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Whitey
Kurowski		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 193
 
Born: April 19, 1918 in Usa, PA, READING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1946   
Gold Glove 1943   
All-Star Selections 1944    1945    1946    1948    1949    1950    1951    1952   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 23 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
1942 24 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1943 25 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1944 26 BRK NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1945 27 BRK NL $ 3,057,143   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 9
1946 28 BRK NL $ 3,907,143   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 8
1947 29 BRK NL $ 5,414,286   8 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 9 8 8
1948 30 BRK NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8
1949 31 SDP NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8
1950 32 SDP NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 8
1951 33 SDP NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 9 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 8
1952 34 BRK NL $ 13,500,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
1953 35 BRK NL $ 13,500,000   6 6 6 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
1954 36 BOS AL     6 6 7 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 13,500,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1941 23 BRK NL 77 255 31 56 11 3 7 44 0 0 16 28 .220 .262 .369 .630 25.2 2.1
    AAA   54 210 41 81 14 2 13 58 7 3 29 18 .386 .460 .657 1.117 54.7  
1942 24 BRK NL 109 351 47 90 18 3 5 42 0 0 38 43 .256 .329 .368 .697 41.7 6.7
1943 25 BRK NL 147 538 80 143 27 3 24 95 0 0 66 73 .266 .348 .461 .809 82.6 15.1
1944 26 BRK NL 150 554 103 150 27 5 23 114 0 0 84 55 .271 .366 .462 .828 91.0 18.5
1945 27 BRK NL 155 541 85 174 22 4 19 111 0 0 71 40 .322 .401 .482 .884 102.3 23.3
1946 28 BRK NL 142 515 100 178 29 6 21 125 0 0 78 32 .346 .428 .548 .975 109.0 25.9
1947 29 BRK NL 158 565 91 136 21 4 20 95 0 0 80 53 .241 .333 .398 .732 73.9 9.3
1948 30 BRK NL 158 586 117 192 34 3 24 109 0 0 97 64 .328 .422 .519 .941 118.2 27.2
1949 31 SDP NL 156 580 110 196 29 7 27 125 2 0 86 52 .338 .423 .552 .975 125.8 29.2
1950 32 SDP NL 156 574 119 174 29 4 18 99 1 0 95 57 .303 .399 .462 .861 103.0 18.8
1951 33 SDP NL 157 589 111 200 23 8 22 103 0 0 81 64 .340 .420 .518 .938 116.4 24.3
1952 34 BRK NL 148 569 93 169 16 4 19 89 1 0 60 76 .297 .370 .439 .810 86.3 16.0
1953 35 BRK NL 153 527 60 139 25 1 8 72 0 0 48 96 .264 .327 .361 .688 60.8 7.7
1954 36 BOS AL 83 92 8 21 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 17 .228 .304 .250 .554 5.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 1949 6836 1155 2018 313 55 237 1228 4 0 909 750 .295 .378 .461 .839 1141.6 224.1
1 Years AAA 54 210 41 81 14 2 13 58 7 3 29 18 .386 .461 .657 1.118 54.7  
162 Game Average 568 96 167 26 4 19 102 0 0 75 62 .295 .378 .461 .839 94.9  
Career Highs 158 589 119 200 34 8 27 125 2 0 97 96 .346 .428 .552 .975 125.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3970 672 1132 173 28 138 735 1 0 488 457 .285 .364 .447 .811 642.6
vs LH   2866 483 886 140 27 99 493 3 0 421 293 .309 .397 .480 .878 535.0
Home 978 3383 552 999 136 29 122 609 2 0 435 379 .295 .375 .461 .835 579.2
Away 971 3453 603 1019 177 26 115 619 2 0 474 371 .295 .381 .461 .843 598.4
RISP   1949 0 607 92 19 78 953 0 0 331 206 .311 .402 .498 .900 391.0
Pinch Hitting   158 26 42 3 1 3 19 1 0 21 23 .266 .359 .354 .714 21.2
Close/Late   735 116 229 30 9 32 154 0 0 143 84 .312 .422 .507 .929 156.1
Mar/Apr 315 1122 184 335 56 8 33 191 0 0 143 129 .299 .376 .451 .827 188.2
May 331 1163 201 349 48 11 53 240 0 0 155 132 .300 .385 .497 .882 215.4
June 335 1167 182 347 50 7 33 197 1 0 165 110 .297 .386 .437 .823 196.9
July 316 1108 193 341 54 11 38 213 1 0 133 135 .308 .381 .479 .860 195.8
August 338 1185 202 323 59 11 33 195 0 0 152 126 .273 .354 .424 .778 180.4
Sep/Oct 314 1091 193 323 46 7 47 192 2 0 161 118 .296 .388 .480 .868 201.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 23 BRK NL 3B 72 72 581.0 26 155 6 13 .968 2.80   2.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1942 24 BRK NL 3B 105 104 832.0 49 236 22 16 .928 3.08   2.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1943 25 BRK NL 3B 141 138 1227.7 76 335 15 21 .965 3.01   5.9
1944 26 BRK NL 3B 146 142 1286.3 77 365 27 30 .942 3.09   4.1
1945 27 BRK NL 3B 148 138 1250.3 85 358 22 37 .953 3.19   6.3
1946 28 BRK NL 3B 142 132 1172.0 81 300 20 27 .950 2.93   2.1
1947 29 BRK NL 3B 157 145 1295.3 96 348 28 20 .941 3.08   3.4
1948 30 BRK NL 3B 157 145 1321.0 96 356 21 34 .956 3.08   6.8
1949 31 SDP NL 3B 152 146 1317.0 101 357 24 32 .950 3.13   5.7
1950 32 SDP NL 3B 154 150 1332.0 88 328 22 32 .950 2.81   3.6
1951 33 SDP NL 3B 157 147 1306.0 109 334 21 24 .955 3.05   5.2
1952 34 BRK NL 3B 144 138 1235.3 101 318 14 22 .968 3.05   4.7
1953 35 BRK NL 3B 151 144 1247.7 74 365 23 33 .950 3.17   3.9
1954 36 BOS AL 3B 14 6 74.7 9 23 2 2 .941 3.86   0.1
    SS 3 0 5.7 3 4 1 2 .875 11.13   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1840 1747 15478.3 1068 4178 267 343 .952 3.05   57.5
  SS 3 0 5.7 3 4 1 2 .875 11.13   0.0
  LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1847 1747 15489.0 1073 4182 268 345 .951 3.05   57.6
Career Highs   157 150 1332.0 109 365 28 37 .968 4.26    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 25 BRK NL 7 26 7 8 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 5 .308 .400 .538 .938
1944 26 BRK NL 5 20 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .150 .150 .300 .450
1945 27 BRK NL 9 34 7 10 0 1 1 6 0 0 6 2 .294 .390 .441 .831
1946 28 BRK NL 5 22 4 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .364 .417 .500 .917
1950 32 SDP NL 13 47 10 21 5 0 2 7 0 0 9 5 .447 .536 .681 1.217
1951 33 SDP NL 6 20 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 .350 .519 .450 .969
Career Post-Season Batting 45 169 33 57 11 2 5 24 0 0 27 23 .337 .429 .515 .944
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1945-1-.322
1946-2-.346
1948-1-.328
1949-2-.338
1951-3-.340
 On-Base Pct
1945-2-.401
1946-3-.428
1948-5-.422
1949-5-.423
1951-8-.420
 Slugging Pct
1943-10-.461
1945-8-.482
1946-4-.548
1948-10-.519
1949-3-.552
1951-6-.518
 OPS
1945-5-.884
1946-3-.975
1948-5-.941
1949-3-.975
1951-5-.938
 XR
1944-10-91.0
1945-4-102.3
1946-3-109.0
1948-4-118.2
1949-1-125.8
1950-7-103.0
1951-5-116.4
 Games
1945-8-155
1947-1-158
1948-1-158
1949-5-156
1950-3-156
1951-2-157
At-Bats
1947-10-565
1948-8-586
1949-7-580
1950-6-574
1951-5-589
1952-8-569
 Runs
1944-5-103
1946-8-100
1948-2-117
1949-4-110
1950-3-119
1951-6-111
 Hits
1945-5-174
1946-5-178
1948-2-192
1949-2-196
1950-4-174
1951-1-200
1952-9-169
 Total Bases
1943-9-248
1945-7-261
1946-4-282
1948-4-304
1949-1-320
1950-9-265
1951-3-305
 Singles
1945-3-129
1946-6-122
1948-5-131
1949-4-133
1950-6-123
1951-3-147
1952-4-130
 Doubles
1948-6-34
Triples
1946-7-6
1949-3-7
1951-2-8
 Homeruns
1943-5-24
1944-10-23
1949-5-27
 RBIs
1943-9-95
1944-3-114
1945-4-111
1946-3-125
1948-9-109
1949-2-125
1950-10-99
 Walks
1944-9-84
1948-9-97
 Strikeouts
1943-9-73
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 138    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 54    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bob Nieman (881)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1941
Had first career hit on 6/1/1941, off Johnny Beazley (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1941, off Ken Raffensberger (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1943
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against New York (N) on 8/16/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1945, hitting .362 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1945, hitting .412 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Won World Series with Brooklyn in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1946, hitting .522 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1946, hitting .398 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 8/16/1946 with a Stiff Elbow, out for 2-3 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,414,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against New York (N) on 5/17/1947
7/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/1/1948
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1948, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 16 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1948, hitting .385 with 11 HR, 38 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: 3B Whitey Kurowski. Going to BRK: 1B Mickey Vernon, P Allie Reynolds, 3B Hank Majeski)
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1949, hitting .382 with 6 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1949, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 8/28/1949
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 5 runs on 9/4/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1950, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1950, hitting .364 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1950, hitting .581 with 0 HR, 12 RBI
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/9/1952 to a 4-year deal worth $13,500,000 per year
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Injured on 7/5/1952 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Brooklyn to Boston (A) on 3/3/1954 (Going to BRK: SS Cass Michaels. Going to BOS: 3B Whitey Kurowski)
Had 2000th career hit on 4/25/1954, off Jim Hearn (NYA)
Released by Boston (A) on 10/13/1954
 
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