1, 1970, Dean was in Las Vegas when he was questioned and searched by authorities, the Associated Press reported. Dean agreed to place the bets and be the go-between for receiving and making payouts. A friend, trucking executive Howard Sober of Lansing, Mich., asked Dean to place illegal bets for him with bookmakers in Biloxi, Miss. In retirement, Dean made his home in Bond, Miss. He was broadcaster on Cardinals and Browns games in the 1940s and national baseball telecasts in the 1950s. He led National League pitchers in strikeouts for four consecutive seasons (1932-35).Īfter his playing career, Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 24, 1970.ĭean, who placed bets for a friend and also made payoffs for him, testified as a witness for the government in the case and wasn’t charged with a crime.ĭean was the ace of the 1930s Cardinals clubs known as the Gashouse Gang, a feisty, aggressive group featuring Pepper Martin, Joe Medwick and Leo Durocher.ĭean achieved 30 regular-season wins in 1934 and two more in the World Series against the Tigers. Decades after he pitched for the Cardinals as a member of the Gashouse Gang, Dizzy Dean was involved in a federal investigation of a gambling gang.Ī grand jury indictment named Dean, 60, a co-conspirator in a gambling scandal on Feb.

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