1919 World Series

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Major League Baseball championship series World Series sports scandal event

The 1919 World Series was the infamous Major League Baseball championship in which several Chicago White Sox players conspired with gamblers to deliberately lose, leading to the Black Sox Scandal and a lasting impact on the sport's integrity.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball championship series → World Series → sports scandal event →
associatedScandal	Black Sox Scandal →
ballpark	Comiskey Park → Redland Field →
bestOf	9 games →
commissionerImpact	led to appointment of Kenesaw Mountain Landis as first MLB commissioner →
conspiracyInvolved	Chicago White Sox players → professional gamblers →
country	United States →
culturalImpact	became one of the most famous sports scandals in American history →
disciplinaryOutcome	players were banned for life from Major League Baseball →
endDate	1919-10-09 →
fixAllegation	games were deliberately lost by some White Sox players →
gamesPlayed	8 →
homeTeam	Chicago White Sox →
homeTeamLeague	American League →
integrityImpact	prompted reforms to protect the integrity of baseball →
laterInvestigation	grand jury investigation in Chicago in 1920 →
league	Major League Baseball →
legalOutcome	players were acquitted in criminal court →
location	Chicago → Cincinnati NERFINISHED →
losingTeam	Chicago White Sox →
managerOfLosingTeam	Kid Gleason →
managerOfWinningTeam	Pat Moran →
mediaCoverage	extensive newspaper coverage across the United States →
MVP	none →
nickname	Black Sox Series →
notablePlayer	Buck Weaver → Chick Gandil → Eddie Cicotte → Fred McMullin → Happy Felsch → Lefty Williams → Shoeless Joe Jackson → Swede Risberg →
season	1919 MLB season →
seriesResult	Cincinnati Reds won 5–3 →
sport	baseball →
startDate	1919-10-01 →
umpire	Bill Dinneen → Brick Owens → Cy Rigler → Hank O'Day →
visitingTeam	Cincinnati Reds →
visitingTeamLeague	National League →
winningTeam	Cincinnati Reds →
year	1919 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chick Gandil → Eddie Cicotte → Lefty Williams → Swede Risberg →	participatedIn
Buck Weaver → Shoeless Joe Jackson →	notableEvent
Pat Moran →	championshipWon
1919 Black Sox Scandal →	competition
Comiskey Park →	hostedEvent
Old Comiskey Park →	notableEventHosted
Buck Weaver →	WorldSeriesAppearance