The pain would come back, they'd take me upstairs again and give me another shot." Here is another excerpt from his revealing book: Thirteen years at first base, eight years an All-Star, and in his book ( Uppity: My Untold Story About The Games People Play) White wrote, ".ushers would take me upstairs at the old Cardinals stadium, and they would give me a shot of Novocain and I played six or seven innings. The smooth fielding lefty won seven consecutive Gold Gloves at first base and holds two fielding records, Fewest Double Plays in a Season at First Base by the League Leader (109 in 1960) and Most Unassisted Double Plays in a Season at First Base (8 in 1961). From 1989 through 1994, White served as the president for the National League - the first African-American to hold such a high position in Major League baseball.īill White made his Major League debut on May 7, 1956, and hit a home run off Ben Flowers in his first big league at-bat ( HR in 1st AB). In 1971, White joined the New York Yankees as a broadcaster working 18 years alongside Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer - the first African-American to do play-by-play regularly for a Major League team. Did you know how Bill White played a part in baseball history on the field, in the broadcast booth, and in the front office? On April 12, 1960, White hit a single to right field off of San Francisco Giants starter Sam Jones in Candelstick Park - the first base hit in that park.
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