Player

Whitey Kurowski

Player Info
Full Name
George John
Born
April 19, 1918
Reading, PA, USA
Died
December 9, 1999
Size
5'11" / 193 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
September 23, 1941
Final Game
October 1, 1949
Career
9 years
Teams
Honors
5 x All-Star
1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943
1946 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
1946 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1945 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1945 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
1945 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
Career Batting
916
G
.286
AVG
925
H
106
HR
529
RBI
.815
OPS
136
OPS vs Lg
85% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1949 St. Louis Cardinals 10 14 2 0 0 0 0 .143
1948 St. Louis Cardinals 77 220 47 8 0 2 34 .214
1947 St. Louis Cardinals 146 513 159 27 6 27 108 .310
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 142 519 156 32 5 14 76 .301
1945 St. Louis Cardinals 133 511 165 27 3 21 84 .323
1944 St. Louis Cardinals 149 555 150 25 7 20 95 .270
1943 St. Louis Cardinals 139 522 150 24 8 13 69 .287
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 115 366 93 17 3 9 51 .254
1941 St. Louis Cardinals 5 9 3 2 0 0 1 .333
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1949 NL 15 .000 .143 6.7 0.0 -3 0.0
1948 NL 270 .064 .237 15.6 10.4 78 2.1
1947 NL 614 .234 .307 14.2 9.1 163 28.0 ✓
1946 NL 601 .162 .310 12.0 7.8 149 14.5 ✓
1945 NL 573 .188 .324 7.9 7.9 155 21.9 ✓
1944 NL 625 .178 .263 9.3 6.4 128 20.6 ✓
1943 NL 565 .151 .301 5.5 9.6 128 13.4 ✓
1942 NL 418 .137 .283 7.9 14.4 116 9.3
1941 NL 10 .222 .429 0.0 20.0 176 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
3B 868 1,025 1,569 116 137 .957
SS 10 3 7 1 0 .909
2B 9 4 7 0 1 1.000
OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1949 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 2 3 2 0 0 1.000
1948 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 65 55 100 10 7 .939
1947 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 141 140 250 19 17 .954
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 138 175 249 15 17 .966
1945 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 131 172 235 15 28 .964
1945 St. Louis Cardinals SS 6 2 3 1 0 .833
1944 St. Louis Cardinals 2B 9 4 7 0 1 1.000
1944 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 146 188 281 17 20 .965
1944 St. Louis Cardinals SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000
1943 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 137 166 255 21 29 .952
1943 St. Louis Cardinals SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000
1942 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 104 124 194 19 19 .944
1942 St. Louis Cardinals OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1942 St. Louis Cardinals SS 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1941 St. Louis Cardinals 3B 4 2 3 0 0 1.000
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 23 83 21 1 9 .253
1946 World Series St. Louis Cardinals 7 27 8 0 2 .296
1944 World Series St. Louis Cardinals 6 23 5 0 1 .217
1943 World Series St. Louis Cardinals 5 18 4 0 1 .222
1942 World Series St. Louis Cardinals 5 15 4 1 5 .267