Shano Collins
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John Francis "Shano" Collins was an American right fielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.
Shano Collins
Black Sox Scandal
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The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinna
Shano Collins
…mark in 1949. Collins still holds the MLB career record of eight triples with the bases loaded. During the notorious 1919 World Series, tainted by the Black Sox Scandal, Collins went 4-for-16 at the plate for the White Sox. He was not among those implicated in the scandal. In the indictments of the key figures in the…
1919 Chicago White Sox team photo
Chick Gandil, the mastermind of the scandal
Infielders Swede Risberg (left) and Buck Weaver during their 1921 trial
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis signs the agreement to become Commissioner of Baseball, November 12, 1920.