Charlie Metro

Charlie Metro
Charlie Metro
	Outfielder / Manager
	Born: April 18, 1918; Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Died: March 18, 2011 (aged 92); Buckingham, Virginia, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 4, 1943, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
	August 5, 1945, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.193
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	23
Managerial record	62–102
Winning %	.378
Teams
	As player Detroit Tigers (1943–1944); Philadelphia Athletics (1944–1945); As manager Chicago Cubs (1962) (Head coach); Kansas City Royals (1970); As coach Chicago Cubs (1962); Chicago White Sox (1965); Kansas City Royals (1969); Oakland Athletics (1982);

Charlie Metro (born Charles Moreskonich; April 18, 1918 – March 18, 2011) was an American professional baseball player, manager, coach and scout. Notably, he was an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics as well as the manager of the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball.

Metro was born and grew up in Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, graduating from Nanty Glo High School in 1937, and also worked in the coal mines there during breaks from school. In baseball, he took his last name from his father, Metro Moreskonich, a Ukrainian immigrant. Metro threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 178 pounds (81 kg).

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