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d. 1944

Kenesaw Mountain Landis (November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American federal judge from 1905 to 1920, the year in which he was appointed the first commissioner of Major League Baseball. In that capacity, he was instrumental in restoring baseball's integrity in the wake of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal; he banned the eight culprits of the Scandal (including Shoeless Joe Jackson) from baseball for life.

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Why should God wish to take a thoroughbred like Matty so soon, and leave some others down here that could well be spared?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kenesaw Mountain Landis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.