Carl Eugene Whitney (September 7, 1913 – July 1986) was a Negro league baseball player. In 1942, Whitney played as a reserve outfielder for the New York Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James "Soldier Boy" Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. He also briefly played for the Newark Eagles in 1942. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. Notes References External links and Seamheads 1913 births 1986 deaths New York Black Yankees players Newark Eagles players Burials at Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis) 20th-century African-American sportspeople Baseball outfielders