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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 STL NL 23 3B 4 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.25 .940 3.15
1942 STL NL 24 3B 104 337 124 194 19 19 .944 3.06 .940 3.03 MVP-25
1942 STL NL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0 MVP-25
1942 STL NL 24 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 MVP-25
1943 STL NL 25 3B 137 442 166 255 21 29 .952 3.07 .948 2.97 AS
1943 STL NL 25 SS 2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 4.95 AS
1944 STL NL 26 3B 146 486 188 281 17 20 .965 3.21 .947 3.00 AS,MVP-29
1944 STL NL 26 2B 9 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.22 .964 5.04 AS,MVP-29
1944 STL NL 26 SS 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 4.80 AS,MVP-29
1945 STL NL 27 3B 131 422 172 235 15 28 .964 3.11 .940 2.97 MVP-5
1945 STL NL 27 SS 6 6 2 3 1 0 .833 0.83 .950 4.75 MVP-5
1946 STL NL 28 3B 138 439 175 249 15 17 .966 3.07 .951 2.84 AS,MVP-30
1947 STL NL 29 3B 141 409 140 250 19 17 .954 2.77 .947 2.80 AS,MVP-9
1948 STL NL 30 3B 65 165 55 100 10 7 .939 2.38 .941 2.81
1949 STL NL 31 3B 2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 3.00
9 Seasons 3B 868 2710 1025 1569 116 137 .957 2.99 .945 2.92
4 Seasons SS 10 11 3 7 1 0 .909 1.00 .955 4.81
1 Season 2B 9 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.22 .964 5.04
1 Season OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
9 Seasons TOT 888 2732 1032 1583 117 138 .957 2.94 .903 2.96 1-0-0

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 (471st)

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--3.8--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--207th

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--40.154--8th
1944 NL--27.750--4th
1945 NL--24.333--6th
1946 NL--37.071--7th
1947 NL--19.000--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 55 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 42 (436), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (916), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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