Charles Gandil

American baseball player

Also known as: Chick Gandil

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Arnold "Chick" Gandil was an American professional baseball player, born on January 19, 1888. He played as a first baseman for the Chicago White Sox from 1910 to 1919. Gandil was one of the eight players accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series in what became known as the Black Sox Scandal. The players were allegedly bribed by gamblers to lose the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Although the players were acquitted in court, the new baseball commissioner, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, banned all eight players from professional baseball for life. Gandil had a career batting average of .277 with 1,176 hits and 11 home runs. He passed away on December 13, 1970.12

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Black Sox Scandal
…Claude (“Lefty”) Williams, first baseman Arnold (“Chick”) Gandil, shortstop Charles (“Swede”) Risberg, third baseman George (“Buck”) Weaver, outfielders Joe (“Shoeless Joe”) Jackson and Oscar (“Happy”) Felsch, and utility infielder Fred McMullin. Court records suggest that the eight players received $70,000 to $100,000 for losing
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…Claude (“Lefty”) Williams, first baseman Arnold (“Chick”) Gandil, shortstop Charles (“Swede”) Risberg, third baseman George (“Buck”) Weaver, outfielders Joe (“Shoeless Joe”) Jackson and Oscar (“Happy”) Felsch, and utility infielder Fred McMullin. Court records suggest that the eight players received $70,000 to $100,000 for losing
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