No I am curious as to how Mickey Mantle got in based upon that criteria.
His conduct was far more detrimental to himself than to the integrity of the game; that is how. Baseball’s gambling policy is posted in every locker room - someone surely must have read it to Charlie Hustle at some point. Players have to sign a statement affirming they know the rule. Assuming Petey put his X on it, he knew exactly what he was doing. Baseball clearly and constantly has made gambling a greater sin than boozing and carousing.