February 15, 20233 yr February 15, 1917 - The White Sox, badly needing a competent first baseman, reacquired Arnold “Chick” Gandil from Cleveland for $3,500 dollars. Gandil would go on to become the ring leader of the infamous “Black Sox” scandal in 1919. In his last regular season game for the Sox, he’d go 3 for 4 in a loss to Detroit. In that tainted World Series, Gandil would hit .233 with a triple and five RBI’s. Perhaps sensing what was coming he retired after the World Series loss to the Reds. In 1910 he actually started his career with the White Sox playing 77 games but after only hitting .193 he was sold to Montreal of the Eastern League.
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