William DeKova White is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York / San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, and Philadel
Philip Francis Rizzuto, nicknamed "the Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees, and was elected to the National
Bill White (first baseman)
…the Philadelphia Flyers. In 1971, White joined the New York Yankees' broadcast team. He called Yankee games from 1971 to 1988, most often teamed with Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. White did the team's broadcasts on both radio and television during most of that stretch. White was the first regular black play-by-play…
Phil Rizzuto 1953
Rizzuto at bat in front of a group of sailors in the South Pacific during his time in the US Navy between 1943 and 1945
Rizzuto in 1949, the first of five consecutive championship seasons. That season, he led the Yankees in games (153), hits (169), runs scored (110), doubles (22), and stolen bases (18).
Phil Rizzuto's number 10 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1985.