William De Kova White (born January 28, 1934 in Lakewood, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and left-handed batter who played for the New York and San Francisco Giants (1956, 1958), St. Louis Cardinals (1959-65, 1969) and Philadelphia Phillies (1966-68). January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The position of the first baseman First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that players team. ... The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... * World Champion notes: St. ... * Division notes: In 1981, the Phillies finished with the best record in the Eastern Division prior to stoppage of play in the middle of the season due to the players strike, which forced the season to be split into two halves. ...

In his 13-season career, White batted .286 with 202 home runs and 870 RBI in 1673 games. Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...

White soon moved on to a career as a sportscaster, enjoying stints at ABC, CBS Radio, and WPIX-TV, where he called New York Yankees games -- primarily with Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. White served on the Yankees' broadcast crew from 1971 to 1988, doing radio as well as television during most of that stretch. He was the first African-American to do play-by-play regularly for a major-league sports team. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... WPIXs logo from 1974 to 1976 and then from 1986 to 1995, which closely resembles the World Trade Center . WPIX (WB 11) in New York City is the flagship station of the WB. Before joining the WB, WPIX was one of the leading independent stations in the country. ... The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... Philip Francis Rizzuto (born September 25, 1917) is a former Major League Baseball player and radio/television sports announcer. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or blacks are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. ... Play-by-play, in broadcasting, means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ...

In 1978, calling the American League East championship game for WPIX-TV, White authored one of baseball's most famous calls -- that of Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent's home run in the seventh inning against the host Boston Red Sox: Russell Earl Bucky Dent (b. ... For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on... The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Deep to left! Yastrzemski will not get it -- it's a home run! A three-run home run for Bucky Dent and the Yankees now lead it by a score of three to two!

From 1989 to 1994, White served as president of the National League. White was the first African American to hold such a high executive postion in sports. Carl Yaz Yastrzemski Carl Michael Yastrzemski (born August 22, 1939 in Southampton, New York, United States) was a Major League Baseball player of Polish origin. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ...

Highlights

• 5-time All-Star (1959-61, 1963-64)
• 7-time Gold Glove Award winner (1960-66)
• Twice Top 10 in MVP voting (1963-64)
• Hit a home run in his first at-bat (May 7, 1956)
• 8 times hit 20 or more home runs (1956, 1961-66)
• Tied a Ty Cobb record with 14 hits in consecutive doubleheaders (1961)

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an annual exhibition baseball game between the best players from the National League and the American League. ... In American baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to simply as the Gold Glove, is the award annually given to the Major League player judged to be the most superior individual fielding performance at each position (in each league), as voted by the managers and coaches in each... In the game of baseball, both amateur and professional, it is tradition to annually recognize the one player in the league who has contributed the most to the success of the players team. ... In baseball statistics, an at bat (AB) is used to calculate other data such as batting average. ... Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 - July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was an American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the dead ball era (1900 – 1920), although some contemporary observers would have chosen Honus Wagner or Tris Speaker. ... In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when he safely reaches first base after batting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielders choice. ...

External links

• Baseball Library
• Baseball-Reference.com - career statistics and analysis

Angelo Bartlett Bart Giamatti (April 4, 1938 - September 1, 1989) was the President of Yale University, and later, the 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball in the United States. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ...