Eugene “Stink” White Chicago American Giants (1951)

This Negro American League Professional Baseball Clubs Uniform Player’s Contract signed Eugene White to play for the Chicago American Giants for the 1951 season. The contract calls for White to earn $ 250.00 per month for the season. The contract is signed by Eugene White (player) and Winfield S. Welch (Club President and Manager).

Eugene "Stink" White - Chicago American Giants

The Chicago American Giants have a long rich history in Negro League baseball. Rube Foster founded the Chicago American Giants in 1910 when he and Frank Leland dissolved their baseball relationship. Foster kept the Leland Giants team and changed their name to the Chicago American Giants in 1911.  During their first years (1911 to 1919), the Chicago American Giants would play an independent schedule. In 1920, Rube Foster organized/founded the Negro National League and from that time forward, the Chicago American Giants would be a part of the Major Leagues of Negro League baseball in the Negro National League and Negro American League. The Chicago American Giants disbanded after the 1952 season.

Eugene “Stink” White was born in Jacksonville, Florida and started playing sandlot ball there for the Derkyville Projects baseball team. He began his Negro League career in 1950 as a second baseman for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League.

During his Negro League career, he played for the following teams:

Raleigh Tigers                           Negro Carolina League                          1948-1949

Asheville Blues                         Negro Southern League                        1948 

Greensboro Red Wings           Negro American Association                1949

Jacksonville Eagles                  Independent                                            1949-1950

Chicago American Giants        Negro American League                       1950-1951

Harlem Globetrotters               Independent                                            1951 

Kansas City Monarchs              Negro American League                       1952

Portsmouth Merrimacks          Piedmont League                                   1953

Harlem Globetrotters               Independent                                            1953

Jacksonville Cardinals             Independent                                             1953-1955

Kansas City Monarchs             Negro American League                        1956-1958