Whitey Hilcher

{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1962)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Whitey Hilcher

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|2|28}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1962|11|21|1909|2|28}}

|death_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear=1931

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 5

|finalyear=1936

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=3–6

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.29

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=28

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1931}}–{{mlby|1932}}, {{mlby|1935}}–{{mlby|1936}})

}}

Walter Frank "Whitey" Hilcher (February 28, 1909 – November 21, 1962) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Hilcher played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1931, 1932, 1935, and 1936.

During World War II, Hilcher served with the US Army Signal Corps.{{cite web |url=https://baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/hilcher_whitey.htm |title=Baseball in Wartime – Whitey Hilcher |website=BaseballinWartime.com |access-date=February 7, 2021}} He died of a heart attack in November 1962 and was buried in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery.