It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It’s been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on May 13, 2025, removed Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, and 16 other deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list, making them eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

MLB Rule 21 (d) states: " (2) Any player, umpire, or Club or League official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform,