While they won in 1919, the Cincinnati Reds did not escape Kennesaw Mountain Landis. Just as eight Chicago White Sox players were barred for life, two Reds were later given life sentences. However, both were later reinstated. There are shadows wherever you go, I guess.
Heinie Groth got the Reds rolling in the 1919 World Series. In game one, which Cincinnati beat Chicago 9-1, he knocked home two runs. Yep, he collected more RBIs in that game then the entire White Sox (Or Black Sox) team combined.
But in the second contest, which was at home in Redland Field like the first contest, Groth failed to get a hit. His entire team got just four hits themselves. When the dust had settled, it was Cincinnati with a 4-2 win, and Groth scored a run. Cincy was off to Chicago for games three, four and five. They were all necessary since this was a best-of-nine affair.
Ray Fischer started game three, trying to get the Reds to within two games of their first World Series title. He actually went out and pitched one fine game. In the previous contest, Chicago got ten hits. Here, Fisher and Dolf Luque limited the home team to just seven hits.
Joe Jackson singled in a scoreless game to start the bottom of the second. Happy Felsch reached on an error. It was a bad throw to second by Fisher to second to try and get the force. The end result was two runners in scoring position and not a single man out. Chick Gandil, in on the fix, singled home both men. That was all Dickie Kerr needed. The Chicago pitcher was awesome in this outing.
Fisher himself gave up just one more run on a triple and a bunt single. Obviously, Jackson scored unearned. The Reds lost the game 3-0. But they won the next contest by that same score. Off the five hits by the Reds, none were by Groth. Groth did score a run in the fifth contest and Cincy won again. But again, Heinie had no hits.
Cincinnati, looking to wrap it up back at home in game six, got a hit and a walk from Groth. The hit was a two-bagger. The Reds build an early 4-0 lead before the Sox battled back and won it in extras. Although Groth doubled and scored in game seven, it was all Chicago. The White Sox built up a quick 4-0 lead and showed the Reds how to hold it. Not until the sixth inning did Cincinnati score.
Fisher came in with one down in the top of the fifth. Chicago had already nine hits and four runs off Red starter Slim Sallee. Ray got Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg out to avert further damage. Fisher, making his last appearance in the Fall Classic, was removed for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the frame. Dolph Luque came in and held the fort. It mattered little. Cincinnati was collapsing. It was back to Chicago. It was four games to three for the Reds. But hadn't it been four to one two games before?
Groth made sure Chicago got no closer. In the eighth game in Chicago, he singled and scored his first two trips to the plate. The Reds built a 5-0 lead before the White Sox finally got on the board. While Chicago ended up with another ten hits and five runs, Cincinnati added four more of their own to double 'em up, 10-5. Cincinnati had won the Fall Classic in 1919.
Groth wanted more than what the Reds were willing to give him two seasons later. The hold out ended as Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned him. The ban lasted two days, but it would have been a lifetime suspension had he not ended his exodus. Six seasons later, Groth retired from baseball. Although he returned to the World Series several more times, Heinie never again played on a winner.
Fisher wasn't able to return to baseball for his crime, however.
The Reds were in the process of cutting down his salary a thousand that same season. Unlike Groth, he ended up not playing for Cincinnati (Or any major league team) that season or ever again. Fisher learned that the University Of Michigan was looking for a head coach. Fischer found that, rather than pro baseball, more to his liking. Ray was 33 years old at the time. But his decision to leave Cincinnati proved to be a costly mistake. The Commissioner suspended him for life because he'd asked for his release from the Reds on only seven days' notice. You needed to do that at least ten days in advance.
The ban was later rescinded. It took some time, and his lifetime band went unnoticed by almost everyone, as it appeared to have been removed in the 1930s. He returned to major league baseball to do some spring instructions in the early 1960s. The official ban remained in place until Bowie Kuhn took it upon himself to have Ray Fisher's status of ineligible removed a few years before Fisher died in 1982.
References
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series: Complete Play-by-play of Every Game, 1903-1989. 4th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Print.
Nemec, David et all. 20th Century Baseball Chronicle: A Year-by-year History of Major League Baseball. Collector's Edition. Lincolnwood, Ill: Publications International, 1993. Print.
Society For American Baseball Research. Society For American Baseball Research. Web. 4 Apr. 2016. <sabr.org/>.
Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information. http://www.baseball-reference.com/. Web. 4 Apr. 2016.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 4 Apr. 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org>.
Heinie Groth got the Reds rolling in the 1919 World Series. In game one, which Cincinnati beat Chicago 9-1, he knocked home two runs. Yep, he collected more RBIs in that game then the entire White Sox (Or Black Sox) team combined.
But in the second contest, which was at home in Redland Field like the first contest, Groth failed to get a hit. His entire team got just four hits themselves. When the dust had settled, it was Cincinnati with a 4-2 win, and Groth scored a run. Cincy was off to Chicago for games three, four and five. They were all necessary since this was a best-of-nine affair.
Ray Fischer started game three, trying to get the Reds to within two games of their first World Series title. He actually went out and pitched one fine game. In the previous contest, Chicago got ten hits. Here, Fisher and Dolf Luque limited the home team to just seven hits.
Joe Jackson singled in a scoreless game to start the bottom of the second. Happy Felsch reached on an error. It was a bad throw to second by Fisher to second to try and get the force. The end result was two runners in scoring position and not a single man out. Chick Gandil, in on the fix, singled home both men. That was all Dickie Kerr needed. The Chicago pitcher was awesome in this outing.
Fisher himself gave up just one more run on a triple and a bunt single. Obviously, Jackson scored unearned. The Reds lost the game 3-0. But they won the next contest by that same score. Off the five hits by the Reds, none were by Groth. Groth did score a run in the fifth contest and Cincy won again. But again, Heinie had no hits.
Cincinnati, looking to wrap it up back at home in game six, got a hit and a walk from Groth. The hit was a two-bagger. The Reds build an early 4-0 lead before the Sox battled back and won it in extras. Although Groth doubled and scored in game seven, it was all Chicago. The White Sox built up a quick 4-0 lead and showed the Reds how to hold it. Not until the sixth inning did Cincinnati score.
Fisher came in with one down in the top of the fifth. Chicago had already nine hits and four runs off Red starter Slim Sallee. Ray got Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg out to avert further damage. Fisher, making his last appearance in the Fall Classic, was removed for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the frame. Dolph Luque came in and held the fort. It mattered little. Cincinnati was collapsing. It was back to Chicago. It was four games to three for the Reds. But hadn't it been four to one two games before?
Groth made sure Chicago got no closer. In the eighth game in Chicago, he singled and scored his first two trips to the plate. The Reds built a 5-0 lead before the White Sox finally got on the board. While Chicago ended up with another ten hits and five runs, Cincinnati added four more of their own to double 'em up, 10-5. Cincinnati had won the Fall Classic in 1919.
Groth wanted more than what the Reds were willing to give him two seasons later. The hold out ended as Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned him. The ban lasted two days, but it would have been a lifetime suspension had he not ended his exodus. Six seasons later, Groth retired from baseball. Although he returned to the World Series several more times, Heinie never again played on a winner.
Fisher wasn't able to return to baseball for his crime, however.
The Reds were in the process of cutting down his salary a thousand that same season. Unlike Groth, he ended up not playing for Cincinnati (Or any major league team) that season or ever again. Fisher learned that the University Of Michigan was looking for a head coach. Fischer found that, rather than pro baseball, more to his liking. Ray was 33 years old at the time. But his decision to leave Cincinnati proved to be a costly mistake. The Commissioner suspended him for life because he'd asked for his release from the Reds on only seven days' notice. You needed to do that at least ten days in advance.
The ban was later rescinded. It took some time, and his lifetime band went unnoticed by almost everyone, as it appeared to have been removed in the 1930s. He returned to major league baseball to do some spring instructions in the early 1960s. The official ban remained in place until Bowie Kuhn took it upon himself to have Ray Fisher's status of ineligible removed a few years before Fisher died in 1982.
References
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series: Complete Play-by-play of Every Game, 1903-1989. 4th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Print.
Nemec, David et all. 20th Century Baseball Chronicle: A Year-by-year History of Major League Baseball. Collector's Edition. Lincolnwood, Ill: Publications International, 1993. Print.
Society For American Baseball Research. Society For American Baseball Research. Web. 4 Apr. 2016. <sabr.org/>.
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 4 Apr. 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org>.
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