Eddie Cicotte — Eight Men Out Character Profile

About Eddie Cicotte

The team's star pitcher and primary player instigator, whose bitter salary dispute with Comiskey drives him to spearhead the conspiracy to throw the World Series.

Character Facts

Played by

David Strathairn

Appears in

Eight Men Out (1988)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (7)

• Eddie Cicotte — Alliance Co-Conspirator — Fred McMullin (Perry Lang)

  Legal and conspiratorial bond between teammates.

• Eddie Cicotte — Conflict Innocent Rival — Dickie Kerr (Jace Alexander)

  Unintentional disruption of the fixed series plan.

• Eddie Cicotte — Alliance Co-Conspirator — Hap Felsch (Charlie Sheen)

  Shared participation in the deliberate game manipulation.

• Eddie Cicotte — Professional Manager & Player — Kid Gleason (John Mahoney)

  Managerial control over player rotation and trust.

• Eddie Cicotte — Conflict Moral Opponents — Buck Weaver (John Cusack)

  Clashing ethical codes within the same team.

• Eddie Cicotte — Alliance Mastermind & Instigator — Arnold Rothstein (Michael Lerner)

  Gambler and player coordinate to manipulate the series outcome.

• Eddie Cicotte — Conflict Salary Dispute — Charles Comiskey (Clifton James)

  Bitter financial and professional conflict driving the conspiracy.

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More characters from Eight Men Out

• Buck Weaver (John Cusack)
• Charles Comiskey (Clifton James)
• Arnold Rothstein (Michael Lerner)
• Bill Burns (Christopher Lloyd)
• Fred McMullin (Perry Lang)
• Kid Gleason (John Mahoney)
• Billy Maharg (Richard Edson)
• Hap Felsch (Charlie Sheen)
• Dickie Kerr (Jace Alexander)
• Ray Schalk (Gordon Clapp)
• Sport Sullivan (Kevin Tighe)
• Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis (John Anderson)