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Five ASG's for Whitey with the Cards, four for Rolen with the Cards. If Kurowski hadn't been hurt when he was, he might have had much better numbers than he ended up with. Plus the Gold Gloves weren't around, I believe, during Kurowski's career, nor were the Silver Sluggers, among other awards. Let's suppose that Kurowski had been able to play at least five to ten more years than he did. And that the GG's and other awards had been around during his career. He probably could have won at least a few of them, had they actually been around when he was playing. Let's say he played the equivalent of as many seasons as Rolen did, at least, or perhaps just about as many games, more or less, hypothetically. Would he then possibly have somewhat similar numbers, given the differences in games per season, if his statistics were then prorated appropriately enough? Maybe, maybe not. But it's quite possible that the Cardinals don't win in the 1940's without Kurowski here, I think. CD out.
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