Atopy is a predisposition toward developing certain allergic hypersensitivity reactions. Atopy may have a hereditary component, although contact with the allergen or irritant must occur before the hypersensitivity reaction can develop.
As of 2012, 63.9 percent of players playing in Major League Baseball are white. There is no way of telling the exact number due to the number of players.
Eight members of the White Sox baseball team were banned by Landis for their involvement in the fix: 1  Arnold Chick Gandil, first baseman. The leader of the players who were in on the fix. He did not play in the majors in 1920, playing semi-pro ball instead.