George Whiteman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Whiteman
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1884
Place of Birth: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 10-Feb-1947
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About George Whiteman
- George (Lucky) Whiteman (December 23, 1884 – February 10, 1947) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a left fielder for the Boston Americans (1907), New York Yankees (1913) and Boston Red Sox (1918) between the 1907 and 1918.
- Listed at 5' 7", 160 lb., Whiteman batted and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Peoria, Illinois. In a three-season career, Whiteman posted a .271 batting average with one home run and 31 runs batted in in 85 games played. A 35-year-old minor league journeyman, Whiteman filled in outfield for the Boston Red Sox whenever Babe Ruth was pitching.
- Prior to the 1918 season, he had played in only 15 major league games since 1907 before becoming the surprise hero of the World Champion Boston team.
- Although Ruth and Carl Mays won two games apiece in the World Series, Whiteman batted just .250 (5-for-20) against the Chicago Cubs but delivered some key hits and made several run-saving catches in the outfield, specially in the eighth inning of the final game won by the Red Sox, 2–1, at Fenway Park.
- He never appeared in another major league game after the Series. Whiteman died in Houston, Texas, at the age of 62.
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