Joe Jackson (baseball)
See also: Joe Jackson (homonymy)
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16th 1888 - December 5th 1951) called Shoeless Joe Jackson was an American player of Baseball. It was among the players banished in 1919 after the scandal of “Black Sox”.
Career
Jackson was among the best strikers of the play, recording an average with the beater of 0,408 in 1911, the 6th best average since 1900. In career it struck 0,356, the 3rd best average of the XXe century. Only Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby recorded a better average in career. It struck also 307 doubles in 1332 parts.
Scandal of Black Sox
In 1919, the White Sox of Chicago lost the World Series with the Reds of Cincinnati. Eight players of White Sox were shown to voluntarily lose the matches. It was among these eight players who were stopped by the police force. He was not recognized guilty cheating but was recognized guilty not to have prevented the authorities. He was banished professional baseball.
Jackson was not never elected with the Temple of re-elected baseball but was among the last 100 candidates for the team of the century, to which 30 players were elected.
It should be noted that it is of him whose the song speaks about Murray Head, Say it ain' T so, Joe .
Statisiques
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