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Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball (1920–44).. Prior to 1920, players were banned by the decision of a committee. There were 14 players banned from 1865 to 1920; of those, 12 were banned for association with gambling or attempting to fix games, one was banned for violating the reserve clause, and one was banned for making disparaging remarks.
He was put on baseball's "permanently ineligible" list, along with the likes of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the seven other Chicago White Sox players MLB determined to have thrown the 1919 World Series.
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The Hall of Fame's board decided in 1991 that players on the permanently ineligible list also may not appear on the Hall ballot. Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose's lifetime ban from ...
In February 2004, Major League Baseball announced a new drug policy which originally included random, offseason testing and 10-day suspensions for first-time offenders, 30 days for second-time offenders, 60 days for third-time offenders, and one year for fourth-time offenders, all without pay, in an effort to curtail performance-enhancing drug use (PED) in professional baseball.
Players who played in at least 10 major league seasons, who are not on Major League Baseball's ineligible list (e.g., Pete Rose), and have been retired for 16 or more seasons (players last active in 1997 or earlier); Managers and umpires with 10 or more years in baseball and retired for at least five years.
Anyone on the permanently ineligible list can't be considered for election to the Hall under a rule adopted by the Hall's board of directors in 1991. Rose's status didn't change when he died ...
a) Misconduct in Playing Baseball (throwing games) b) Gift for Defeating Competing Club; c) Gifts to Umpires; d) Gambling Betting on other baseball teams (1 year ineligible) Betting on own team (permanently ineligible) Using an illegal bookmaker (Commissioner decides penalty) e) Violence or Misconduct (judgement of Commissioner) f) Other Misconduct