Swede Risberg

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Swede Risberg was an American Major League Baseball shortstop best known as one of the eight Chicago White Sox players banned for life for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
baseball player
human
bannedBy Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
bannedForLifeFrom Major League Baseball
bannedYear 1921
banReason involvement in fixing the 1919 World Series
bats right
battingAverage .243
burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, California, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1894-10-13
dateOfDeath 1975-10-13
ethnicOrigin Swedish-American
familyName Risberg
finalMLBGameDate 1920-09-26
finalMLBTeam Chicago White Sox
fullName Charles August Risberg
givenName Charles
homeRuns 2
jerseyNumber 2
league Major League Baseball
memberOfSportsTeam Chicago White Sox
middleName August
MLBDebutDate 1917-04-11
MLBDebutTeam Chicago White Sox
nickname Swede
notableFor being one of the eight Chicago White Sox players banned for life in the Black Sox Scandal
numberOfGamesPlayedInMLB 736
occupation professional baseball player
participatedIn 1919 World Series
Black Sox Scandal
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States
placeOfDeath Red Bluff, California, United States
playedInSeason 1917 MLB season
1918 MLB season
1919 MLB season
1920 MLB season
position shortstop
residence Red Bluff, California, United States
runsBattedIn 207
sport baseball
teamDuringBlackSoxScandal Chicago White Sox
throws right
throwsPosition infielder
worldSeriesChampion 1917

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