White then spent the entire season and the first two months of on the Braves'
National League roster. Playing behind one of the league's workhorse catchers,
Del Crandall, White appeared in 50
games in 1954, 16 as a starting catcher (while Crandall started 133 of the Braves' 154 games). In his third Major League game, on April 23 against the
St. Louis Cardinals at
Busch Stadium, White hit his only big-league
home run, a solo blow in the top of the 13th
inning off
Cot Deal. The homer temporarily put the Braves ahead, 5–4, and they would triumph, 7–5, in 14 innings with White handling the catching chores. He also had a three-
hit game (in five
at bats) against the Cardinals at Busch Stadium on July 5. But he
batted only .237 for the season. At the outset of the 1955 campaign, White again backed up Crandall, and in the season's first two months he started nine games at catcher and batted .233. After his final MLB game on May 29, White played 10 more seasons at the
Triple-A level, ten of them in the
Pacific Coast League. In his 62-game big-league career, White had 29 hits, including five
doubles as well as his home run. ==See also==