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Shortstop · Chicago White Sox · one of the eight · 1894–1975

Swede Risberg

Gandil's chief ally among the players and the fix's enforcer on the infield. Risberg hit just .080 in the 1919 Series and was among the most defiant afterward about his involvement. Playing-days cards of him are scarce; the W514 strip issue is one of the few period pieces that names him. Acquitted in the 1921 criminal trial, banned for life by Landis the next day. He never returned to Organized Baseball.

Sources
  1. sabr.org
  2. baseballhall.org

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