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Bill White (first baseman)
William DeKova White (born January 28, 1934) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York / San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies. He was an eight-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner who earned a championship as a top contributor in the 1964 World Series.
White became a full-time sportscaster after his playing career ended in 1969 and was the play-by-play man and color analyst for New York Yankees television and radio broadcasts for 18 years.
In 1989, White was elected President of the National League to replace Bart Giamatti, who succeeded Peter Ueberroth as Commissioner. White served as NL president until he retired in 1994.
White was born on January 28, 1934, in Lakewood, Florida. When White was 3, his mother and grandmother moved to Warren, Ohio, where they lived in a segregated housing project. White's mother worked to support the family, and he was raised by his grandmother.
White graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio in 1952, and was both president and salutatorian of his class. Because White was African American, Harding's principal ended the school tradition of the class president dancing with the prom queen (who was white that year).
He then stayed in-state to attend Hiram College from 1953 to 1955. He chose the school because of its pre-med program. In both high school and college, White lettered in baseball, basketball, and football.
White was scouted by the New York Giants while playing in a tournament for Hiram College. He tried out for Giants manager Leo Durocher. The Giants offered White $1,000 to sign with them. He wanted more so he could pay for college. After the Giants raised the offer to $2,500 he signed with the Giants, on the condition that he could complete college. He put his plans for becoming a doctor on hold while he pursued baseball, to see if he could make it into major league baseball in 3–4 years. While he returned to college each year after playing minor league baseball, in 1955 his focus turned completely to baseball, and White did not finish college.
In 1953, at age 19, White was assigned to the Danville Leafs (Virginia) of the Class B Carolina League. As a minor-leaguer, White was the second black American to play for a Carolina League team, and was the only black player on his team. Percy Miller Jr. broke the color barrier for that league in 1951. White had an excellent year, with a .298 batting average, 20 home runs, 99 runs scored, 84 runs batted in (RBI), and 21 stolen bases. However, the league's fans subjected White to a level of racial abuse and invective than he had never experienced before, and he called it the worst year of his life. On one occasion, his teammates had to protect him "behind a shield of bats" from a rock-throwing crowd in Burlington, North Carolina.
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William DeKova White (born January 28, 1934) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York / San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadelphia Phillies. He was an eight-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner who earned a championship as a top contributor in the 1964 World Series.
White became a full-time sportscaster after his playing career ended in 1969 and was the play-by-play man and color analyst for New York Yankees television and radio broadcasts for 18 years.
In 1989, White was elected President of the National League to replace Bart Giamatti, who succeeded Peter Ueberroth as Commissioner. White served as NL president until he retired in 1994.
White was born on January 28, 1934, in Lakewood, Florida. When White was 3, his mother and grandmother moved to Warren, Ohio, where they lived in a segregated housing project. White's mother worked to support the family, and he was raised by his grandmother.
White graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio in 1952, and was both president and salutatorian of his class. Because White was African American, Harding's principal ended the school tradition of the class president dancing with the prom queen (who was white that year).
He then stayed in-state to attend Hiram College from 1953 to 1955. He chose the school because of its pre-med program. In both high school and college, White lettered in baseball, basketball, and football.
White was scouted by the New York Giants while playing in a tournament for Hiram College. He tried out for Giants manager Leo Durocher. The Giants offered White $1,000 to sign with them. He wanted more so he could pay for college. After the Giants raised the offer to $2,500 he signed with the Giants, on the condition that he could complete college. He put his plans for becoming a doctor on hold while he pursued baseball, to see if he could make it into major league baseball in 3–4 years. While he returned to college each year after playing minor league baseball, in 1955 his focus turned completely to baseball, and White did not finish college.
In 1953, at age 19, White was assigned to the Danville Leafs (Virginia) of the Class B Carolina League. As a minor-leaguer, White was the second black American to play for a Carolina League team, and was the only black player on his team. Percy Miller Jr. broke the color barrier for that league in 1951. White had an excellent year, with a .298 batting average, 20 home runs, 99 runs scored, 84 runs batted in (RBI), and 21 stolen bases. However, the league's fans subjected White to a level of racial abuse and invective than he had never experienced before, and he called it the worst year of his life. On one occasion, his teammates had to protect him "behind a shield of bats" from a rock-throwing crowd in Burlington, North Carolina.
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