Kenesaw Mountain Landis (/ˈkɛnɪsɔː ˈmaʊntɪn ˈlændɪs/; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal...

owners tapped federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, an ardent baseball fan, to serve as the reformed commission's chairman. Landis responded by declaring...

response, the National Baseball Commission was dissolved and Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed to be the first Commissioner of Baseball, given absolute...

maintained an official list of "permanently ineligible" people since Kenesaw Mountain Landis was installed as the first Commissioner of Baseball in 1920. Although...

conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson from baseball after the 1920 season. During the...

which was commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston. Federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first commissioner of Major League Baseball, was named after...

1986 Scorpion as Joel / Noel G. Koch 1988 Eight Men Out as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 1989 Deadly Innocents as Gus 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation...

Cincinnati Reds. In response, the new Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, banned the players from the league for life. The White Sox have...

Baseball in place. In 1920, the various franchise owners installed Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the first "Commissioner of Baseball". In August 1921, despite...

the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866–1944), American federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball Kennesaw Mountain High School...

In 1945, Chandler resigned his Senate seat to succeed the late Kenesaw Mountain Landis as commissioner of baseball. His most significant action as commissioner...

overruling a trial court decision by U.S. District Court Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis against Rep. Victor L. Berger, a Congressman for Wisconsin's 5th...

and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game. Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract as a result. The first girl to play on a boys...

office of the Commissioner of Baseball. The first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, was elected in 1920. That year also saw the founding of the Negro...

Landis was born on July 17, 1896, in Ottawa, Illinois, United States. He was the only son of Winifred Reed Landis and federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis...

recommending no further action against Judge Dayton, was adopted. In 1920 Judge Landis left the bench to become Commissioner of Baseball, but neglected to resign...

replicating the Series and undermining its value. Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspended the trio until May 20, 1922, and fined them their 1921...

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the mid-1920s, when a public dispute with baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis culminated in his forced resignation as league president. Born...

was assigned to Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Landis opted not to rule on the...

acquitted of any wrongdoing. However, newly appointed commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis bans the eight men for life because they either intentionally lost...

second baseball commissioner to die in office, the first being Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1944. Fay Vincent, Giamatti's close friend and baseball's first...

(American baseball player) Lou Gehrig (American baseball player) Kenesaw Mountain Landis (American Baseball Commissioner) Gene Tunney (American boxer) Jack...

District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Wilkerson was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 18...

dazzling performance. Of his appearance, Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis told him, "Berg, in just thirty minutes you did more for baseball...

after Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Commissioner of Baseball, who served from 1920 until his death on November 25, 1944. Formally named the Kenesaw Mountain...

period was increasing. On August 4, 1944, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis named three new members to the Hall of Fame Committee (also known...

Orioles § Baseball Hall of Famers. Note: This was re-named the Kenesaw Mountain Landis Memorial Baseball Award in 1944. 1964: Brooks Robinson 1966: Frank...

branch. One of the earliest known usages of the term was for Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who was named commissioner of baseball, with broad powers to clean...

were opposed by Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball's powerful commissioner and a staunch segregationist. Bill Veeck claimed that Landis blocked his purchase...