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American baseball player
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Male
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Birth:
9 November 1920
Death:
12 February 2003
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Biography
Dick Corwin Whitman (November 9, 1920 – February 12, 2003) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at the University of Oregon, and then professionally from 1946–1951 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Born in Woodburn, Oregon, he appeared in the 1949 World Series with the Dodgers and the 1950 World Series with the Phillies. He died at age 82 in Peoria, Arizona.
He later managed the San Jose JoSox of the California League in 1956 and 1957.