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Whitey Kurowski

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Full Name: George John Kurowski Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/193 First Game: September 23, 1941
Birthdate: April 19, 1918 Final Game: October 1, 1949
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: December 9, 1999
Deathplace: Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
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[edit] Biography

Whitey Kurowski (George John Kurowski) was born on April 19, 1918 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1941 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 9 home runs and 42 RBI. Kurowski played for the St. Louis Cardinals for his entire 9 year career.

Most people believe that Whitey Kurowski's best season was 1947, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .310 average and knocked in 104 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1941 STL N 5 9 1 3 0 2 .333 .400 .556 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1942 STL N 115 366 51 93 9 42 .254 .326 .391 17 3 33 60 6 13 7 0 6
1943 STL N 139 522 69 150 13 70 .287 .330 .439 24 8 31 54 2 10 3 0 11
1944 STL N 149 555 95 150 20 87 .270 .341 .449 25 7 58 40 2 10 2 0 12
1945 STL N 133 511 84 165 21 102 .323 .383 .511 27 3 45 45 5 12 1 0 10
1946 STL N 142 519 76 156 14 89 .301 .391 .462 32 5 72 47 5 5 2 0 10
1947 STL N 146 513 108 159 27 104 .310 .420 .544 27 6 87 56 10 4 4 0 19
1948 STL N 77 220 34 47 2 33 .214 .352 .277 8 0 42 28 5 3 0 0 3
1949 STL N 10 14 0 2 0 0 .143 .200 .143 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 916 3229 518 925 106 529 .286 .366 .455 162 32 369 332 36 57 19 0 72

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1941 STL N 3B 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1942 STL N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 STL N 3B 104 0 0 124 194 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1942 STL N SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1943 STL N 3B 137 0 0 166 255 21 29 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1943 STL N SS 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL N 3B 146 0 0 188 281 17 20 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1944 STL N 2B 9 0 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 STL N SS 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 STL N 3B 131 0 0 172 235 15 28 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1945 STL N SS 6 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1946 STL N 3B 138 0 0 175 249 15 17 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1947 STL N 3B 141 0 0 140 250 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1948 STL N 3B 65 0 0 55 100 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1949 STL N 3B 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 9 0 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 10 0 0 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
Total 3B 868 0 0 1025 1569 116 137 0 0 0 0 0 .957

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