Bill White

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, FL us

High School: Warren G. Harding HS (Warren, OH)

School: Hiram College (Hiram, OH)

Debut: May 7, 1956 (Age 22-100d, 11,362nd in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1969 (Age 35-239d)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: William DeKova White

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.6

5972

1706

202

.286

843

RBI

870

103

OBP

.351

SLG

.456

OPS

.806

OPS+

117

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	STL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
2	2	Apr 11	STL		SFG	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 12	STL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
4	4	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
5	7 (2)	Apr 17	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
6	8	Apr 18	STL	@	SFG	L,1-8	GS	26	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
7	10 (1)	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	11	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
9	12	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	13	Apr 24	STL		LAD	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
11	14	Apr 25	STL		LAD	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	1	0	2	3	0	CF
12	15	Apr 26	STL		LAD	L,11-17	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
13	16	Apr 29	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	18 (1)	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
15	20 (1)	May 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	21	May 3 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	22	May 5	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	23	May 6	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
19	24	May 7	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	25	May 8	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	26	May 9	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	27	May 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	GS	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	28	May 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,8-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	29	May 12	STL		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	32 (2)	May 15	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	33	May 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	34	May 19	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	35	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	37 (1)	May 22	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	38	May 23	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	39	May 24	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	40	May 25	STL		CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
33	41	May 27	STL	@	SFG	L,4-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
34	42	May 28	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	43	May 29	STL	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	44	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	46 (1)	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	47	Jun 3	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
39	48	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	49	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	11	0	0	11	2	1B
41	50	Jun 7 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,9-11	GS	39	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
42	51	Jun 7 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
43	52	Jun 9	STL		MLN	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
44	53	Jun 10	STL		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
45	54	Jun 11	STL		MLN	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
46	55	Jun 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	56	Jun 13	STL		CIN	W,7-0	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	LF 1B
48	57	Jun 14 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
49	58	Jun 14 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	59	Jun 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
51	60	Jun 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	LF 1B
52	61	Jun 17	STL		PHI	W,10-4	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
53	62	Jun 19	STL		PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
54	63	Jun 20	STL		PIT	W,5-2	GS	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF 1B
55	64	Jun 21 (1)	STL		PIT	W,5-1	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
56	65	Jun 21 (2)	STL		PIT	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
57	66	Jun 23	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	67	Jun 24	STL	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	28	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	68	Jun 25	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
60	69	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	46	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
61	70	Jun 27	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
62	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
63	72	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
64	73	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	74	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
66	75	Jul 2	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	76	Jul 3	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
68	77	Jul 4	STL		SFG	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	78	Jul 5 (1)	STL		SFG	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
70	79	Jul 5 (2)	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	80	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	81	Jul 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	GS	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF 1B
73	82	Jul 10	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
74	83	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
75	84	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	10	0	0	10	2	1B
76	85	Jul 12 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS	51	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
77	86	Jul 14	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	87	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
79	88	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	89	Jul 17	STL		MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	90	Jul 18	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
82	91	Jul 19	STL		MLN	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
83	92	Jul 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
84	93	Jul 21	STL		CHC	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
85	94	Jul 22	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	95	Jul 23	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	96	Jul 24	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
88	97	Jul 25	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
89	98	Jul 26	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	GS	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF CF
90	99	Jul 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
91	100	Jul 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF 1B
92	101	Jul 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
93	102	Jul 30	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF 1B
94	103	Jul 31	STL	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	104	Aug 1	STL	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
96	105	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	LF 1B
97	106	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	107	Aug 4	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	108	Aug 5	STL		PIT	W,3-0	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
100	109	Aug 6	STL		PIT	L,2-18	CG	53	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
101	110	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
102	111	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
103	112	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
104	113	Aug 9 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	114	Aug 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	115	Aug 10	STL		SFG	L,2-3	GS	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 1B
107	116	Aug 11	STL		SFG	L,4-5	GS	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
108	117	Aug 13	STL		LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	118	Aug 14	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
110	119	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	120	Aug 16	STL		LAD	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
112	121	Aug 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
113	122	Aug 18	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
114	123	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
115	124	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
116	125	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
117	126	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
118	127	Aug 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
119	128	Aug 25	STL		MLN	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
120	129	Aug 26	STL		MLN	W,5-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
121	130	Aug 27	STL		MLN	W,5-4	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
122	131	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
123	132	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,7-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
124	133	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	134	Sep 1	STL	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
126	135	Sep 2	STL	@	LAD	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
127	136	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
128	137	Sep 5	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
129	138	Sep 6	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
130	139	Sep 7	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
131	140	Sep 9	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	1B
132	141	Sep 10	STL	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
133	142	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
134	148 (5)	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
135	149	Sep 21	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							165gm		1126.2	581	27	9	617	33