Ernie White

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Ernest Daniel White (September 5, 1916 – May 22, 1974) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1940 to 1943 and from 1946 to 1948. A native of Pacolet Mills, South Carolina, he threw left-handed, batted right-handed, stood 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). White pitched for two National League clubs, the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves, during his seven-year MLB career, and was a member of three pennant-winners and one World Series champion. He threw a complete-game shutout in Game 3 of the 1942 World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 2–0 at Yankee Stadium, as the Cardinals beat New York in five games in the only World Series ever lost by the Yanks during Joe McCarthy's 15+-year term as manager. During the previous season, 1941, White enjoyed his best campaign, winning 17 of 24 decisions, compiling an ERA of 2.40, and finishing sixth in the NL Most Valuable Player poll. White served in the U.S. Army during World War II, missing the 1944–45 seasons. While in Europe he participated in the Battle of the Bulge. Because of a sore arm, White pitched in only one game and four innings for the 1947 Braves, and

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