Fred McMullin

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Fred McMullin

Third baseman
Born: (1891-10-13)October 13, 1891 Scammon, Kansas
Died: November 20, 1952(1952-11-20) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 27, 1914 for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 20, 1920 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.256
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	70
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1914) Chicago White Sox (1916–1920)

Fred Drury McMullin (October 13, 1891 – November 20, 1952) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. He is best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal.

Career

McMullin was born in Scammon, Kansas in 1891. He began his major league career on August 27, 1914, as a shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. He spent most of 1912-1915 in the minors before making the Chicago White Sox team in 1916. In 1917, he won the World Series with Chicago, while batting .125 in six games against the New York Giants.

McMullin was only a utility infielder for the 1919 AL Champion White Sox, and as such he didn't play enough to have much potential for throwing games (he recorded just two plate appearances in the eight-game series). However, he became a part of the conspiracy when he overheard several other players' conversations and threatened to report them unless included.

McMullin was also Chicago's advance scout for the World Series, which may explain how and why he earned an equal share in the winnings ($5,000) from the fix.^[1] It is entirely probable that, as a means to cover himself and his co-conspirators, McMullin delivered a flawed scouting report to all the "clean" Sox about what to expect from Cincinnati's pitchers.^[1] A look at the statistics shows little disparity between Black Sox and Clean Sox; for example, ringleader Chick Gandil batted .233 to future Hall of Famer Eddie Collins' .226.^[1]

For his role in the fix, McMullin was banned for life from organized baseball, along with seven other players, by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rob Neyer. Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders. Simon & Schuster. pp. 2–3. ISBN 0-7432-8491-7.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
SABR biography

v t e Chicago White Sox 1917 World Series Champions

Eddie Cicotte Eddie Collins Shano Collins Dave Danforth Red Faber Happy Felsch Chick Gandil Joe Jackson Nemo Leibold Byrd Lynn Fred McMullin Swede Risberg Reb Russell Ray Schalk Jim Scott Buck Weaver Lefty Williams Manager Pants Rowland

Regular season

v t e Black Sox Scandal

Banned players	Eddie Cicotte Happy Felsch Chick Gandil Shoeless Joe Jackson Fred McMullin Swede Risberg Buck Weaver Lefty Williams

Other figures	Abe Attell Sleepy Bill Burns Charles Comiskey Judge Hugo Friend Hugh Fullerton Joe Gedeon Kid Gleason Ban Johnson Kenesaw Mountain Landis Billy Maharg Arnold Rothstein Sport Sullivan

Films	Eight Men Out Field of Dreams

Miscellaneous	1919 Chicago White Sox season 1919 Cincinnati Reds season 1919 World Series Curse of the Black Sox Shoeless Joe (novel)

Book:Black Sox Scandal

Persondata
Name	McMullin, Fred
Alternative names
Short description	Major League Baseball player
Date of birth	October 13, 1891
Place of birth	Scammon, Kansas
Date of death	November 20, 1952
Place of death	Los Angeles, California

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