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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	3	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 22 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	49	10.0	1	3	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	37	8.2	3	5	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
9	9	Apr 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 2 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	11	May 2 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-11	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
12	12	May 5	STL		CHC	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
13	13	May 6 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 6 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
15	15	May 9	STL	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	16	May 11	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 12	STL	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	18	May 13 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 13 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
20	20	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	55	13.2	1	7	1	9	0
22	22	May 16 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
23	23	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	GS	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
25	25	May 20 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
26	26	May 20 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-7	GS	40	8.1	3	3	0	6	1
27	27	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
28	28	May 23	STL		BRO	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	29	May 24	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	30	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
31	31	May 26	STL		BRO	L,2-11	GS	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	32	May 27 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	33	May 27 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 29	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	12.0	0	1	1	2	1
36	36	May 30 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
37	37	May 31	STL		BSN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	GS	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	42 (2)	Jun 7	STL		CHC	W,6-4	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	43	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	3	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 9	STL		PIT	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	49 (4)	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
44	50	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	51	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	52	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	53	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	43	12.1	0	2	0	2	0
48	54	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
49	55	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
50	56	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
51	57	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	58	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	59	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	60	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	61	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	62	Jun 29	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	63	Jun 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	64	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.1	2	3	0	5	1
59	65	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	66	Jul 3	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
61	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,19-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	69	Jul 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	70	Jul 6	STL	@	BRO	W,15-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	71	Jul 7	STL	@	BRO	L,7-10	GS	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	72	Jul 8 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	73	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
68	74	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	CG	43	10.0	2	5	0	7	0
69	75	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	76	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
71	77	Jul 15 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	78	Jul 15 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	79	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
74	80	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	81	Jul 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	82	Jul 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
77	83	Jul 19 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	84	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	89 (3)	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	90	Jul 27	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
82	91	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
83	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-9	CG	51	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
84	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
85	94	Jul 30	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS	27	5.0	2	1	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	106 (11)	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
87	107	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	108	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10	CG	70	15.0	4	3	1	8	2
89	109	Aug 14	STL	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	110	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	111	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	113 (1)	Aug 17	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	114	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
94	115	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	60	13.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	116	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	117	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	118	Aug 24	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	119	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	120	Aug 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
100	121	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	122	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	123	Aug 31	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	124	Sep 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
104	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	127 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
106	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	129	Sep 4	STL		PIT	T,8-8	CG	0	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
108	130	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
111	133	Sep 7	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	134	Sep 9 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	135	Sep 9 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
114	136	Sep 10	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
115	137	Sep 11	STL		NYG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	138	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	139	Sep 14 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	140	Sep 14 (2)	STL		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	141	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
120	142	Sep 16 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
121	143	Sep 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
122	144	Sep 17	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
123	145	Sep 18	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
125	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	148	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	149	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
128	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
129	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
130	152	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
131	153	Sep 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
							137gm		1152.0	174	238	16	428	28