William Florine Sarni (September 19, 1927 – April 15, 1983) was an American professional baseball player who played as a catcher in the Major Leagues.

[1] Sarni attended Los Angeles High School; he threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).

[1] After hitting for only a .174 average during his rookie year, Sarni was sent back to the Columbus Red Birds in May 1952 in order to trim their roster down to the 25 player limit.

[9] Although his batting average dipped to .255 in 1955, he was hitting above .300 in early June 1956 when, the Cardinals traded him to the New York Giants along with Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield and Red Schoendienst for Alvin Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle and Whitey Lockman.

[14] In 1958 he signed a contract to coach for the Rochester Red Wings in the St. Louis Cardinals organisation, then resigned after one season to take up a career selling stocks and bonds for an investment firm.