Roy White

Roy Hilton White, born December 27, 1943, is an American former professional baseball player and coach who spent his entire Major League career as an outfielder for the New York Yankees from 1965 to 1979. A switch hitter, White came up a year after the Yankees' final dynastic World Series appearance in 1964, and he is the only player from the franchise's subsequent mid-to-late-1960s decline to remain through their championships of the late 1970s. He was named to the American League All-Star team in 1969 and 1970. In 1971 he set an American League record for most sacrifice flies in a season with 17. White led the American League in walks in 1972 and in runs in 1976. He played on three American League pennant winners, in 1976, 1977, and 1978, and on two World Series championship teams, in 1977 and 1978, both won over his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers. Over a 15-year Major League career he appeared in 1,881 games, collecting 1,803 hits in 6,650 at bats for a .271 batting average. After his Major League career, White spent three seasons playing in Japan for the Tokyo Giants.