VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA

Vintage Baseball Memorabilia

Frank White

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)
Born: September 4, 1950  in Greenville, MS
Debut: June 12, 1973 (13,375th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 30, 1990
vs. CAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Frank White
Nicknames: Smooth or Hoover
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Notable Events and Chronology for Frank White Career

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June 4, 1970

In the June draft‚ the Padres select high school catcher Mike Ivie as the number-one pick and sign him in 3 days to a $100‚000 contract

October 4, 1978

The Kansas City Royals notch 16 hits off three Yankees pitchers to even the ALCS with a 10 – 4 triumph. A two-run home run by Freddie Patek seals the victory.

September 26, 1979

Frank White becomes the fourth player in the team’s 11-year history to hit for the cycle when he triples in the ninth inning of the Royals’ 4-0 victory over California at Anaheim Stadium. The Kansas City second baseman joins Freddie Patek (1971), John Mayberry (1977), and George Brett (1979), who also have completed the rare feat playing for the franchise.

October 21, 1980

Pete Rose saves Bob Boone on a Frank White foul pop 1980 World Series

December 31, 1980

Major League Season Recap 1980

August 3, 1982

Frank White hits for the cycle for the second time in his career. The second baseman completes the feat with a two-out triple in the ninth inning, giving Kansas City a 6-5 walk-off victory over Detroit at Royals Stadium.

April 19, 1984

Saberhagen stops tigers streak at 9, collects first career win

May 16, 1984

Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox hits for the cycle

October 13, 1985

Down 3 games to 1 Danny Jackson fires a shutout in give KC game 5 of the ALCS 2-0

October 20, 1985

Terry Pendelton delivers key hit to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

October 22, 1985

Pitcher Bret Saberhagen gives the Kansas City Royals their first World Series victory with a complete game 6 – 1 decision in Game 3

September 30, 1990

Kansas City infielders Frank White, playing in his last major league game after spending his entire 18-year career with the Royals, and George Brett establish a new mark when they appear in their 1,914th game together, the most by any American League teammates.

May 2, 1995

During a pregame ceremony at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals retire Frank White’s uniform number 20. The five-time All-Star second baseman, a Royals’ Hall of Fame inductee, will also be honored in 2004 with a bronze statue dedicated outside the Kansas City ballpark, joining club owners Ewing & Muriel Kauffman and Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett.

September 13, 1995

Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell, appearing in the same game for the 1,915th time, set an American League record for joint appearances

June 12, 2000

Major League Baseball Players who debut on June 12

July 31, 2004

the Royals unveil a bronze statue of Frank White

Biography

White was signed by the Royals from a tryout camp and was one of the few successful products of the baseball school the club operated in the early 1970s. By 1989, White and George Brett had been Royals for 17 seasons, longer than anyone else in the franchise’s history. In 1977 White played 62 consecutive games without an error. He collected eight Gold Gloves and is the only second baseman in AL history to win six straight. Three times he led the league in fielding percentage and in 1988 he made only four errors in 150 games.
White also was productive with the bat and on the basepaths. Generally a singles hitter whose speed converted a fair number to doubles, he muscled up late in his career to belt 22 home runs in back-to-back seasons. In 1986 TSN awarded him a Silver Bat. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@