Baseball
| Name | Team when arrested | Offense | Sentence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Mays Aikens | retired | drug possession with intent to distribute, gun possession | 20 years, 8 months | Released to a halfway house after serving 14 plus years due to a retroactive change in sentencing guidelines. |
| Barry Bonds | retired | obstruction of justice | 2 years probation; 30 days home confinement | Appealing conviction. See Barry Bonds perjury case. |
| Orlando Cepeda | retired | drug possession | 5 years | served 10 months. |
| Alex Cole | retired | drug possession with intent to distribute | 18 months | |
| Lenny Dykstra | retired | bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets, money laundering, auto theft, indecent exposure | approximately six years (three separate sentences) | |
| Dwight Gooden | retired | fleeing police, violation of probation (drug use) | 1 year | served 7 months |
| Mel Hall | retired | three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child | 45 years | Serving his sentence at Allred prison in Texas. |
| Ricardo Jordan | retired | drug trafficking | 7 years | listing at Florida DOC |
| Jim Mahady | retired | Second degree manslaughter | 6–12 years | Sentence commuted after three years by the Governor of New York, Herbert H. Lehman. |
| Denny McLain | retired (from Detroit Tigers) | drug trafficking, embezzlement, and racketeering | 12 years | prior sentence overturned after he served two years, released after plea-bargain. |
| retired | conspiracy, theft, money laundering and mail fraud | 8 years | released after serving six years | |
| Byron McLaughlin | retired | Money laundering | — | Fled the country before being sentenced. Current whereabouts unknown, presumed to be in France. |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | retired | murder, theft | life | |
| Pete Rose | retired/banned | tax evasion | 5 months | |
| Darryl Strawberry | retired | drug possession, solicitation of prostitution | 18 months | Sentence was suspended in 1999, reinstated after 2002 parole violation |
| Hank Thompson | retired (from New York Giants | Armed robbery | 10 years | served three years |
| Luis Polonia | Detroit Tigers | Sex with a minor | 60 days | served 60 days |
| Ugueth Urbina | Philadelphia Phillies | Attempted murder | 14 years | Served 5½ years; released December 22, 2012. |
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Famous quotes containing the word baseball:
“One of the baseball-team owners approached me and said: “If you become baseball commissioner, you’re going to have to deal with 28 big egos,” and I said, “For me, that’s a 72% reduction.””
—George Mitchell (b. 1933)
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—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
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—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)