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.

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1919 World Series canonical 24
1919 World Series games 1

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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

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1919 Black Sox Scandal competition 1919 World Series
Comiskey Park hostedEvent 1919 World Series
Old Comiskey Park notableEventHosted 1919 World Series
Shoeless Joe Jackson notableEvent 1919 World Series
Pat Moran championshipWon 1919 World Series
Swede Risberg participatedIn 1919 World Series
Lefty Williams participatedIn 1919 World Series
Eddie Cicotte participatedIn 1919 World Series
Chick Gandil participatedIn 1919 World Series
Buck Weaver notableEvent 1919 World Series
Buck Weaver WorldSeriesAppearance 1919 World Series
Happy Felsch participatedIn 1919 World Series
Crosley Field hostedEvent 1919 World Series
this entity surface form: 1919 World Series games
Billy Maharg associatedWith 1919 World Series
Joseph Jefferson Jackson involvedIn 1919 World Series
1920 World Series precededBy 1919 World Series
Risberg participatedIn 1919 World Series
subject surface form: Swede Risberg
Lefty participatedIn 1919 World Series
subject surface form: Lefty Williams
Claude Preston Williams participantIn 1919 World Series
Joe Jackson participantIn 1919 World Series
1940 World Series previousRedsTitle 1919 World Series
Sport associatedWith 1919 World Series
subject surface form: Sport Sullivan
Chick participatedIn 1919 World Series
subject surface form: Chick Gandil
Buck participatedIn 1919 World Series
subject surface form: Buck Weaver