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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 (MLB) in the early 20th century.
Shoeless Joe Jackson, Black Betsy in hand, during his 1913 season with the Cleveland Naps. Black Betsy was the primary baseball bat of Shoeless Joe Jackson. It was hand made by a fan of his in 1903 when Jackson was still only 15. It broke the record for the highest sold baseball bat in history, when it was sold for $577,610 in 2001. [1]
Joseph S. Jackson (July 1871 – May 19, 1936) was an American sportswriter and editor for the Detroit Free Press, The Washington Post and The Detroit News. He was the founder and first president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America , holding the office from 1908 to 1919.
The "Shoeless" Joe Jackson Museum and Library was first opened to the public on June 21, 2008. [1] Located across from Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina, the five-room brick house in which Shoeless Joe Jackson lived and died in contains a few [2] of his personal belongings and over 2,000 books related to baseball.
In an overall positive review, critic Janet Maslin spoke well of the actors, writing, "Notable in the large and excellent cast of Eight Men Out are D. B. Sweeney, who gives Shoeless Joe Jackson the slow, voluptuous Southern naivete of the young Elvis; Michael Lerner, who plays the formidable gangster Arnold Rothstein with the quietest aplomb ...
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1887–1951), American baseball player in Black Sox Scandal Joe S. Jackson (1871–1936), American sportswriter Joseph Jackson (sport shooter) (1880–1960), American Olympic champion sport shooter
The following is a list of Major League Baseball players, retired or active. ... Shoeless Joe Jackson: August 25, 1908: September 27, 1920: Outfielder:
Notable Pelicans included Shoeless Joe Jackson, Jimmy Dygert, Henry "Cotton" Knaupp, Bill Lindsay, Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver. In Jackson's only season with New Orleans (1910), he hit .354 to win the league batting title and led the team to the pennant with an 87–53 record.