season in 1918. In 1919, the Giants acquired Hal Chase, and he and Zimmerman tried to get other players to help them throw games during the season. Zimmerman's actions got him kicked off the team in September 1919, and he never played in organized baseball again. Based on testimony by McGraw during the Black Sox Scandal hearings in the early 1920s, Zimmerman and Chase were both indicted for bribery. Zimmerman denied McGraw's accusations, and neither he nor Chase was ever proven to be directly connected to the Black Sox. According to some historians, Zimmerman had been informally banned after the Giants released him. Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis later declared that any players who had been involved in throwing games would be banned from baseball, which could have included Zimmerman; however Judge Landis never formally ruled on Zimmerman. But based on Zimmerman's long-term pattern of gambling and his role in the Black Sox Scandal, Landis' declaration after the Black Sox trial is seen as formalizing Zimmerman's ban. Regardless, his career was effectively over by the time Landis was appointed. In 1,456 MLB games played, Zimmerman batted .295 (1566-5304) with 695 runs scored, 275 doubles, 105 triples, 58 home runs, 799 RBI, 175 stolen bases, a .331 on-base percentage, and a .419 slugging percentage in 13 seasons. In 12 World Series games, he hit .163 (7-43) with 2 RBI. In the 2001 book The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Bill James ranked Zimmerman as the 51st greatest third baseman of all-time. Zimmerman died in New York City in 1969. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. See also List of Major League Baseball batting champions List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders Notes References External links 1887 births 1969 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen National League batting champions National League home run champions National League RBI champions Chicago Cubs players New York Giants (NL) players Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball) players Sportspeople from Manhattan Baseball players from New York City Sportspeople banned for life American people of German descent Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)