Members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox took money from gamblers to intentionally lose the World Series.
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The black sox scandal and throwing the 1919 World Series.
ESPN SportsCentury - 1999 Flashback The 1919 Black Sox Scandal was released on: USA: 31 July 2001
There is and never was a formation of a Major League Baseball team called the "Black Sox". The "Black Sox" is just a disparaging nick-name that was given to the Chicago White Sox after supposedly "throwing" (losing purposely) the 1919 World Series. It is Known as the Black Sox scandal.
The Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago "Black Sox" in the 1919 World Series
The 1919 winner of the American League pennant in baseball was the Chicago White Sox. However, it is important to note that the 1919 World Series in which they were a participant became infamous for the "Black Sox Scandal," as several players on the team were accused of conspiring to intentionally lose games.
In 1919, Meyer Wolfsheim was involved in fixing the World Series in a scandal known as the Black Sox scandal. He was rumored to have rigged the series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.
There are lots of people alive who know about the "Black Sox Scandal" due to the books, movie and historical accounts of the incident. However, since the "scandal" occured in 1919, over 90 years ago, there may be a few people alive today that would have a "first hand" knowledge of the event, but not many.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson debuted on August 25, 1908, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park; he played his final game on September 27, 1920, playing for the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park.
The 1919 Chicago White Sox lost the World Series to the Reds. It was discovered shortly after that the Sox players threw the series away and betted on the games. 8 or 9 Sox players were banned for life from the game of baseball. It eventually became known as the Black Sox Scandal, hence the name Black Sox.