Whitey Kurowski
notes: label: Description
content: George "Whitey" Kurowski (1918-1999) played nine years of Major League Baseball, all with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1949.) In those nine years, the third baseman, known for his prematurely gray hair, was named to five All-Star teams and participated in three World Series victories (1942,1944,1946.)
label: Description
content: Although his career was shortened by injuries, Kurowski had a lifetime .286 batting average, 106 home runs and 529 runs batted in. After retirement, he became a manager in the minor leagues.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.034.20
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.034.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: autograph
label: Object Name
content: autograph, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 6 in; 10.16 cm x 15.24 cm