# MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled today that “permanent ineligibility” from baseball ends upon the person’s death

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**Created:** [May 13, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-ruled-today-that-permanent-ineligibility-from-baseball-ends-upon-the-person-s-death/1018345 "2025-05-13T20:08:12Z")
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Here is the full list of seventeen people (sixteen players and one owner, I believe) impacted by Manfred’s ruling:

- Eddie Cicotte
- Happy Felsch
- Chick Gandil
- Joe Jackson
- Fred McMullin
- Swede Risberg
- Buck Weaver
- Lefty Williams
- Joe Gedeon
- Gene Paulette
- Benny Kauff
- Lee Magee
- Phil Douglas
- Cozy Dolan
- Jimmy O’Connell
- William Cox
- Pete Rose

The first eight on the list above were members of the “Black Sox.” Of the others, beyond Rose:

- Gedeon, Paulette, Magee, Dolan, O’Connell, and Cox (owner of the Phillies) were implicated in gambling.
- Kauff was banned for involvement in an auto theft (for which he had been acquitted)
- Douglas had written a letter encouraging another player to throw a game

> **[Decision on ineligibility status after death impacts Rose, others](https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-ineligibility-status-after-death-decision)**
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> Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. today issued a policy decision regarding the status of individuals who have passed away while on the permanently ineligible list. This issue has never been formally addressed by Major League Baseball, but an...

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