What title did Kenesaw Mountain Landis hold in MLB after the scandal?

• A. Umpire supervisor
• B. Team owner
• C. Commissioner of football
• D. MLB's first commissioner

Answer: (D)

After the Black Sox scandal, Major League Baseball created a centralized authority to restore trust and enforce discipline, appointing someone to oversee the game. That role is Commissioner of Baseball, and Kenesaw Mountain Landis became the first person to hold it, serving as MLB’s inaugural commissioner. This is why the best answer is that he was the Commissioner of Baseball, the first in that position. He wasn’t an umpire supervisor, a team owner, or a football commissioner, so those options don’t fit the historical role he held. Landis used broad powers to govern the game and discipline players, signaling a new era of league-wide governance.