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Roy Hilton White (born December 27, 1943) is an American former
After retiring from the major leagues in , he spent three seasons playing in
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professional baseball
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player and coach
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* Coac ...
. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball
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as an outfielder
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for the New York Yankees
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between 1965
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and 1979
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January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
. With the Yankees, he won two championships in 1977 and '78, both over his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers
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.
Baseball career
White, aswitch hitter
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Characteristics
Right-handed batters generally hit better ag ...
, was named to 2 All Star teams in 1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
and in 1970
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January
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* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...
. In , he set an American League
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record for most sacrifice flies
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"Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter hits a ball in flight handled by an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield in fair o ...
in a season with 17. White led the American League
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in walks in and in runs in . He played on two World Series
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championship teams, in 1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...
and 1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
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and a third American League pennant winner in 1976
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* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 ...
.
Career statistics
In a 15-year major league career, White played in 1,881games
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, accumulating 1,803 hits
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* '' H.I.T.S.'', 1991 album by New Kids on the Block
* ''...Hits'' (Phil Collins album), 1998
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in 6,650 at bats
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for a .271 career batting average
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Cricket
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along with 160 home run
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s, 758 runs batted in
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and a .360 on-base percentage
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. He ended his career with a .986 fielding percentage
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. An excellent defensive player, White led American League left fielder
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s in fielding percentage for four consecutive years between and .
Coaching career and retirement
After retiring from the major leagues in , he spent three seasons playing in Japan
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for the Tokyo Giants
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. He served as a Yankee coach for three seasons in the mid-1980s before returning to the coaching staff at the start of 2004
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. He also spent time as the minor league
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hitting coach for the Oakland A's
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.
In 2002, he established The Roy White Foundation, a charity aimed to help children and young adults in the New York area who would like to attend college, but do not have the financial resources to do so.
White, who is African American
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, resurfaced in a 2011 interview for UniWatch on Page 2 of ESPN.com
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about his time with the Yankees Double-A during the mid-1960s, the Columbus Confederate Yankees, since the team had a patch of the Confederate flag
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on the team's uniforms at the height of the civil rights movement
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. White himself commented that he didn't notice the patch at the time nor paid attention to its symbolism, having to deal with overt racism
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in the Southern United States
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at the time.
In 2014, White receive a Special Recognition Award presented by the Order Sons of Italy in America, Columbus Lodge #2143 for his efforts to promote higher education to underprivileged students through the Roy White Foundation.Nov-Dec "Navigator" newsletter
See also
*List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
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* List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
*List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise
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References
External links
Roy White
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The Roy White Foundation Website
Roy White's official homepage and charity : {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Roy 1943 births Living people Major League Baseball first base coaches New York Yankees coaches New York Yankees executives New York Yankees scouts Major League Baseball left fielders American League All-Stars New York Yankees players Yomiuri Giants players American expatriate baseball players in Japan African-American baseball players African-American baseball coaches Baseball players from Los Angeles Fort Lauderdale Yankees players Greensboro Yankees players Columbus Confederate Yankees players Spokane Indians players 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople