Carl Whitney
Carl Whitney | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: St. Louis, Missouri | September 7, 1913|
Died: July 1986 St. Louis, Missouri | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1942, for the New York Black Yankees | |
Last appearance | |
1942, for the Newark Eagles | |
Teams | |
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Carl Eugene Whitney (September 7, 1913 – July 1986)[1] was a Negro league baseball player.
In 1942, Whitney played as a reserve outfielder for the New York Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He also briefly played for the Newark Eagles in 1942. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Notes[]
References[]
- Riley, James A. (2002), The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, New York: Carroll & Graf, p. 837, ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
External links[]
- Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
- Find a Grave Bio
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1986 deaths
- New York Black Yankees players
- Newark Eagles players
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball outfielders
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs