| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Name
! Team when arrested
!Jurisdiction
!Date
! Conviction offense
! Sentence
! Notes |
|---|
| {{sortname|Shawn|Abner}}
|Retired
|Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
|{{Dts|2020-1-21}} (sentencing)
|Aggravated animal cruelty
|{{sort|.375|{{frac|4|1|2}}}}–23 months imprisonment
|Abner had abandoned his 14-year-old dog to die.[{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Matt |title=Former MLB top pick Shawn Abner gets more prison time on animal cruelty conviction |url=https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/01/former-mlb-top-pick-shawn-abner-gets-more-prison-time-on-animal-cruelty-conviction.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The Patriot-News |date=21 January 2020 |language=en}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Willie|Aikens}}
|Kansas City Royals
|United States (E.D. Mo.)
|{{Dts|1983-11-18}} (sentencing)
|Attempted possession of cocaine
|{{sort|.25 years|3 months}} imprisonment, $5,000 fine
|Aikens was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin. They were the first active MLB players ever to be sentenced for drug violations. |
| Retired
|United States (W.D. Mo.)
|{{Dts|1994-12-13}} (sentencing)
|Drug possession with intent to distribute, gun possession, attempted bribery
|{{sort|20.6667 years|20 years, 8 months}} imprisonment[{{cite news |title=BASEBALL; Aikens Gets 20-Year Term |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/13/sports/baseball-aikens-gets-20-year-term.html |access-date=31 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=13 December 1994}}]
|Released to a halfway house after serving 14-plus years due to a retroactive change in sentencing guidelines.[{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605103607/http://www.kansascity.com/baseball/story/648623.html Former Royal Willie Mays Aikens to be released from prison today]}} Kansas City Star, June 3, 2008, by Sam Mellinger] |
| {{sortname|Eddie|Ainsmith}}
|Washington Senators
|Washington, D.C.
|{{Dts|1915-04-21}} (sentencing)
|Assault
|{{sort|0.0821917808 years|30 days}} in a workhouse
|Teammate Joe Engel was given only a fine for their assault on a motorman.[{{cite news |title=Eddie Ainsmith in Bad |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94123811/democrat-and-chronicle/ |access-date=5 February 2022 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=22 April 1915 |page=22}}] Ainsmith was subsequently resentenced to a year of probation after paying a $50 fine.[{{cite news |title="Eddie" Ainsmith Released on Probation for Year |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121791168/eddie-ainsmith-released-on-probation/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |work=Newark Star-Eagle |date=29 April 1915 |page=16}}] |
| {{sortname|Mike|Balas}}
|Retired
|United States (D. Mass.)
|{{Dts|1942-11-10}} (sentencing)
|Draft evasion
|3 years imprisonment
|Balas failed to report to a conscientious objector camp during World War II.[{{cite news |title='Mike' Balas Gets Three Years |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/11/11/83890325.html?pageNumber=26 |access-date=11 February 2021 |work=New York Times |agency=United Press International |date=November 11, 1942 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Vida|Blue}}
|Free agent
|United States (E.D. Mo.)
|{{Dts|1983-12-20}} (sentencing)
|Possession of cocaine
|{{sort|.25|3}} months imprisonment, $5,000 fine, 2 years probation
|Blue was arrested in the same investigation as teammates Willie Mays Aikens, Willie Wilson and Jerry Martin but faced a steeper charge.[{{cite news|title=Blue Gets 3 Months on Cocaine Charges|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/20/sports/blue-gets-3-months-on-cocaine-charges.html|access-date=17 September 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=20 December 1983}}] |
| {{sortname|Ed|Bouchee}}
|Philadelphia Phillies
|Washington (Spokane County)
|{{Dts|1958-02-20}} (plea)
|Indecent exposure involving children[{{cite news |title=Ball Player Pleads Guilty to Morals Count |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94502098/ball-player-pleads-guilty-to-morals/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=Record-Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=21 February 1958 |page=38}}]
|3 years probation, inpatient mental health treatment[{{cite news |title=Order Treatment for Ed Bouchee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94502047/order-treatment-for-ed-bouchee/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The North Adams Transcript |agency=Associated Press |date=7 March 1958 |page=8}}]
|Bouchee was released from The Institute of Living after about three months. Commissioner Ford Frick lifted his suspension the following month after meeting with Bouchee, his doctors and an independent psychiatrist.[{{cite news |title=Bouchee Reinstated; to Return Thursday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94502512/bouchee-reinstated-to-return-thursday/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=Spokane Chronicle |agency=Associated Press |date=1 July 1958 |page=37}}] |
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Milton|Bradley|dab=baseball}}
|Cleveland Indians
|Ohio (Cuyahoga Falls)
|{{DTS|2004-02-11}} (plea)
|Obstructing official business[{{cite news |title=Out-of-jail card: Milton Bradley sentence delayed |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1737385 |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=17 February 2004 |language=en}}]
|{{sort|.00821917808|3}} days imprisonment, $250 fine, 40 hours community service[{{cite news |title=Indians' Bradley pleads guilty in traffic incident |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1733017 |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=11 February 2004 |language=en}}]
| |
| rowspan="2" | Retired
| California (Los Angeles County)
|{{Dts|2013-07-02}} (sentencing)
| Spousal battery, assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats
| {{sort|2.63013699|2}} years and 230 days imprisonment, plus 400 hours of community service[[http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ex-mlber-bradley-years-jail-spousal-abuse-article-1.1388669 Former MLB player Milton Bradley gets three years in jail for spousal abuse] The Associated Press, Tuesday, July 2, 2013, as read in the New York Daily News.]
|Bradley remained free until May 2015 while he appealed his conviction.[{{cite magazine |last1=McKnight |first1=Michael |title=Milton Bradley gets 32 months for domestic abuse, has testy exchange with judge |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2015/05/15/milton-bradley-jail-domestic-abuse |access-date=31 January 2022 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=May 15, 2015 |language=en-us}}] |
| California
|{{Dts|2018-06}} (sentencing)
| Domestic battery
| {{sort|.00547945205|2}} days imprisonment, 36 months probation, 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling[{{cite news |title=Milton Bradley Convicted In Domestic Violence Case |url=https://www.tmz.com/2018/06/13/milton-bradley-domestic-violence-convicted/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |publisher=TMZ |date=June 13, 2018 |language=en}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Gates|Brown}}
|Pre-career
|Ohio (Crawford County)
|{{Dts|1958-03}}
|Breaking and entering
|"an indeterminate term" in prison[{{cite news |title=Crestliner Taken to Reformatory |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94658542/crestline-taken-to-reformatory/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Telegraph-Forum |date=14 March 1958 |page=1}}]
|Brown was arrested at 18 years old in 1958. After being scouted at the Ohio State Reformatory by the Detroit Tigers in the fall of 1959, the club helped him get early parole.[{{cite web|title=Gates Brown|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/eacd4f5e|website=sabr.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Matt|Bush|dab=baseball}}
| Tampa Bay Rays
| Florida (Charlotte County)
| {{Dts|2012-12-18}} (sentencing)
| Two counts of DUI with property damage, DUI with serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident, of driving with a suspended license and two counts of leaving the scene of an accident with damage to the property
| {{sort|4.25|51}} months[Smith, Joe (December 18, 2012) [https://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/rays/former-rays-pitcher-matt-bush-finalizes-plea-deal/1266661/ Former Rays pitcher Matt Bush finalizes plea deal] Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 24, 2015.]
| Released October 2015, after serving {{frac|3|1|2}} years.[[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/05/13/texas-rangers-calling-up-rhp-matt-bush-for-1st-mlb-action/84338888/ Former No. 1 pick Matt Bush makes MLB debut with Rangers after prison release] Associated Press, May 14, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.] |
| {{sortname|Ken|Caminiti}}
|Retired
|Texas (Harris County)
|{{Dts|2001-03}} (sentencing)
|Cocaine possession
|{{sort|.493150685|3}} years deferred adjudication for felony cocaine possession in March 2001. Re-sentenced in October 2004 to 180 days imprisonment.[https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1895557 The Associated Press, October 5, 2004, as read on ESPN MLB.]
|Caminiti violated his probation by testing positive for cocaine. |
| {{sortname|Rick|Camp}}
|Retired
|United States (S.D. Ga.)
|{{Dts|2005-09-15}} (sentencing)
|Conspiracy to steal money from a mental health agency
|3 years imprisonment
|Camp, then working as a lobbyist, was convicted alongside Georgia state Representative Robin L. Williams and several others.[{{cite news |title=Former Braves pitcher receives prison sentence |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2163466 |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=16 September 2005 |language=en}}] |
| rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Jose|Canseco}}
|rowspan="2"|Free agent
|rowspan="3"|Florida (Miami-Dade County)
|{{Dts|1998-01-07}} (sentencing)
|Battery
|1 year probation[{{cite news|title=Plus: Baseball – Canseco Sentenced|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/08/sports/plus-baseball-canseco-sentenced.html|access-date=14 December 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=January 8, 1998}}]
|Canseco was sentenced in January 1998 for hitting his wife and signed the next month with the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| {{Dts|2002-11-05}} (sentencing)
|Felony aggravated battery, two counts of misdemeanor battery
|3 years probation, 250 hours community service, anger management classes
|Canseco and his twin brother, Ozzie, were involved in a nightclub fight in Miami Beach on Halloween 2001 when Canseco was under contract with the Chicago White Sox.[{{cite news|title=Canseco brothers plead guilty, avoid prison time|url=http://a.espncdn.com/mlb/news/2002/1105/1456276.html|access-date=14 December 2017|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=November 5, 2002}}] |
| rowspan="2"|Retired
|{{Dts|2003-03}} (sentencing)
|Violation of probation
|2 years house arrest, 3 years probation
|Canseco failed to take court-ordered anger management classes. He had announced his retirement from MLB the year before.[{{cite news|title=Jose Canseco Fast Facts|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/17/us/jose-canseco-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=14 December 2017|publisher=CNN|date=June 17, 2017}}] |
| United States (S.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|2008-11-04}} (sentencing)
|Drug smuggling
|1 year probation
|Canseco tried to bring a fertility drug into the United States from Tijuana.[{{cite news|title=Canseco sentenced to probation after guilty plea|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3682424|access-date=14 December 2017|work=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press|date=4 November 2008}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Ozzie|Canseco}}
|rowspan="2"|Retired
|rowspan="2"|Florida (Miami-Dade County)
|{{Dts|2002-11-05}} (sentencing)
|Felony battery, misdemeanor battery
|{{sort|1.5|18}} months probation, 200 hours community service, anger management classes
|Canseco and his twin brother Jose were involved in a nightclub fight in Miami Beach on Halloween 2001. |
| {{Dts|2003-10-17}} (sentencing)
|Violation of probation
|1 year imprisonment, 5 years probation
|Canseco was arrested on charges of possessing an illegal anabolic steroid, driving with a revoked license and possession of drug paraphernalia.[{{cite news|title=Ozzie Canseco sentenced to a year in jail|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1640242|access-date=14 December 2017|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=17 October 2003}}] |
| {{sortname|Leo|Cárdenas}}
| Retired
| Ohio (Hamilton County)
| {{Dts|1998-02}} (plea)
| Assault
| {{sort|0.246575342 years|90 days}} imprisonment
| Cárdenas was accused of beating his wife's coworker with a baseball bat.[{{cite news |title=Leo Cardenas sentenced for assault |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94616881/leo-cardenas-sentenced-for-assault/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |work=Star Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=29 March 1998 |page=49}}] |
| {{sortname|Ramón|Castro|dab=catcher}}
| Florida Marlins
| Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
| {{Dts|2004-11-09}} (plea)
| Indecent assault
| 1 year probation
| Castro was charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and unlawful restraint arising from an incident on August 28, 2003.[{{cite news |title=Ex-Marlin Castro pleads no contest to assault |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1934609 |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=ESPN.com |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=30 November 2004 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Orlando|Cepeda}}
|Retired
|United States (D.P.R.)
|{{Dts|1976-12-16}} (sentencing)
|Drug possession, drug smuggling
|5 years imprisonment, $10,000 fine[{{cite book |last1=Markusen |first1=Bruce |title=The Orlando Cepeda Story |date=2001 |publisher=Arte Publico Press |isbn=978-1-55885-668-4 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSc6aKtXg2gC&pg=PA115 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}]
|Cepeda served 10 months.[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050202570.html Police Arrest Cepeda on Drug Charges] Washington Post page E7, May 3, 2007] |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Hal|Chase}}
| rowspan="2" |Banned
|Arizona (Santa Cruz County)
|{{DTS|1930-12-09}} (plea)
| rowspan="2" |Driving while intoxicated
|{{sort|.0821917808|30}} days imprisonment
|Chase was given the option of paying a $75 fine or going to jail.[{{cite news |title=Former Big Leaguer Sentenced to Jail as Drunken Driver |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94248819/hal-chase-sentenced-to-jail-as-drunken/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Missoulian |agency=Associated Press |date=10 December 1930 |page=6}}] |
| California (Colusa County)
|{{DTS|1936-05-06}} (plea)
|$250 fine, driver's license suspended four months
|[{{cite news |title=Hal Chase Fined |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94403168/hal-chase-fined/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=Oroville Mercury Register |date=8 May 1936 |page=1}}] |
| {{sortname|Pearce|Chiles}}
|Philadelphia Phillies
|Texas
|{{Dts|1900-06}} (sentencing)[{{cite book |last1=Nemec |first1=David |title=Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900, Volume 2: The Hall of Famers and Memorable Personalities Who Shaped the Game |date=1 September 2011 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-3532-8 |page=257 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8BUqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}]
|Theft
|2 years imprisonment
|Chiles served less than 16 months before escaping the Huntsville Prison in Texas on August 19, 1902[{{cite web|last1=Schuler|first1=Ron|title=Pearce Chiles|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/038d8ca7|website=SABR.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=16 April 2015}}] |
| {{sortname|Bobby|Chouinard}}
|Colorado Rockies
|Arizona (Maricopa County)
|{{Dts|2000-11-27}} (sentencing)
|Aggravated assault
|1 year imprisonment, $25,000 donation to a domestic violence charity, 10 public service announcements[{{cite news|title=Plus: Court News – Chouinard Gets Split Jail Time|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/sports/plus-court-news-chouinard-gets-split-jail-time.html?mcubz=0|access-date=16 September 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=28 November 2000}}]
|After pleading guilty following an incident in which he held a gun to his wife's head, Chouinard was sentenced to 4 increments of 3-month prison terms during MLB's offseasons. He was allowed 42 hours to work out at Coors Field and visit with his family every week.[{{cite news|title=Jail time changes Chouinard's life|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021801/pro_021801092.shtml#.Wb1NeUuGPEY|access-date=16 September 2017|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=February 18, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916225326/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021801/pro_021801092.shtml#.Wb1NeUuGPEY|archive-date=2017-09-16|url-status=dead}}] |
| rowspan="4" |{{sortname|Ken|Clay}}
| rowspan="4" |Retired
|Virginia (Campbell County)
|{{Dts|1987-08-27}} (plea)[{{cite news|date=August 28, 1987|title=Clay pleads guilty|language=en|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94377739/clay-pleads-guilty/|access-date=6 February 2022}}]
| rowspan="2" |Grand larceny
|4-year suspended prison sentence, 5 years probation, 1,000 hours community service, $15,000 restitution to Jostens. Re-sentenced in 1992 to three years imprisonment.
|Two more grand larceny charges were dropped as part of his plea. Clay violated his probation by being arrested three separate times: twice for DUI and once for theft.[{{cite news |title=Ex-Yankee hurler Clay gets 3 more years |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19920326&id=QOBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VYsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1479,4248833 |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=The Free Lance–Star |agency=Associated Press |date=March 26, 1992}}] |
| Virginia (Bedford County)
|{{DTS|1991-12-30}} (plea)[{{Cite news|date=January 1, 1992|title=Former Yankee Clay Guilty|work=Newsday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94381001/former-yankee-clay-guilty/|access-date=February 7, 2022}}]
|1 year imprisonment, $1,000 fine
|Clay stole $551.76 from his employer.[{{cite news |title=IN A JAM |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94381807/in-a-jam/ |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=The Herald-Palladium |date=16 February 1992 |page=22}}] |
| Florida (Manatee County)
|{{Date table sorting|2001-02-20}} (plea)
|Twenty-four felony counts including grand theft, fraud and forgery
|15 years probation, $40,000 restitution to American Express, First Union Bank and others.[{{cite news |last1=Slutsky |first1=Irina |title=Former major-leaguer pleads guilty on all charges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94248414/kenneth-clay-pleads-guilty-on-all/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Bradenton Herald |date=21 February 2001 |page=17}}] Re-sentenced in 2007 to five years imprisonment.[{{cite web |title=Inmate Release Information Detail |url=http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=S09430&TypeSearch=IR |website=www.dc.state.fl.us |publisher=Florida Department of Corrections |access-date=7 February 2022 |language=en}}]
| |
| Florida (Sarasota County)
|{{DTS|2007-11-20}} (conviction)
|Grand theft
|{{sort|3.383|3}} years, 4 months, 18 days imprisonment
|Clay was released in 2012 |
| {{sortname|Ty|Cobb}}
|Detroit Tigers
|Michigan (Wayne County)
|{{DTS|1914-06-25}}
|Disturbing the peace
|$50 fine
|Cobb pulled a revolver during an argument at a butcher shop in Detroit.[{{cite news |title=Ty Cobb Fined $50 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94500942/ty-cobb-fined-50/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The York Dispatch |date=25 June 1914 |page=1}}] |
| {{Sortname|Alex|Cole}}
|Bridgeport Bluefish
|United States (D. Conn.)
|{{Dts|2002-06}} (plea)
|Conspiring to possess with intent to distribute heroin[{{cite news |title=PLUS: COURT CASES; Cole Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/07/sports/plus-court-cases-cole-pleads-guilty-to-heroin-charge.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=7 June 2002}}]
|{{sort|1.5|18}} months imprisonment[{{cite news |title=Former Major Leaguer Cole Sentenced |url=https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Former-Major-Leaguer-Cole-Sentenced-10577138.php |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The Edwardsville Intelligencer |agency=Associated Press |date=27 October 2002}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Sam|Crane|dab=shortstop}}
|Retired
|Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
|{{DTS|1930-04-14}} (sentenced)
|Two counts of second-degree murder
|28–36 years imprisonment[{{cite news|date=14 April 1930|title="Red" Crane Gets 36-Year Term|page=1|work=Lancaster New Era|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94248764/red-crane-gets-36-year-term/|access-date=6 February 2022}}]
|Crane was convicted on September 25, 1929, of the murder of "his former sweetheart"[{{cite news|date=26 September 1929|title=Red Crane Convicted of Woman's Slaying|page=9|work=The News and Observer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94371996/red-crane-convicted-of-womans-slaying/|access-date=6 February 2022}}] and on March 28, 1930, of the murder of the man accompanying her at the time of the shooting.[{{cite news |title=Former Baseball Player Murderer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94372117/former-baseball-player-murderer/ |access-date=6 February 2022 |work=The Sun Times |agency=Canadian Press Despatch |date=28 March 1930 |page=6}}] |
| {{sortname|Trevor|Crowe}}
|Retired
|United States (N.D. Ohio)
|{{Dts|2020-09}} (plea)
|Tax fraud
|3 years probation, $85,043 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service
|Crowe faced up to three years in federal prison for failing to report more than $300,000 in income from illegal gambling on his federal tax return.[{{cite news |last1=O'Connor |first1=Devin |title=Former MLB Player Trevor Crowe Sentenced in Illegal Gambling Ring |url=https://www.casino.org/news/former-mlb-player-trevor-crowe-sentenced-illegal-gambling/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Casino.org |date=23 December 2020}}] |
| {{sortname|Chad|Curtis}}
|Retired
|Michigan (Barry County)
|{{Dts|2013-10-03}} (sentencing)
|Criminal sexual conduct
|7–15 years imprisonment[{{cite news |title=Ex-MLB player sentenced to 7-15 years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/03/ex-mlb-player-chad-curtis-sentenced-to-7-15-years/2916893/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press |date=October 3, 2013}}]
|Released on September 22, 2020.[[http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=886901 Page at Michigan Department of Corrections web site]] |
| {{sortname|Éric|Cyr}}
|San Diego Padres
|United States (C.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|2001-12-26}} (plea)
|Sexual contact with another without consent
|{{sort|0.0821917808|30}} days imprisonment, 1 year probation
|Cyr was charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl on an airplane from Australia to Los Angeles. He was credited for time served.[{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=John |title=Former Storm pitcher pleads guilty in sex case |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-former-storm-pitcher-pleads-guilty-in-sex-case-2001dec27-story.html |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=27 December 2001}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|John|D'Acquisto}}
|rowspan="2"|Retired
|United States (S.D.N.Y.)
|{{Dts|1996-10-18}} (sentencing)
|Conspiracy, uttering a forged instrument, two counts of wire fraud
|{{sort|5.25|63}} months imprisonment[{{cite news|title=Ex-Pitcher Sentenced|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/18/sports/ex-pitcher-sentenced.html|access-date=17 September 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=18 October 1996}}]
| |
| United States (S.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|1999-03-28}} (sentencing)
|Investment fraud
|{{sort|4.5833|55}} months imprisonment
|D'Acquisto's second sentence ran concurrently with his first sentence, and he served only 4 years total.[{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Chuck|title=John D'Acquisto|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/16539ad9|access-date=17 September 2017|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|date=June 5, 2016|language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Doug|DeCinces}}
| Retired
|United States (C.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|2019-08}} (sentencing)
| 14 counts related to insider trading
| {{sort|.6667|8}} months home detention, 2 years probation[{{cite web|title=DeCinces avoids prison for insider training|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27377681/decinces-avoids-prison-insider-training|access-date=August 13, 2019|date=August 13, 2019|publisher=ESPN}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Cozy|Dolan|dab=1910s outfielder}}
|Banned
|United States (N.D. Ill.)
|{{DTS|1931-04-01}} (plea)
|Possessing and selling intoxicating liquor
|{{sort|.0410958904|15}} days imprisonment[{{cite news |title=Dolan to Jail |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94082790/st-joseph-gazette/ |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=St. Joseph Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=2 April 1931 |page=1}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Mike|Donlin}}
|Baltimore Orioles
|Maryland (Baltimore)
|{{DTS|1902-03-19}} (plea)
|Two counts of assault
|{{sort|.5 years|6 months}} imprisonment, $250 fine
|Donlin claimed to have no memory of assaulting two people while drunk on the street in Baltimore. He was released by the Orioles because of his arrest.[{{cite news |title=DONLIN GOES TO JAIL. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94547957/donlin-goes-to-jail/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The Wilkes-Barre Record |date=20 March 1902 |page=1}}] Albert Ritchie sentenced him to two concurrent terms of six months.[{{cite news |title=Penalty Imposed upon Michael Donlin by a Baltimore Judge |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94549861/penalty-imposed-upon-michael-donlin-by/ |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=Evening Star |date=20 March 1902 |page=6}}] |
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Lenny|Dykstra}}
| rowspan="3" |Retired
| rowspan="2" |California (Los Angeles County)
|{{DTS|2011-10}} (plea)
|Grand theft auto
|3 years imprisonment
|Prosecutors dropped 21 other charges against Dykstra as part of his plea deal.[{{cite news |title=Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra sentenced to 3 years in prison |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/03/05/justice/lenny-dykstra-sentencing/index.html |access-date=4 February 2022 |publisher=CNN |date=5 March 2012 |language=en}}] |
| {{DTS|2012-04-18}} (plea)
|Assault with a deadly weapon, lewd conduct
|{{sort|.75|9}} months imprisonment, 3 years probation
|As a condition of his probation, Dykstra was not allowed to post on social media.[{{cite news |title=Lenny Dykstra Gets 9 Months in Jail in Lewd Conduct Case |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/natl-lenny-dykstra-jail-lewd-conduct-craigslist-massage-knife-expose-phillies-mets/1950796/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |publisher=NBC Los Angeles |date=April 19, 2012}}] |
| United States (C.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|2012-12-03}} (sentencing)
|Bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets, money laundering
|{{sort|.541666667|{{frac|6|1|2}}}} months imprisonment, 500 hours community service, $200,000 in restitution[{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Stan |title=Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra sentenced in federal bankruptcy case |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/03/justice/california-dykstra-sentenced/index.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |publisher=CNN |date=4 December 2012 |language=en}}]
| Released in June 2013 after serving a total of 13 months (7 while awaiting sentencing, {{frac|6|1|2}} afterwards). Placed on probation for three years and also ordered to complete substance abuse rehab.[{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/9410838/lenny-dykstra-released-prison |title=Lenny Dykstra leaves prison |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=June 21, 2013 |access-date=June 24, 2013}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Ferris|Fain}}
|rowspan="2"|Retired
|California (El Dorado County)
|{{Dts|1985-09-24}} (arrest)[{{cite news |title=Sports Shorts |url=https://apnews.com/article/318a51dc0edae2a60f57a9ac87f0bbc7 |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=February 17, 1986 |language=en}}]
|Cultivating marijuana
|{{sort|.333|4}} months house arrest, 5 years probation[{{cite news|title=Former major league baseball player Ferris Fain was sentenced to four months of house arrest and five years of probation for cultivating marijuna.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-15-sp-21026-story.html|access-date=1 July 2017|work=Los Angeles Times}}]
|Authorities believed a jail sentence would have aggravated his arthritis and leukemia.[{{cite news|title=Ferris Fain Charged With Growing Marijuana|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-23-sp-1841-story.html|access-date=1 July 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|agency=Newswire|date=23 March 1988}}] |
| California
|{{Dts|1988-03-17}} (arrest)[{{cite book |last1=Zoss |first1=Joel |last2=Bowman |first2=John |last3=Bowman |first3=John Stewart |title=Diamonds in the Rough: The Untold History of Baseball |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=978-0-8032-9920-7 |page=327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zp59VpYuyIC&pg=PA327 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}]
|Cultivating and possessing marijuana for sale
|{{sort|1.5|18}} months imprisonment
|Fain served his sentence at California State Prison, Solano.[{{cite news|last1=Goldstein|first1=Richard|title=Ferris Fain, A.L. Batting Champion in 1950's, Dies at 80|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/27/sports/ferris-fain-al-batting-champion-in-1950-s-dies-at-80.html|access-date=1 July 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 October 2001}}] |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Rafael|Furcal}}
| rowspan="2" |Atlanta Braves
|Georgia (Cobb County)
|{{DTS|2000-06-10}} (arrest)
| rowspan="4" |Driving while intoxicated
|{{sort|.0575342466|Probation}} (later 21 days imprisonment)
| rowspan="2" |Furcal had 49 days remaining on his Cobb County probation when arrested for drunk driving in violation of his probation.[{{cite news |last1=Plummer |first1=Don |title=Furcal starts 21 days of 'mundane, routine' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94163654/the-atlanta-constitution/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=13 October 2004 |page=D4}}] His pleaded guilty to the second charge two days into his prison stint and the two sentences ran concurrently.[{{cite news |title=Furcal Gets Concurrent Sentence On Second DUI |url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/sports/furcal-gets-concurrent-sentence-on-second-dui/83-402260339 |access-date=4 February 2022 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=WFMY-TV |date=October 14, 2004}}] |
| Georgia (Atlanta)
|{{DTS|2004-10-14}} (plea)
|{{sort|.0520547945|19}} days imprisonment, 10 months probation, 240 hours community service |
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Bernard|Gilkey}}
|New York Mets
|Florida (St. Lucie County)
|{{DTS|1998-03}} (arrest)
|1 year probation, 50 hours community service, driver's license suspended six months[{{cite news|date=November 9, 2001|title=Braves' Gilkey Pleads Guilty to DWI|language=en|work=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/article/f47b472ee82ed4ce66e7baff963c0857|access-date=4 February 2022}}]
| rowspan="3" |Gilkey was arrested for DWI on November 8, 2000, while charges against him for another DWI from less than a month earlier were still pending.[{{cite news|last1=Lhotka|first1=William C.|date=19 January 2002|title=Bernard Gilkey gets 120 days for drunk driving|page=8|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94166454/st-louis-post-dispatch/|access-date=4 February 2022}}] |
| Boston Red Sox
| rowspan="2" |Missouri (St. Louis County)
|{{DTS|2001-02-27}} (plea)
|2 years probation |
| Atlanta Braves
|{{DTS|2001-11-09}} (plea)
|Driving while intoxicated, driving with a suspended license, speeding
|{{sort|.328767123|120}} days imprisonment, 5 years probation, 500 hours community service, driver's license suspended five years |
| rowspan="3" |{{sortname|Dwight|Gooden}}
|New York Mets
| rowspan="2" |Florida (Hillsborough County)
|{{DTS|1987-01-23}} (plea)
|Battery on a police officer, resisting arrest with violence
|3 years probation, 160 hours community service
|Gooden was charged alongside his nephew, Gary Sheffield, and Vance Lovelace.[{{cite news |title=Gooden Pleads No Contest, Gets Probation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94437015/gooden-pleads-no-contest-gets-probation/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=24 January 1987 |page=47}}] |
| rowspan="2" |Retired
|{{DTS|2005-11-03}} (sentencing)
|Fleeing police, reckless driving, obstruction, battery
|{{sort|.123287671|45}} days imprisonment, 3 years probation, 100 hours community service, anger management, substance abuse treatment. Re-sentenced in 2006 to a year and a day in prison for violating probation.
|Gooden pled guilty to an April 2004 charge that he sped away from a traffic stop and an unrelated March 2005 charge of hitting his girlfriend. He was given 45 days in prison for the latter charge but credited for time served.[{{cite news |title=Gooden receives three years of probation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94128913/clarion-ledger/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=Clarion-Ledger |date=4 November 2005 |page=31}}] On April 5, 2006, he was re-sentenced to a year and a day in prison for violating his probation by using cocaine.[{{cite news |last1=Stout |first1=David |title=Gooden Sentenced to Year in Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/sports/baseball/gooden-sentenced-to-year-in-prison.html |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 2006}}] |
| New Jersey (Monmouth County)
|{{DTS|2019-08}} (plea)
|Cocaine possession
|1 year probation
|Gooden was able to avoid prison time by completing a substance abuse treatment program between his plea and sentencing.[{{cite news|date=13 November 2020|title=Gooden gets probation for 2019 drug arrest|language=en|work=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30310051/dwight-gooden-gets-probation-2019-drug-arrest|access-date=4 February 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Mark|Grace}}
|Retired
|Arizona (Maricopa County)
|{{Dts|2013-01-31}} (sentencing)
|Endangerment, DUI
|{{sort|.333|4}} months imprisonment, followed by 3 years supervised probation
|Grace had been arrested for DUI twice in 15 months and could have faced up to three years in prison if he had not pleaded guilty.[{{cite news|last1=Merrill|first1=Laurie|title=Mark Grace gets four-month sentence for 2nd DUI|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/01/31/mark-grace-avoids-prison-time-pleads-guilty-to-dui/1880637/|access-date=26 June 2017|work=USA Today|date=January 31, 2013|language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Luther|Hackman}}
|Retired
|United States (W.D. Tenn.)
|{{Dts|2023-03-09}} (plea)
|Money laundering, conspiring to distribute cocaine
|Pending
|Hackman was arrested when he arrived to pick up a shipment of 20 pounds of methamphetamine and 4 kilograms of cocaine for which he had paid $96,800.[{{cite news |title=Former Major League Baseball Player and Co-Conspirator Convicted of Drug Conspiracy |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/former-major-league-baseball-player-and-co-conspirator-convicted-drug-conspiracy |access-date=23 March 2023 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |date=9 March 2023 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Mel|Hall}}
|Retired
|Texas (Tarrant County)
|{{Dts|2009-06-17}} (sentencing)
|3 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and 2 counts of indecency with a child
|45 years imprisonment[[http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11865398 Ex-major league OF Hall convicted of rape, sentenced 45 years] CBSSports.com wire reports June 17, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010162843/http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/story/11865398 |date=October 10, 2012 }}]
|Serving his sentence at Coffield prison in Texas. Eligible for parole in 2031.[{{cite web|title=Texas Department of Criminal Justice Inmate Search|url=https://inmate.tdcj.texas.gov/InmateSearch/viewDetail.action?sid=06023953|publisher=Texas Department of Criminal Justice|access-date=April 6, 2024}}] |
| {{sortname|Pinky|Higgins}}
|Retired
|Louisiana
|{{Dts|1968}} (arrest)
|Negligent homicide
|4 years labor{{clarify|date=October 2019}}
|Released after serving 2 months. Died from a heart attack the day after being released.[{{cite web|title=Mike Higgins|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dce16a07|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=November 28, 2017}}] |
| {{sortname|Erik|Hiljus}}
|Retired
|United States (C.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|2022-11-14}} (plea)
|Two counts of subscribing to false tax returns
|{{sort|.25|3}} months home detention, $194,701 in fines and restitution[{{cite news |title=Ex-MLB Player from SoCal Gets Home Detention in Gambling Case |url=https://mynewsla.com/business/2023/04/04/ex-mlb-player-from-socal-gets-home-detention-in-gambling-case/ |access-date=7 April 2023 |work=MyNewsLA.com |publisher=CalNews Inc. |date=5 April 2023}}]
|Hiljus served as an agent of an illegal gambling operation. The investigation also resulted in charges against Yasiel Puig.[{{cite news |date=14 November 2022 |title=Former MLB Player Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony Charge for Lying to Federal Agents Investigating Illegal Gambling Operation |language=en |publisher=United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-mlb-player-agrees-plead-guilty-felony-charge-lying-federal-agents-investigating |access-date=18 November 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Charlie|Hoover|dab=baseball}}
|Retired
|Missouri
|{{Dts|1898-10}} (arrest)[{{cite web |last1=Winter |first1=Paul |title=Charlie Hoover |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/charlie-hoover/ |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=1 February 2022}}]
|Forgery
|5 years imprisonment
|Released in May 1902.[{{cite web|title=Baseball Players Who Did Time in Prison|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/Baseball_Players_Who_Did_Time_in_Prison.shtml|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=December 15, 2017}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Steve|Howe|dab=baseball}}
|Banned
|United States (D. Mont.)
|{{Dts|1992-08-18}} (sentencing)
|Attempted possession of cocaine
|3 years probation, $1,000 fine and 100 hours community service
|While a pitcher for the New York Yankees, Howe was banned from baseball in June 1991 for failing his seventh drug test. Howe was arrested in December for buying two grams of cocaine in a federal drug investigation and pleaded to a lesser charge in April 1992.[{{cite news|title=Yankees' Howe sentenced to three years probation|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/18/Yankees-Howe-sentenced-to-three-years-probation/6146714110400/|access-date=16 June 2017|work=United Press International|date=August 18, 1992|language=en}}] |
| New York Yankees
|New York (New York City)
|{{Dts|1996-11-07}} (sentencing)
|Attempting to bring a loaded, unlicensed handgun on an airplane
|3 years probation and 150 hours community service
|Howe had previously been reinstated by MLB and was arrested while under contract with the Yankees but his sentence was not handed down until the fall following what would be his final season in 1996.[{{cite news|last1=Serant|first1=Claire|title=Ex-Yank in Gun-Rap Slap|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/ex-yank-gun-rap-slap-article-1.746323|access-date=16 June 2017|work=NY Daily News|date=November 8, 1996|language=en}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|LaMarr|Hoyt}}
|San Diego Padres
|rowspan="2"|United States (S.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|1986-12-16}} (sentencing)
|Drug smuggling
|{{sort|.123|45}} days imprisonment, 5 years probation, $5,025 fine
|Hoyt tried to cross the border from Mexico with 500 pills. It was his second arrest for bringing in drugs from Mexico. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.[{{cite news|last1=Goldman|first1=Steven|title=Throwback Thursday: LaMarr Hoyt Falls in the War on Drugs|url=https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/gv7z8w/throwback-thursday-lamarr-hoyt-falls-in-the-war-on-drugs|access-date=1 July 2017|work=Vice Sports|publisher=Vice Media|date=October 29, 2015|language=en-us}}] |
| Retired
|{{Dts|1988-01-16}} (sentencing)[{{cite news |title=SPORTS PEOPLE; Hoyt to Allenwood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/17/sports/sports-people-hoyt-to-allenwood.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=17 January 1988}}]
|Violation of probation, possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute
|1 year imprisonment, 7 months imprisonment to be served concurrently
|Hoyt tested positive for cocaine while on probation. Separately, drugs were also discovered in his home. |
| {{sortname|Pat|Jarvis|dab=baseball}}
|Retired
|United States (N.D. Ga.)
|{{Dts|1999-03-29}} (sentencing)
|Mail fraud
|{{sort|1.25|15}} months imprisonment, $40,000 fine[{{cite news |title=PLUS: COURT NEWS; Former Pitcher Is Sentenced |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/30/sports/plus-court-news-former-pitcher-is-sentenced.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=30 March 1999}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Cleon|Jones}}
|Retired
|Alabama (Mobile County)
|{{Dts|1986-09-25}} (sentencing)
|Two counts of first degree assault
|10-year suspended sentence, 5 years probation, restitution
|[{{cite news |title=Retired Outfielder Sentenced in Assault |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94198061/the-anniston-star/ |access-date=5 February 2022 |work=The Anniston Star |agency=Associated Press |date=26 September 1986 |page=7}}] |
| {{sortname|Ricardo|Jordan}}
|Retired
|Florida (Palm Beach County)
|{{Dts|2007-03-08}} (sentencing)
|Trafficking in cocaine, sale and distribution of marijuana
|7 years imprisonment
|[{{cite news |last1=Othon |first1=Nancy L. |title=Ex-pro pitcher sentenced to 7 years |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2007-03-09-0703090160-story.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Sun Sentinel |date=March 9, 2007 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Jung-Ho|Kang}}
| Pittsburgh Pirates
| South Korea (Seoul)
| {{dts|2017-03-02}} (sentencing)
| DUI, leaving the scene of an accident
| {{sort|.6667|8}} months imprisonment, sentence suspended for two years
| Kang had two prior DUIs.[{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Matt |title=Pirates' Jung Ho Kang reportedly sentenced in DUI case, avoids jail time for now |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/pirates-jung-ho-kang-reportedly-sentenced-in-dui-case-avoids-jail-time-for-now/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=CBSSports.com |publisher=CBS Sports |date=March 2, 2017 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Shoki|Kasahara}}
| Yomiuri Giants
| Japan (Tokyo)
| {{Dts|2016-10-25}} (sentencing)
| Gambling-related charges
| {{sort|1.16667|14}} months imprisonment, sentence suspended for four years
| Kasahara personally placed ¥4.5 million in bets on baseball games and helped to run a gambling ring.[{{cite news|title=Ex-Giants pitcher Kasahara given suspended jail term for gambling on baseball|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/10/05/national/crime-legal/ex-giants-pitcher-given-suspended-jail-term-gambling-baseball/#.WTNdXxgrLEY|access-date=4 June 2017|work=The Japan Times Online|date=5 October 2016}}] |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Matt|Keough}}
| rowspan="2" |Retired
| rowspan="2" |California (Orange County)
|{{DTS|2005-04-05}} (arrest)[{{cite news |last1=Reza |first1=H. G. |title=Former Pitcher Jailed in Hit-Run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94739147/former-pitcher-jailed-in-hit-run/ |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=6 April 2005 |page=6}}]
| rowspan="2" |Driving under the influence
|{{Sort|.4931506 years|180 days}} imprisonment, 3 years probation. Re-sentenced in 2008 to an additional 180 days imprisonment.
|Keough was charged with multiple felonies after leaving the scene of an accident with a blood-alcohol content more than twice the legal limit. |
| {{Dts|2010-07-12}} (plea)
| 1 year imprisonment, 5 years probation
| Keough initially showed up to court too drunk for the court to accept his plea and the matter had to be adjourned.[{{cite news |title=Ex-MLB pitcher Matt Keough gets year in jail for DUI |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2010/10/14/ex-mlb-pitcher-matt-keough-gets-year-in-jail-for-dui/ |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=San Bernardino Sun |date=14 October 2010}}] |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Koosman}}
| Retired
| United States (W.D. Wis.)
| {{Dts|2009|09|03}} (sentencing)[{{cite news |last1=Szal |first1=Andy |title=Former pitcher Koosman given 6 months in prison |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-koosman-sentence/former-pitcher-koosman-given-6-months-in-prison-idUSTRE58267I20090903 |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Reuters |date=3 September 2009 |language=en}}]
| Tax evasion
| {{sort|.5|6}} months imprisonment
| Released on June 30, 2010.[{{cite news|title=Koosman out of prison|url=https://nypost.com/2010/07/02/koosman-out-of-prison|access-date=18 June 2017|work=New York Post|date=2 July 2010}}] |
| {{sortname|Tacks|Latimer}}
| Retired
| Ohio
| {{Dts|1925-01}} (sentencing)
| Second-degree murder
| {{sort|999|Life}} imprisonment[{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74602982/life-sentence-given-to-former-ball/ |title=Life Sentence Given To Former Ball Player|via=Newspapers.com|work=The Owensboro Messenger|date=January 6, 1925|page=1|access-date=March 29, 2021}}]
| Pardoned on December 24, 1930[{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/601274533/?terms=%22tacks%20latimer%22&match=1|title=Christmas Clemency Given to Prisoners|date=December 24, 1930|page=1|work=Telegraph-Forum |via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 29, 2021}}] |
| {{sortname|Ron|LeFlore}}
| Pre-career
| Michigan
| {{Dts|1970}}
| Armed robbery
| 5–15 years imprisonment[{{cite web|last1=Hofmann|first1=Paul|title=Ron LeFlore|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8538e00b|website=sabr.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=4 June 2017|language=en}}]
| LeFlore started playing baseball in prison and was scouted by Detroit Tigers manager Billy Martin at Jackson State Prison. |
| {{sortname|Esteban|Loaiza}}
| Retired
| United States (S.D. Cal.)
| {{Dts|2018-08-10}} (plea)
| Possession of cocaine with intent to distribute
| 3 years imprisonment, 5 years probation[{{cite news |title=Ex-All Star Pitcher Esteban Loaiza Sentenced, to be Deported |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ex-all-star-pitcher-esteban-loaiza-sentencing/941/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |publisher=NBC 7 San Diego |date=March 8, 2019}}]
| Loaiza had been facing 10 years to life in prison before he was sentenced[{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24344352/former-all-star-pitcher-esteban-loaiza-pleads-guilty-drug-charges|title=Former All-Star pitcher Esteban Loaiza pleads guilty to drug charges|work=espn|date=10 August 2018|access-date=August 11, 2018}}] |
| {{sortname|Josh|Lueke}}
| Bakersfield Blaze
| California (Kern County)
| {{Dts|2019-10-01}} (plea)
| False imprisonment with violence
| {{sort|0.169863014|62}} days imprisonment, followed by three years of felony probation[{{cite news|title=Lueke timeline|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/lueke-timeline/|access-date=4 June 2017|work=The Seattle Times|date=1 September 2010}}]
| Lueke was charged with rape and non-consensual sodomy but pleaded no contest to a lesser charge. |
| {{sortname|Julio|Machado}}
| Milwaukee Brewers
| Venezuela (Barquisimeto)
| {{Dts|1994-03-21}} (sentencing)
| Murder
| 12 years imprisonment[{{cite news |title=SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; Machado Gets 12 Years in Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/22/sports/sports-people-baseball-machado-gets-12-years-in-prison.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=22 March 1994}}]
| Released after serving four years[[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3OIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1891,4967212&dq=julio-machado+four+years&hl=en Baseball Notes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313071239/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3OIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qkUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1891,4967212&dq=julio-machado+four+years&hl=en |date=2016-03-13 }} Associated Press, March 29th, 2007. As reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2013-7-03.] |
| {{sortname|Jim|Mahady}}
|Retired
|New York (Cortland County)
|{{Dts|1930-01-29}} (conviction)[{{cite book |title=Supreme Court Appellate Division-Third Department |date=1930 |isbn=9780224618175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PCRHt2swYEC |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en|last1=Lewis |first1=Cecil Day }}]
|Second degree manslaughter
|6–12 years imprisonment
|Sentence commuted after three years by the Governor of New York, Herbert H. Lehman.[{{cite news|title=Baseball Player Faces Jail Term|newspaper=Daily News|date=30 January 1930|location=Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|pages=8, 12}}] |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Martin|dab=baseball}}
|Free agent
|United States (E.D. Mo.)
|{{Dts|1983-11-18}} (sentencing)
|Attempted possession of cocaine
|3 months imprisonment, $2,500 fine
|Martin was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Mays Aikens and Willie Wilson. Martin's fine was half those of his teammates because he was near "financial catastrophe." |
| rowspan="2"| {{sortname|Denny|McLain}}
|rowspan="2"| Retired
|United States (M.D. Fla.)
|{{Dts|1985-04-26}} (sentencing)[{{cite news |last1=Berkow |first1=Ira |title=McLain Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/26/sports/mclain-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=26 April 1985}}]
|Drug trafficking, extortion, racketeering and conspiracy
|12 years imprisonment
|Prior sentence overturned after he served two years, released after plea bargain.[Nick Acocella, [https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/McLain_Denny.html From the big time to the big house], ESPN Classic, 2007.] |
| United States (E.D. Mich.)
|{{Dts|1996-12-14}} (conviction)[{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Ex-Baseball Star and His Partner Are Convicted of Pension Fraud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/14/us/ex-baseball-star-and-his-partner-are-convicted-of-pension-fraud.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=14 December 1996}}]
|Conspiracy, theft, money laundering and mail fraud
|8 years imprisonment
|Released after serving six years |
| {{sortname|Byron|McLaughlin}}
|Retired
|United States (S.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|1990-12}} (plea)
|Money laundering
|{{sort|14|5}} years probation (later sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in absentia)
|McLaughlin was also ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution in a related civil matter. After fleeing the country, McLaughlin's penalty was increased to 14 years in prison. He has remained a fugitive from justice since 1991.[{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Dan |title=True Crime: An Ex-MLBer's sneaker fraud |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2018/03/08/byron-mclaughlin-mariners-sneakers-fraud-true-crime#gid=ci0254f7e3e0072580&pid=true-crime-evidence-shoesjpg |access-date=1 February 2022 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=March 8, 2018 |language=en-us}}] |
| {{sortname|Sergio|Mitre}}
|Saraperos de Saltillo
|Mexico (Saltillo)
|{{Dts|2022-01}} (sentencing)
|Femicide involving the murder of an infant child
|50 years imprisonment, MX$379,500 fine
|Mitre was convicted in Mexico for the murder of his then-girlfriend's 22-month old daughter.[{{cite web|first=Armando|last=Ríos|url=https://vanguardia.com.mx/coahuila/dictan-50-anos-de-prision-a-sergio-mitre-por-feminicidio-de-nina-en-saltillo-LE1565296|title=Dictan 50 años de prisión a Sergio Mitre por feminicidio de niña en Saltillo|work=Vanguardia MX|language=es|date=20 January 2022|access-date=20 January 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Raúl|Mondesí}}
|Retired
|Dominican Republic (San Cristóbal)
|{{Dts|2017-09}} (sentencing)
|Embezzlement
|8 years imprisonment, $1.3 million fine
|Mondesí was found guilty of embezzling $6.3 million as the mayor of San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic.[{{cite news|title=Former Dodgers star Mondesi sentenced to 8 years in prison|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/09/21/former-dodgers-star-mondesi-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison/105862884/|access-date=8 December 2017|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=September 21, 2017|language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Ray|Morgan|dab=baseball}}
|Retired
|Maryland (Baltimore)
|{{Dts|1924-02}} (conviction)
|Assaulting a policeman
|1 year imprisonment
|One of his co-defendants was found not guilty and the other was only fined $300.[{{cite news |title=Morgan Gets Year in Jail |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94678243/morgan-gets-year-in-jail/ |access-date=11 February 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=22 February 1924 |page=5}}] |
| {{Sortname|Troy|Neel}}
|Retired
|United States (W.D. Tex.)
|{{DTS|2009-05-07}} (plea)[{{Cite news|date=May 8, 2009|title=Texas' top deadbeat dad pleads guilty|publisher=United Press International|url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/05/08/Texas-top-deadbeat-dad-pleads-guilty/14621241824538/|access-date=February 10, 2022}}]
|Failure to pay legal child support obligation
|5 years probation, $700,000 restitution in unpaid child support
|Neel's child support arrears were the greatest amount in Texas history. He had been living in a resort he owned in Vanuatu in order to avoid his support obligation.[{{Cite news|last=Weber|first=Paul J.|date=May 14, 2012|title=Former major leaguer, Aggie Neel sentenced in child support case|work=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|agency=Associated Press|url=https://theeagle.com/sports/former-major-leaguer-aggie-neel-sentenced-in-child-support-case/article_94ba6a7f-c89d-5e4f-90a3-beccf0f55a1b.html|access-date=February 10, 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Blue Moon|Odom}}
|Retired
|California (Orange County)
|{{Dts|1986-09-05}} (sentencing)
|Selling cocaine
|{{sort|.246575342|90}} days imprisonment, $200 fine, 5 years probation
|Odom sold two grams of cocaine to a coworker at a Xerox factory for $100.[{{cite news |last1=Seager |first1=Susan |title='Blue Moon' Odom sentenced to jail |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/09/05/Blue-Moon-Odom-sentenced-to-jail/3118526276800/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=United Press International |date=September 5, 1986 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Hiroshi|Ogawa|dab=pitcher}}
|Retired
|Japan (Saitama)
|{{Dts|2005-09-29}} (sentencing)
|Murder, theft
|{{sort|999|Life}} imprisonment[{{cite news |title=Ex-Lotte pitcher gets life for murder |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/09/30/national/ex-lotte-pitcher-gets-life-for-murder/ |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The Japan Times |date=30 September 2005}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Monte|Pearson}}
|Retired
|California (Madera County)
|{{DTS|1962-11}} (conviction)
|Bribery
|{{sort|.6667|8}} months imprisonment
|Pearson accepted a bribe of $200 while serving as the chief sanitarian of Madera County.[{{cite news|date=6 December 1962|title=Monte Pearson is Sentenced on Bribe Charge|page=21|work=Palladium-Item|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94248664/monte-pearson-is-sentenced-on-bribe/|access-date=6 February 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Joe|Pepitone}}
|Retired
|New York (New York City)
|{{DTS|1986-09-17}} (convicted)
|Possession of Quaaludes, possession of drug paraphernalia
|{{sort|.5|6}} months imprisonment
|Pepitone was sentenced to two concurrent sentences of six months.[{{cite news |last1=Buder |first1=Leonard |title=PEPITONE SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/23/sports/pepitone-sentenced-to-six-months-in-jail.html |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1986}}] |
| {{sortname|Luis|Polonia}}
|New York Yankees
|Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
|{{DTS|1989-08-21}} (plea)
|Sexual intercourse with a child
|{{sort|.164383562|60}} days imprisonment, $1,500 fine, $10,000 to the Sexual Assault Treatment Center at Sinai Samaritan Hospital[{{cite news |last1=DiGiovanni |first1=Joe |title=Yankees' Polonia gets two months in jail, fine |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/10/02/Yankees-Polonia-gets-two-months-in-jail-fine/1054623304000/ |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=United Press International |date=October 2, 1989 |language=en}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Jerry|Priddy}}
|Retired
|United States (C.D. Cal.)
|{{Dts|1973-12-11}} (conviction)[{{cite news |title=Jerry Priddy, Ex-Yankee, Convicted in Extortion Plot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/11/archives/jerry-priddy-exyankee-convicted-in-extortion-plot.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=United Press International |date=11 December 1973}}]
|Extortion
|{{sort|.75|9}} months imprisonment
|Released after serving {{frac|4|1|2}} months. |
| {{sortname|Brandon|Puffer}}
|Texas Rangers
|Texas (Collin County)[{{cite news |last1=Hundley |first1=Wendy |title=Frisco RoughRiders pitcher indicted |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2008/10/24/frisco-roughriders-pitcher-indicted/ |access-date=22 October 2022 |work=Dallas News |date=24 October 2008 |language=en}}]
|{{Dts|2009}} (conviction)
|Burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony
|5 years imprisonment
|[{{cite news |last1=Clynch |first1=Shawn |title=Baseball provided Brandon Puffer opportunities before and after a life-changing experience |url=https://www.kvue.com/article/news/baseball-provided-brandon-puffer-opportunities-before-and-after-a-life-changing-experience/269-e942d187-a949-47ea-b20c-a63ad0f64ff6 |access-date=22 October 2022 |publisher=KVUE |date=June 7, 2019}}] |
| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Pedro|Ramos}}
|rowspan="2"|Retired
|rowspan="2"|Florida
|{{dts|1980-08-18}} (arrest)
|Aggravated assault
|{{sort|1.5|18}} months probation
|Ramos threatened a bar owner with a revolver.[{{cite book |last1=Marazzi |first1=Rich |last2=Fiorito |first2=Len |title=Baseball Players of the 1950s: A Biographical Dictionary of All 1,560 Major Leaguers |date=8 June 2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0429-9 |page=316 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIjeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA316 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}] |
| {{dts|1981-08-24}} (arrest)
|Speeding, drunk driving, carrying a concealed weapon, probation violation
|3 years imprisonment
|Ramos was released after serving about half of his sentence for his probation violation. |
| {{sortname|Jim|Rivera}}
|Pre-career
|U.S. Army
|{{DTS|1944-05-15}} (plea)
|Rape, attempted rape, assault
|{{sort|999|Life}} imprisonment, dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Army[{{cite news |title=Barksdale Man Court-Martialed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94466614/barksdale-man-court-martialed/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Shreveport Journal |date=18 May 1944 |page=1}}]
|Rivera was paroled after five years. His arrival in the major leagues was controversial but Commissioner Ford Frick said that his conduct since his release had been "beyond question" but noted that, if that were to change, the league would "take action."[{{cite news |last1=Reichler |first1=Joe |title=Rivera Traveled Rough Road to Present Tryout in Majors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94466913/rivera-traveled-rough-road-to-present/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The Item |agency=Associated Press |date=5 May 1952 |page=7}}] |
| {{sortname|Pete|Rose}}
|Banned
|United States (S.D. Ohio)
|{{dts|1990-04-20}} (plea)
|Tax fraud
|{{sort|0.416667|5}} months imprisonment followed by one year supervised release, 20 hours community service, $50,000 fine, mental health services, $366,042.86 restitution of unpaid taxes and interest
|Rose failed to disclose $345,967.60 in income ({{Inflation|US|345967.60|1987|fmt=eq}}) from card shows, personal appearances and memorabilia sales on his 1985 and 1987 federal tax returns. He was ordered to undergo treatment for a gambling addiction.[{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Claire |title=Rose Sentenced to 5 Months For Filing False Tax Returns |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/20/sports/rose-sentenced-to-5-months-for-filing-false-tax-returns.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=20 July 1990}}] |
| {{sortname|Ralph|Schwamb}}
| St. Louis Browns
| California
| {{dts|1949}} (sentencing)
| Murder
| {{sort|999|Life}} imprisonment
| Schwamb was sentenced in 1949, but granted parole from San Quentin State Prison in 1960.[{{cite news|last1=Adriaanse|first1=Katherine|title=Players after prison|url=http://baseballhall.org/discover/short-stops/players-after-prison|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Jimmy|Sheckard}}
|Retired
|Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
|{{DTS|1942-09-17}} (conviction)[{{cite news |title=Former Major Leaguer Appeals Lottery Case |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94225493/the-wilkes-barre-record/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=The Wilkes-Barre Record |agency=Associated Press |date=18 September 1942 |page=20}}]
|Selling lottery tickets
|{{sort|.0821917808|30}} days imprisonment, $10 fine[{{cite news |title=Gets 30-Day Sentence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94198548/republican-and-herald/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=Republican and Herald |date=5 February 1943 |page=4}}]
| |
| Gary Sheffield
|Florida Marlins
|Florida (Orange County)[{{cite news |title=Nixon Leaves Atlanta for Boston |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94245428/evansville-press/ |access-date=5 February 2022 |work=Evansville Press |date=8 December 1993 |page=27}}]
|{{DTS|1994-05-24}} (plea)
|Reckless driving
|{{sort|.75|9}} months probation, 40 hours community service
|Sheffield, who was driving a Ferrari Testarossa {{convert|110|mph|km/h}}, was also charged with DUI but that charge was dismissed.[{{cite news|date=25 May 1994|title=Outfielder Sentenced|page=37|work=Reno Gazette-Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94197952/reno-gazette-journal/|access-date=5 February 2022}}] |
| {{sortname|Chuck|Smith|dab=baseball}}
|Retired
|United States (N.D. Ohio)
|{{dts|2022-05-19}} (plea)
|Access device fraud, aggravated identity theft
|{{sort|2.75|33}} months imprisonment
|Smith bought credit card numbers from the dark web and used them to buy at least $10,621.23 in gasoline over a year.[{{cite news |title=Woodmere Man Sentenced to Prison for Obtaining Stolen Credit Card Information and Using it to Purchase Gasoline |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/woodmere-man-sentenced-prison-obtaining-stolen-credit-card-information-and-using-it |access-date=21 October 2022 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |date=25 August 2022 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Sammy|Stewart}}
| Retired
| North Carolina (Buncombe County)
| {{dts|2006-10}}[{{cite news |last1=Eisenberg |first1=John |title=From a hero to felon |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-12-17-0612170075-story.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=December 17, 2006 |language=en}}]
| Drug possession
| {{sort|6.66666667|80}}–105 months imprisonment
|Released after serving 80 months. |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Darryl|Strawberry}}
|San Francisco Giants
|United States (S.D.N.Y.)
|{{DTS|1995-02-09}} (plea)
|Tax evasion
|{{sort|.5|6}} months home confinement, 3 years probation, 100 hours community service, drug abuse counselling[{{cite news |title=Darryl Strawberry sentenced to six months of home confinement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94408430/darryl-strawberry-sentenced-to-six/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=Intelligencer Journal |agency=Associated Press |date=25 April 1995 |page=28}}]
|Strawberry admitted to failing to report $75,000–$120,000 in income between 1986 and 1990.[{{cite news |last1=Aig |first1=Marlene |title=Strawberry pleads guilty in tax case |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94407708/strawberry-pleads-guilty-in-tax-case/ |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |agency=Associated Press |date=9 February 1995 |page=26}}] As part of his plea, Strawberry agreed to three months in prison but Judge Barrington Daniels Parker Jr. opted for a lighter sentence. |
| Retired
|Florida (Hillsborough County)
|{{dts|2002-04-29}} (sentencing)
|Drug possession, solicitation of prostitution
|{{sort|1.5|18}} months imprisonment
|Sentence was suspended in 1999, reinstated after 2002 parole violation[{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020808012058/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2002/04/29/strawberry_sentenced_ap/ Former slugger gets 18 months for violating probation]}} SI.com/Associated Press April 29, 2002] |
| rowspan="2" |{{sortname|Hank|Thompson|dab=baseball}}
| rowspan="2" |Retired
|New York
|{{DTS|1961-11-9}} (sentencing)
|Third degree robbery
|3 years suspended sentence[{{cite news |title=Ex-Giant Player Is Sentenced |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/11/10/118522777.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=New York Times |date=November 10, 1961 |language=en}}]
| |
| Texas
|{{dts|1965}} (conviction)
|Armed robbery
|10 years imprisonment
|Served three years[{{cite book |last1=Faber |first1=Charles F. |title=Major League Careers Cut Short: Leading Players Gone by 30 |date=10 January 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6209-4 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEGNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |access-date=1 February 2022 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Rusty|Torres}}
|Retired
|New York (Nassau County)
|{{dts|2014-07-31}} (conviction)[{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Sasha |title=Ex-Yankee Rusty Torres convicted of sexually abusing girl, 8, on Long Island |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ex-yankee-rusty-torres-convicted-sexually-abusing-girl-8-long-island-article-1.1887956 |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=New York Daily News |date=July 31, 2014}}]
|5 counts of first-degree sexual abuse
|3 years imprisonment[{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/rosendo-rusty-torres-former-yankee-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-sex-abuse-1.9704541|title=Rosendo 'Rusty' Torres, former Yankee, gets 3 years in prison for sex abuse|access-date=December 11, 2014|work=Newsday|date=December 11, 2014}}]
| |
| {{sortname|Ugueth|Urbina}}
|Philadelphia Phillies
|Venezuela (Caracas)
|{{dts|2007-03-28}} (sentencing)
|Attempted murder
|14 years imprisonment[{{cite news |title=Ugueth Urbina found guilty, sentenced to 14 years |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2815590 |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |date=28 March 2007 |language=en}}]
|Served {{frac|5|1|2}} years; released December 22, 2012.[{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8781625/ugueth-urbina-former-all-star-closer-released-venezuelan-prison |title=Ugueth Urbina released from prison |first=Juan |last=Aguilarte |publisher=ESPN |date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}] |
| {{sortname|Julio|Urías}}
|Los Angeles Dodgers
|California (Los Angeles)
|{{dts|2024-05-01}} (conviction)[{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2024/05/01/ex-dodgers-pitcher-julio-urias-pleads-no-contest-to-domestic-battery-charge/?clearUserState=true|title=Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to domestic battery charge|work=Orange County Register|date=May 1, 2024|accessdate=May 2, 2024}}]
|Domestic battery
|36 months probation, 30 days community labor, and a 52-week domestic violence counseling course
| |
| {{sortname|Felipe|Vázquez}}
|Pittsburgh Pirates
|Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
|{{dts|2021-05-20}} (conviction)
|10 counts of sexual abuse of children, two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one count each of statutory sexual assault, corruption of a minor and indecent assault of a person under 16 years old
|2–4 years imprisonment, 2 years probation
|Vazquez was deported back to his home country of Venezuela after he was released in 2023.[{{cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-pirates-all-star-closer-felipe-vazquez-found-guilty-of-sexually-assaulting-13-year-old-girl/|title=Former Pirates All-Star closer Felipe Vazquez found guilty of sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl|first=Matt|last=Snyder|work=CBS Sports|date=May 20, 2021|access-date=May 20, 2021}}] |
| {{sortname|Justin|Wayne}}
|Retired
|United States (S.D. Fla.)
|{{Dts|2018-8-31}} (plea)[{{cite news |title=Three Individuals and a Corporation Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers and Clinical Laboratories Scheme Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/three-individuals-and-corporation-plead-guilty-multi-million-health-care-fraud-and |access-date=21 October 2022 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |date=31 August 2018 |language=en}}]
|Conspiracy to commit health care fraud
|{{sort|3.83333333|46}} months imprisonment, 3 years supervised release, $20,000 fine
|Smart Lab LLC, a corporation co-founded by Wayne and his brother, Hawkeye, a former minor league baseball player, also entered a guilty plea.[{{cite news |title=Two Individuals and a Corporation Sentenced for Their Roles in Multi-Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers and Clinical Laboratories |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/two-individuals-and-corporation-sentenced-their-roles-multi-million-health-care-fraud |access-date=21 October 2022 |publisher=United States Department of Justice |date=1 November 2018 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Kevin|Wickander}}
|Retired
|Arizona (Maricopa County)
|{{Dts|2002-9-19}} (sentencing)
|Theft
|4 years imprisonment
|While on probation, Wickander pleaded guilty to theft of a computer and other equipment from an office in Phoenix.[{{cite news |last1=Rubin |first1=Paul |title=Speedball |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/speedball-6433012 |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=Phoenix New Times |date=November 7, 2002 |language=en}}] |
| {{sortname|Bill|Wilson|dab=catcher}}
|Retired
|United States (N.D. Ill.)
|{{Dts|1909-06-31}} (plea)
|Forgery, fleeing from justice
|2 years imprisonment
|Wilson robbed a post office in Chicago in December 1907 and was not arrested until May 25, 1908, but escaped from custody while being transported to jail. That August, he robbed a post office in Kansas City.[{{cite news |title=Arrest "Baseball" Wilson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94484554/arrest-baseball-wilson/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=28 May 1909 |page=15}}] He was arrested in Seattle in May 1909 and sentenced by Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.[{{cite news |title=Baseball Wilson Strikes Out |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94484594/baseball-wilson-strikes-out/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=1 July 1909 |page=3}}] |
| {{sortname|Willie|Wilson|dab=baseball}}
|Kansas City Royals
|United States (E.D. Mo.)
|{{Dts|1983-11-18}} (sentencing)
|Attempted possession of cocaine
|{{sort|.25|3}} months imprisonment, $5,000 fine
|Wilson was arrested, charged and sentenced with teammates Willie Mays Aikens and Jerry Martin.[{{cite news|title=3 From Royals Get 3-Month Terms in Drug Case|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/18/sports/3-from-royals-get-3-month-terms-in-drug-case.html|access-date=17 September 2017|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=18 November 1983}}] |