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Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (Shoeless Joe)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut August 25, 1908
Final Game September 27, 1920
Born July 16, 1889 in Pickens County, SC
Died December 5, 1951 in Greenville, SC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1908 18 PHA AL   5   23    0    3   0  0   0    3   0      0      .130  .130  .130  -18    3   0           0    
 1909 19 PHA AL   5   17    3    3   0  0   0    3   0      1      .176  .222  .176   25    3   0           0    
 1910 20 CLE AL  20   75   15   29   2  5   1   11   4      8      .387  .446  .587  221   44   3           0    
 1911 21 CLE AL 147  571  126  233  45 19   7   83  41     56      .408  .468  .590  193  337   6           8     MVP-4
 1912 22 CLE AL 154  572  121  226  44 26   3   90  35     54      .395  .458  .579  192  331  15          12     MVP-9
 1913 23 CLE AL 148  528  109  197  39 17   7   71  26     80  26  .373  .460  .551  192  291  10           5     MVP-2
 1914 24 CLE AL 122  453   61  153  22 13   3   53  22 15  41  34  .338  .399  .464  155  210  13           5     MVP-5
 1915 25 TOT AL 128  461   63  142  20 14   5   81  16 20  52  23  .308  .385  .445  146  205  11           6    
         CLE AL  83  303   42   99  16  9   3   45  10 10  28  11  .327  .389  .469  154  142   3           3    
         CHW AL  45  158   21   43   4  5   2   36   6 10  24  12  .272  .378  .399  130   63   8           3    
 1916 26 CHW AL 155  592   91  202  40 21   3   78  24 14  46  25  .341  .393  .495  166  293  16           5    
 1917 27 CHW AL 146  538   91  162  20 17   5   75  13     57  25  .301  .375  .429  143  231  19           7    
 1918 28 CHW AL  17   65    9   23   2  2   1   20   3      8   1  .354  .425  .492  175   32   5           0    
 1919 29 CHW AL 139  516   79  181  31 14   7   96   9     60  10  .351  .422  .506  159  261  17           4    
 1920 30 CHW AL 146  570  105  218  42 20  12  121   9 12  56  14  .382  .444  .589  172  336  16           7    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         4981      1772    168      785     61     158  .356  .423  .517  170      131   0   0  59   0
               1332       873      307     54      202    519                            2577
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        606  106  216  37 20   7   95  25  7  63  19  .356  .423  .517  170  313  16   0   0   7   0
 Career High    155  592  126  233  45 26  12  121  41 20  80  34  .408  .468  .590  193  337  19   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1908 18 PHA AL   23   20    0   0.0    74| .130  .253| .130  .311| .130  .322| .260  .634| -18  .000  -3.1  -0.4     
 1909 19 PHA AL   18   14    1   1.9    75| .176  .255| .222  .316| .176  .323| .398  .639|  25  .297  -1.5  -0.2     
 1910 20 CLE AL   86   49   20  11.0    76| .387  .251| .446  .317| .587  .324|1.033  .642| 221  .905  10.0   1.1     
 1911 21 CLE AL  641  344  155  12.0    97| .408  .282| .468  .349| .590  .371|1.058  .720| 193  .876  72.4   7.3     
 1912 22 CLE AL  653  361  148  10.9    94| .395  .276| .458  .345| .579  .363|1.037  .708| 192  .866  69.1   7.1     
 1913 23 CLE AL  623  341  133  10.4    89| .373  .268| .460  .340| .551  .352|1.011  .692| 192  .873  65.3   7.0     
 1914 24 CLE AL  512  328   80   6.5    85| .338  .261| .399  .335| .464  .342| .863  .677| 155  .780  29.9   3.4  59%
 1915 25 TOT AL  530  350   73   5.6    85| .308  .258| .385  .336| .445  .338| .830  .675| 146  .710  25.5   2.9  44%
         CLE AL  337  217   52   6.4    85| .327  .257| .389  .336| .469  .338| .858  .674| 154  .760  19.3   2.2  50%
         CHW AL  193  133   21   4.2    86| .272  .259| .378  .337| .399  .339| .777  .677| 130  .596   6.2   0.7  37%
 1916 26 CHW AL  659  420  112   7.2    83| .341  .258| .393  .332| .495  .337| .888  .669| 166  .794  44.5   5.0  63%
 1917 27 CHW AL  621  395   85   5.8    81| .301  .257| .375  .328| .429  .333| .804  .661| 143  .730  27.2   3.1     
 1918 28 CHW AL   78   47   14   8.1    83| .354  .262| .425  .333| .492  .334| .917  .666| 175  .823   5.9   0.7     
 1919 29 CHW AL  597  352  109   8.3    96| .351  .277| .422  .344| .506  .373| .928  .716| 159  .788  41.5   4.3     
 1920 30 CHW AL  649  380  143  10.1   106| .382  .291| .444  .356| .589  .400|1.033  .756| 172  .809  59.0   5.7  42%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5690 3401 1073   8.5    91| .356  .270| .423  .340| .517  .356| .940  .696| 170  .815 445.6  47.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1908 18 PHA AL OF 5 6 1 1 0 .875 .959 1.40 1.80 0 5 0 1909 19 PHA AL OF 4 10 0 2 0 .833 .952 2.50 1.80 3 1 0 1910 20 CLE AL OF 20 40 2 1 1 .977 .955 2.10 1.77 0 15 5 1911 21 CLE AL OF 147 242 32 12 8 .958 .950 1.86 1.93 0 47 100 1912 22 CLE AL OF 150 273 30 16 2 .950 .951 2.02 1.98 0 19 131 1913 23 CLE AL OF 148 211 28 18 5 .930 .953 1.61 1.95 0 0 148 1914 24 CLE AL OF 119 195 13 7 4 .967 .956 1.75 1.92 0 31 88 1915 25 TOT AL OF 95 152 12 8 1 .953 .959 1.73 1.98 24 26 44 CLE AL OF 50 68 6 3 0 .961 .959 1.48 1.98 5 0 44 1B 30 284 15 7 12 .977 .987 9.97 10.27 CHW AL OF 45 84 6 5 1 .947 .958 2.00 1.98 19 26 0 1916 26 CHW AL OF 155 290 17 8 5 .975 .963 1.98 2.03 131 1 23 1917 27 CHW AL OF 145 341 18 6 4 .984 .967 2.48 2.14 134 0 11 1918 28 CHW AL OF 17 36 1 0 0 1.000 .961 2.18 2.17 14 0 3 1919 29 CHW AL OF 139 252 15 9 4 .967 .958 1.92 2.16 133 0 6 1920 30 CHW AL OF 145 314 14 12 2 .965 .962 2.26 2.16 145 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1915 25 CLE AL 1B 30 284 15 7 12 .977 .987 9.97 10.27 1908 18 PHA AL OF 5 6 1 1 0 .875 .959 1.40 1.80 0 5 0 1909 19 PHA AL OF 4 10 0 2 0 .833 .952 2.50 1.80 3 1 0 1910 20 CLE AL OF 20 40 2 1 1 .977 .955 2.10 1.77 0 15 5 1911 21 CLE AL OF 147 242 32 12 8 .958 .950 1.86 1.93 0 47 100 1912 22 CLE AL OF 150 273 30 16 2 .950 .951 2.02 1.98 0 19 131 1913 23 CLE AL OF 148 211 28 18 5 .930 .953 1.61 1.95 0 0 148 1914 24 CLE AL OF 119 195 13 7 4 .967 .956 1.75 1.92 0 31 88 1915 25 TOT AL OF 95 152 12 8 1 .953 .959 1.73 1.98 24 26 44 CLE AL OF 50 68 6 3 0 .961 .959 1.48 1.98 5 0 44 CHW AL OF 45 84 6 5 1 .947 .958 2.00 1.98 19 26 0 1916 26 CHW AL OF 155 290 17 8 5 .975 .963 1.98 2.03 131 1 23 1917 27 CHW AL OF 145 341 18 6 4 .984 .967 2.48 2.14 134 0 11 1918 28 CHW AL OF 17 36 1 0 0 1.000 .961 2.18 2.17 14 0 3 1919 29 CHW AL OF 139 252 15 9 4 .967 .958 1.92 2.16 133 0 6 1920 30 CHW AL OF 145 314 14 12 2 .965 .962 2.26 2.16 145 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 1289 2362 183 100 36 .962 .958 1.97 2.03 584 145 559 1B 30 284 15 7 12 .977 .987 9.97 10.27 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1319 2646 198 107 48 .964 .961 2.16 2.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    CHW NYG     W   6  23   4   7  0  0  0   2   1   0  .304  .333  .304   1  0   0   0   0 
 1919   WS    CHW CIN     L   8  32   5  12  3  0  1   6   1   2  .375  .394  .563   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  14  55   9  19  3  0  1   8   2   2  .345  .368  .455   1  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-AL-4-0.44
1912-AL-9-0.25
1913-AL-2-0.67
1914-AL-5-0.23
Car-131-1.59 shares

Batting Average
1911 AL-.408-2
1912 AL-.395-2
1913 AL-.373-2
1914 AL-.338-4
1915 AL-.308-7
1916 AL-.341-3
1919 AL-.351-4
1920 AL-.382-3
Car-.356-3

On-base %
1911 AL-.468-1
1912 AL-.458-2
1913 AL-.460-2
1914 AL-.399-4
1915 AL-.385-7
1916 AL-.393-5
1917 AL-.375-7
1919 AL-.422-4
1920 AL-.444-4
Car-.423-17

Slugging %
1911 AL-.590-2
1912 AL-.579-2
1913 AL-.551-1
1914 AL-.464-4
1915 AL-.445-4
1916 AL-.495-2
1917 AL-.429-5
1919 AL-.506-5
1920 AL-.589-3
Car-.517-64

OPS
1911 AL-1.058-2
1912 AL-1.036-2
1913 AL-1.011-1
1914 AL-.862-5
1915 AL-.830-4
1916 AL-.888-3
1917 AL-.805-5
1919 AL-.928-3
1920 AL-1.033-4
Car-.940-31

Games
1911 AL-147-6
1912 AL-154-2
1916 AL-155-4
1919 AL-139-9

At Bats
1911 AL-571-7
1916 AL-592-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1911 AL-641-8
1912 AL-653-10
1913 AL-623-10
1916 AL-659-9
1919 AL-597-9

Runs
1911 AL-126-2
1912 AL-121-3
1913 AL-109-3
1916 AL-91-6
1917 AL-91-4
1920 AL-105-7

Hits
1911 AL-233-2
1912 AL-226-1
1913 AL-197-1
1916 AL-202-2
1919 AL-181-3
1920 AL-218-3

Total Bases
1911 AL-337-2
1912 AL-331-1
1913 AL-291-2
1916 AL-293-1
1917 AL-231-7
1919 AL-261-4
1920 AL-336-3

Doubles
1911 AL-45-2
1912 AL-44-2
1913 AL-39-1
1916 AL-40-3
1919 AL-31-9
1920 AL-42-3

Triples
1911 AL-19-3
1912 AL-26-1
1913 AL-17-3
1914 AL-13-8
1915 AL-14-8
1916 AL-21-1
1917 AL-17-2
1919 AL-14-4
1920 AL-20-1
Car-168-26

Home Runs
1911 AL-7-4
1913 AL-7-4
1915 AL-5-3
1917 AL-5-7
1919 AL-7-8
1920 AL-12-5

RBI
1911 AL-83-9
1912 AL-90-5
1913 AL-71-9
1915 AL-81-5
1916 AL-78-5
1917 AL-75-5
1919 AL-96-3
1920 AL-121-4

Bases on Balls
1913 AL-80-3
1919 AL-60-10

Stolen Bases
1911 AL-41-6
1912 AL-35-9

Singles
1911 AL-162-2
1912 AL-153-2
1913 AL-134-6
1916 AL-138-5
1919 AL-129-5
1920 AL-144-9

Adjusted OPS+
1911 AL-193-2
1912 AL-192-2
1913 AL-192-2
1914 AL-155-5
1915 AL-146-5
1916 AL-166-3
1917 AL-143-5
1919 AL-159-3
1920 AL-172-4
Car-170-8

Runs Created
1911 AL-155-2
1912 AL-148-2
1913 AL-133-1
1914 AL-80-7
1915 AL-73-9
1916 AL-112-3
1917 AL-85-5
1919 AL-109-3
1920 AL-143-4

Adjusted Batting Runs
1911 AL-72-2
1912 AL-69-2
1913 AL-65-1
1914 AL-30-6
1915 AL-26-7
1916 AL-45-3
1917 AL-27-5
1919 AL-42-3
1920 AL-59-4
Car-446-58

Batting Wins
1911 AL-7.3-2
1912 AL-7.1-2
1913 AL-7.0-1
1914 AL-3.4-6
1915 AL-2.9-7
1916 AL-5.0-3
1917 AL-3.1-5
1919 AL-4.3-3
1920 AL-5.7-4
Car-47.0-50

Extra-Base Hits
1911 AL-71-2
1912 AL-73-2
1913 AL-63-2
1915 AL-39-9
1916 AL-64-1
1917 AL-42-7
1919 AL-52-5
1920 AL-74-3

Times on Base
1911 AL-297-2
1912 AL-292-2
1913 AL-282-1
1916 AL-253-5
1917 AL-226-10
1919 AL-245-2
1920 AL-281-5

Offensive Win%
1911 AL-.876-2
1912 AL-.866-3
1913 AL-.873-1
1914 AL-.780-5
1915 AL-.710-8
1916 AL-.794-3
1917 AL-.730-5
1919 AL-.788-3
1920 AL-.809-4
Car-.815-3

Hit By Pitch
1912 AL-12-2
1917 AL-7-5
1920 AL-7-6

Caught Stealing
1915 AL-20-7

Power/Speed Number
1911 AL-12.0-4
1913 AL-11.0-2
1915 AL-7.6-6
1917 AL-7.2-7
1920 AL-10.3-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1913 AL-20.3-5
1915 AL-20.0-8
1916 AL-23.7-4
1919 AL-51.6-1
1920 AL-40.7-3
Car-23.6-63

At Bats per Home Run
1911 AL-81.6-5
1913 AL-75.4-4
1915 AL-92.2-7
1917 AL-107.6-10
1920 AL-47.5-8

Youngest Player
1908 AL-18-2
1909 AL-19-4

         

Black Ink: Batting - 14 (165) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 186 (49) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 39.9 (148) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 122.0 (110) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

July 30, 1910: Sent by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Cleveland Naps to complete an earlier deal made on July 23, 1910. The Philadelphia Athletics sent a player to be named later and Morrie Rath to the Cleveland Naps for Bris Lord. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Jackson (July 30, 1910) to the Cleveland Naps to complete the trade.

August 21, 1915: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Braggo Roth, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500. The Chicago White Sox sent Larry Chappell (February 14, 1916) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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