Chick Gandil Essentials

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right
6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)
Born: January 19, 1888 in St. Paul, MN us
Died: December 13, 1970 in Calistoga, CA
Buried: St. Helena Cemetery, St. Helena, CA
High School: Oakland HS (Oakland, CA)
Debut: April 14, 1910
vs. SLB 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Last Game: September 28, 1919
vs. DET 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 SB
Full Name: Arnold Gandil
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Notable Events and Chronology for Chick Gandil Career

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September 29, 1913

Senators’ legend Walter Johnson beats the Philadelphia A’s, 1-0, to finish the season with 36 victories

May 14, 1914

Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to the Senators, 1 – 0, in the 10th

June 27, 1914

rain, bad umpiring by Ollie Chill, and lousy luck beat the Nationals Walter Johnson 4 – 2

February 25, 1917

The Chicago White Sox acquire first baseman Chick Gandil from the Cleveland Indians for $3,500.

June 1, 1918

Losing 5 – 4 against the Yankees, the Chicago White Sox load the bases in the 9th inning with no outs. Chick Gandil lines a shot to third baseman Frank Baker, who turns it into a game-ending triple play.

September 18, 1919

Arnold “Chick” Gandil of the Chicago White Sox meets with gambler Joseph Sullivan and talks about “fixing” the upcoming World Series

October 6, 1919

Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5

October 7, 1919

Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4

October 22, 1920

100 Years Later: The Scandal That Rocked Baseball – The 1919 Black Sox Indictments

March 12, 1921

Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspends eight members of the Chicago White Sox for their alleged involvement in the fixing of the 1919 World Series

March 22, 2022

Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series

At age 17, Gandil ran away from home to play ball in the rough-and-tumble towns along the Arizona-Mexico border. He supplemented his income by boxing in the local heavyweight division, picking up $150 a fight. He joined the White Sox in 1910, lasted part of a year, and was sold to Washington, where he remained until 1916. Gandil made the acquaintance of Sport Sullivan, a sports gambler and bookie. Sullivan had rich and powerful friends, and his friendships with ballplayers like Gandil were crucial to a World Series fixing scheme he planned to pull off.

Gandil rejoined the White Sox in 1917 as their regular first baseman, but he was a malcontent, and was later considered to be the ringleader of the 1919 WS fix. His contacts with Sullivan, Abe Attell, and Billy Maharg paved the way for the 1920 scandal. In that 1919 Series, Gandil batted a paltry .233 but committed only one error. Gandil refused to play for Charlie Comiskey in 1920, due to a salary dispute with the penurious owner. In 1921 he was banned from baseball by Commissioner Landis.

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