fellow
Negro League players. Catcher Larry Brown said White "was built like King Kong, but
he could run like Jesse Owens...cut my shinguards off once." Hall of Famer Judy Johnson
called him the best one-run getter in baseball because of his speedy, daring baserunning.
He was a .328 hitter in the Negro Leagues, and was considered a good outfielder with
excellent range but a weak arm. He played with the 1926 and 1927 Eastern Colored
League champion Bacharach Giants, and stole five bases in six attempts in the 1926
Black World Series.
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