Shoeless Joe Jackson

Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (July 16, 1889, in Pickens County, South Carolina – October 5, 1951, in Greenville, South Carolina) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. One of the greatest hitters of his era, he was one of eight players banished for life from professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal, this being the basis for his exclusion from baseball's Hall of Fame.

Quotations

: He is the greatest natural hitter I ever saw.

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: —Ty Cobb, Hall of Fame outfielder

Related Topics:
Ty Cobb - Hall of Fame

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: I decided to pick out the greatest hitter to watch and study, and (Joe) Jackson was good enough for me.

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: —Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame outfielder and slugger

Related Topics:
Babe Ruth - Hall of Fame

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