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Bill White
William De Kova White

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School Hiram College

Debut May 7, 1956
Final Game September 24, 1969
Born January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, FL

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 22 NYG NL 138  508   63  130  23  7  22   59  15  8  47  72  .256  .321  .459  108  233   5   4   3   4   6
 1958 24 SFG NL  26   29    5    7   1  0   1    4   1  0   7   5  .241  .389  .379  107   11   0   0   1   0   0
 1959 25 STL NL 138  517   77  156  33  9  12   72  15 10  34  61  .302  .344  .470  110  243   3   5   1   2   5 AS
 1960 26 STL NL 144  554   81  157  27 10  16   79  12  6  42  83  .283  .334  .455  107  252   5   3   1   2   9 AS
 1961 27 STL NL 153  591   89  169  28 11  20   90   8 11  64  84  .286  .354  .472  109  279   2   5   4   1  13 AS
 1962 28 STL NL 159  614   93  199  31  3  20  102   9  7  58  69  .324  .386  .482  122  296   1   3   6   6  11 MVP-13
 1963 29 STL NL 162  658  106  200  26  8  27  109  10  9  59 100  .304  .360  .491  134  323   7   2   9   0   5 MVP-7,AS
 1964 30 STL NL 160  631   92  191  37  4  21  102   7  6  52 103  .303  .355  .474  123  299   5   4   7   1   6 MVP-3,AS
 1965 31 STL NL 148  543   82  157  26  3  24   73   3  3  63  86  .289  .364  .481  127  261   3   5  11   4   7
 1966 32 PHI NL 159  577   85  159  23  6  22  103  16  6  68 109  .276  .352  .451  122  260   6   5  12   3   6 MVP-23
 1967 33 PHI NL 110  308   29   77   6  2   8   33   6  1  52  61  .250  .359  .360  106  111   1   5   9   3   4
 1968 34 PHI NL 127  385   34   92  16  2   9   40   0  1  39  79  .239  .309  .361  101  139   1   4   6   2   7
 1969 35 STL NL  49   57    7   12   1  0   0    4   1  0  11  15  .211  .338  .228   62   13   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1673 5972  843 1706 278 65 202  870 103 68 596 927  .286  .351  .455  116 2720  39  45  70  28  82
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        578   82  165  27  6  20   84  10  7  58  90  .286  .351  .455  116  263   4   4   7   3   8
 Career High    162  658  106  200  37 11  27  109  16 11  68 109  .324  .386  .491  134  323   7   5  12   6  13
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 22 NYG NL  568  401   76   5.1   102| .256  .263| .321  .330| .459  .415| .780  .745| 108  .556   4.9   0.5  65%
 1958 24 SFG NL   36   22    5   6.1   104| .241  .267| .389  .335| .379  .417| .768  .752| 107  .621   0.6   0.1 100%
 1959 25 STL NL  561  384   83   5.8   110| .302  .277| .344  .344| .470  .429| .814  .773| 110  .601   6.4   0.6  60%
 1960 26 STL NL  606  420   84   5.4   106| .283  .272| .334  .339| .455  .418| .789  .757| 107  .595   4.1   0.4  66%
 1961 27 STL NL  663  453   96   5.7   114| .286  .281| .354  .350| .472  .438| .826  .788| 109  .588   7.0   0.7  42%
 1962 28 STL NL  682  437  114   7.0   112| .324  .283| .386  .351| .482  .429| .868  .780| 122  .685  20.8   2.0  56%
 1963 29 STL NL  726  481  117   6.6    97| .304  .265| .360  .328| .491  .396| .851  .725| 134  .720  28.3   3.0  52%
 1964 30 STL NL  693  461  107   6.2   101| .303  .273| .355  .332| .474  .406| .829  .738| 123  .684  20.4   2.1  53%
 1965 31 STL NL  618  404   97   6.5   101| .289  .269| .364  .334| .481  .407| .845  .741| 127  .695  21.2   2.2  50%
 1966 32 PHI NL  659  441   96   5.9    96| .276  .265| .352  .323| .451  .399| .803  .722| 122  .646  18.2   1.9  72%
 1967 33 PHI NL  369  242   44   4.9    91| .250  .259| .359  .322| .360  .380| .719  .702| 106  .596   4.9   0.5  85%
 1968 34 PHI NL  431  306   44   3.9    81| .239  .252| .309  .310| .361  .355| .670  .666| 101  .538   1.2   0.1   0%
 1969 35 STL NL   68   48    5   2.8    94| .211  .259| .338  .330| .228  .384| .566  .714|  62  .324  -2.4  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6680 4500  968   5.8   102| .286  .270| .351  .334| .455  .409| .806  .743| 116  .636 135.6  13.8  60%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1956 22 NYG NL  1B  138   1256  111   15  106  .989  .989  9.91  7.25 10.06  7.36  138 1222.7
                 OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.05  0.00  2.40    0    3.0
                 LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
                 RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1958 24 SFG NL  1B    3     17    1    0    2 1.000  .989  6.00  8.10  9.15  9.56    2   17.7
                 OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.95  1.29  2.25    2   14.0
                 LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.50  1.50  1.95    1    6.0
                 RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  1.12  2.02    1    8.0
 1959 25 STL NL  OF   92    175    2    7    1  .962  .977  1.92  1.90  2.21  2.21   90  721.7 AS
                 LF   87    164    1    4    1  .976  .971  1.90  1.59  2.21  2.04   84  670.7 AS
                 1B   71    404   25    2   32  .995  .988  6.04  8.04  9.53  9.58   40  405.0 AS
                 CF    7     13    1    3    0  .824  .979  2.00  2.24  2.47  2.63    6   51.0 AS
 1960 26 STL NL  1B  123    994   65   11  109  .990  .990  8.61  8.13  9.41  8.88  112 1013.0 GG,AS
                 OF   29     64    1    2    0  .970  .977  2.24  1.92  2.68  2.20   28  218.0 AS
                 CF   28     60    0    2    0  .968  .980  2.14  2.32  2.77  2.59   25  195.0 AS
                 LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.53  0.39  2.00    3   23.0 AS
 1961 27 STL NL  1B  151   1373  104   17  125  .989  .990  9.78  6.62 10.17  6.89  149 1306.7 GG,AS
 1962 28 STL NL  1B  146   1221   94    9  114  .993  .990  9.01  6.85  9.95  7.57  132 1189.3 GG
                 OF   27     39    3    1    2  .977  .974  1.56  1.79  2.00  2.07   25  189.0
                 RF   19     24    2    1    2  .963  .974  1.37  1.65  1.86  1.90   17  126.0
                 LF    8     14    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.88  1.38  2.14  1.81    8   63.0
 1963 29 STL NL  1B  162   1389  105   13  126  .991  .989  9.22  6.17  9.20  6.16  162 1461.3 GG,AS
 1964 30 STL NL  1B  160   1513  101    6  125  .996  .990 10.09  6.25 10.27  6.36  159 1415.0 GG,AS
 1965 31 STL NL  1B  144   1308  109   11  114  .992  .990  9.84  6.94  9.97  7.04  141 1279.0 GG
 1966 32 PHI NL  1B  158   1422  109    9  118  .994  .989  9.69  6.33 10.00  6.53  150 1377.7 GG
 1967 33 PHI NL  1B   95    775   52    6   85  .993  .991  8.71  8.82  9.69  9.96   90  768.0
 1968 34 PHI NL  1B  111    982   77    6   94  .994  .992  9.54  8.91 10.33  9.75  103  922.7
 1969 35 STL NL  1B   15     81    7    0    7 1.000  .992  5.87  8.84 10.29  9.83    7   77.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1956 22 NYG NL  1B  138   1256  111   15  106  .989  .989  9.91  7.25 10.06  7.36  138 1222.7
 1958 24 SFG NL  1B    3     17    1    0    2 1.000  .989  6.00  8.10  9.15  9.56    2   17.7
 1959 25 STL NL  1B   71    404   25    2   32  .995  .988  6.04  8.04  9.53  9.58   40  405.0
 1960 26 STL NL  1B  123    994   65   11  109  .990  .990  8.61  8.13  9.41  8.88  112 1013.0
 1961 27 STL NL  1B  151   1373  104   17  125  .989  .990  9.78  6.62 10.17  6.89  149 1306.7
 1962 28 STL NL  1B  146   1221   94    9  114  .993  .990  9.01  6.85  9.95  7.57  132 1189.3
 1963 29 STL NL  1B  162   1389  105   13  126  .991  .989  9.22  6.17  9.20  6.16  162 1461.3
 1964 30 STL NL  1B  160   1513  101    6  125  .996  .990 10.09  6.25 10.27  6.36  159 1415.0
 1965 31 STL NL  1B  144   1308  109   11  114  .992  .990  9.84  6.94  9.97  7.04  141 1279.0
 1966 32 PHI NL  1B  158   1422  109    9  118  .994  .989  9.69  6.33 10.00  6.53  150 1377.7
 1967 33 PHI NL  1B   95    775   52    6   85  .993  .991  8.71  8.82  9.69  9.96   90  768.0
 1968 34 PHI NL  1B  111    982   77    6   94  .994  .992  9.54  8.91 10.33  9.75  103  922.7
 1969 35 STL NL  1B   15     81    7    0    7 1.000  .992  5.87  8.84 10.29  9.83    7   77.0

 1959 25 STL NL  CF    7     13    1    3    0  .824  .979  2.00  2.24  2.47  2.63    6   51.0
 1960 26 STL NL  CF   28     60    0    2    0  .968  .980  2.14  2.32  2.77  2.59   25  195.0

 1956 22 NYG NL  LF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.70  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1958 24 SFG NL  LF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.50  1.50  1.95    1    6.0
 1959 25 STL NL  LF   87    164    1    4    1  .976  .971  1.90  1.59  2.21  2.04   84  670.7
 1960 26 STL NL  LF    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  1.53  0.39  2.00    3   23.0
 1962 28 STL NL  LF    8     14    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.88  1.38  2.14  1.81    8   63.0

 1956 22 NYG NL  OF    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.05  0.00  2.40    0    3.0
 1958 24 SFG NL  OF    2      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.95  1.29  2.25    2   14.0
 1959 25 STL NL  OF   92    175    2    7    1  .962  .977  1.92  1.90  2.21  2.21   90  721.7
 1960 26 STL NL  OF   29     64    1    2    0  .970  .977  2.24  1.92  2.68  2.20   28  218.0
 1962 28 STL NL  OF   27     39    3    1    2  .977  .974  1.56  1.79  2.00  2.07   25  189.0

 1956 22 NYG NL  RF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.80  0.00  1.80    0    1.0
 1958 24 SFG NL  RF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  1.70  1.12  2.02    1    8.0
 1962 28 STL NL  RF   19     24    2    1    2  .963  .974  1.37  1.65  1.86  1.90   17  126.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*1477  12735  960  105 1157  .992  .990  9.27  7.15  9.90  7.50 1385 12455.0
                 OF* 152    280    6   10    3  .966  .977  1.88  1.89  2.25  2.19  145 1145.7  100   35   21#
                 LF* 100    180    2    4    1  .978  .971  1.82  1.57  2.14  2.02   96  764.7
                 CF*  35     73    1    5    0  .937  .980  2.11  2.31  2.71  2.60   31  246.0
                 RF*  21     25    2    1    2  .964  .975  1.29  1.66  1.80  1.91   18  135.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1629  13015  966  115 1160  .992  .990  8.58  6.65  9.25  7.05 1530  13601
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   7  27   2   3  1  0  0   2   2   6  .111  .172  .148   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1959-1 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1959-2 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1960-1 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-1 STL NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   1   0 Starting 1B 
 1961-2 STL NL   *   4   0   2  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1963   STL NL   *   4   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   1  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1964   STL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/8      3  14   1   4  1  0  0   2   0   3   1  0   0   1   0  .286  .267  .357 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
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 (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1962-NL-13-0.04
1963-NL-7-0.20
1964-NL-3-0.38
1966-NL-23-0.01
Car-353-0.63 shares

Batting Average
1962 NL-.324-4
1963 NL-.304-9

On-base %
1962 NL-.386-6
1963 NL-.360-8

Slugging %
1963 NL-.491-8

OPS
1963 NL-.851-8
1965 NL-.845-10

Games
1961 NL-153-6
1963 NL-162-1
1964 NL-160-10
1966 NL-159-5

At Bats
1961 NL-591-6
1963 NL-658-2
1964 NL-631-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1961 NL-663-4
1963 NL-726-1
1964 NL-693-8

Runs
1961 NL-89-10
1963 NL-106-4

Hits
1961 NL-169-10
1962 NL-199-4
1963 NL-200-4
1964 NL-191-7

Total Bases
1962 NL-296-7
1963 NL-323-5
1964 NL-299-9

Doubles
1959 NL-33-7
1960 NL-27-8
1961 NL-28-7
1962 NL-31-4
1964 NL-37-6

Triples
1959 NL-9-3
1960 NL-10-5
1961 NL-11-2

Home Runs
1963 NL-27-6

RBI
1961 NL-90-10
1962 NL-102-9
1963 NL-109-3
1964 NL-102-6
1966 NL-103-4

Bases on Balls
1961 NL-64-10
1963 NL-59-10
1966 NL-68-9

Strikeouts
1961 NL-84-10
1964 NL-103-6
1966 NL-109-7

Stolen Bases
1956 NL-15-3
1959 NL-15-8
1966 NL-16-10

Singles
1962 NL-145-4
1963 NL-139-6
1964 NL-129-9

Runs Created
1962 NL-114-5
1963 NL-117-3
1964 NL-107-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1963 NL-28-9

Batting Wins
1963 NL-3.0-9

Extra-Base Hits
1960 NL-53-10
1963 NL-61-8
1964 NL-62-8

Times on Base
1961 NL-234-10
1962 NL-263-4
1963 NL-259-4
1964 NL-244-10
1966 NL-230-10

Offensive Win%
1962 NL-.685-8
1963 NL-.720-6

Hit By Pitch
1956 NL-4-10

Intentional Walks
1963 NL-9-10
1965 NL-11-9
1966 NL-12-9

Caught Stealing
1956 NL-8-5
1959 NL-10-3
1961 NL-11-2
1963 NL-9-10

Power/Speed Number
1956 NL-17.8-2
1959 NL-13.3-8
1960 NL-13.7-8
1963 NL-14.6-6
1966 NL-18.5-5

At Bats per Home Run
1963 NL-24.4-10

Outs
1961 NL-453-5
1963 NL-481-5

      

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 85 (271) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.5 (524) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 63.0 (289) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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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 Sam Jones and Don Choate.

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

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

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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