Buck Weaver
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1919 photograph of George "Buck" Weaver
George Daniel "Buck" Weaver (August 18, 1890 - January 31, 1956) was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He is probably best known for his connection to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
Weaver was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and began his major league career on April 11, 1912 as a shortstop White Sox. Weaver switched to third base in 1917 after Swede Risberg joined the team.
Although he attended the group's initial meetings, Weaver did not actually participate in the conspiracy to fix the World Series. However, he did not report the conspiracy to team officials, and for that Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned him for life from Major League Baseball. Landis said: "Men associating with crooks and gamblers could expect no leniency."
To no avail, Buck Weaver applied six times for reinstatement to baseball before his death in 1956.
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