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Whitey Kurowski George John Kurowski Bats Right, Throws Right Height 5' 11", Weight 193 lb. MLB Debut September 23, 1941 Final Game October 1, 1949 Born April 19, 1918 in Reading, PA Died December 9, 1999 (age 81)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for SLN vs. DEA on May 27, 1944

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 24 SLN NL  129  401   62  108  14   3   8   46  12   8   28   80  .269  .321  .379  .700   101   152   0   5   0   5   8  
 1943 25 SLN NL  134  504   76  161  29   7  14   89   5   8   33   64  .319  .357  .488  .845   120   246   1  10   1   2  13  
 1944 26 SLN NL  149  592   84  146  20   7  20  110   5   3   49   51  .247  .307  .405  .712    99   240   1   6   1   5  23  
 1945 27 SLN NL  151  555   77  196  30   2  24   92   5   2   47   58  .353  .400  .544  .944   133   302   2  10  15   3   9  MVP-5
 1946 28 SLN NL  148  565   70  165  28   4  14  123   9   5   71   79  .292  .367  .430  .797   115   243   0  10   0   2   8  MVP-5
 1947 29 SLN NL  152  553  119  174  19   6  40  117   2   6  108   73  .315  .424  .588 1.012   141   325   0  12   4   6  17  MVP-3
 1948 30 SLN NL   24   27    3    6   1   0   0    5   0   0    5    3  .222  .333  .259  .593    78     7   0   1   0   0   1  
 1949 31 BON NL   13   42    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .167  .222  .190  .413    58     8   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      900 3239  492  963 142  29 120  583  38  32  344  409  .297  .363  .470  .834        1523   4  54  21  23  79
 Per 600 PA           530   81  158  23   5  20   95   6   5   56   67                                 249   1   9   3   4  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      887 3197  491  956 141  29 120  582  38  32  341  408  .299  .365  .474  .839        1515   4  54  21  23  79
   With BON       13   42    1    7   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    1  .167  .222  .190  .413           8   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      916 3229  518  925 162  32 106  529  19      369  332  .286  .366  .455  .821        1469  57          36  72
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1942 24 SLN NL  13   48   4.1  29   8   0  .276  21  112   61  .545    0    0  .000  SS   4e37      -16   
 1943 25 SLN NL  15   83   6.0   9   3   1  .333  24  138   73  .529    0    0  .000  SS   4e38       77   
 1944 26 SLN NL  15   69   3.9   1   0   0  .000  27  173  100  .578    0    0  .000  SS   4e39      -78   
 1945 27 SLN NL  19  121   8.6   3   2   0  .667  14   76   51  .671    0    0  .000  3B   2e17       50   
 1946 28 SLN NL  31   94   6.0   5   0   0  .000  16   72   50  .694    0    0  .000  3B   2e16      -56   
 1947 29 SLN NL  21  140   9.2   3   2   1  .667  24   97   63  .649    0    0  .000  3B   2e20       48   
 1948 30 SLN NL  47    2   3.1  12   2   0  .167   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  3B   5e31      -37   
 1949 31 BON NL  22    1   1.5   0   0   0  .000   2    5    2  .400    0    0  .000  3B   2e24       70   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          562   6.2  62  17   2  .274 128  675  402  .596    0    0  .000                   3   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1942 24 SLN NL  SS    94   179   258   21   57   .954    90   829.0   4.74
                 3B     5     1     4    0    0  1.000     0    12.2   3.55
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1943 25 SLN NL  SS   107   214   302   21   65   .961   103   954.1   4.87
                 3B    18    18    43    3    3   .953    18   165.1   3.32
 1944 26 SLN NL  SS   148   305   416   27   75   .964   148  1336.2   4.85
 1945 27 SLN NL  3B   146   202   340   14   31   .975   146  1274.1   3.83
                 SS     7     0     0    0    0   .000     0    12.0   0.00
 1946 28 SLN NL  3B   142   152   307   16   26   .966   142  1299.0   3.18
 1947 29 SLN NL  3B   149   137   408   24   48   .958   149  1365.0   3.59
 1948 30 SLN NL  3B     4     7     8    0    0  1.000     4    35.0   3.86
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1949 31 BON NL  3B    13     9    19    2    1   .933    13   103.1   2.44
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   477   526  1129   59  109   .966   472  4254.2   3.50
                 SS   356   698   976   69  197   .960   341  3132.0   4.81
                 LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   0.90
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 C      1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1943 WS    SLN NYA   W    4  17  5  6  2  0  1   6  0  3  .353  .353  .647  0
 1944 WS    SLN WAA   W    5  17  3  5  1  0  0   2  4  2  .294  .455  .353  0
 1947 WS    SLN BOA   L    7  24  4  7  1  0  0   4  4  4  .292  .379  .333  1
 1948 WS    SLN BOA   L    1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• This player has never been drafted.

Transaction History

• 1949-14: acquired by BON as a free agent

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1942 SLN 89-65 Mike Rescigno 1943 SLN 102-52 Mike Rescigno 1944 SLN 102-52 Mike Rescigno 1945 SLN 66-88 Mike Rescigno 1946 SLN 89-65 Mike Rescigno 1947 SLN 89-65 Mike Rescigno 1948 SLN 97-57 Mike Rescigno 1949 BON 77-77 Jim Pardee

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