seasons for the Red Sox, the Guardians, the White Sox, the Pirates and the Braves. He was a career .261 hitter with 934 hits, 47 home runs and 373 RBI. His best season was 1951: a .293 batting average, 3 home runs and 40 RBI.