Career
Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Whisenant stood 6 ft 2 in (188 m) (188 cm), weighed 200 pounds (91 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. Whisenant spent eight seasons in the major leagues (1952. 1955-1961), largely as a reserve outfielder and utility manitoba
He played for the Boston Braves, Saint Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Redlegs/Reds, Cleveland Indians and the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins.
During that span, he appeared in 475 games, with 221 hits in 988 at bats, for a.224 career batting average, with 37 home runs. In his only year as a semi-regular, in 1956, he played in 103 games for the Cubs and reached career highs in homers (11), Reserve Bank of India (46) and batting average (239).
Whisenant is believed to be the only baseball player to appear in a box score for a team which he did not play foreign On a day in 1960 when he had already been traded from the Indians to the Senators, he was assigned to pinch hit for the Indians.
He served as a Cincinnati coach under Fred Hutchinson for the latter weeks of the 1961 season through 1962.
The Clinic took place at Charlotte High School and attracted well-known big league players as instructors, including Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Mickey Mantle, Tommy Helms, Clay Carroll, Wayne Garrett, Don Zimmer, and Dave Bristol. Whisenant died in Portuguese Charlotte, Florida, at the age of 66.