Matt White (minor league pitcher) explained
| Matt White |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Highlights: | - Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year (1996)
|
Matthew Edward White (born August 13, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
Career
White attended Waynesboro Area High School from 1993 to 1996[1] where he played four varsity sports and had a 0.79 earned run average as a baseball player.[2] During his senior year he posted a 10–1 record with an 0.63 ERA, allowing 21 hits and 37 baserunners.[3] Following the season he was named the high school baseball player of the year by USA Today,[4] Baseball America, the National High School Baseball Coaches Association and Gatorade.[5] [6] [7]
After initially planning to attend Georgia Tech, White was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1996 amateur draft,[8] but his agent Scott Boras found a loophole that allowed White to become a free agent after the Giants failed to offer him a contract in the required 10-day time allotted.[2] He received a $10.2 million signing bonus (equivalent to $ million in) in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[9] [10] It was the largest bonus ever given to an amateur player.
Before even making his professional debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades in 1997, Baseball America ranked him the sixth-best prospect in baseball.[11] Shoulder and back injuries limited White to 122 minor league games during his career. He never played in the major leagues and retired in 2006 with a career mark of 35–47 and a 4.64 earned run average.[12] [13] [14] [15]
White was the only high school player invited to try out for the United States national baseball team for the 1996 Summer Olympics but was the last player cut from the team.[16] He was selected to the 2000 Sydney Olympic team but suffered an injury prior to the games and was forced to return without participating.[12]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Eric Reed . Period of adjustment . April 26, 2022 . . August 16, 1997 . 1B, 6A . Newspapers.com.
- News: John Steadman . One of baseball's youngest stars keeping his feet on the ground . April 26, 2022 . . January 5, 1997.
- News: Parry Shaw . Devil Rays turn opponents White with envy . April 26, 2022 . . November 26, 1996 . 1, 3 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Mike DiGiovanna . Prep Pitcher Nets $10.2 Million . April 26, 2022 . . November 26, 1996.
- News: Bill Chastain . One in a million for Rays . April 26, 2022 . . December 26, 1996 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Bill Chastain . White / Devil Rays banking on small-town hero . April 26, 2022 . . December 26, 1996 . 8 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Rod Shetler . Matt White lone veteran trials player . April 26, 2022 . . July 23, 1996 . 4B–5B . Newspaperarchive.com.
- News: Eric Reed . Matt White takes a Giant step . April 26, 2022 . . June 5, 1996 . 1A, 12A . Newspapers.com.
- News: Kevin Wells . Wild to wow . April 26, 2022 . . February 26, 1998 . 1, 6 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Rodney Page . Matt White feels at home . April 26, 2022 . . June 10, 1998.
- Web site: Matt White Minor Leagues Statistics & History . . . June 24, 2022 . en.
- News: Jeff Arnold . New Michigan pitching coach Matt White brings wealth of experience and perspective to Wolverines . April 26, 2022 . . July 1, 2010.
- News: Roger Mooney . I want to get to the 'Big Leagues' . April 26, 2022 . . June 25, 2006 . 1D, 7D . Newspapers.com.
- News: John Romano . Arm, not heart, failed bonus baby . April 26, 2022 . . July 26, 2006 . 1C, 3C . Newspapers.com.
- Book: Bill Chastain . Jesse Rogers . Ben Zobrist . Try not to suck : the exceptional, extraordinary baseball life of Joe Maddon . 2018 . . Chicago, Illinois . 9781633198579 . April 26, 2022.
- News: Devil Rays put White in the black . April 26, 2022 . . November 26, 1996 . C2 . Newspapers.com.
