Whitey Kurowski

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: April 19, 1918 in Reading, PA us

Died: December 9, 1999 in Sinking Spring, PA

Buried: Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, PA

Debut: September 23, 1941 (Age 23-157d, 9,138th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1949 (Age 31-165d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: George John Kurowski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.6

3229

925

106

.287

518

RBI

529

OBP

.366

SLG

.455

OPS

.821

OPS+

125

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
2	12 (10)	Apr 28 (1)	STL		CHC	L,7-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
3	13	Apr 28 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (1)	May 5 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
5	16	May 5 (2)	STL		BSN	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
6	17	May 7	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	18	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
8	19	May 12 (1)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	46	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	21 (1)	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	22	May 15	STL	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
11	23	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	49	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	24	May 17	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	25	May 19 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
14	26	May 19 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	27	May 21	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	28	May 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	29	May 23	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	30	May 24	STL	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	31	May 26 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	32	May 26 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	2	6	0
21	33	May 27	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
22	34	May 28	STL	@	CHC	W,12-2	GS	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
23	35	May 29	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	36	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	37	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,12-11	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	38	Jun 2 (1)	STL		NYG	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	39	Jun 2 (2)	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	48	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	40	Jun 3	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	41	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	42	Jun 5	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
31	43	Jun 6	STL		BSN	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
32	44	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	45	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	46	Jun 9 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	47	Jun 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
36	48	Jun 10	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	49	Jun 11	STL		BRO	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	50	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
39	51	Jun 15	STL	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	52	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	53	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
42	54	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	55	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	56	Jun 19	STL	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	57	Jun 20	STL	@	BSN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
46	58	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	59	Jun 22	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	60	Jun 23	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	61	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	62	Jun 26	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
51	63	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
52	64	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
53	65	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	5	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	66	Jul 1	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	54	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	67	Jul 2	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	68	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,16-0	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	71	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
60	72	Jul 6	STL		PIT	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	73	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
62	74	Jul 7 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
63	75	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	76	Jul 12 (1)	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
65	77	Jul 12 (2)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	79	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	80	Jul 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	81	Jul 15	STL		BRO	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	82	Jul 16	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	84	Jul 18	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	85	Jul 20	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
74	86	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	87	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
76	88	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
77	89	Jul 25 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
78	90	Jul 25 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-6	GS	31	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	91	Jul 27	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	92	Jul 28	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
81	93	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
82	94	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	95	Jul 31	STL	@	BRO	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	96	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
85	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	98	Aug 3	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	17	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	99	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	100	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	11.0	5	4	0	9	0
89	101	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	102	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
91	103	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,15-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
92	104	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	105	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
94	106	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	107	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
96	108	Aug 16	STL		PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	115 (6)	Aug 22 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	53	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	116	Aug 22 (2)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	117	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	118	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
101	119	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
102	120	Aug 25 (2)	STL		BRO	W,14-8	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
103	121	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	122	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	123	Aug 28 (1)	STL		NYG	W,13-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	124	Aug 28 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
107	125	Aug 29	STL		NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
108	126	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	127	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	128	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	129	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
112	130	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	131	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	132	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
115	133	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	134	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
117	135	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
118	136	Sep 8 (2)	STL		PIT	W,12-2	GS	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
119	137	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
120	138	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
121	139	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
122	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
123	141	Sep 14	STL	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	142	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
125	143	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
126	144	Sep 17	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
127	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
128	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
129	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
130	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
131	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
132	150	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	151	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	152	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
135	153	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	154	Sep 29	STL		CHC	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
137	155	Oct 1	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	156	Oct 3	STL	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							138gm		1221.0	175	249	15	439	17