Kenesaw Landis
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
- Born November 20, 1866 in Millville, OH USA
- Died November 25, 1944 in Chicago, IL USA
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1944
[edit] Biographical Information
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis became the first Commissioner of baseball in 1920. He is best known for his handling of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. He served as Commissioner until his death in 1944.
Prior to becoming baseball commissioner, Landis served as a federal judge. He was appointed to the bench in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Landis's unusual name is related to the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, in Georgia, where his father, a surgeon serving in the Union Army, lost a leg.
Inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
Quote: "We do not want baseball in America exempt from the liabilities of common life in America. We want the same rules applied and enforced on us as on everyone else." Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 1943.
[edit] Further Reading
- David Pietrusza, Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, South Bend: Diamond Communications, 1998.
