The nature of the scandal was simple: members of the Chicago White Sox took money from gamblers and agreed to not play in this Series to the best of their ability. No surprise, the White Sox lost the Series.
Every player that either took money, or refused to report the taking of money, was banned from professional Baseball for life.
There were actually eight players accused of fixing the 1919 World Series: Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Arnold Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles Risberg, George Weaver and Claude Williams.
His name was "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. Wikipedia will tell you much more about him.
Only one that we know about for sure -- the 1919 World Series, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing games for money.
Arnold Rothstein.
"Eight Men Out" 1988
The black sox scandal and throwing the 1919 World Series.
The Winning player's share in the 2009 World Series was $365,052.73. The losing player's share was $265,357.50.
The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame--- - 1999 The 1919 White Sox for 'Throwing' the World Series was released on: USA: 3 November 2005
Robinson's 9 base hits tied the World Series record for most base hits by a player in a 5 game World Series. This is still the record for a 5 game Series ... the last player accomplishing this was Sean Casey of the Tigers in the 2006 World Series.
World Series Most Valuable Player Award was created in 1955.
College World Series Most Outstanding Player was created in 1949.
How much does a player for the world series receive.... win or lose..?? thanks
Yes. Yogi Berra won 10 World Series as a player for the New York Yankees. This is the most World Series won by a player in MLB hsitory.