Buck Weaver - Definition

George Daniel Weaver, better known as Buck Weaver (18 August 1890 - 31 January 1956) was an American baseball player. He is probably best known for his connection to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

Weaver was born in 1890 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He began his Major League Baseball career on 11 April 1912 as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox. Weaver switched to third base in 1917 after Swede Risberg joined the team.

Although he attended the group's initial meetings, Weaver did not actually participate in the conspiracy to fix the World Series. However, he did not report the conspiracy to team officials, and for that Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned him for life from Major League Baseball. Landis said: "Men associating with crooks and gamblers could expect no leniency."

To no avail, Buck Weaver applied six times for reinstatement to baseball before his death in 1956.

External links:

• Clear Buck Weaver (http://www.clearbuck.com/)
• The Ginger Kid (http://www.gingerkid.com/)