Whitey Kurowski
George John Kurowski
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 193 lb.

Born: April 19, 1918 in Reading, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1941
Final Game: October 1, 1949
Died: December 9, 1999 in Sinking Spring, PA
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 23 STL NL 5 10 9 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 .333 .400 .556 .956 160 5 0 1 0 /5
1942 24 STL NL 115 418 366 51 93 17 3 9 42 7 33 60 .254 .326 .391 .717 103 143 6 6 13 *5/O6 MVP-25
1943 25 STL NL 139 565 522 69 150 24 8 13 70 3 31 54 .287 .330 .439 .768 117 229 11 2 10 *5/6 AS
1944 26 STL NL 149 625 555 95 150 25 7 20 87 2 58 40 .270 .341 .449 .790 119 249 12 2 10 *5/46 AS,MVP-29
1945 27 STL NL 133 573 511 84 165 27 3 21 102 1 45 45 .323 .383 .511 .894 144 261 10 5 12 *5/6 MVP-5
1946 28 STL NL 142 601 519 76 156 32 5 14 89 2 72 47 .301 .391 .462 .853 138 240 10 5 5 *5 AS,MVP-30
1947 29 STL NL 146 614 513 108 159 27 6 27 104 4 87 56 .310 .420 .544 .964 150 279 19 10 4 *5 AS,MVP-9
1948 30 STL NL 77 270 220 34 47 8 0 2 33 0 42 28 .214 .352 .277 .629 68 61 3 5 3 5
1949 31 STL NL 10 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .200 .143 .343 -8 2 1 0 0 /5
9 Seasons 916 3691 3229 518 925 162 32 106 529 19 369 332 .286 .366 .455 .821 125 1469 72 36 57
162 Game Avg. 162 653 571 92 164 29 6 19 94 3 65 59 .286 .366 .455 .821 125 260 13 6 10

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1941 23 STL NL 10 6 2 8.9 100 .429 .333 .274 .400 .345 .556 .386 .956 .731 160 .803 0.8 0.1 1.000 .222 .222
1942 24 STL NL 418 292 45 4.2 93 .283 .254 .265 .326 .338 .391 .368 .717 .706 103 .539 0.6 0.1 .677 .246 .137 7.9
1943 25 STL NL 565 393 75 5.2 93 .301 .287 .270 .330 .340 .439 .367 .768 .707 117 .619 8.0 0.9 .692 .216 .151 4.9
1944 26 STL NL 625 427 84 5.3 96 .263 .270 .270 .341 .338 .449 .380 .790 .718 119 .603 12.8 1.3 .746 .286 .178 3.6
1945 27 STL NL 573 368 99 7.2 99 .324 .323 .277 .383 .347 .511 .382 .894 .729 144 .722 29.3 3.0 .876 .278 .188 1.9
1946 28 STL NL 601 378 93 6.6 96 .310 .301 .267 .391 .343 .462 .374 .853 .717 138 .710 27.8 2.9 .855 .304 .162 3.5
1947 29 STL NL 614 377 114 8.0 109 .307 .310 .279 .420 .355 .544 .413 .964 .768 150 .732 39.9 3.8 1.019 .411 .234 7.0
1948 30 STL NL 270 179 21 3.1 107 .237 .214 .276 .352 .351 .277 .408 .629 .759 68 .342 -8.1 -0.8 .614 .255 .064 .0
1949 31 STL NL 15 13 0 0.0 108 .143 .143 .276 .200 .351 .143 .413 .343 .764 -8 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .231 .071 .000
9 Seasons 3691 2433 533 5.9 99 .293 .286 .272 .366 .344 .455 .383 .821 .727 125 .648 109.0 11.0 .797 .289 .168 32.2
162 Game Avg. 653 430 94 5.9 99 .293 .286 .272 .366 .344 .455 .383 .821 .727 125 .648 19 2 .797 .289 .168 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 24 STL NL WS NYY W 5 18 15 3 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .600 .953 9 0 0 1 0 1
1943 25 STL NL WS NYY L 5 19 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .278 .500 5 1 0 1 0 0
1944 26 STL NL WS SLB W 6 25 23 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .217 .250 .261 .511 6 0 0 1 0 0
1946 28 STL NL WS BOS W 7 28 27 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .296 .321 .407 .729 11 1 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 23 90 83 12 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 3 13 .253 .287 .373 .661 31 2 1 3 0 1
4 WS 23 90 83 12 21 5 1 1 9 0 0 3 13 .253 .287 .373 .661 31 2 1 3 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1943 STL NL 25 DNP
1944 STL NL 26 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1945 STL NL 27 DNP
1946 STL NL 28 as 3B 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 STL NL 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 23 5 10 9 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 .333 .400 .556 .956 160 5 0 1 0
1942 24 120 428 375 52 96 19 3 9 44 7 33 62 .256 .328 .395 .722 104 148 6 7 13
1943 25 259 993 897 121 246 43 11 22 114 10 64 116 .274 .329 .420 .749 111 377 17 9 23
1944 26 408 1618 1452 216 396 68 18 42 201 12 122 156 .273 .334 .431 .765 114 626 29 11 33
1945 27 541 2191 1963 300 561 95 21 63 303 13 167 201 .286 .347 .452 .799 122 887 39 16 45
1946 28 683 2792 2482 376 717 127 26 77 392 15 239 248 .289 .356 .454 .810 126 1127 49 21 50
1947 29 829 3406 2995 484 876 154 32 104 496 19 326 304 .292 .368 .469 .837 130 1406 68 31 54
1948 30 906 3676 3215 518 923 162 32 106 529 19 368 332 .287 .367 .456 .823 126 1467 71 36 57
1949 31 916 3691 3229 518 925 162 32 106 529 19 369 332 .286 .366 .455 .821 125 1469 72 36 57

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 23 5 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 2 5
1942 24 122 433 390 56 101 18 3 10 46 8 36 64 .259 .333 .397 .730 50 115
1943 25 145 588 552 77 163 26 9 14 78 3 34 56 .295 .338 .451 .790 84 139
1944 26 155 641 578 100 157 26 7 21 92 2 61 42 .272 .343 .450 .793 89 149
1945 27 139 582 531 85 169 28 3 22 103 1 46 47 .318 .378 .507 .885 99 133
1946 28 148 632 549 85 170 35 5 15 99 2 78 49 .310 .400 .474 .874 103 142
1947 29 153 624 528 105 158 27 6 27 101 4 86 59 .299 .407 .527 .934 111 146
1948 30 80 275 228 33 47 8 0 2 32 0 42 29 .206 .342 .268 .609 20 77
1949 31 10 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 10
9 Seasons 957 3801 3380 542 965 168 33 111 553 20 384 348 .286 .365 .453 .818 558 916
162 Game Avg. 162 643 572 92 163 28 6 19 94 3 65 59 .286 .365 .453 .818 94 916

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1943
1944 *
1945
1946 (3B)
1947 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (25, 2%)
1944 NL (29, 0%)
1945 NL (5, 27%)
1946 NL (30, 1%)
1947 NL (9, 13%)
0.43 Career Shares (473rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1945 NL  .323 (5th)
1946 NL  .301 (7th)
1947 NL  .310 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 NL  .383 (7th)
1946 NL  .391 (6th)
1947 NL  .420 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
1943 NL  .439 (6th)
1945 NL  .511 (2nd)
1946 NL  .462 (4th)
1947 NL  .544 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 NL  .894 (4th)
1946 NL  .853 (2nd)
1947 NL  .964 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 NL  95 (8th)
1946 NL  76 (9th)
1947 NL  108 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  156 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  261 (5th)
1946 NL  240 (6th)
1947 NL  279 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
1946 NL  32 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL  8 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1943 NL  13 (6th)
1944 NL  20 (4th)
1945 NL  21 (4th)
1946 NL  14 (7th)
1947 NL  27 (6th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1944 NL  87 (10th)
1945 NL  102 (7th)
1946 NL  89 (4th)
1947 NL  104 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  72 (8th)
1947 NL  87 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1942 NL  60 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 NL  144 (4th)
1946 NL  138 (4th)
1947 NL  150 (3rd)
Career  125 (234th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1945 NL  99 (7th)
1946 NL  93 (5th)
1947 NL  114 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  29 (6th)
1946 NL  28 (5th)
1947 NL  40 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  3.0 (6th)
1946 NL  2.9 (5th)
1947 NL  3.9 (3rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  45 (9th)
1945 NL  51 (5th)
1946 NL  51 (4th)
1947 NL  60 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1946 NL  233 (9th)
1947 NL  256 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1945 NL  .722 (4th)
1946 NL  .710 (4th)
1947 NL  .732 (4th)
Career  .649 (210th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 NL  6 (4th)
1945 NL  5 (6th)
1946 NL  5 (2nd)
1947 NL  10 (1st)
1948 NL  5 (2nd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  13 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1947 NL  19 (1st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 NL  7.9 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1943 NL  40.2 (8th)
1944 NL  27.8 (4th)
1945 NL  24.3 (6th)
1946 NL  37.1 (7th)
1947 NL  19.0 (8th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 79 (298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (446), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1022), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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