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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-38 / in Starts: 36-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	55 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 13 bases loaded PA and 11 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 270 PAs	33
Actual Runners on Base	220 (114-65-41) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 270 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	182 (93-58-29)

Most Driven In
S Musial	7
E Slaughter	7
M Marion	5
T Moore	4
E Dusak	3
R Schoendienst	2
Self	2
R Munger	1

Most Driven In By
N Jones	9
D Wilber	3
M Marion	2
Self	2
M Dickson	2
B Baker	2
D Rice	2
E Slaughter	2

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	830	1	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	5	.76	0.014	1.93	0.02%	0.68	3B
2	831	2	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.571	.667	.571	1.238	4	1.30	0.196	3.56	0.32%	1.26	3B
3	832	3	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825	4	1.56	-0.194	4.77	-0.36%	-1.81	3B
4	833	4	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.412	.286	.697	4	1.26	-0.113	3.45	-0.19%	-1.03	3B
5	834	5	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.222	.556	4	1.35	-0.122	4.01	-0.22%	-1.13	3B
6	835	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.320	.227	.547	5	1.12	-0.054	2.96	-0.09%	-0.29	3B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	836	11 (4)	May 3	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.276	.192	.468	4	.95	-0.108	2.43	-0.17%	-1.30	3B
8	837	12	May 4	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	5	.62	0.021	1.73	0.03%	-0.06	3B
9	838	13	May 7	STL		PHI	W,7-4	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.273	.597	5	1.00	0.159	2.91	0.28%	1.83	3B
10	839	14	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.297	.614	5	.88	0.060	2.69	0.11%	-0.23	3B
11	840	15	May 9	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.350	.706	4	1.90	0.373	6.30	0.74%	2.47	3B
12	841	16	May 10	STL		BSN	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.347	.341	.688	5	.69	-0.051	2.50	-0.11%	-0.72	3B
13	842	17	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.340	.319	.659	5	.85	-0.009	2.98	-0.02%	-0.39	3B
14	843	18	May 14	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	4	.65	-0.071	2.09	-0.14%	-0.98	3B
15	844	19	May 15	STL		PIT	W,8-3	GS-8	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.344	.327	.672	5	.50	0.074	1.71	0.15%	1.50	3B
16	845	20	May 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.305	.638	5	1.86	-0.188	6.62	-0.40%	-1.51	3B
17	846	21	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.343	.306	.649	5	.94	0.039	3.49	0.09%	0.22	3B
18	847	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	CG	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.254	.342	.299	.641	5	1.24	0.099	4.91	0.24%	0.72	3B
19	848	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,13-4	GS-7	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.346	.286	.631	4	1.00	0.018	4.17	0.05%	0.65	3B
20	849	24	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.270	.600	4	1.15	-0.117	5.37	-0.33%	-0.86	3B
21	850	28 (3)	May 24	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.326	.267	.592	9	.12	-0.003	.59	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
22	851	30 (1)	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,9-6	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.333	.276	.610	9	3.26	0.151	16.47	0.46%	1.00	PH
23	852	32 (1)	May 29	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.276	.617	9	.28	0.013	1.47	0.04%	0.39	PH
24	853	33	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.348	.269	.617	5	.94	-0.028	5.14	-0.09%	-0.19	3B
25	854	34	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.351	.268	.619	5	1.72	-0.014	8.78	-0.04%	-0.04	3B
26	855	35	May 31 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.337	.256	.592	5	1.67	-0.159	7.46	-0.43%	-1.29	3B
27	856	36	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.333	.247	.581	4	.48	-0.008	1.91	-0.02%	-0.33	3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	857	39 (2)	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,0-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.330	.244	.575	1	3.61	-0.094	14.30	-0.22%	-0.45	PH
29	858	41 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.315	.232	.547	4						3B
30	859	42	Jun 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.202	.313	.232	.545	5	1.55	-0.006	6.85	-0.02%	-0.27	3B
31	860	43	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.311	.233	.544	5	.71	-0.009	3.23	-0.02%	-0.28	3B
32	861	44	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.315	.241	.555	5	.97	-0.075	4.13	-0.19%	-0.79	3B
33	862	45	Jun 9	STL		BSN	L,5-11	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.310	.239	.549	4	.57	-0.066	2.59	-0.18%	-0.12	3B
34	863	52 (6)	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.308	.239	.548	4	1.28	-0.046	4.54	-0.10%	0.06	3B
35	864	53	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.210	.319	.235	.554	6	.37	0.014	1.41	0.03%	0.14	3B
36	865	54	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.211	.317	.236	.553	6	.72	-0.157	2.85	-0.38%	-1.53	3B
37	866	56 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.315	.234	.549	9	2.12	-0.049	8.55	-0.12%	-0.36	PH
38	867	59 (2)	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,11-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.315	.234	.549	6						3B
39	868	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.313	.232	.545	9	1.86	-0.052	8.93	-0.15%	-0.37	PH
40	869	63 (2)	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.313	.232	.545	4						3B
41	870	64	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-9	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.315	.230	.545	2	.02	0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.38	3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	871	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.318	.238	.556	4	1.30	-0.068	5.92	-0.19%	-0.26	3B
43	872	66	Jul 2	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.323	.235	.557	4	.45	-0.001	1.87	0.00%	0.05	3B
44	873	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.321	.235	.556	6	1.37	0.027	5.19	0.06%	0.64	3B
45	874	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	GS-7	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.331	.239	.570	4	.93	0.179	3.32	0.38%	1.51	3B
46	875	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.335	.241	.576	4	1.63	0.086	6.43	0.20%	0.55	3B
47	876	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	GS-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.339	.241	.580	6	.84	0.006	3.41	0.02%	0.12	3B
48	877	71	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12	GS-8	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.343	.250	.593	6	1.21	-0.046	5.29	-0.12%	0.37	3B
49	878	72	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.218	.343	.252	.595	6						3B
50	879	76 (3)	Jul 11	STL		CIN	L,0-1	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.341	.250	.591	1	2.45	-0.070	8.13	-0.14%	-0.24	PH
51	880	77	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.339	.248	.587	9	1.20	-0.031	3.43	-0.05%	-0.17	PH
52	881	79 (1)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.346	.250	.596	6	1.84	0.040	4.34	0.06%	0.47	3B
53	882	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.219	.349	.252	.601	4	1.65	-0.034	4.11	-0.05%	0.02	3B
54	883	81	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.347	.247	.594	6	.05	-0.001	.13	0.00%	0.12	3B
55	884	82	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.347	.248	.596	6	2.18	-0.043	4.74	-0.06%	0.29	3B
56	885	83	Jul 22 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.218	.345	.248	.594	6	1.69	-0.079	3.75	-0.11%	-0.74	3B
57	886	84	Jul 22 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG(11)	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.350	.244	.594	4	1.39	0.022	2.65	0.03%	-0.03	3B
58	887	85	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.343	.238	.581	6	.81	0.052	2.48	0.10%	0.20	3B
59	888	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.341	.237	.578	9	2.29	-0.059	8.42	-0.13%	-0.25	PH
60	889	90 (3)	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.344	.256	.600	4	.59	0.009	1.51	0.01%	1.29	3B
61	890	91	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.350	.253	.603	5	.83	0.061	1.79	0.08%	0.41	3B
62	891	92	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	1	.210	.353	.254	.607	6						3B
63	892	93	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.351	.259	.611	4	1.39	-0.067	3.80	-0.11%	-0.65	3B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
64	893	94	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.206	.345	.254	.599	6	.87	0.039	1.80	0.05%	-0.36	3B
65	894	95	Aug 2	STL	@	NYG	W,21-5	CG	6	4	4	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	.212	.353	.280	.633	6	.38	0.098	.73	0.11%	5.31	3B
66	895	96	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.354	.279	.633	6	1.04	0.088	3.12	0.16%	0.72	3B
67	896	97	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.352	.275	.627	6	.78	-0.035	2.70	-0.07%	-0.50	3B
68	897	98	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.359	.281	.640	6	1.31	0.226	4.83	0.50%	1.94	3B
69	898	102 (3)	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.359	.281	.640	4						3B
70	899	103	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	GS-6	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.357	.277	.634	4	.16	-0.012	.80	-0.04%	-0.30	3B
71	900	104	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.210	.352	.271	.623	4	1.32	-0.141	7.21	-0.46%	-1.14	3B
72	901	105	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.354	.276	.630	6	1.45	0.210	6.87	0.60%	1.67	3B
73	902	106	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-8	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.218	.357	.282	.640	6	.83	0.029	3.91	0.08%	1.10	3B
74	903	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.216	.357	.280	.637	6						3B
75	904	110 (2)	Aug 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.356	.279	.634	9	1.41	-0.035	8.09	-0.12%	-0.23	PH
76	905	122 (11)	Aug 29 (1)	STL		BRO	L,7-12	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.356	.279	.634	9						PR
77	906	123	Aug 29 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.356	.279	.634	5						PR
							39-38		270	219	34	47	8	0	2	33	43	3	27	5	3		3	3	0	1	.215	.356	.279	.634		1.10	-0.111	3.86	-0.62%	6.02

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