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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 16	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	STL		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 26	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
10	10	Apr 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 4 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
14	14	May 4 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
15	15	May 6	STL	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	16	May 7	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
17	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS	26	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	18	May 10	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
19	19	May 11 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	41	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	20	May 11 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
22	22	May 14	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 15	STL		BSN	W,8-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	24	May 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	25	May 17	STL		BSN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
26	26	May 18 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
27	27	May 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,0-1	GS	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 19	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	29	May 21	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
30	30	May 22	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
31	31	May 23	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	32	May 25 (1)	STL		PIT	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
33	33	May 25 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 26	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	35	May 27	STL		CHC	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 28	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,8-12	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	40	Jun 2	STL	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 3	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 4	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 5	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
44	44	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	CG	42	10.1	1	3	1	5	1
45	45	Jun 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
46	46	Jun 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	57	14.2	2	1	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 10	STL	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
48	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 13	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 14 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 14 (2)	STL		BRO	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 15	STL		BRO	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 16	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 18	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	1	5	1
57	57	Jun 20	STL		NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 21	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 22	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
60	60	Jun 23	STL		BSN	W,6-2	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	62 (1)	Jun 26	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	63	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
63	64	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	65	Jun 29 (1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
65	66	Jun 29 (2)	STL		CIN	W,17-2	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	67	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	68	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
68	69	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	70	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	71	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	72	Jul 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	73	Jul 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	74	Jul 10	STL	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	75	Jul 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	3	6	0
75	76	Jul 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,9-17	CG	42	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 13 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	80	Jul 13 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	81	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	82	Jul 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
82	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	84	Jul 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
84	85	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
85	86	Jul 19	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	87	Jul 20	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	CG	36	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
87	88	Jul 22	STL		NYG	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	89	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 24	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	91	Jul 25	STL		BSN	W,5-1	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	93	Jul 27	STL		BSN	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
93	94	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	95	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,10-11	CG	54	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	97	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	STL		PHI	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	99	Aug 2	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
99	100	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	101	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	102	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	103	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
103	104	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	105	Aug 8	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	106	Aug 9	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
106	107	Aug 10 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	108	Aug 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	109	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	110	Aug 12	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
110	111	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
111	112	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	113	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
113	114	Aug 17	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	115	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	116	Aug 18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	117	Aug 19	STL	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
117	118	Aug 20	STL	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	119	Aug 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	3	2	7	0
119	120	Aug 21 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-3	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
120	121	Aug 22	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.1	0	0	1	1	0
121	122	Aug 23	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	123	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
123	124	Aug 25	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	125	Aug 26	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
126	127	Aug 28	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
127	128	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
128	129	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,15-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	130	Sep 1 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
130	131	Sep 1 (2)	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
131	132	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,11-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	133	Sep 6	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	0	3	0	3	0
133	134	Sep 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	135	Sep 7 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	136	Sep 9	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	137	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	138	Sep 11	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
138	150 (11)	Sep 23	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
139	151	Sep 24	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
140	152	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,15-3	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
141	153	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
							141gm		1228.0	140	250	19	409	17