1919 World Series
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1919 World Series canonical | 24 |
| 1919 World Series games | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Baseball championship series
ⓘ
World Series ⓘ sports scandal event ⓘ |
| associatedScandal |
1919 Black Sox Scandal
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago White Sox players
professional gamblers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Cincinnati ⓘ |
| losingTeam | Chicago White Sox ⓘ |
| managerOfLosingTeam | Kid Gleason ⓘ |
| managerOfWinningTeam | Pat Moran ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive newspaper coverage across the United States ⓘ |
| MVP | none ⓘ |
| nickname |
1919 Black Sox Scandal
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ
surface form:
Hank O'Day
|
| visitingTeam | Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| visitingTeamLeague | National League ⓘ |
| winningTeam | Cincinnati Reds ⓘ |
| year | 1919 ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
1919 World Series games
subject surface form:
Swede Risberg
subject surface form:
Lefty Williams
subject surface form:
Sport Sullivan
subject surface form:
Chick Gandil
subject surface form:
Buck Weaver