Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), nicknamed "Commy" or "the Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager...
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Black Sox Scandal (redirect from Comiskey and the black sox trial)
case of Shoeless Joe Jackson), the ban remains in force. In 1919, Charles Comiskey, the owner of the Chicago White Sox and a prominent Major League Baseball...
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1910 through 1990. Built by White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and designed by Zachary Taylor Davis, Comiskey Park hosted four World Series and more than...
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Guaranteed Rate Field (redirect from New Comiskey Park)
Guaranteed Rate Field, formerly Comiskey Park and U.S. Cellular Field, is a baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States...
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was denied five starts towards the end of the season by team owner Charles Comiskey, who had manager Kid Gleason bench him to "save his arm for the World...
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hotel room. Jackson then tried to tell White Sox owner Charles Comiskey about the fix. Still, Comiskey refused to meet with him. Unable to afford legal counsel...
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Chicago White Sox (section Comiskey Park)
League again until after founder Charles Comiskey died and passed ownership of the club to his son, J. Louis Comiskey. They finished in the upper half...
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the team to be a charter member of a new league, the AA, in 1882. Charles Comiskey was the first manager in franchise history to hold the position for...
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motivated by a mixture of greed and a dislike of penurious club owner Charles Comiskey, to implement the fix. Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty"...
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Chicago, Comiskey was the grandson of the team's founder, Charles Comiskey. Comiskey's father, Lou, inherited the team after Charles Comiskey's death in...
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protesting an umpiring decision. The managers, Cap Anson (St. Louis) and Charles Comiskey (Chicago), initially agreed to disregard the game. When St. Louis won...
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John Comiskey (politician) (1826–1900), father of Charles Comiskey Charles Comiskey (1859–1931), player, manager, team owner J. Louis Comiskey (1885–1939)...
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limited partnership. He followed previous eccentric White Sox owners Charles Comiskey, who was known as a miser, and Veeck, who was known as a prankster...
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thereafter they became the dominant team in the AA, as manager Charlie Comiskey guided St. Louis to four pennants in a row from 1885 to 1888. Pitcher and...
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this time, Johnson befriended Charles Comiskey, who was then manager of the Cincinnati Reds. At the urging of Comiskey and Reds owner John T. Brush, Johnson...
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Pirates entry in the Players' League of 1890 (whose roster included Charles Comiskey), and then was the home of the National League club now called the...
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was soon nicknamed Comiskey Park by the press in honor of team owner Charles Comiskey. The name was officially changed to Comiskey Park in 1913. An apocryphal...
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1956. Comiskey was the daughter-in-law of Charles Comiskey and inherited control of the White Sox upon the death of her husband, J. Louis Comiskey. Comiskey...
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McCarthy† .615 3,487 2,125 1,333 6 Jim Mutrie .611 1,114 658 419 7 Charles Comiskey† .608 1,408 839 540 8 Frank Selee† .597 2,180 1,284 862 Billy Southworth†...
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(installment 9) Dorothy Dix (installment 9) Stella Mayhew (installment 9) Charles Comiskey (installment 10) Mike Donlin (installment 10) Larry Doyle (installment...
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failing to tell team officials. Weaver successfully sued White Sox owner Charles Comiskey for his 1921 salary. When Shoeless Joe Jackson did the same, the jury...
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Grabiner (1915–1945) Leslie O'Connor (1946–1948) Frank Lane (1948–1955) Chuck Comiskey (1956–1958) Johnny Rigney (1956–1958) Hank Greenberg (1959–1961) Ed Short...
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Some of the notable cards in the series include baseball players Charles Comiskey, Cap Anson, and Jack Glasscock, as well as non-athletes like Buffalo...
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greatest baseball teams ever assembled; however, the team's stingy owner, Charles Comiskey, gives little inclination to reward his players for a spectacular season...
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Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15, 2010. "Hall of Famers: Charles Comiskey". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved October 15,...
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Anderson Jake Beckley Johnny Bench * Jim Bottomley Mordecai Brown Charles Comiskey Sam Crawford Kiki Cuyler Leo Durocher Buck Ewing Warren Giles * Ken...
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1919 World Series (category Events at Comiskey Park)
and a few other teammates to World War I service. The team's owner, Charles Comiskey, fired manager Pants Rowland after the season and replaced him with...
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American League, the owner was a former player or manager himself: Charles Comiskey of the Chicago White Sox, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics...
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starring Jack Nicholson, and Chicago White Sox baseball team owner Charles Comiskey in Eight Men Out (1988), a drama about the corrupt 1919 Chicago White...
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171 .581 — — — — 5 Tom Loftus 1890–1891 272 133 136 .494 — — — — 6 Charles Comiskey† 1892–1894 420 202 206 .495 — — — — 7 Buck Ewing† 1895–1899 708 394...
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