Matthew Edward White
Encyclopedia
Matthew Edward White is a retired professional baseball
pitcher
and current coach for the University of Michigan
. He played no games in 2006
.
He attended Waynesboro Area High School from 1993-1996. He had a 0.65 ERA
in high school. He was named USA Today
's Baseball Player of the Year. He was also named Gatorade
's Pennsylvania Player of the Year.
White was drafted by the San Francisco Giants
in the 1996 amateur draft
, but his agent Scott Boras found a loophole that allowed White to become a free agent
after the Giants failed to offer him a contract in the required 10 day time alloted. He received a $10.2 million signing bonus
in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Shoulder and back injuries limited White to 122 minor league
games during his career. He never played in the major leagues.
He was selected to the 2000 Sydney Olympic
team but suffered an injury on the plane ride and was forced to return without participating.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
and current coach for the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. He played no games in 2006
2006 in baseball
-Headline Event of the Year:*The 2006 World Baseball Classic final 4 teams are Japan, Cuba, Korea and the Dominican Republic, with the United States at 3–3 failing to qualify for the semi-finals. Under the leadership of manager Sadaharu Oh and veterans Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japan ...
.
He attended Waynesboro Area High School from 1993-1996. He had a 0.65 ERA
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...
in high school. He was named USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
's Baseball Player of the Year. He was also named Gatorade
Gatorade
Gatorade is a brand of sports-themed food and beverage products, built around its signature product: a line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo, distributed in over 80 countries...
's Pennsylvania Player of the Year.
White was drafted by the San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
in the 1996 amateur draft
1996 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1996 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 4 and 5, 1996...
, but his agent Scott Boras found a loophole that allowed White to become a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
after the Giants failed to offer him a contract in the required 10 day time alloted. He received a $10.2 million signing bonus
Signing bonus
A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. They are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee, e.g., if the annual salary is lower than he or she desires...
in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Shoulder and back injuries limited White to 122 minor league
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
games during his career. He never played in the major leagues.
He was selected to the 2000 Sydney Olympic
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
team but suffered an injury on the plane ride and was forced to return without participating.