1956 STL. CARDINALS @ NY GIANTS POLO GROUNDS DOUBLEHEADER TICKET STUB

WILLIE MAYS & BILL WHITE vs. STAN MUSIAL


GIANTS SWEEP BOTH GAMES OF SUNDAY DOUBLEHEADER @ POLO GROUNDS

JOHNNY ANTONELLI CAREER SHUTOUT #13

WILLIE MAYS CAREER STOLEN BASE #51

STAN MUSIAL CAR. HIT BY PITCH #40


BILL WHITE 1ST CAREER HR @ POLO GROUNDS!


BILL WHITE CAREER STOLEN BASE #2

BILL WHITE CAREER HOME RUN #3

BILL WHITE CAREER HIT #8 / CAR. GAME #11

BILL WHITE GOES 5 FOR 7 PLAYING 1B FOR GIANTS


BILL WHITE (AKA "LEO'S LITTLE BOBO") WAS HAND-PICKED BY & BECAME LEO DUROCHER'S PET PROJECT IN 1953, JUST LIKE WILLIE MAYS IN 1951

BILL WHITE DEBUTS W/ GIANTS & WILLIE MAYS ON MAY 7, 1956 & NEVER PLAYS IN NEGRO LEAGUES


BILL WHITE GOES ON TO BECOME STL CARDINALS' FIRST BLACK ALL-STAR (1959) & CARDS' BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER FROM 1959 TO 1964 (BATTING OVER .300 FOUR TIMES & COLLECTING OVER 1,000 HITS DURING THAT 6-YR. SPAN...& FINISHING 3RD IN 1964 NL MVP VOTING)

BILL WHITE WAS A 6-TIME ALL-STAR & 7-TIME GOLD GLOVE WINNER


AFTER RETIRING FROM BASEBALL IN 1968, BILL WHITE BECAME FIRST BLACK PLAY-BY-PLAY (PBP) TV ANNOUNCER FOR A MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM FOR 20 YRS.- CARDINALS & PHILLIES (1969-1970) & YANKEES (1971-1988). BILL WHITE CALLED MANY WORLD SER. GMS INCLUDING AN ICONIC CALL OF KIRK GIBSON'S 1988 WORLD SERIES WALKOFF HR!


BILL WHITE IS THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE (1989-1994) & FIRST BLACK EXECUTIVE OF ANY MAJOR SPORTS LEAGUE!!


5 FORMER NEGRO LEAGUE PLAYERS PLAYED OR APPEARED ON ROSTERS IN THIS GAME(S) INCLUDING WILLIE MAYS, HANK THOMPSON, CHUCK HARMON, CHARLIE PEETE & TOM ALSTON (1st BLACK PLAYER FOR STL IN 1954)