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.

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1943 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	39	10.1	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	42	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 24	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
4	4	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 27	STL		CHC	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 28	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	0	1	0	1	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	8	May 1	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
9	9	May 2 (1)	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	May 2 (2)	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
11	11	May 4	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	12	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	53	13.1	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 6	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 9 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 9 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
16	16	May 13	STL	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	17	May 14	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 15	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	3	3	1	7	0
20	20	May 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
21	23 (2)	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	24	May 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	25	May 22 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
24	26	May 22 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
25	27	May 23 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
26	28	May 23 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
27	29	May 26	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	30	May 27	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	31	May 28	STL		BSN	W,2-1	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	41 (9)	Jun 5 susp	STL		PHI	L,1-2	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	43 (1)	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	44	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
33	45	Jun 12	STL		PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
34	46	Jun 13 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-10	GS	35	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	47	Jun 13 (2)	STL		PIT	T,4-4	CG	55	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	48	Jun 14	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
37	49	Jun 15	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
38	50	Jun 16	STL		CIN	L,1-4	CG	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	2
39	51	Jun 17	STL		CIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
40	52	Jun 18	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	53	Jun 19	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
42	54	Jun 20 (1)	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
43	55	Jun 20 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	56	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	57	Jun 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	58	Jun 24	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	59	Jun 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	60	Jun 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	61	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	62	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
51	63	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.1	1	4	0	5	1
52	64	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	65	Jul 2	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
54	66	Jul 3	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	34	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
57	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-15	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
58	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
59	71	Jul 6	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
60	72	Jul 9	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	73	Jul 10	STL	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
62	74	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	75	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	46	11.0	1	1	1	3	0
64	76	Jul 15	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	77	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	78	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
67	79	Jul 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	81	Jul 18 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
70	82	Jul 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	83	Jul 21 (2)	STL		NYG	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	84	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
73	85	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
74	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
77	89	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,6-3	GS	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	91	Jul 27 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	92	Jul 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	93	Jul 29	STL		PHI	W,13-5	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	94	Jul 30	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
83	95	Jul 31	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	96	Aug 1 (1)	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	97	Aug 1 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	98	Aug 3	STL		BRO	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
87	99	Aug 6	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	100	Aug 7	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	101	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PIT	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
90	102	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
91	103	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	104	Aug 12	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	105	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
94	106	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
96	108	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
97	109	Aug 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
98	110	Aug 17	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
99	111	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
100	112	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
101	113	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	114	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	115	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
105	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	122 (4)	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	1	1	0	2	1
107	123	Aug 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	124	Aug 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	1	3	1	5	0
109	125	Aug 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	126	Aug 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	128 (1)	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	29	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
112	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	131 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
114	134 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	135	Sep 8	STL		PIT	W,5-1	GF	23	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
116	136	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	3	2	1	6	0
117	137	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
118	138	Sep 16	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	2
119	139	Sep 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
120	140	Sep 18 (1)	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
121	141	Sep 18 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
122	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
123	143	Sep 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
124	144	Sep 22	STL		BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	145	Sep 23	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
126	146	Sep 24	STL		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	147	Sep 25	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	148	Sep 26 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
129	149	Sep 26 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
130	150	Sep 27	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	151	Sep 28 (1)	STL		BSN	L,5-6	CG	56	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	152	Sep 28 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	153	Sep 29	STL		BSN	W,3-2	GS	30	6.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	154	Sep 30	STL		NYG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	155	Oct 1	STL		NYG	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
136	156	Oct 2	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	157	Oct 3	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
							139gm		1209.0	167	257	21	445	29