Professional career
Player
White was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 14th round of the 1970 MLB Draft out of San Francisco's Washington High School. He made his major league debut on September 16,1974 at Montreal's Jarry Park,in a 3–2 Expos' loss to the New York Mets.
His first full major league season came in 1976,as he hit .245 in 114 games with the Expos. On June 23,1978,he was traded to the Chicago Cubs to complete an earlier deal made on June 9,1978,in which the Expos acquired pitcher Woodie Fryman as the player to be named later. [1]
White spent only 59 games in a Cubs' uniform. In late 1978,he was traded back to the Expos along with second baseman Rodney Scott in exchange for outfielder Sam Mejías. [1]
In December 1985,White signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. He made his final major league appearance on June 9,1986,ironically against the Montreal Expos,the team he spent the majority of his professional career with. He retired with a career .253 batting average and 303 hits over an eleven-season major league career. [1]
In 646 games over 11 seasons,White posted a .253 batting average (303-for-1196) with 155 runs,21 home runs,109 RBI,57 stolen bases and 148 bases on balls. He finished his career with a .974 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. In the 1981 postseason,he hit .235 (8-for-34) with 5 runs,1 home run,4 RBI,4 stolen bases and 5 walks. [1]
Winter Leagues
In between,White played winter ball with the Navegantes del Magallanes and Águilas del Zulia clubs of the Venezuelan League in the 1978–79 and 1983-84 seasons,respectively. [4] A career highlight came in the 1979 Caribbean Series with the Venezuelan champion Magallanes,when White was the only player in the tournament with at least one hit in each game,leading the hitters with a .522 BA,12 hits and a .607 OBP,including five runs,four RBI,a .783 SLG and 1.370 OPS. [5]
Coaching
Following his playing career,White was hired as the first base coach of the Minnesota Twins in 1998. In October 2012,after two consecutive seasons of 90+ losses,the Twins' front office decided to shake things up by releasing or reassigning six of seven coaches,including White. [3]
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