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.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 20	STL		PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	46	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	49	12.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
10	10	Apr 30 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 30 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	13	May 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
14	14	May 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	15	May 6	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
16	16	May 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
17	17	May 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	18	May 10	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
19	19	May 11	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
20	20	May 12	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
21	21	May 13	STL		BRO	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
22	22	May 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
23	23	May 14 (2)	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 15	STL		PHI	W,11-6	GS	28	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
25	25	May 16 susp	STL		PHI	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 18	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 19	STL		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	29	May 20	STL		NYG	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 21 (1)	STL		NYG	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 21 (2)	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	32	May 26	STL	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
33	33	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	34	May 28 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	35	May 28 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 29	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	May 31	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 2	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 3	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 4 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
44	44	Jun 4 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
45	47 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
46	48	Jun 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
47	49	Jun 13	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
48	50	Jun 14	STL		CHC	W,10-9	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 17	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	52	Jun 18 (1)	STL		PIT	W,12-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
51	53	Jun 18 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
52	54	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	55	Jun 21 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	56	Jun 21 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
55	57	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	60	14.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	58	Jun 24	STL	@	PIT	W,16-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	59	Jun 25 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	60	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
59	61	Jun 28	STL		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 29	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	63	Jun 30	STL		PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	64	Jul 1	STL		BRO	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	65	Jul 2 (1)	STL		BRO	W,2-1	CG	52	14.0	0	4	0	4	1
64	66	Jul 2 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
66	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL		NYG	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	69	Jul 5	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
68	70	Jul 6	STL		NYG	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
69	71	Jul 7	STL		BSN	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
70	72	Jul 8	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	73	Jul 9 (1)	STL		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	74	Jul 9 (2)	STL		BSN	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
73	75	Jul 13	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	76	Jul 14	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
75	77	Jul 15	STL		CIN	W,12-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
76	78	Jul 16 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
77	79	Jul 16 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	80	Jul 18	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	81	Jul 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
80	82	Jul 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	1
81	83	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	84	Jul 22	STL	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	85	Jul 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
84	86	Jul 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
85	87	Jul 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	88	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	89	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	47	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
88	90	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	GF	31	6.0	2	2	0	4	1
89	91	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,14-2	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
91	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	94	Jul 30 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	95	Jul 30 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-7	GF	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	97 (1)	Aug 1	STL	@	BRO	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
95	98	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	99	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,15-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	101	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	57	14.0	5	4	1	10	0
99	102	Aug 9	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	103	Aug 10	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	104	Aug 11	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	105	Aug 12	STL		PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
103	106	Aug 13 (1)	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	107	Aug 13 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-3	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	108	Aug 14	STL		BRO	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
106	109	Aug 15	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
107	110	Aug 16	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	111	Aug 17	STL		NYG	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
109	112	Aug 18	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	113	Aug 19	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
111	114	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BSN	W,15-5	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	115	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
113	116	Aug 22 (1)	STL		BSN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	117	Aug 22 (2)	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
115	118	Aug 23	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
116	119	Aug 24	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	120	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
118	121	Aug 27 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-14	GS	41	6.0	1	1	0	2	1
119	123 (1)	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
120	124	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	125	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	126	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
123	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
124	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS	0		2	4	0	6	0
125	129	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
126	130	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
127	131	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	GS	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
128	132	Sep 7	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
129	133	Sep 9	STL		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
130	134	Sep 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,0-9	GS	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
131	135	Sep 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
132	136	Sep 12 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
133	137	Sep 12 (2)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
134	145 (7)	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
135	146	Sep 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
136	147	Sep 22	STL	@	BSN	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
137	148	Sep 23	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
138	149	Sep 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	68	16.0	4	3	0	7	0
139	150	Sep 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
140	151	Sep 25	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
141	152	Sep 26	STL	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
142	153	Sep 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
143	154	Sep 28	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
144	155	Sep 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	3	1	1	5	0
145	156	Oct 1 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	55	12.2	1	3	0	4	0
146	157	Oct 1 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	0	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
							156gm		1301.0	192	290	17	499	21