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Some of the longer suspensions (non-gambling or non-drug related) of major league baseball players, coaches and managers:
1932 — New York Yankees catcher Bill Dickey, 30 days, plus a $1,000 fine for punching Washington outfielder Carl Reynolds.
1977 — Texas Rangers infielder Lenny Randle, 30 days, for beating up his manager, Frank Lucchesi.
1980 — Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Bill Madlock, 15 days, plus a $5,000 fine for shoving his glove in the face of home plate umpire Gerry Crawford.
1988 — Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose, 30 days, for shoving umpire Dave Pallone.
2000 — Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker, 28 games (reduced to 14), for controversial statements made during an interview.
2000 — Detroit Tigers coach Juan Samuel, 15 games, for throwing punches in a brawl against the Chicago White Sox.
2000 — Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Everett, 10 games, plus a $5,000 fine for bumping, then “beaking” umpire Ronald Kulpa with the bill of his cap after arguing with the umpire over his foot placement in the batters box. Everett appealed, then withdrew the appeal, because he needed to rest the hand he had injured when he hit a bat rack and water cooler during his tirade.
2004 — Texas Rangers reliever Frank Francisco, 15 games, for tossing a chair at a fan in a lower box to the left of the bullpen along the right-field line at Oakland.
2005 — Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers, 20 games (reduced to 13), plus a 50,000 fine for an outburst that sent a television cameraman to the hospital.
2006 — Chicago Cubs catcher Michael Barrett, 10 games, for punching Chicago White Sox’s A.J. Pierzynski. Pierzynski knocked Barrett to the ground then slapped home plate and bumped into Barrett after the play.
2013 — Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy, 10 games, for his role in a bench-clearing brawl with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2014 — New York Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda, 10 games, after being caught using pine tar during a game.
2015 — Toronto Blue Jays hitting coach Brook Jacoby, 14 games, for his postgame conduct toward the umpire crew assigned to the April 29 game at Boston.
2016 — New York Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman, 30 games, for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
2016 — Colorado shorstop Jose Reyes, 14 weeks (Feb. 23-May 31), for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. Was placed on paid administrative leave on Feb. 23 until at least April. On May 13, Reyes was suspended retroactively until May 31.
2016 — Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera, 82 games (April 30-Aug. 1), for violating Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy.
2016 — Seattle Mariners catcher Steve Clevenger, 10 games (Sept. 23-Oct. 2), for his tweets regarding a recent police shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the Black Lives Matter movement (team suspension).
2017 — New York Mets relief pitcher Jeurys Familia, 15 games, for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy.
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