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Oscar Emil "Happy" Felsch (August 22, 1891 – August 17, 1964) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920. [1] He is best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal .
Happy Felsch: 51 Harry Rice: 51 86 Ping Bodie: 50 Larry Doby* 50 Rick Manning: 50 Lloyd Moseby: 50 90 Dave Fultz † 49 Fred Lynn: 49 92 Terry Moore: 48 Reggie Smith: 48 Amos Strunk: 48 95 Al Simmons* 47 Jo-Jo White: 47 Bernie Williams: 47 98 Andre Dawson * 46 Ira Flagstead: 46 Cliff Heathcote: 46 Dwayne Murphy: 46 Gee Walker: 46
Starting pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, outfielders "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Oscar "Happy" Felsch, and infielder Charles "Swede" Risberg were all involved. Buck Weaver was also asked to participate, but refused; he was later banned with the others for knowing of the fix but not reporting it.
Happy Felsch #4 in AL in home runs (14) Shoeless Joe Jackson #3 in AL in batting average (.382) #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.589) #4 in AL in runs batted in (121)
Happy Felsch hit a home run in the fourth inning that provided the winning margin. The Sox beat the Giants in Game 2 7–2 behind another complete game effort by Red Faber to take a 2–0 lead in the Series.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (/ ˈ k ɛ n ɪ s ɔː ˈ m aʊ n t ɪ n ˈ l æ n d ɪ s /; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and the first commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death.
Risberg continued to play semipro baseball for a decade after his banishment. According to one source, "he came to Minnesota in 1922 with a traveling team called the Mesaba Range Black Sox, which featured two other members of the 1919 Black Sox team: Happy Felsch and Lefty Williams." [4] He played throughout the midwestern United States and Canada.
Bennett's parents died in the 1918 flu epidemic, and Bennett, needing a job, convinced Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch that he had "mystical powers" that could bring good luck to everyone that used him. [1] He became Felsch's personal mascot and when Felsch's play improved, he moved on to become the White Sox personal mascot in 1919. [1]