Ernie White
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1916 – 1974
Who was Ernie White?
Ernest Daniel White was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1940–1943 and 1946–1948. A native of Pacolet Mills, South Carolina, he threw left-handed, batted right-handed, stood 5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in tall and weighed 175 pounds.
White pitched for two National League clubs, the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves, during his seven-year MLB career, and was a member of three pennant-winners and one World Series champion. In 108 games, he won 30 and lost 21 contests, with an earned run average of 2.78. All thirty victories came during his first four years in the league as a Cardinal. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and missed the 1944–1945 seasons.
He pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 3 of the 1942 World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 at Yankee Stadium, as the Cardinals beat New York in five games in the only World Series ever lost by the Yanks during Joe McCarthy's 15+-year term as manager. During the previous season, 1941, White enjoyed his best campaign, winning 17 of 24 decisions, compiling an ERA of 2.40, and finishing sixth in the NL Most Valuable Player poll.
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- Born
- Sep 5, 1916
Pacolet - Profession
- Lived in
- Pacolet
- Died
- May 22, 1974
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on July 23, 2013
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