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Chick Gandil

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Baseball Player

The Resume

    (January 19, 1888-December 13, 1970)
    Born in St. Paul, Minnesota
    Birth name was Charles Arnold Gandil
    First baseman for the Chicago White Sox (1910,1917-19), Washington Senators (1912-15) and Cleveland Indians (1916)
    One of the ‘Black Sox’ who threw the 1919 World Series
    Banned from Major League Baseball for life

Why he might be annoying:

    While playing minor league ball in Fresno, he was arrested for stealing $225 from the team coffers (1909).
    He was a chain smoker who would light up between innings.
    He was the organizer of the Black Sox and was the one who first approached gamblers about fixing the World Series.
    He collected $35,000 for arranging the fix.
    He gave a revisionist interview to ‘Sports Illustrated’ (1956), in which he claimed the Black Sox realized they could never get away with fixing the World Series and tried their best to win, but played poorly due to the suspicion they were under. He also claimed to have never received any of the gamblers’ money for arranging the fix.
    He held a long-term grudge against Black Sox pitcher Eddie Cicotte, who confessed to a grand jury: ‘I don't believe we would have ever been caught if he hadn't gabbed.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    In high school, he was the quarterback on the football team in addition to playing multiple positions on the baseball team.
    He and Laurel Kelly were married for 62 years.
    He led the American League first basemen in fielding percentage for four seasons (1912,1916-17,1919).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying