Carl Whitney
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| Carl Whitney | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: 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 | |
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Carl Eugene Whitney (September 7, 1913 – July 1986) was an American 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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