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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	11 (4)	May 3	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	12	May 4	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
9	13	May 7	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	14	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	15	May 9	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	16	May 10	STL		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
13	17	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	18	May 14	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	19	May 15	STL		PIT	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	20	May 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	21	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
18	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	CG	48	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
19	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,13-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	24	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
21	33 (8)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
22	34	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	35	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	36	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	41 (4)	Jun 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	42	Jun 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	43	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	44	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	45	Jun 9	STL		BSN	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	52 (6)	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	53	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	54	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	59 (4)	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,11-2	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	63 (3)	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	64	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-9	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	66	Jul 2	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
38	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
39	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	71	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	72	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	79 (6)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	45	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
46	81	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
47	82	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	83	Jul 22 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
49	84	Jul 22 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	85	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
51	90 (4)	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	91	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
53	92	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	93	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	94	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
56	95	Aug 2	STL	@	NYG	W,21-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	96	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	97	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
59	98	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	103 (4)	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	GS	16	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	104	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
62	105	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
63	106	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	0	4.0	1	4	0	5	0
							65gm		505.0	55	100	10	165	7