Ford Employee and Former Chicago White Sox Pitcher Eddie Cicotte, August 1944

Summary

Edward "Eddie" Cicotte (1884-1969), also known as "Knuckles," was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for fourteen years, playing for the Detroit Tigers (1905), Boston Red Sox (1908-1912), and Chicago White Sox (1912-1920). While with the White Sox, Cicotte was one of eight players involved in the "Black Sox" scandal to fix the 1919 World Series. He later worked for Ford Motor Company.

Edward "Eddie" Cicotte (1884-1969), also known as "Knuckles," was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for fourteen years, playing for the Detroit Tigers (1905), Boston Red Sox (1908-1912), and Chicago White Sox (1912-1920). While with the White Sox, Cicotte was one of eight players involved in the "Black Sox" scandal to fix the 1919 World Series. He later worked for Ford Motor Company.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

03 August 1944

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.80420.213

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11.125 in

Width: 7.813 in

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