Who became MLB's first commissioner following the Black Sox scandal?

• A. Kenesaw Mountain Landis
• B. Babe Ruth
• C. Bud Selig
• D. Marvin Miller

Answer: (A)

After the Black Sox scandal, baseball needed an independent authority to restore trust and set uniform standards across the game. Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed in 1920 as the first Commissioner of Baseball, a role designed to be above the clubs and to enforce integrity across the entire sport. He used broad authority to discipline players and make sweeping rules, famously banning eight players for life for their involvement in the scandal. This established the precedent that the game’s integrity rests with a single, empowered commissioner, a role that shaped how MLB is governed ever since. The other names don’t fit: Babe Ruth was a legendary player of that era, Bud Selig led the league many decades later, and Marvin Miller led the players’ union, not the league’s commissioner.