Harold George White (March 18, 1919 – April 21, 2001) was an American professional

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player, a right-handed

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for the

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(1941–43 and 1946–52),

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(1953) and

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(1953–1954). Born in

Utica, New York Utica () is the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most populous city in New York, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 census. It is located on the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley at the foot of the Adiro ...

, he was listed at and . His father, a railroad conductor, taught him to pitch at a young age. He attended Kernan Grammar School in Utica and

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until dropping out to play for a team in

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in 1937. White served in the

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in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. During his baseball career, he worked in Rome for Revere Copper. In twelve seasons, White had a 46–54 win–loss record, 336 games (67 started), 23

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, 7 shutouts, 144 games finished, 25 saves, 920

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s pitched, 875

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allowed, 443 runs allowed, 387

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s allowed, 47

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s allowed, 450 walks allowed, 349

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s, 14

hit batsmen In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is an event in which a batter (baseball), batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman (HB). A hit batsman is awarded f ...

, 20

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es, 3,986 batters faced, 2

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s, and a 3.78

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. White died in

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at the age of 82 of a stroke while being catheterized in a local hospital. A veteran, he was buried at Sarasota National Cemetery in

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* 1919 births 2001 deaths Baseball players from Utica, New York Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Detroit Tigers players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Major League Baseball pitchers Oakland Oaks (baseball) players Rome Colonels players St. Louis Browns players St. Louis Cardinals players Syracuse Chiefs players Toledo Mud Hens players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players 20th-century American sportsmen United States Navy personnel of World War II American people of English descent {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub