Whitey Lockman

Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman (July 25, 1926 – March 17, 2009) was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder who later worked as a coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Born in Lowell, North Carolina, he signed with the Giants as a 17-year-old during World War II and reached New York from the minor leagues in the middle of the 1945 season, just before his 19th birthday. He homered in his first major league at-bat, becoming the youngest player to do so in MLB history, a record that still stood as of 2025. He batted .341 in limited duty that season.

On October 3, 1951, Lockman scored the tying run, just ahead of Bobby Thomson, on Thomson's home run that gave the New York Giants the National League championship—baseball's "Shot Heard 'Round the World." Lockman's one-out double against the Brooklyn Dodgers had scored Alvin Dark with the Giants' first run of the inning, cutting the score to 4–2 in Brooklyn's favor. The hit knocked Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe out of the game, and on the play Giant baserunner Don Mueller broke his ankle sliding into third base.