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Whitey Kurowski

George John Kurowski

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: April 19, 1918 in Reading, PA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1941 (Age 23)   vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 1941-1949

Final Game: October 1, 1949 (Age 31)   vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: December 9, 1999 in Sinking Spring, PA
Buried: Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, PA
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Whitey Kurowski: 106 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead, 99 lacking some details

1 Tm
STL	106

vs RHP	67
vs LHP	39

Away	67
Home	39

Leverage

7 Opps
NYG	22
BRO	19
PIT	18
PHI	18
CIN	12
CHC	9
BSN	8

72 Pitchers
Preacher Roe	7
Ken Raffensberger	4
Clyde Shoun	3
Ken Heintzelman	3
Tom Seats	3
Dave Koslo	2
Nick Strincevich	2
Ed Head	2
Fritz Ostermueller	2
Hank Behrman	2
Rip Sewell	2
Al Gerheauser	2
Charley Schanz	2
Larry Jansen	2
Cliff Melton	2
Harry Gumbert	2
Schoolboy Rowe	2
Bucky Walters	2
Monty Kennedy	2
Hank Wyse	2

8 Parks
Sprtsmn3/Busch	39
Polo Grounds	15
Ebbets Fld	14
Forbes Fld	12
Shibe Pk	11
Crosley Fld	6
Wrigley Fld	5
Braves Fld	4

Where Hit
Unk	106
General field locations when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	92
2·HR gms	7
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.

OrderPos
Unk	38
6th	25
5th	23
4th	15
7th	4
3rd	1

Outs
Unk	101
1	2
2	2
0	1

DefPos
3B	104
PH	1
SS	1

Bases
Unk	106

158 RBI
0 on	64
1 on	32
2 on	10
Any on	42

Inning
1	5
2	21
3	7
4	14
5	7
6	15
7	18
8	8
9	9
Extra	2

1-3	33
4-6	36
7-end	37

RelScore
+4..	1
+2	1
Tied	2
-1	1
-4..	2
Unk	99

Ahead	2
Tied	2
Behind	3
Unk	99
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

· WE and WPA Explanation

1942 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1942-06-17	STL	@	NYG	Cliff Melton		t 2			1	6	5
2	2	2	1	1942-07-14	STL		BSN	Lou Tost		b 8			2	7	5
3	3	3	1	1942-07-18 (2)	STL		BRO	Max Macon		b 7			2	6	5
4	4	4	1	1942-07-19 (1)	STL		BRO	Ed Head		b 8			1	6	5
5	5	5	1	1942-07-19 (2)	STL		BRO	Kirby Higbe		b 2			2	6	5
6	6	6	1	1942-08-23 (1)	STL		PIT	Ken Heintzelman		b 2			1	6	5
7	7	7	1	1942-09-04	STL	@	CIN	Paul Derringer		t 2			1	7	5
8	8	8	1	1942-09-06	STL	@	CIN	Clyde Shoun		t 7			2	7	5
9	9	9	1	1942-09-12	STL	@	BRO	Max Macon		t 2			2	6	5
1943 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1943-05-04	STL	@	CHC	Bill Fleming		t 3			2	7	5
11	11	2	1	1943-05-22 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Johnnie Wittig		t 1			2	6	5
12	12	3	1	1943-05-27	STL		BSN	Jim Tobin		b 7			1	6	5
13	13	4	1	1943-06-24	STL	@	CIN	Bucky Walters		t 6			1	6	5
14	14	5	1	1943-07-04 (2)	STL	@	BRO	Freddie Fitzsimmons		t 5			1	6	5
15	15	6	1	1943-07-22	STL		NYG	Johnnie Wittig		b 1			3	5	5
16	16	7	1	1943-08-14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Van Mungo		t 7			2	5	5
17	17	8	1	1943-08-17	STL	@	BRO	Ed Head		t 6			1	6	5
18	18	9	1	1943-08-19	STL	@	PHI	Dick Barrett		t 8			2	6	5
19	19	10	1	1943-09-05 (1)	STL		CIN	Clyde Shoun		b 4			1	5	5
20	20	11	1	1943-09-16	STL		CHC	Hi Bithorn		b 7			2	5	5
21	21	12	1	1943-09-18 (2)	STL		CHC	Walter Signer		b 4			1	5	5
22	22	13	1	1943-09-26 (1)	STL		PHI	Al Gerheauser		b 4			1	5	5
1944 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1944-04-23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	Ed Hanyzewski		t 6			3	6	5
24	24	2	1	1944-05-03	STL	@	PIT	Rip Sewell		t 2			1	6	5
25	25	3	2	1944-05-03	STL	@	PIT	Rip Sewell		t 9			3	6	5
26	26	4	1	1944-05-20	STL		NYG	Walter Ockey		b 8			2	6	5
27	27	5	1	1944-05-27	STL	@	NYG	Cliff Melton		t 2			1	6	5
28	28	6	2	1944-05-27	STL	@	NYG	Lou Polli		t 7			2	6	5
29	29	7	1	1944-05-30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	Ira Hutchinson		t 2			1	5	5
30	30	8	2	1944-05-30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	Ben Cardoni		t 7			3	5	5
31	31	9	1	1944-06-11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	Clyde Shoun		t 6			1	5	5
32	32	10	1	1944-06-17	STL		PIT	Preacher Roe		b 6			1	5	5
33	33	11	1	1944-06-18 (2)	STL		PIT	Fritz Ostermueller		b 7			1	5	5
34	34	12	1	1944-07-13	STL		CIN	Jim Konstanty		b 2			1	5	5
35	35	13	1	1944-08-10	STL		PHI	Al Gerheauser		b 2			2	6	5
36	36	14	1	1944-09-03 (2)	STL	@	PIT	Nick Strincevich		t 9			1	6	6
37	37	15	1	1944-09-04	STL	@	CIN	Harry Gumbert		t 2			1	5	5
38	38	16	1	1944-09-21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	Red Barrett		t 4			1	5	5
39	39	17	1	1944-09-24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Ken Raffensberger	tied 3-3	t 16			1	5	5
40	40	18	1	1944-09-27	STL	@	BRO	Clyde King		t 7			1	5	5
41	41	19	1	1944-10-01 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle		t 7			2	5	5
42	42	20	1	1944-10-01 (2)	STL	@	NYG	Ken Brondell		t 5			3	5	5
1945 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1945-05-06 (2)	STL		CHC	Hank Wyse		b 6			1	5	5
44	44	2	1	1945-05-18	STL	@	PHI	Charlie Sproull		t 4			1	5	5
45	45	3	1	1945-05-20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Charley Schanz		t 9			1	5	5
46	46	4	1	1945-05-20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Dick Barrett		t 2			1	5	5
47	47	5	1	1945-05-23	STL		BRO	Vic Lombardi		b 2			1		5
48	48	6	1	1945-06-16	STL	@	PIT	Preacher Roe		t 2			1	4	5
49	49	7	2	1945-06-16	STL	@	PIT	Max Butcher		t 8			2	4	5
50	50	8	1	1945-06-24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	Claude Passeau		t 3			1	4	5
51	51	9	1	1945-07-07	STL	@	BRO	Tom Seats		t 4			2	4	5
52	52	10	1	1945-07-08 (1)	STL	@	BRO	Art Herring		t 6			1	4	5
53	53	11	1	1945-07-13 (1)	STL		NYG	Jack Phillips		b 5			1		5
54	54	12	1	1945-07-13 (2)	STL		NYG	Harry Feldman		b 6			1	4	5
55	55	13	1	1945-07-29 (2)	STL		PIT	Nick Strincevich	ahead 3-1	b 7			3	4	5
56	56	14	1	1945-08-12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	Cy Buker		t 9			1	5	5
57	57	15	1	1945-08-13	STL	@	BRO	Tom Seats		t 1			2	4	5
58	58	16	2	1945-08-13	STL	@	BRO	Tom Seats		t 6			1	4	5
59	59	17	1	1945-08-14	STL	@	BRO	Ralph Branca		t 9			1	4	5
60	60	18	1	1945-08-15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Charley Schanz		t 5			1	4	5
61	61	19	1	1945-08-31	STL		CHC	Hank Wyse		b 7			1	4	5
62	62	20	1	1945-09-03 (2)	STL		PIT	Preacher Roe		b 6			1	4	5
63	63	21	1	1945-09-23	STL		CIN	Joe Bowman		b 3			1		5
1946 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1946-04-21	STL	@	CHC	Ray Prim		t 7			1		PH
65	65	2	1	1946-05-05 (1)	STL		BSN	Lefty Wallace		b 7			2		5
66	66	3	1	1946-05-21	STL	@	PHI	Al Jurisich		t 2			2		5
67	67	4	1	1946-05-22	STL	@	NYG	Bob Carpenter		t 1			1		5
68	68	5	1	1946-05-23	STL	@	NYG	Gene Thompson		t 9			1		5
69	69	6	1	1946-05-30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	Preacher Roe		t 6			3		5
70	70	7	1	1946-06-16 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo		t 6			1		5
71	71	8	1	1946-07-03	STL		CIN	Howie Fox		b 4			3		5
72	72	9	1	1946-07-18	STL		PHI	Ken Raffensberger		b 4			1		5
73	73	10	1	1946-07-29	STL	@	BSN	Mort Cooper		t 9			1		5
74	74	11	1	1946-08-04 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Ken Raffensberger		t 7			1		5
75	75	12	1	1946-08-09	STL	@	CIN	Bucky Walters		t 7			1		5
76	76	13	1	1946-08-28 (1)	STL		NYG	Mike Budnick		b 2			2		5
77	77	14	1	1946-09-15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Dave Koslo		t 8			2		5
1947 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1947-04-29	STL	@	NYG	Monty Kennedy		t 4			1		5
79	79	2	1	1947-05-11 (1)	STL	@	PIT	Preacher Roe		t 3			2	3	5
80	80	3	1	1947-05-18 (1)	STL		PHI	Ken Heintzelman		b 4			2		5
81	81	4	1	1947-05-25 (1)	STL		PIT	Hank Behrman		b 4			2		5
82	82	5	1	1947-06-09 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Ken Heintzelman		t 3			1		5
83	83	6	1	1947-06-28	STL		CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 6-7	b 9			2		5			Walk-Off
84	84	7	1	1947-07-12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	Joe Beggs		t 2			1		5
85	85	8	1	1947-07-14	STL	@	PHI	Tommy Hughes		t 2			1		5
86	86	9	1	1947-07-22	STL		NYG	Monty Kennedy		b 3			1		5
87	87	10	1	1947-07-24	STL		NYG	Larry Jansen		b 7			1		5
88	88	11	1	1947-07-27	STL		BSN	Johnny Sain		b 7			1		5
89	89	12	1	1947-07-30	STL		BRO	Ralph Branca	behind 1-10	b 6	2		3	6	5
90	90	13	1	1947-08-01	STL		PHI	Schoolboy Rowe		b 2			1		5
91	91	14	2	1947-08-01	STL		PHI	Schoolboy Rowe		b 8			3		5
92	92	15	1	1947-08-03	STL		PHI	Freddy Schmidt		b 4			1		5
93	93	16	1	1947-08-05	STL	@	CHC	Bob Chipman		t 5			2		5
94	94	17	1	1947-08-15	STL	@	PIT	Tiny Bonham		t 4			2		5
95	95	18	1	1947-08-16	STL	@	PIT	Roger Wolff		t 1			2	6	5
96	96	19	2	1947-08-16	STL	@	PIT	Jim Bagby		t 5			1	6	5
97	97	20	1	1947-08-18 (2)	STL	@	BRO	Harry Taylor		t 2	2		1	6	5
98	98	21	1	1947-08-19	STL	@	BRO	Hank Behrman	ahead 5-1	t 4	1		2	4	5
99	99	22	1	1947-08-20	STL	@	BRO	Hugh Casey	tied 2-2	t 12	0		1	6	5
100	100	23	1	1947-08-21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	Oscar Judd		t 5			1		5
101	101	24	1	1947-08-28	STL	@	NYG	Larry Jansen		t 9			1		5
102	102	25	1	1947-09-07 (2)	STL		CIN	Ken Raffensberger		b 6			1		5
103	103	26	1	1947-09-23	STL	@	PIT	Fritz Ostermueller		t 2			1		5
104	104	27	1	1947-09-24	STL	@	PIT	Preacher Roe		t 3			2		5
1948 HRs	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
105	105	1	1	1948-07-28	STL	@	BRO	Preacher Roe	behind 2-11	t 8	1		2	4	5
106	106	2	1	1948-08-02	STL	@	NYG	Clem Dreisewerd		t 6			2		5

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

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