Eight Men Out

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Director: John Sayles Producer: Barbara Boyle, Jerry Offsay Writer: Eliot Asinof (Book), John Sayles (Screenplay) Starring: D.B. Sweeney (Shoeless Joe) John Cusack (George "Buck" Weaver) Jace Alexander (Dickie Kerr) Charlie Sheen (Hap Felsch) Gordan Clapp (Ray Schalk) Don Harvey (Swede Risberg) Bill Irwin (College Boy) Perry Lang (Frederick McMullin) John Mahoney (Kid Gleason) James Read (Lefty Williams) Michael Rooker (Chick Gandil) David Strathairn (Eddie Cicotte) Music: Mason Daring Cinematography: Robert Richardson Editing: John Tintori Distributor: Orion Pictures Corporation Released: 1988 Runtime: 119 Minutes Language: English Budget: $6 million (Estimate) Box Office: $5,680,515 (USA)

The story of the 1919 World Series as told in the 1963 nonfiction book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series is brought to the big screen. The Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds fight it out in the baseball World Series, but questions arise when the heavily favorite White Sox team loses to the Reds. A matter is brought to court, to decide if the White Sox players played poorly on purpose.

[edit] The Eight

• Eddie Cicotte: Pitcher, 35, Salary: ~$6,000
• Arnold "Chick" Gandil: 1B, 31, Salary: $4,000
• Oscar "Happy" Felsch: CF, 28, Salary: $4,000
• Joe Jackson: LF, 30, Salary: $6,000
• Fred McMullin: Utility Infielder, 27, Salary: ~$3,000
• Swede Risberg: SS, 25, Salary: ~$3,000
• Buck Weaver: 3B, 29, Salary: $6,000
• Claude "Lefty" Williams: Pitcher, 26, Salary: $3,000

Series Stats:

• Shoeless Joe Jackson hit .375 in the series with 3 doubles and 1 HR with 6 RBI
• Felsch hit .192 with 3 RBI
• Gandil hit .233 with 1 triple and 5 RBI
• Risberg hit .080 with 1 triple (0 RBI)
• Weaver hit .324 with 4 doubles, and 1 triple (0 RBI)
• Cicotte started three games, went 1-2, with a 2.91 ERA
• Williams started three games, went 0-3, with a 6.61 ERA

[edit] Cameo Appearances

[edit] Trivia

• Man behind the fix: Arnold Rothstein
• Series, game by game
• Trial did not occur until 1921, which allowed the players an opportunity to play baseball in 1920.

[edit] External Links

• 1919 Black Sox Website
• Black Sox on the Chicago Historical Society website
• A collection of primary documents from the trial (plus other information, including a picture of the actual real players)

[edit] Trailer