Carl Whitney | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, US | September 7, 1913|
Died: July 1986 St. Louis, Missouri, US | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1942, for the New York Black Yankees | |
Last appearance | |
1942, for the Newark Eagles | |
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Carl Eugene Whitney (September 7, 1913 – July 1986) was a Negro league baseball player.
In 1942, Whitney played as a reserve outfielder for the New York Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He also briefly played for the Newark Eagles in 1942. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.