Eddie Cicotte

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Eddie Cicotte was a star Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox whose role in fixing the 1919 World Series led to a lifetime ban from the sport.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball pitcher
human
bats right
burialPlace Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes
chargeOrClaim conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1884-06-19
dateOfDeath 1969-05-05
disciplinaryAction lifetime ban from Major League Baseball
disciplinedBy Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis
earnedRunAverage 2.38
ethnicGroup French-Canadian descent
familyName Cicotte
finalMLBGameDate 1920-09-16
finalMLBTeam Chicago White Sox
fullName Edward Victor Cicotte
givenName Edward
hallOfFameStatus not inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame
knownFor being one of the Black Sox
being one of the key pitchers on the Chicago White Sox
involvement in fixing the 1919 World Series
league American League
memberOfSportsTeam Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
middleName Victor
MLBDebutDate 1905-09-03
MLBDebutTeam Detroit Tigers
notableWork 1917 World Series champion season
occupation baseball player
participatedIn 1917 World Series
1919 World Series
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Farmington, Michigan, United States
positionPlayed pitcher
postCareerOccupation game warden
mill worker
residence Farmington, Michigan, United States
seasonWins 29 (1919)
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
strikeouts 1376
threw knuckleball
shine ball
throws right
winLossRecord 208–149


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