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Swede Risberg
American baseball player (–)
Baseball player
| Swede Risberg | |
|---|---|
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| Shortstop | |
| Born:()October 13, San Francisco, California, U.S. | |
| Died: October 13, () (aged&#;81) Red Bluff, California, U.S. | |
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| April 11,&#;,&#;for the&#;Chicago White Sox | |
| September 27,&#;,&#;for the&#;Chicago White Sox | |
| Batting average | |
| Home runs | 6 |
| Runs batted in | |
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Charles August "Swede" Risberg (October 13, &#; October 13, ) was a Major League Baseballshortstop.
He played for the Chicago White Sox from to and is best known for his involvement in the Black Sox scandal.
Background
Charles Risberg was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He had very little education growing up and withdrew from school in the third grade. However, he soon developed a reputation as a good semipro pitcher and began his professional baseball career in
Risberg soon converted to shortstop.
In , he hit in the Class D Union Association[1] and was acquired by the Venice Tigers of the Pacific Coast League.
Swede risberg biography of michael jackson Background [ edit ]. I told them before the game [Game Two]. During his playing days, he had been spiked by an opposing player and the injury never properly healed, causing an eventual amputation. Defense lawyers presented Judge William Dever with a petition for a bill of particulars, a statement that would specify the charges against their clients with more specificity than the indictments contained.He was the club's utility infielder in and , gaining acclaim for his defensive skills. He was then bought by the American League's Chicago White Sox in early [2]
Major League Baseball
Risberg made his debut on April 11, for the White Sox. He was a below-average hitter, but because of his superb defensive abilities, he won the full-time job at shortstop.
Late in the season, Risberg experienced a terrible slump, and he only had two plate appearances, both as a pinch hitter, when the White Sox beat the New York Giants in the World Series.[2]
The next season, Risberg briefly returned to California to work in a shipyard as part of the war effort.
Although his job was termed essential and enabled him to avoid the draft, it consisted largely of playing baseball, as he batted for the shipyard ballclub.[2]
Risberg returned to the White Sox for the pennant-winning season. In September, he received positive press in the Atlanta Constitution, which labeled him a "miracle man" who had "blossomed out as a wonder" after making four plays that were "phenomenal."[2] Chicago was heavy favorites in World Series versus the Cincinnati Reds.
However, a group of White Sox players, including Risberg, agreed to intentionally lose the series in exchange for monetary payments from a network of gamblers. Risberg was one of the ringleaders, helping to convince some of his teammates to participate in the scheme. In the eight-game series, he was 2 for 25 at the plate and committed a World Series-record eight errors.
Biography of nat king cole I said if it was, I wasn't in on it Leo Katcher, author of The Big Bankroll , concluded that Rothstein declined the offer to participate in fixing the Series, deeming the enterprise too risky--too many players and too many people watching. He saw no reason to do Burns any favors. I muffed the ball on purpose.Risberg received $15, for his role in the fix,[2] an amount that was more than four times his regular-season salary. The scandal broke in late , and although the eight players were acquitted in the trial that followed, they were all banned from organized baseball by commissionerKenesaw Mountain Landis.[3]
Later years
Risberg continued to play semipro baseball for a decade after his banishment.
According to one source, "he came to Minnesota in with a traveling team called the Mesaba Range Black Sox, which featured two other members of the Black Sox team: Happy Felsch and Lefty Williams."[4] He played throughout the midwestern United States and Canada. Columbus, North Dakota newspaper reports claimed that Risberg played part of the season with a traveling team called Dellage's Cubans based in Lignite, North Dakota.
In , Risberg was called to testify about a gambling scandal involving Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. Although he presented no evidence regarding the scandal, he claimed that in he had collected money from other White Sox players to give to the Detroit Tigers so that the Tigers would intentionally lose some games.
However, his story was contradicted by more than 30 other men and it was disregarded.[2]
Risberg also worked on a dairy farm.
Swede risberg biography of michael jackson for kids For the season, Risberg posted a record with plus strikeouts as a pitcher. The Fix is Revealed Assistant State's Attorney Hartley Replogle with Joe Jackson Charles Comiskey tried to discourage talk of a fix, brought on by his team's dismal performance in the Series, by issuing a statement to the press. Asinof described Williams being greeted by a cigar-smoking man in a bowler hat when he and his wife were returning home from dinner. Darker undertones, however, stalked Risberg and the White Sox during the season.After his baseball career ended, he eventually ran a tavern and lumber business in the Northwest. During his playing days, he had been spiked by an opposing player and the injury never properly healed, causing an eventual amputation.[2] At the end of his life, he lived with his son[4] and remained an avid baseball fan.
Risberg died in Red Bluff, California in , on his 81st birthday. He was the last living Black Sox player.[2]
Risberg was portrayed by actor Don Harvey in the film Eight Men Out.