Major League Baseball Stats   Batting Stats Games At Bats Hits Average Slugging % 1,332 4,981 1,772 0.356 0.517       Notable Accomplishments Batting Average: 3rd All-Time (.356)

Joe Jackson (Joseph Jefferson Jackson) "Shoeless Joe" Born: July 16, 1887        Died: December 5, 1951 (64 yrs.)   Year of Induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame   Induction Position/Capacity Right Field

Bats Left Throws Right Seasons 1st Game Last Game 13 August 25, 1908 September 27, 1920   Positions Played/Held Right Field 1st Base Left Field Center Field   Teams as Player Philadelphia Athletics (1908-1909) Cleveland Naps (1910-1915) Chicago White Sox (1915-1920)

"Shoeless Joe" Jackson was banned from major league baseball based on unsubstantiated allegations of accepting bribes to throw the 1919 World Series. Joe hit .375 with a.563 slugging percentage that series and had 12 hits including three doubles, a home run, and six rbi’s. Joe has the third highest batting average (.356) all time behind Ty Cobb (.366) and Rogers Hornsby (.359). Jackson remains on MLB's ineligible list which automatically precludes his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In November 1999, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic resolution lauding Jackson's sporting achievements and encouraging MLB to rescind his ineligibility. Commissioner Bud Selig stated at the time that Jackson's case was under review but no decision was issued during Selig's tenure. In 2015, the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum formally petitioned Commissioner Rob Manfred for reinstatement, on grounds that Jackson had "more than served his sentence" in the 95 years since his banishment by Landis. Manfred denied the request after an official review. In 2020, ESPN reported that MLB had shifted its policy and that the league "has no hold on banned players after they die because the ineligible list bars players from privileges that include a job with a major league club." It is unclear how this will affect Jackson's Hall of Fame prospects. Joe Jackson currently has the third-highest career batting average in major league history. In 1911, he hit for a .408 average which is still the sixth-highest single-season total since 1901 which marked the beginning of the modern era for baseball. In 1999, he ranked number 35 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. The fans voted him as the 12th-best outfielder of all-time.

Cards and Other Memorabilia

Joe Jackson - Estimated Sets: 741 | DB Records: 56 | Images: 36

1909 - 1911  American Caramel Base Ball Caramels (100 Subjects) (E90-1) Joe Jackson  View Reverse 1909 - 1913  Sporting News Paper Supplements (M101-2) Joe Jackson  Image Zoom 1910  Old Mill Minor League Cigarettes Cards (T210) Joe Jackson - New Orleans  View Reverse 1911  Pinkerton Baseball Cabinets (T5)  Joe Jackson  (#616) Image Zoom 1913  National Baseball Playinig Card National Game Cards (WG5) Joe Jackson  View Reverse 1913  Tom Barker Baseball Game Cards (WG6) Joe Jackson  View Reverse 1914  Cracker Jack Ball Players (E145-1) Joe Jackson  (#103) View Reverse 1914  Egyptienne Straights Baseball Felt 'Blankets' (B18) Joe Jackson  Image Zoom 1914  George Frost Boston Garter Ad Cards (H813-2) Jackson  (#6) Image Zoom 1914  The Card Baseball Co. Polo Grounds Game Cards (WG4) Joe Jackson  View Reverse 1916  Altoona Tribune Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Anonymous Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Block and Kuhl Store Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Burgess-Nash Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Everybody’s Boys Clothing Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Famous and Barr Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Gimbels Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Green-Joyce Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Herpolsheimer Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Holmes Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Indianapolis Brewing Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Mall Theatre Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Morehouse Baking Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Sporting News Baseball Series (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Sporting News Baseball Series (M101-5) Joe Jackson  (#86) View Reverse 1916  Standard Biscuit Baseball Stars (200 Cards) (D350-1) Joe Jackson  (#86) View Reverse 1916  Standard Biscuit Baseball Stars (200 Cards) (D350-1) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Successful Farming Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Successful Farming Baseball Stars Promo Cards Joe Jackson  View Reverse 1916  The Globe Baseball Stars (M101-4) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Ware’s Basement Baseball Stars Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1916  Weil Baking Major League Baseball Players (D329) Joe Jackson  (#87) View Reverse 1917  Boston Store Baseball Cards (H801-8) Joe Jackson  (#82) View Reverse 1917 - 1920  Sporting News Felix Mendelsohn Photo Cards (M101-6) Joe Jackson  Image Zoom 1919 - 1921  Anonymous Baseball Strip Cards (W514) Joe Jackson  (#15) View Reverse 1947  Sports Exchange All-Stars Mini Strip Cards (W602) Joe Jackson  View Reverse

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