Shoeless Joe Jackson
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Jackson with the Naps in 1913
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: July 16, 1887 Pickens County, South Carolina |
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Died: December 5, 1951 (aged 64) Greenville, South Carolina |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 25, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 27, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .356 | ||
| Hits | 1,772 | ||
| Home runs | 54 | ||
| Runs batted in | 785 | ||
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Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball in the early 1900s. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his alleged association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of Jackson's association with the scandal, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball's first commissioner, banned Jackson from playing after the 1920 season despite exceptional play in the 1919 World Series, leading both teams in a statistical category and setting a series record. Since then, Jackson's guilt has been fiercely debated with new accounts claiming his innocence beckoning Major League Baseball to reconsider his banishment. As a result of the scandal, Jackson's career was abruptly halted in his prime, ensuring him a place in baseball lore forever.
Jackson played for three Major League teams during his 12-year career. He spent 1908–1909 as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics and 1910 with the minor league New Orleans Pelicans before joining the Cleveland Naps at the end of the 1910 season. He remained in Cleveland through the first part of 1915; he played the remainder of the 1915 season through 1920 with the Chicago White Sox.
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