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The Banned List
Players banned from baseball, taken from the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society's Web site.
BLACK SOX SCANDAL (ALL 1921): Bill Burns, Eddie Cicotte, Happy Felsch, Chick Gandil, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, Lefty Williams. Joe Gedeon: Friend of Swede Risberg, knew about the Black Sox Scandal and placed bets for Risberg.
Cozy Dolan (1924): Alleged to have been behind attempt to fix a game in 1924.
Phil Douglas (1922): Wrote a letter offering to desert the Giants, if given money, so that he would not have to help John McGraw win the pennant (he was mad at McGraw for chewing him out).
Jean Dubuc (1922): Involved with Hal Chase in fixing of games during the 1919 season.
Benny Kauff (1920's): Banned after being charged in New York with auto theft and receiving stolen property.
Lee Magee (1919): Confessed to having helped Hal Chase fix games in 1918.
Jimmy O'Connell (1924): Told Philadelphia infielder Heinie Sand before a game in 1924 that 'it will be worth $500.00 to you if you don't bear down on us too hard today.'
Gene Paulette (1919): Accepted gifts from St. Louis gambler Carl Zork.
Heinie Zimmerman (1919): Involved with Hal Chase in game fixing during the 1919 season.
Pete Rose (1989): Official ruling: Conduct detrimental to baseball. Unofficial ruling: He had a gambling problem.