The 24 People Banned from MLB

The MLB has a strict set of rules to promote sportsmanship and integrity in the sport. Several players and personnel have been banned for unsportsmanlike behavior. The list of the 24 people banned by the MLB includes players, coaches, and officials.

The Black Sox Scandal involved game fixing and gambling. Eight Chicago White Sox players were banned for life for the 1919 World Series loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

Joe Gedeon was banned from MLB for his involvement in the 1919 World Series scandal. He confessed to the White Sox owner Charles Comiskey that the series would be fixed. Gedden played seven years in MLB, including stopovers with the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees.

Gene Paulette was banned from baseball for six years. He was involved in the Black Sox scandal. Pauleton had a career with the New York Giants, St. Louis Browns, and St Louis Cardinals.

Jack O'Conner and Harry Howell tried to bribe the official scorer to give Nap Lajoie an advantage over Ty Cobb.

Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan tried to pay $500 to their opponent, the Philadelphia Phillies’ Heinie Sand, to give them an advantage. They were banned from the league permanently.

William Cox was the first non-player to be banned by the commissioner in 1943. He was found guilty of betting on his team for at least 15 games. Cox sold the Philadelphia Phillies to Bob Carpenter.

Pete Rose was banned from MLB for betting on his own team. Rose is appealing the ban. He played in the big leagues for 24 years and won many awards. He is a three-time NL Batting Champion.

Horace Fogel was banned from the National League after he was found guilty of five charges. He was accused of giving the New York Giants an advantage. The umpire William Brennan dropped the libel charge against him.

Lee Magee was released by the Chicago Cubs after he confessed to betting against his team. He sued the team for termination of the contract and was banned for life by Judge Landis.

Ray Fisher was banned for life from baseball in 1919. He was punished for taking a pay cut to get a head coaching job at the University of Michigan.

Phil Douglas was banned for life in 1922 for a letter he wrote to Leslie Mann. Douglas played in the MLB for nine years and had stopovers with the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Robins and Chicago Cubs.

Jenrry Mejia was banned from MLB for life after he tested positive for steroids thrice in a single year. MeJia played 14 games in his five-year career.

John Coppolella was banned for life from MLB for breaking international signing rules. 13 players signed by the Braves during the period immediately became unrestricted free agents.

Bennie Kauff was banned from baseball because of an auto theft conviction. He played for the New York Giants for eight seasons.

Chris Correa was working as a scouting director for the Cardinals since 2009. He was found guilty of hacking into the Houston Astros’ database and was banned from the MLB and sentenced to 46 months in prison. The Cardinals were fined $2 million and forced to surrender two draft picks.