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Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Athletes. Baseball Players. Shoeless Joe Jackson was a top major league baseball player during the early 20th century who was ousted from the sport for his alleged role in game-fixing....
Jan 4, 2012 · Shoeless Joe Jackson was a country boy from South Carolina who never learned to read or write much (“It don’t take school stuff to help a fella play ball,” he once said 1) but is widely hailed as the greatest natural hitter in the history of the game.
Feb 20, 2013 · He and seven teammates on the Chicago White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. They were acquitted following a jury trial in 1921 ...
Jun 18, 2008 · June 18, 2008. GREENVILLE, S.C. Shoeless Joe Jackson died 57 years ago in the tiny, red-brick house on the edge of this city that he shared with his wife, Kate. It was in the 950-square-foot...
Jan 11, 2021 · Joseph Walker (Shoeless Joe) Jackson. Philadelphia Athletics—Cleveland—Chicago White Sox, 1908-1920. One of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history, Shoeless Joe hit .356 in his...
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed " Shoeless Joe ", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 1900s.
Shoeless Joe Jackson, in full Joseph Jefferson Jackson, (born July 16, 1888, Greenville, S.C., U.S.—died Dec. 5, 1951, Greenville), U.S. baseball player. Jackson started his career in 1908 and became an outfielder with the Philadelphia Athletics (1908–09), Cleveland Naps (1910–15), and Chicago White Sox (1915–20).
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