Kennesaw Mountain Landis
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Born: 20 November 1866 Died: 25 November 1944
Country of origin: United States
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an American jurist who served as a federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and as the first Commissioner of Baseball from 1920 until his death. He is remembered for his handling of the Black Sox scandal, in which he expelled eight members of the Chicago White Sox from organized baseball for conspiring to lose the 1919 World Series and repeatedly refused their reinstatement requests. His firm actions and iron rule over baseball in the near quarter-century of his commissioner-ship are generally credited with restoring public confidence in the game.
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