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
Team: Cardinals 1941-1949

Final Game: October 1, 1949
Died: December 9, 1999 in Sinking Spring, PA
Buried: Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, PA
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	Awards
1941	STL	NL	23	3B	4	2	2	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.25	.948	3.32
1942	STL	NL	24	3B	104	92	90	337	124	194	19	19	.944	3.06	.940	3.19	MVP-25
1942	STL	NL	24	LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30	MVP-25
1942	STL	NL	24	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30	MVP-25
1942	STL	NL	24	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		5.20	MVP-25
1943	STL	NL	25	3B	137	135	125	442	166	255	21	29	.952	3.07	.948	3.17	AS
1943	STL	NL	25	SS	2	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50	.953	5.30	AS
1944	STL	NL	26	3B	146	143	128	486	188	281	17	20	.965	3.21	.948	3.29	AS,MVP-29
1944	STL	NL	26	2B	9	0	0	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.22	.963	5.63	AS,MVP-29
1944	STL	NL	26	SS	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00	.955	5.40	AS,MVP-29
1945	STL	NL	27	3B	131	128	116	422	172	235	15	28	.964	3.11	.941	3.20	MVP-5
1945	STL	NL	27	SS	6	0	0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0.83	.947	5.27	MVP-5
1946	STL	NL	28	3B	138	137	132	439	175	249	15	17	.966	3.07	.952	3.08	AS,MVP-30
1947	STL	NL	29	3B	141	141	127	409	140	250	19	17	.954	2.77	.947	3.06	AS,MVP-9
1948	STL	NL	30	3B	65	62	49	165	55	100	10	7	.939	2.38	.941	3.10
1949	STL	NL	31	3B	2	2	2	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.50	.952	3.20
	9 Seasons			3B	868	842	771	2710	1025	1569	116	137	.957	2.99	.946	3.16
	4 Seasons			SS	10	0	0	11	3	7	1	0	.909	1.00	.950	5.28
	1 Season			2B	9	0	0	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.22	.963	5.63
	1 Season			LF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
	1 Season			OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.30
	9 Seasons			TOT	888	843	772	2732	1032	1583	117	138	.957	2.94	.946	3.21

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1941	STL	NL	23	3B
1942	STL	NL	24	3B
1942	STL	NL	24	LF
1942	STL	NL	24	SS
1943	STL	NL	25	3B
1943	STL	NL	25	SS
1944	STL	NL	26	3B
1944	STL	NL	26	2B
1944	STL	NL	26	SS
1945	STL	NL	27	3B
1945	STL	NL	27	SS
1946	STL	NL	28	3B
1947	STL	NL	29	3B
1948	STL	NL	30	3B
1949	STL	NL	31	3B
	9 Seasons			3B
	4 Seasons			SS
	1 Season			2B
	1 Season			LF
	9 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	LF	OF	PH	PR
1941	STL	NL	23	5	2	5	4	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
1942	STL	NL	24	115	93	115	105	0	104	1	1	1	10	0
1943	STL	NL	25	139	135	139	137	0	137	2	0	0	2	0
1944	STL	NL	26	149	143	149	146	9	146	1	0	0	3	0
1945	STL	NL	27	133	128	133	131	0	131	6	0	0	1	1
1946	STL	NL	28	142	137	142	138	0	138	0	0	0	4	0
1947	STL	NL	29	146	141	146	141	0	141	0	0	0	5	0
1948	STL	NL	30	77	62	77	65	0	65	0	0	0	10	2
1949	STL	NL	31	10	2	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
	9 Seasons			916	843	916	869	9	868	10	1	1	44	3

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1948	STL	NL	30	907	64%	80%	26%	57	79%	1	17	11	3	3	34	19	12	2	1	7	0	5	2	7	6	4	1	5	1	0	1	3	67%
1949	STL	NL	31	32	66%	88%	28%	1	100%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			939	64%	80%	26%	58	79%	1	18	12	3	3	34	19	12	2	1	7	0	5	2	7	6	4	1	5	1	0	1	3	67%
	MLB Averages				61%	82%	27%		89%																								69%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1943 1944 * 1945--not played 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 (489th)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1943 NL 137 (2nd) 1944 NL 146 (1st) 1945 NL 131 (3rd) 1946 NL 138 (1st) 1947 NL 141 (3rd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1942 NL 124 (4th) 1943 NL 166 (1st) 1944 NL 188 (1st) 1945 NL 172 (2nd) 1946 NL 175 (1st) 1947 NL 140 (3rd) Career 1,025 (85th)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1943 NL 255 (5th) 1944 NL 281 (2nd) 1945 NL 235 (3rd) 1946 NL 249 (1st) 1947 NL 250 (3rd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1942 NL 19 (5th) 1943 NL 21 (3rd) 1944 NL 17 (4th) 1945 NL 15 (4th) 1946 NL 15 (3rd) 1947 NL 19 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1942 NL 3.06 (5th) 1943 NL 3.07 (3rd) 1944 NL 3.21 (2nd) 1945 NL 3.11 (5th) 1946 NL 3.07 (2nd) Career 2.99 (88th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1942 NL .944 (4th) 1943 NL .952 (3rd) 1944 NL .965 (1st) 1945 NL .964 (3rd) 1946 NL .966 (2nd) 1947 NL .954 (3rd) Career .957 (79th)

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