Hal White

{{Short description|American baseball player (1919–2001)}}

{{for|the economist|Halbert White}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Hal White

|position=Pitcher

|image=HalWhitebowman.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1919|3|18}}

|birth_place=Utica, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2001|4|21|1919|3|18}}

|death_place=Venice, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1941

|debutteam=Detroit Tigers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 4

|finalyear=1954

|finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=46–54

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.78

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=349

|teams=

• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1943}}, {{mlby|1946}}–{{mlby|1952}})
• St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1953}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1953}}–{{mlby|1954}})

}}

Harold George White (March 18, 1919 – April 21, 2001) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1941–43 and 1946–52), St. Louis Browns (1953) and St. Louis Cardinals (1953–1954).

Born in Utica, New York, he was listed at {{convert|5|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} and {{convert|165|lb|abbr=on}}. His father, a railroad conductor, taught him to pitch at a young age. He attended Kernan Grammar School in Utica and Utica Free Academy until dropping out to play for a team in Rome, New York in 1937.{{cite news |last1=C. P. W. |title=Hal White Is Serious About Diamond Career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-hal-white-is-serious/162093263/ |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=7 June 1942 |pages=12}} White served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.{{cite web|url=http://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/white_hal.htm|title=Baseball in Wartime – Hal White|website=baseballinwartime.com|accessdate=November 18, 2016}} During his baseball career, he worked in Rome for Revere Copper.{{cite news |last1=Regan |first1=Francis |title=Francis Regan's Sports Views and Reviews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sentinel-sports-views-and-reviews/162055974/ |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Daily Sentinel |date=15 January 1947 |pages=10}}

In twelve seasons, White had a 46–54 win–loss record, 336 games (67 started), 23 complete games, 7 shutouts, 144 games finished, 25 saves, 920{{fraction|1|3}} innings pitched, 875 hits allowed, 443 runs allowed, 387 earned runs allowed, 47 home runs allowed, 450 walks allowed, 349 strikeouts, 14 hit batsmen, 20 wild pitches, 3,986 batters faced, 2 balks, and a 3.78 ERA.

White died in Venice, Florida at the age of 82 of a stroke while being catheterized in a local hospital.{{cite news |title=Hal White, Major League Pitcher, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-obituary-for-hal/139595681/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |agency=Associated Press |date=April 24, 2001 |page=C3|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} A veteran, he was buried at Sarasota National Cemetery in Sarasota County, Florida.[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=whiteha01 Baseball Almanac]