1919 Major League Baseball season 1919 Major League Baseball season The 1919 Major League Baseball season, is best remembered for the Black Sox Scandal, in which the Chicago White Sox threw (purposely lost) the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, 5–3, in order to illegally gain money from gambling. This scandal resulted in commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banning eight players from baseball for life. The season began on April 19, 1919, when the Brooklyn Robins defeated the Boston Braves 5–2 at Braves Field in the first game of a double header. The regular season ended on September 29 with the New York Yankees defeating the
Babe Ruth League along with the Host League and State Champion compete for the World Series Title. The World Series can be hosted by any chartered league which in turn gets an automatic bid into the World Series. The Cal Ripken Major/70 World Series is hosted annually at the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, MD. The Host Team is the Harford County, MD Champion. 8 International Teams compete for the International Championship with the winner playing the US Champion for the World Championship. The Babe Ruth League Hall of Fame was established in 1968. Individuals are inducted each year. Organizations are inducted from time