Carl Whitney
American baseball player
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| Intro | American baseball player | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Athlete Baseball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 7 September 1913 | |
| Age | 111 years |
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Carl Eugene Whitney (September 7, 1913 – July 1986) was a Negro League baseball player. He was inducted in the Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.
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 is buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.