List of people banned from Major League Baseball (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of people banned from Major League Baseball" in English language version.

Last modified: 00:52:47, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

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1212espn.com

42^nd place

25^th place

98mlb.com

113^th place

81^st place

44nytimes.com

7^th place

33web.archive.org

1^st place

22apnews.com

101^st place

62^nd place

22baseballhall.org

4,301^st place

2,275^th place

22mlbstatic.com

low place

22books.google.com

3^rd place

22news.google.com

67^th place

32^nd place

22cbssports.com

278^th place

143^rd place

22cnn.com

36^th place

26^th place

11academia.edu

105^th place

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11csmonitor.com

982^nd place

614^th place

11sun-sentinel.com

986^th place

495^th place

11sportscasting.com

low place

9,590^th place

11latimes.com

32^nd place

21^st place

11npr.org

114^th place

75^th place

11washingtonpost.com

35^th place

24^th place

11si.com

186^th place

107^th place

11tsn.ca

1,228^th place

618^th place

11nypost.com

376^th place

247^th place

academia.edu (Global: 105^th place; English: 99^th place)

Green, David. "Hal Chase: Baseball's First Labor Rights Pioneer". Academia.edu, 2024.

apnews.com (Global: 101^st place; English: 62^nd place)

"MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible". AP News. May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
"Trump's support of Rose among the voices Manfred listened to in ruling MLB ban ended with death". AP News. June 4, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2026.

baseballhall.org (Global: 4,301^st place; English: 2,275^th place)

"Vet Committee – Players". Baseball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
"Jenkins, Ferguson". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Brody, Seymour (2004). Jewish heroes & heroines of America: 151 true stories of Jewish American heroism. Frederick Fell Publishers. ISBN 9780883910269. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
Martin Donnell Kohout (2017). Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook. McFarland. p. 144. ISBN 9780786450435.

cbssports.com (Global: 278^th place; English: 143^rd place)

Perry, Dayn (July 7, 2018). "MLB conditionally lifts permanent ban of Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia, who could return in 2019". CBSSports. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
Snyder, Matt; Anderson, R.J. (June 4, 2024). "MLB gambling scandal explained: Padres' Tucupita Marcano gets lifetime ban for baseball bets, others punished". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Andersen, Julia (June 5, 2025). "Trump helped influence Pete Rose reinstatement, says MLB commissioner". CNN. Retrieved June 8, 2025.

sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Gandil, Arnold (Chick). This is My Story of the Black Sox Series. Sports Illustrated, 1956-09-17.

csmonitor.com (Global: 982^nd place; English: 614^th place)

Eldridge, Larry. "Ferguson Jenkins drug charge: why arbitrator upset suspension". csmonitor.com. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

espn.com (Global: 42^nd place; English: 25^th place)

"Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe HOF-eligible as MLB lifts ban". May 13, 2025.
"What to know about MLB lifting ban on Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson". May 13, 2025.
"Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe HOF-eligible as MLB lifts ban". ESPN.com. May 13, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
"Trump says he will pardon baseball legend Rose". ESPN.com. March 1, 2025. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
"MLB bans Alomar after sexual misconduct inquiry". ESPN. Associated Press. April 30, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
Wheeler, Lonnie (September 20, 1999). "Schott in the foot". ESPN.com. Scripps Howard News Service. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb
"Ex-Cards scouting director Chris Correa sentenced to prison for hacking Astros". ESPN. Associated Press. July 19, 2016.
"After investigation, MLB orders Cardinals to forfeit top two picks, pay $2 million to Astros". ESPN.com. January 30, 2017.
"Ex-Braves GM John Coppolella banned; team loses top prospect". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 21, 2017.
Olney, Buster (January 9, 2023). "Ex-Braves GM John Coppolella has lifetime ban lifted by MLB". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
"Roberto Alomar placed on MLB ineligible list over 2014 sexual misconduct allegation". ESPN.com. April 30, 2021.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

Mitchell, Houston (April 28, 2014). "Donald Sterling uproar: A look at Marge Schott, other penalized owners". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

mlb.com (Global: 113^th place; English: 81^st place)

mlb.com

"Decision on ineligibility status after death impacts Rose, others". MLB.com.
Kramer, Daniel (November 20, 2018). "Mets part ways with reliever Mejía". MLB.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved November 23, 2018.
"Braves penalized for int'l signing violations". MLB.com. November 21, 2017.
Bowman, Mark (January 9, 2023). "Former Braves GM Coppolella reinstated by MLB". MLB.com. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
Castrovince, Anthony. "Mickey Callaway placed on ineligible list". MLB.com. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

mlb.mlb.com

"MLB, MLBPA announce new drug agreement". MLBPA Official Press Release. November 15, 2005. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
Statement by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Pete Rose

m.redsox.mlb.com

"Red Sox Roster & Staff – Transactions". MLB.com. January 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.

mlbstatic.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

img.mlbstatic.com

"MLB Letter to Mr. Lenkov" (PDF). MLB. MLB Communications. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
"Statement of the Commissioner" (PDF). Major League Baseball. January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

news.google.com (Global: 67^th place; English: 32^nd place)

Dickie Kerr Will Be Back With Sox
Wade, Robert (October 20, 1983). "Kuhn called off-base for Mantle, Mays bans". Spokane Spokesman-Review. Associated Press.

npr.org (Global: 114^th place; English: 75^th place)

Goldman, Tom (June 10, 2020). "She Was Generous. She Was Also Racist. Should This Ballpark Carry Her Name?". npr.org. National Public Radio (NPR). Retrieved July 31, 2022.

nypost.com (Global: 376^th place; English: 247^th place)

Davidoff, Ken (February 2, 2021). "MLB investigating Mickey Callaway's alleged sexual harassment". New York Post. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

["Chase is Cleared of Betting Charge"](https://www.nytimes.com/1919/02/06/archives/chase-is-cleared-of-betting-charge-cincinnati-first-baseman-found.html). The New York Times. February 6, 1919.
["White Sox Players are All Acquitted by Jury"](https://www.nytimes.com/1921/08/03/archives/white-sox-players-are-all-acquitted-by-chicago-jury-two-others.html). The New York Times. August 3, 1921.
Martinez, Michael (March 19, 1985). "Mays, Mantle Reinstated by Baseball Commissioner". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2022. Mays and Mantle applauded the act permitting them to resume their ties with baseball. This is a happy occasion for Mickey and me, to have that word 'ban' lifted, said Mays, who was hired in a public relations capacity by Bally's Park Place in 1979. 'I don't think I did anything wrong to leave baseball...'
Goldstein, Richard (March 2, 2004). "Marge Schott, Owner of Cincinnati Reds, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

si.com (Global: 186^th place; English: 107^th place)

Reiter, Ben (October 4, 2018). "What happened to the Houston Astros' hacker?". Sports Illustrated.

sportscasting.com (Global: low place; English: 9,590^th place)

Moriello, John (June 2, 2020). "Steve Howe Threw Hard on the Mound and Threw His Life Away off It". sportscasting.com. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

sun-sentinel.com (Global: 986^th place; English: 495^th place)

articles.sun-sentinel.com

Barnes, Craig (February 25, 1992). "Yankees Make Molloy Chief Administrator". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2012.

tsn.ca (Global: 1,228^th place; English: 618^th place)

Westhead, Rick (April 30, 2021). "MLB, Blue Jays fire Alomar after workplace complaint". The Sports Network.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

Maske, Mark (June 13, 1996). "OWNER SCHOTT SURRENDERS REDS' REINS". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2022.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Vet Committee – Players". Baseball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
Barnes, Craig (February 25, 1992). "Yankees Make Molloy Chief Administrator". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
"Red Sox Roster & Staff – Transactions". MLB.com. January 2019. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2019.

List of people banned from Major League Baseball (English Wikipedia)

academia.edu (Global: 105th place; English: 99th place)

apnews.com (Global: 101st place; English: 62nd place)

baseballhall.org (Global: 4,301st place; English: 2,275th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

cbssports.com (Global: 278th place; English: 143rd place)

cnn.com (Global: 36th place; English: 26th place)

cnn.com

sportsillustrated.cnn.com

csmonitor.com (Global: 982nd place; English: 614th place)

espn.com (Global: 42nd place; English: 25th place)

latimes.com (Global: 32nd place; English: 21st place)

mlb.com (Global: 113th place; English: 81st place)