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Whitey Kurowski
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Birthdate: 4/19/1918 Died: 12/9/1999
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 193 lbs. Place of Birth: Reading, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Whitey Kurowski was one of the top third baseman during the 1940s. He twice led the league's third basemen in fielding and played on three St. Louis Cardinals Championship teams 1942, 1944 and 1946. He was the hero of the 1942 WS by smashing a game winning 9th inning home run in the final game of the 1942 WS to lead the Cardinals to a 4-2 win over the Yankees. This marked the first time the Yankees were beaten in nine previous trips to the big show.

When he was growing up, Whitey Kurowski fell off a fence and landed on broken glass. Three inches of bone above his right wrist were surgically removed, leaving his arm with an unnatural bend. A natural right-hander, he strengthened his arm muscles and became of one the hardest throwing 3rd basemen in the majors. His best season was 1947, when he batted .310, 27 HR's, 108 runs scored and 104 RBI's. George Kurowski played his entire career with the Cardinals and batted .289 in 916 games, 925 hits, 162 Ds, 106 HRs over 500 runs and also over 500 RBIs. Baseball History


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
9 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1941 STL (NL) 5 9 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .400 SLG
1942 STL (NL) 115 366 51 93 17 3 9 42 33 60 7 0 0 6 13 0 .254 .326 SLG
1943 STL (NL) 139 522 69 150 24 8 13 70 31 54 3 0 0 2 10 0 .287 .330 SLG
1944 STL (NL) 149 555 95 150 25 7 20 87 58 40 2 0 0 2 10 0 .270 .341 SLG
1945 STL (NL) 133 511 84 165 27 3 21 102 45 45 1 0 0 5 12 0 .323 .383 SLG
1946 STL (NL) 142 519 76 156 32 5 14 89 72 47 2 0 0 5 5 0 .301 .391 SLG
1947 STL (NL) 146 513 108 159 27 6 27 104 87 56 4 0 0 10 4 0 .310 .420 SLG
1948 STL (NL) 77 220 34 47 8 0 2 33 42 28 0 0 0 5 3 0 .214 .352 SLG
1949 STL (NL) 10 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .200 SLG
9 years   916 3229 518 925 162 32 106 529 369 332 19 0 0 36 57 0 .286 .366 .SLG



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