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Carl Whitney

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Carl Whitney
Outfielder
Born: (1913-09-07)September 7, 1913
St. Louis, Missouri, US
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
Teams

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.

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References

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  • Riley, James A. (2002), The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, New York: Carroll & Graf, p. 837, ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
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