5 Stupidest Suspensions in MLB History

Throughout the history of baseball, there have been players that have cheated or broken the rules. They have gotten suspended, and they deserved to be in most cases.

However, there have been players that were suspended or even banned from baseball that should not have been. The reasoning for the suspensions were either silly or not based in the complete truth.

The following players certainly did not deserve the punishments that they received.

Heinie Groh

Before free agency, players had little control over how much salary they could demand. In fact, asking for money got Heinie Groh suspended.

Groh's suspension lasted for only two games. He would not get a larger salary, and he would have to settle for what the team was willing to pay him.

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Ozzie Guillen

For those that don't know, Ozzie Guillen is a huge fan of Twitter. He is known for sending out some interesting Tweets through his Twitter account.

Guillen's love of Twitter actually got him suspended for two games by the Chicago White Sox. This occurred because he sent out messages during a game.

Mickey Mantle

Baseball has strongly tried to dissociate itself from gambling as a result of all of the troubles that it had during the games' early years.

As a result, commissioner Bowie Kuhn banned Mickey Mantle for life after he signed autographs in a casino. Mantle was retired at the time of the incident and the ban was eventually lifted.

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Willie Mays

Mickey Mantle was not the only superstar that was banned for life after his playing days were over. Willie Mays was at the same event as Mantle.

Just like Mantle, Mays was banned from baseball for life for signing autographs in a casino. The ban was eventually reversed.

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth is one of the greatest players in baseball history so it is no surprise that people wanted to see him play. Ruth decided to play on a barnstorming team prior to the 1922 season.

This decision got him suspended for the first six weeks of the season by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The reason that he couldn't play was because he had played in the World Series.