Roy White

Roy White
Outfielder
Batted: Both Threw: Right
debut
September 7, 1965, for the New York Yankees
Last appearance
September 27, 1979, for the New York Yankees
Career statistics
Batting average	.271
Home runs	160
Runs batted in	758
Teams
New York Yankees (1965-1979) Yomiuri Giants (1980-1982)
Career highlights and awards
2x All-Star selection (1969, 1970) 2x World Series champion (1977, 1978)

Roy Hilton White (born December 27, 1943 in Los Angeles, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979. White, a switch hitter, was named to two All Star teams (1969, 1970). He led the American League in Runs Scored in 1976 and in Walks in 1972. He played on two World Series champions, in 1977 and 1978 and a third AL pennant winner in 1976. [Bill James] said that White was the twenty-fifth best Left-Fielder of all time, ahead of Jim Rice, among others. He makes a good case for it. It's in his revised _Historical Baseball Abstract_ After retiring from the major leagues in 1979, he spent three seasons playing in Japan for the Tokyo Giants (known, ironically as the 'Yankees of Japan'). He served as a Yankee coach for three seasons in the mid 1980s before returning to the coaching staff at the start of 2004. He also spent time as the AAA hitting coach for the Oakland A's.

Recently, he established The Roy White Foundation, a charity aimed to help children and young adults in the New York area who would like to attend college, but do not have the financial resources to do so.

See also

• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions

External links

• The Roy White Foundation Website Roy White's official homepage and charity.
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs

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