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Black Sox Nicknames (1919) Trivia Quiz

Chicago White Sox in 1919

The "Black Sox" were the Chicago White Sox team that lost the 1919 World Series because eight players were in cahoots with gamblers. This quiz is about the fun nicknames of those players and a few others on the team.

A multiple-choice quiz by daveguth. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
daveguth

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
417,874

Updated
Oct 16 24

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. The most famous and most talented player on the team was Joseph Jefferson Jackson. What was his nickname? Hint

Sugarless Joe

Sleepless Joe

Smokeless Joe

Shoeless Joe

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Question 2 of 10

2. One of the infamous eight was Charles August Risberg, the team's shortstop. What was his nickname? Hint

Dutch

Swede

Kaiser

Duetsch

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the nickname of George Daniel Weaver, the team's third baseman? Hint

Buddy

Brick

Buck

Bear

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Question 4 of 10

4. Claude Preston Williams was one of the team's starting pitchers. What was his nickname? Hint

Lefty

Whitey

Rube

Hopper

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Question 5 of 10

5. The team's centerfielder and co-conspirator was Oscar Emil Felsch. What was his nickname? Hint

Happy

Sleepy

Doc

Dopey

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the nickname of Charles Arnold Gandil, the Black Sox first baseman? Hint

Brick

Chick

Big Stick

Nick

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Question 7 of 10

7. You might know pitcher Edward Victor Cicotte as Eddie. His more interesting nickname is usually not mentioned when the Black Sox players are listed. What was that nickname? Hint

Bullet

Eagle Eye

Knuckles

Frenchie

8. Only 7 of the 8 co-consipirators had nicknames (the eighth player, Fred McMullin, apparently was never so honored.) So that left three (presumably) innocent teammates. Urban Clarence Faber was a starting pitcher on the team. What was his nickname? Hint

Blue

Red

Whitey

Goldie

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Question 9 of 10

9. The team's right fielder (one of the three innocent teammates) was John Francis Collins -- he was no relation to the team's Hall of Fame second baseman Eddie Collins. What was John Francis's nickname? Hint

Socko

Beano

Shano

Bingo

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Question 10 of 10

10. The team's manager, who was also an innocent party, was William Jethro Gleason. What was his nickname? Hint

Skip

Kid

Sarge

Cap

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The most famous and most talented player on the team was Joseph Jefferson Jackson. What was his nickname?

Answer: Shoeless Joe

Poor Shoeless Joe -- he recanted his confession to the grand jury and claimed his innocence until he died in 1951. He had a great argument -- he hit .375 in the series and set a record for most hits (12) in a world series (not broken until 1964 when Bobby Richardson had 13 hits for the NYY against the St. Louis Cardinals).

2. One of the infamous eight was Charles August Risberg, the team's shortstop. What was his nickname?

Answer: Swede

Swede Risberg may have been the worst culprit of the eight co-conspirators. He had only 2 hits in 25 at bats and made 4 errors in the field. He died in 1975--the last of the Black Sox to pass away.

3. What was the nickname of George Daniel Weaver, the team's third baseman?

Answer: Buck

Buck Weaver also said he was innocent, claiming that, even though he attended early meetings with the gamblers, he wasn't in on the fix. He played almost as well as Shoeless Joe Jackson, hitting .324 with 11 hits. He did admit that he knew the secret plan, but was never reinstated.

4. Claude Preston Williams was one of the team's starting pitchers. What was his nickname?

Answer: Lefty

Lefty Williams was definitely in on the fix. He had a fantastic season in 1919, going 23-11 with a 2.64 ERA. But surprisingly (at the time), he went 0-3 in the series with an ERA of 6.63. By the way, he received $5,000 for losing those games--almost double his regular season salary of $2,600.

5. The team's centerfielder and co-conspirator was Oscar Emil Felsch. What was his nickname?

Answer: Happy

Happy Felsch's guilt was pretty clear--he hit poorly in the series, plus he misplayed some easy flyballs in the field. I wonder if he changed his nickname to "Grumpy" after he was permanently kicked out of baseball.

6. What was the nickname of Charles Arnold Gandil, the Black Sox first baseman?

Answer: Chick

Chick Gandil was the ringleader of the group--he was the one who first made contact with the gambles and then recruited the players. Though there's evidence that Gandil was involved in earlier fixes, he claimed the Black Sox players had changed their minds during the series, and only made mistakes because they were nervous they were being watched. Yeah, right.

7. You might know pitcher Edward Victor Cicotte as Eddie. His more interesting nickname is usually not mentioned when the Black Sox players are listed. What was that nickname?

Answer: Knuckles

Eddie "Knuckles" Cicotte was a knuckleball specialist. He had an excellent career--winning over 200 games. Though he was the first of the eight Black Sox to confess, he later recanted his confession.

Answer: Red

Red Faber may have been the best pitcher on the Chicago White Sox staff in 1919. Unfortunately, he came down with the flu (possible the Spanish flu) and missed the series. It's been argued that if had been available to pitch, the fix would have been called off.

Answer: Shano

Shano Collins's nickname was a play on the name "Sean," the Gaelic equivalent of John. He didn't have a particularly great career or a great 1919 world series. But at least he was never accussed of being in on the Black Sox fix.

10. The team's manager, who was also an innocent party, was William Jethro Gleason. What was his nickname?

Answer: Kid

Kid Gleason was a good player and a decent manager, but I think the guy he succeeded as White Sox manager had an even better nickname: Clarence "Pants" Rowland. Pants had a very successful later career as president of the Pacific Coast League.

Source: Author daveguth

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