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Bill White
William De Kova White
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, FL
Schools: Hiram College
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1956
Final Game: September 24, 1969
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 22 NYG NL 138 568 508 63 130 23 7 22 59 15 8 47 72 .256 .321 .459 .780 108 233 6 4 5 4 3 *3/79
1958 24 SFG NL 26 36 29 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 7 5 .241 .389 .379 .768 107 11 0 0 0 0 1 /379
1959 25 STL NL 138 561 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 15 10 34 61 .302 .344 .470 .814 110 243 5 2 3 5 1 73/8 AS
1960 26 STL NL 144 606 554 81 157 27 10 16 79 12 6 42 83 .283 .334 .455 .789 107 252 9 2 5 3 1 *38/7 AS,GG
1961 27 STL NL 153 663 591 89 169 28 11 20 90 8 11 64 84 .286 .354 .472 .826 109 279 13 1 2 5 4 *3 AS,GG
1962 28 STL NL 159 682 614 93 199 31 3 20 102 9 7 58 69 .324 .386 .482 .868 122 296 11 6 1 3 6 *39/7 MVP-13,GG
1963 29 STL NL 162 726 658 106 200 26 8 27 109 10 9 59 100 .304 .360 .491 .851 134 323 5 0 7 2 9 *3 AS,MVP-7,GG
1964 30 STL NL 160 693 631 92 191 37 4 21 102 7 6 52 103 .303 .355 .474 .829 123 299 6 1 5 4 7 *3 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 31 STL NL 148 618 543 82 157 26 3 24 73 3 3 63 86 .289 .364 .481 .845 127 261 7 4 3 5 11 *3 GG
1966 32 PHI NL 159 659 577 85 159 23 6 22 103 16 6 68 109 .276 .352 .451 .803 122 260 6 3 6 5 12 *3 MVP-23,GG
1967 33 PHI NL 110 369 308 29 77 6 2 8 33 6 1 52 61 .250 .359 .360 .719 106 111 4 3 1 5 9 3
1968 34 PHI NL 127 431 385 34 92 16 2 9 40 0 1 39 79 .239 .309 .361 .670 101 139 7 2 1 4 6 *3
1969 35 STL NL 49 68 57 7 12 1 0 0 4 1 0 11 15 .211 .338 .228 .566 62 13 3 0 0 0 0 3
13 Seasons 1673 6680 5972 843 1706 278 65 202 870 103 68 596 927 .286 .351 .455 .806 116 2720 82 28 39 45 70
162 Game Avg. 162 647 578 82 165 27 6 20 84 10 7 58 90 .286 .351 .455 .806 116 263 8 3 4 4 7
STL (8 yrs) 1113 4617 4165 627 1241 209 48 140 631 65 52 383 601 .298 .357 .472 .829 119 1966 59 16 26 27 39
PHI (3 yrs) 396 1459 1270 148 328 45 10 39 176 22 8 159 249 .258 .341 .402 .743 112 510 17 8 8 14 27
SFG (2 yrs) 164 604 537 68 137 24 7 23 63 16 8 54 77 .255 .326 .454 .780 108 244 6 4 5 4 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 30 STL NL WS NYY W 7 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .111 .172 .148 .321 4 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 29 27 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 .111 .172 .148 .321 4 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 NYG NL 22 1B 138 138 1222.2 1382 1256 111 15 106 .989 12.6 12.4 12.6 4.6 8.0 0 10.06 9.91 .989 7.36 7.25
1956 NYG NL 22 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.05
1956 NYG NL 22 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.70
1956 NYG NL 22 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1958 SFG NL 24 1B 3 2 17.2 18 17 1 0 2 1.000 0.3 20.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.17 6.00 .989 9.58 8.10
1958 SFG NL 24 OF 2 2 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -17.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.95
1958 SFG NL 24 LF 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 40.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.95 1.50
1958 SFG NL 24 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -60.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1959 STL NL 25 OF 92 90 721.2 184 175 2 7 1 .962 -0.4 -0.7 2.6 2.1 0.6 -3 2.21 1.92 .977 2.21 1.90 AS
1959 STL NL 25 LF 87 84 670.2 169 164 1 4 1 .976 4.0 7.2 5.0 2.4 2.6 -1 2.21 1.90 .971 2.04 1.59 AS
1959 STL NL 25 1B 71 40 405.0 431 404 25 2 32 .995 -4.4 -13.0 -4.4 -3.8 -0.6 0 9.53 6.04 .988 9.58 8.04 AS
1959 STL NL 25 CF 7 6 51.0 17 13 1 3 0 .824 -4.4 -103.5 -2.4 -0.3 -2.0 -2 2.47 2.00 .982 2.63 2.24 AS
1960 STL NL 26 1B 123 112 1013.0 1070 994 65 11 109 .990 -3.2 -3.8 -4.2 -2.5 -1.7 1 9.41 8.61 .990 8.88 8.13 AS,GG
1960 STL NL 26 OF 29 28 218.0 67 64 1 2 0 .970 0.4 2.2 1.4 -1.0 2.5 -1 2.68 2.24 .978 2.20 1.92 AS,GG
1960 STL NL 26 CF 28 25 195.0 62 60 0 2 0 .968 1.6 9.8 2.6 0.2 2.5 -1 2.77 2.14 .981 2.59 2.32 AS,GG
1960 STL NL 26 LF 3 3 23.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.2 -62.6 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 0.39 0.33 1.000 2.00 1.53 AS,GG
1961 STL NL 27 1B 151 149 1306.2 1494 1373 104 17 125 .989 5.5 5.1 6.5 6.5 0.0 -1 10.17 9.78 .990 6.89 6.62 AS,GG
1962 STL NL 28 1B 146 132 1189.1 1324 1221 94 9 114 .993 6.4 6.5 6.4 3.1 3.3 0 9.95 9.01 .990 7.57 6.85 MVP-13,GG
1962 STL NL 28 OF 27 25 189.0 43 39 3 1 2 .977 2.8 17.8 0.8 1.7 -1.0 2 2.00 1.56 .974 2.07 1.79 MVP-13,GG
1962 STL NL 28 RF 19 17 126.0 27 24 2 1 2 .963 1.1 10.5 0.1 -0.4 0.5 1 1.86 1.37 .974 1.90 1.65 MVP-13,GG
1962 STL NL 28 LF 8 8 63.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 32.4 0.7 2.1 -1.5 1 2.14 1.88 .967 1.81 1.38 MVP-13,GG
1963 STL NL 29 1B 162 162 1461.1 1507 1389 105 13 126 .991 4.8 3.9 4.8 2.3 2.5 0 9.20 9.22 .989 6.16 6.17 AS,MVP-7,GG
1964 STL NL 30 1B 160 159 1415.0 1620 1513 101 6 125 .996 11.7 9.9 11.7 4.1 7.6 0 10.27 10.09 .990 6.36 6.25 AS,MVP-3,GG
1965 STL NL 31 1B 144 141 1279.0 1428 1308 109 11 114 .992 12.1 11.4 12.1 5.8 6.2 0 9.97 9.84 .990 7.04 6.94 GG
1966 PHI NL 32 1B 158 150 1377.2 1540 1422 109 9 118 .994 9.9 8.6 9.9 4.3 5.6 0 10.00 9.69 .989 6.53 6.33 MVP-23,GG
1967 PHI NL 33 1B 95 90 768.0 833 775 52 6 85 .993 -1.6 -2.5 -1.6 0.0 -1.6 0 9.69 8.71 .991 9.96 8.82
1968 PHI NL 34 1B 111 103 922.2 1065 982 77 6 94 .994 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 1.2 -1.4 0 10.33 9.54 .992 9.75 8.91
1969 STL NL 35 1B 15 7 77.0 88 81 7 0 7 1.000 0.9 14.0 0.9 -0.1 1.0 0 10.29 5.87 .992 9.83 8.84
13 Seasons 1B 1477 1385 12455.0 13800 12735 960 105 1157 .992 54.8 5.3 54.8 25.8 28.9 0 9.90 9.27 .990 7.50 7.15
5 Seasons OF 152 145 1145.2 296 280 6 10 3 .966 2.5 2.6 4.5 2.6 2.0 -2 2.25 1.88 .977 2.19 1.89
5 Seasons LF 100 96 764.2 186 180 2 4 1 .978 4.6 7.2 4.6 3.5 1.0 0 2.14 1.82 .971 2.02 1.57
2 Seasons CF 35 31 246.0 79 73 1 5 0 .937 -2.8 -13.7 0.2 -0.1 0.5 -3 2.71 2.11 .981 2.60 2.31
3 Seasons RF 21 18 135.0 28 25 2 1 2 .964 0.7 6.2 -0.3 -0.8 0.5 1 1.80 1.29 .975 1.91 1.66
13 Seasons TOT 1629 1530 13600.2 14096 13015 966 115 1160 .992 57.3 5.1 59.3 28.4 30.9 -2 0 9.25 8.58 .981 7.05 6.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1
1959-2
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 (1B)
1961-2 (1B)
1963 (1B)
1964 *

Gold Gloves
1960-NL-1B
1961-NL-1B
1962-NL-1B
1963-NL-1B
1964-NL-1B
1965-NL-1B
1966-NL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-NL-13-4%
1963-NL-7-20%
1964-NL-3-38%
1966-NL-23-1%
0.63 Career Shares (358th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1962 NL--.324--4th
1963 NL--.304--9th

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 NL--.386--6th
1963 NL--.360--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 NL--.491--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL--.851--8th
1965 NL--.845--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1961 NL--153--6th
1963 NL--162--1st
1964 NL--160--10th
1966 NL--159--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1961 NL--591--6th
1963 NL--658--2nd
1964 NL--631--7th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1961 NL--663--4th
1963 NL--726--1st
1964 NL--693--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1961 NL--89--10th
1963 NL--106--4th

Hits s c a p y
1961 NL--169--10th
1962 NL--199--4th
1963 NL--200--4th
1964 NL--191--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1962 NL--296--7th
1963 NL--323--5th
1964 NL--299--9th

Doubles s c a p y
1959 NL--33--7th
1960 NL--27--8th
1961 NL--28--7th
1962 NL--31--4th
1964 NL--37--6th

Triples s c a p y
1959 NL--9--3rd
1960 NL--10--5th
1961 NL--11--2nd

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--27--6th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1961 NL--90--10th
1962 NL--102--9th
1963 NL--109--3rd
1964 NL--102--6th
1966 NL--103--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--64--10th
1963 NL--59--10th
1966 NL--68--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL--84--10th
1964 NL--103--6th
1966 NL--109--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1956 NL--15--3rd
1959 NL--15--8th
1966 NL--16--10th

Singles s c a p y
1962 NL--145--4th
1963 NL--139--6th
1964 NL--129--9th

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 NL--114--5th
1963 NL--117--3rd
1964 NL--107--9th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 NL--28--9th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 NL--3.0--9th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 NL--53--10th
1963 NL--61--8th
1964 NL--62--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1961 NL--234--10th
1962 NL--263--4th
1963 NL--259--4th
1964 NL--244--10th
1966 NL--230--10th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1962 NL--.685--8th
1963 NL--.720--6th
Career--.636--250th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL--4--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 NL--9--10th
1965 NL--11--9th
1966 NL--12--9th
Career--70--209th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 NL--8--5th
1959 NL--10--3rd
1961 NL--11--2nd
1963 NL--9--10th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1956 NL--17.8--2nd
1959 NL--13.3--8th
1960 NL--13.7--8th
1963 NL--14.6--6th
1966 NL--18.5--5th
Career--136.4--213th

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 NL--24.370--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1961 NL--453--5th
1963 NL--481--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (983), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 85 (272), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 63 (297), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Watson (914)
  6. Gus Bell (911)
  7. Richie Hebner (903)
  8. J.T. Snow (903)
  9. George Kelly (903) *
  10. Rondell White (895)
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  6. Norm Siebern (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wally Joyner (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. George Kelly (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  10. Andy Pafko (915)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Andy Pafko (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Bob Watson (922)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Bob Watson (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

March 25, 1959: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Ray Jablonski to the St. Louis Cardinals for Don Choate and Sam Jones.

October 27, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Dick Groat and Bob Uecker to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Corrales, Alex Johnson and Art Mahaffey.

April 3, 1969: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jerry Buchek and Jim Hutto.

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