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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.
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.
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.
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson. (The precise extent of Jackson's involvement is controversial.) Jackson died in 1951. Buck Weaver, like Jackson, was controversially banned. Weaver refused to accept any money and played to the best of his ability in the Series, but was banned nevertheless because he knew of the conspiracy but did not report it to MLB ...
Joe Jackson: 1910 Old Mill c. 17 [65] PSA VG+ 3.5 February 2019: Heritage Auctions: Features Jackson with the minor league New Orleans Pelicans despite being issued during his Major League career. [65] [66] [67] 41 $637,188 $501,900 Lew Alcindor: 1969–70 Topps: c. 4,433 [68] [69] [70] PSA GM-MT 10 August 26, 2016: Heritage Auctions
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
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.