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Bill White (Baseball)

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (January 28, 1934- )
    Born in Lakewood, Florida
    Attended Hiram College
    First baseman for the New York/San Francisco Giants (1956, 1958), St. Louis Cardinals (1959-65, 1969), Philadelphia Phillies (1966-68)
    Won seven NL Gold Gloves as a first baseman (1960-66)
    Eight-time All-Star (1959-1961², 1963-64)
    World Series champion (1964)
    Play-by-play announcer and color analyst for the New York Yankees (1971-88)
    Color commentator for 'Monday Night Baseball' (1976-79)
    President of the National League (1989-94)
    Inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame (2020)

Why he might be annoying:

    He started off his playing career with a losing New York Giants team.
    He is divorced.
    His batting performance in the 1964 World Series was inadequate as he had 3 hits out of 27 at-bats.
    Despite his notable contributions in his first stint with the Cardinals, he was traded to a mediocre Phillies team.
    His productivity went into decline in the later stages of his playing career.
    He was hampered by Achilles tendon injuries in his final playing season.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He threw and batted left-handed.
    He took military service with the U.S. Army.
    He smacked a home run in his first Major League career at-bat.
    He was the 8th player in Cardinal history to hit for the cycle (August 14, 1960).
    He matched Ty Cobb's record for consecutive hits in doubleheaders with 14 on the day of Cobb's death (July 18, 1961).
    He had the distinction of being the first African American to work as a play-by-play announcer for an MLB team and also the first African American to call games for an NHL team (Philadelphia Flyers).
    Bucky Dent's three-run home run in the 1978 AL East tie-breaker was his most notable call while doing play-by-play announcing.
    He was the first African American to be chosen as the President of the National League.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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