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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	May 1	STL		BSN	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	23 (6)	May 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	30 (6)	May 17 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	31	May 17 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-6		0		1	0	0	1	0
5	37 (5)	May 24 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	38	May 25	STL	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
7	39	May 26	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
8	40	May 27	STL	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	41	May 28	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	4	3	0	7	0
10	42	May 30 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
11	43	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,10-5	GS	26	6.0	1	3	1	5	0
12	44	May 31	STL	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	45	Jun 2	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	46	Jun 3	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	47	Jun 4	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
16	48	Jun 5	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	49	Jun 7 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	50	Jun 7 (2)	STL		NYG	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
20	52	Jun 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	53	Jun 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	7	1	8	0
22	54	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	55	Jun 17	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	56	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	59 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-0	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	64 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	69 (4)	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	75 (4)	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	79 (3)	Jul 14	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GF	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	1
35	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	84	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	85	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
38	86	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BRO	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
39	87	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	88	Jul 21	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
41	89	Jul 22	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	90	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	91	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	92	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
45	93	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	94	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
47	95	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	96	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	97	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	28	6.1	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	98	Aug 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
51	99	Aug 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	0	2	0	2	0
52	100	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	101	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	104 (2)	Aug 7	STL	@	PIT	L,6-13	GF	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	105	Aug 8	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	1	2	1	4	1
56	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
57	107	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	108	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
59	109	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	110	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
61	111	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
62	112	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
63	113	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	114	Aug 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	115	Aug 16 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
66	116	Aug 17	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	117	Aug 18	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
68	118	Aug 19	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	119	Aug 21	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
70	120	Aug 22	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
73	123	Aug 24	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	124	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	125	Aug 26	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	126	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
77	127	Aug 28 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	48	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
78	128	Aug 28 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	129	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
80	130	Aug 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
81	131	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	132	Sep 1	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
83	133	Sep 2	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	134	Sep 3	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	135	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	136	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
87	137	Sep 6	STL	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	138	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	139	Sep 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	140	Sep 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	141	Sep 11	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	142	Sep 12	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	143	Sep 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
94	144	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	145	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	146	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	2	2	0	4	0
97	147	Sep 16	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	148	Sep 17	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
99	149	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	150	Sep 20 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	151	Sep 21	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	152	Sep 22	STL		PIT	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
103	153	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	154	Sep 24	STL		CIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	155	Sep 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
							106gm		873.0	124	194	19	337	19