Born:(1884-06-19)June 19, 1884 Springwells, Michigan, U.S.
Died: May 5, 1969(1969-05-05) (aged 84) Livonia, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Both
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 3, 1905, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
208–149
Earned run average
2.38
Strikeouts
1,374
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1905)
Boston Red Sox (1908–1912)
Chicago White Sox (1912–1920)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1917)
2× AL wins leader (1917, 1919)
AL ERA leader (1917)
Pitched a no-hitter on April 14, 1917
Edward Victor Cicotte (/ˈsiːkɒt/;[1][2] June 19, 1884 – May 5, 1969), nicknamed "Knuckles", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best known for his time with the Chicago White Sox. He was one of eight players permanently ineligible for professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal in the 1919 World Series, in which the favored White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games.[3] The "fixing" of the 1919 World Series is the only recognized gambling scandal to tarnish a World Series.[4]
^SBNation South Side Sox – Eddie Cicotte: From the Hall of Fame Library player files
^"Cicotte Calls Life Sentence Too Rough". Charleston Gazette, p. 13.
^Pegler, Westbrook (September 24, 1956)
^Pennington, Bill (May 14, 2011)"Whiff of Scandal Wafts Over 1918 World Series" New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
Edward Victor Cicotte (/ˈsiːkɒt/; June 19, 1884 – May 5, 1969), nicknamed "Knuckles", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball best...
was led by a pair of aces and a very promising rookie. Knuckleballer EddieCicotte had become one of the AL's best pitchers after turning 30 and discovering...
starts that went instead to two of the alleged conspirators, pitchers EddieCicotte and Lefty Williams. On October 1, the day of Game One, there were rumors...
the establishment of the office of Commissioner of Baseball. In 1919, EddieCicotte led the majors with 29 wins and 30 complete games, going 29–7 for the...
Alva Warren Cicotte (/ˈsiːkɒt/; December 23, 1929 – November 29, 1982), nicknamed "Bozo", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player. Cicotte pitched in...
to convince a select group of Sox—including star knuckleball pitcher EddieCicotte, who led the majors with a 29–7 win–loss record and an earned run average...
knuckleball. A 1908 article credited Lew Moren as the inventor of the pitch. Ed Cicotte earned a full-time spot with the Detroit Tigers in 1908, earning the nickname...
American Association—his pitch likely resembled the knuckle curve—and EddieCicotte of the Chicago White Sox, who in 1908 was nicknamed "Knuckles", are...
credited by the New York Press for inventing the knuckleball; however EddieCicotte is today more often cited as the inventor of the pitch. Moren retired...
Sox won Game 1 of the Series in Chicago 2–1 behind a complete game by EddieCicotte. Happy Felsch hit a home run in the fourth inning that provided the...
series in six games, thanks in large part to the workhorse efforts of EddieCicotte and Red Faber. It would be the team's last world championship until...
wrongdoing. He told investigators he knew something was wrong when pitchers EddieCicotte and Lefty Williams did not throw the pitches he had called for. The...
against EddieCicotte of the White Sox. Chicago opened the scoring in the top of the first inning, when Shoeless Joe Jackson singled home Eddie Collins...
Walter Johnson† 1.55 1916 Babe Ruth† 1.75 Boston Red Sox EddieCicotte 1.78 1917 EddieCicotte 1.53 Chicago White Sox Carl Mays 1.74 1918 Walter Johnson†...
298 20 Reb Russell 2.334 21 Andy Coakley 2.350 Eddie Plank * 2.350 23 Larry Corcoran 2.355 24 EddieCicotte 2.380 25 George McQuillan 2.381 26 Ed Killian...
1917, beating the New York Giants in six games with help from stars EddieCicotte and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. The Sox were heavily favored in the 1919...
years before returning to form with the talents of players such as EddieCicotte and they won 100 games in 1917 for the first time in franchise history...
Beulah Gasnick Michael Milhoan as Buck Weaver (3B) Steve Eastin as EddieCicotte (P) Charles Hoyes as Swede Risberg (C) Art LaFleur as Chick Gandil (1B)...
Shawkey 24 1917 EddieCicotte 28 Chicago White Sox Babe Ruth† 24 1918 Walter Johnson† 23 Washington Senators Stan Coveleski† 22 1919 EddieCicotte 29 Chicago...
exceptions. Walter Johnson (September 14, 1914 to July 6, 1915) and EddieCicotte (September 15, 1916 to July 25, 1917) each had over 24 quality starts...
Sale's 15 strikeouts are tied for second most in franchise history with EddieCicotte, Ed Walsh, and Jim Scott. Jack Harshman and Lance Lynn hold the White...
gamblers until that September day in 1919 when Sullivan walked up to EddieCicotte and me as we left our hotel in Boston. As I recall, we were four games...
and got six of them to agree to throw the Series: starting pitchers EddieCicotte and Lefty Williams, shortstop Swede Risberg, left fielder Shoeless Joe...
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