Charlie Comiskey

Comiskey\'s reputation was permanently tarnished by his team\'s involvement in the Black Sox Scandal, although he was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.\n', '

Comiskey was born on August 15, 1859, in Chicago, the son of Illinois politician John Comiskey. He attended public and parochial schools in Chicago, including St. Ignatius Preparatory School, and, later, St. Mary\'s College (in St. Mary\'s, Kansas). He played baseball at St. Mary\'s, and played for several professional teams in Chicago while apprenticed to a plumber and working at construction jobs including driving a brick delivery wagon for the construction crews building the fifth Chicago City Hall, which stood from 1873 to 1885.\n', '

Comiskey started his playing career as a pitcher, and moved to first base after developing arm trouble. He is credited with being the first to play hitters off of f…