Career

Listed at 5" 7", 160 pounds, Whiteman batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Peoria, Illinois. In a three-season career, Whiteman posted a.272 batting average with one home run and 31 runs batted in in 85 games played.

A 35-year-old minor league journeyman, Whiteman filled in outfield for the Boston Red Sox whenever Babe Ruth was pitching.

Prior to the 1918 season, he had played in only 15 major league games since 1907 before becoming the surprise hero of the World Champion Boston team He never appeared in another major league game after the Series.

Whiteman died in Houston, Texas, at the age of 64.

Achievements

• Although Ruth and Carl Mays won two games apiece in the World Series, Whiteman batted just.250 (5-for-20) against the Chicago Cubs but delivered some key hits and made several run-saving catches in the outfield, specially in the eighth inning of the final game won by the Red Sox, 2–1, at Fenway Park.