Ernie White
[edit] Biography
Born on September 5, 1916 in Pacolet Mills, South Carolina, Ernie White (Ernest Daniel White) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves over the course of his 7 year career. White broke into the bigs on May 9, 1940 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.40 ERA in 210 innings pitched in 1941, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ernie White's best season was 1941, when he posted a 2.40 ERA, won 17 games and struck out 117 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1940
| STL
| N
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4.15
| 15
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 21.2
| 29
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| 32
| 25
| 17
| 7
| 2.40
| 117
| 72
| 56
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 210
| 169
| 12
| 70
| 0
| 3
| 6
|
| 1942
| STL
| N
| 26
| 19
| 7
| 5
| 2.52
| 67
| 57
| 36
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 128.1
| 113
| 11
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1943
| STL
| N
| 14
| 10
| 5
| 5
| 3.78
| 28
| 38
| 33
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 78.2
| 78
| 4
| 33
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4.18
| 8
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.2
| 22
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| BOS
| N
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1.96
| 8
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 23
| 13
| 0
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 108
| 57
| 30
| 21
| 2.78
| 244
| 198
| 151
| 24
| 5
| 6
| 489.1
| 425
| 28
| 188
| 0
| 6
| 10
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1940
| STL
| N
| P
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1942
| STL
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1943
| STL
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1948
| BOS
| N
| P
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 63
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .932
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1940
| STL
| N
| 9
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .429
| .500
| .429
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| STL
| N
| 33
| 79
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 10
| .190
| .220
| .241
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| STL
| N
| 27
| 41
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .195
| .250
| .195
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| STL
| N
| 21
| 28
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .214
| .241
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1948
| BOS
| N
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 121
| 163
| 19
| 34
| 0
| 13
| .209
| .246
| .233
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 16
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Boston Braves (May 14, 1946).
- Released by Boston Braves (May 14, 1947).
- Released by Boston Braves (October 28, 1948).
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