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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1978)}}
{{For|other persons named Matt White|Matt White (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Matt White
|position = [[Pitcher]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|13}}
|birth_place = [[Waynesboro, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|highlights=
*[[Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year]] (1996)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[18U Baseball World Cup|World Junior Baseball Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze| {{by|1996}} [[Sancti Spíritus]] | [[United States national under-18 baseball team|Team]]}}}}
'''Matthew Edward White''' (born August 13, 1978) is an American former [[professional baseball]] [[pitcher]].

==Career==
White attended Waynesboro Area High School from 1993 to 1996<ref>{{cite news |author1=Eric Reed |title=Period of adjustment |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100486549/period-of-adjustment/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Public Opinion (Chambersburg)|Public Opinion]] |date=August 16, 1997 |pages=1B, 6A |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> where he played four varsity sports and had a 0.79 [[earned run average]] as a baseball player.<ref name="baltimor-sun-1997">{{cite news |author1=John Steadman |title=One of baseball's youngest stars keeping his feet on the ground |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-01-05-1997005133-story.html |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=January 5, 1997}}</ref> During his senior year he posted a 10–1 record with an 0.63 ERA, allowing 21 hits and 37 baserunners.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Parry Shaw |title=Devil Rays turn opponents White with envy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487141/devil-rays-turn-opponents-white-with/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Bradenton Herald]] |date=November 26, 1996 |pages=1, 3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> Following the season he was named the high school baseball player of the year by ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{cite news |author1=Mike DiGiovanna |title=Prep Pitcher Nets $10.2 Million |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-11-26-sp-3013-story.html |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 26, 1996}}</ref> ''[[Baseball America]]'', the National High School Baseball Coaches Association<ref name="baltimor-sun-1997" /> and [[Gatorade Player of the Year awards|Gatorade]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Bill Chastain |title=One in a million for Rays |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487163/one-in-a-million-for-rays/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=December 26, 1996 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Bill Chastain |title=White / Devil Rays banking on small-town hero |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487187/white-devil-rays-banking-on/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=December 26, 1996 |page=8 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Rod Shetler |title=Matt White lone veteran trials player |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-23-1996-3183375/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Joplin Globe]] |date=July 23, 1996 |pages=4B–5B |via=[[Newspaperarchive.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref>

After initially planning to attend [[Georgia Tech]],<ref name="ann-arbor-2010"/> White was drafted by the [[San Francisco Giants]] in the [[1996 Major League Baseball Draft|1996 amateur draft]],<ref>{{cite news |author1=Eric Reed |title=Matt White takes a Giant step |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100486819/matt-white-takes-a-giant-step/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Public Opinion (Chambersburg)|Public Opinion]] |date=June 5, 1996 |pages=1A, 12A |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> but his agent [[Scott Boras]] found a long-ignored provision in MLB's [[Major League Baseball Players Association#Basic agreements|Collective Bargaining Agreement]] that allowed White to become a [[free agent]] after the Giants failed to offer him a written contract in the required 15-day time allotted.<ref name="baltimor-sun-1997"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Zach |title=Travis Lee’s 1996 draft saga and how an amateur’s true value was briefly exposed |date=2020-04-16 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1731393/2020/04/16/travis-lees-1996-draft-saga-and-how-an-amateurs-true-value-was-briefly-exposed/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |work=[[The Athletic]] |language=en-US |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He received a $10.2 million [[signing bonus]] (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|10.2|1996|r=1}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) in 1996 with the [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kevin Wells |title=Wild to wow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100486568/wild-to-wow/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=February 26, 1998 |pages=1, 6 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Rodney Page |title=Matt White feels at home |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/06/10/matt-white-feels-at-home/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=June 10, 1998}}</ref> It was the largest bonus ever given to an amateur player.<ref name="baltimor-sun-1997" />

Before even making his professional debut with the [[Hudson Valley Renegades]] in 1997, ''Baseball America'' ranked him the sixth-best prospect in baseball.<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt White Minor Leagues Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=white-001mat |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |publisher=[[Sports Reference]] |access-date=June 24, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Shoulder and back injuries limited White to 122 [[minor league baseball|minor league]] games during his career. He never played in the major leagues and retired in 2006 with a career mark of 35–47 and a 4.64 earned run average.<ref name="ann-arbor-2010">{{cite news |author1=Jeff Arnold |title=New Michigan pitching coach Matt White brings wealth of experience and perspective to Wolverines |url=http://www.annarbor.com/sports/new-michigan-pitching-coach-matt-white-brings-wealth-of-experience-and-perspective-to-wolverines/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Ann Arbor News]] |date=July 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Roger Mooney |title=I want to get to the 'Big Leagues' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487294/i-want-to-get-to-the-big-leagues/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The Bradenton Herald]] |date=June 25, 2006 |pages=1D, 7D |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=John Romano |title=Arm, not heart, failed bonus baby |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487336/arm-not-heart-failed-bonus-baby/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=July 26, 2006 |pages=1C, 3C |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Bill Chastain |author2=Jesse Rogers |author3=Ben Zobrist |title=Try not to suck : the exceptional, extraordinary baseball life of Joe Maddon |date=2018 |publisher=[[Triumph Books]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |isbn=9781633198579 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kwtKDwAAQBAJ&dq=matt+white+giants+devil+rays&pg=PT72 |access-date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>

White was the only high school player invited to try out for the [[United States national baseball team]] for the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="baltimor-sun-1997" /> but was the last player cut from the team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Devil Rays put White in the black |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100487087/devil-rays-put-white-in-the-black/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=[[The News Journal]] |date=November 26, 1996 |page=C2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{open access}}</ref> He was selected to the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympic]] team but suffered an injury prior to the games and was forced to return without participating.<ref name="ann-arbor-2010"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/white_matt00.html Georgia Tech's bio page]
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{{Gatorade Baseball Player of the Year}}
{{1996 MLB Draft}}
{{San Francisco Giants first-round draft picks}}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Minor league baseball players]]
[[Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Franklin County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Charleston RiverDogs players]]
[[Category:Durham Bulls players]]
[[Category:Hudson Valley Renegades players]]
[[Category:Orlando Rays players]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Devil Rays players]]

Matt White (minor league pitcher) - Revision history

imported>Stonecold415 at 17:46, 4 February 2025