Joe Jackson
Joseph Jefferson Jackson (Shoeless Joe)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 16, 1889 in Pickens County, SC (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1908
Final Game: September 27, 1920
Died: December 5, 1951 in Greenville, SC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1908 18 PHA AL 5 23 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .130 .130 .130 .261 -18 3 0 0 /O
1909 19 PHA AL 5 18 17 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .176 .222 .176 .399 25 3 0 0 /O
1910 20 CLE AL 20 86 75 15 29 2 5 1 11 4 8 .387 .446 .587 1.032 221 44 0 3 O
1911 21 CLE AL 147 641 571 126 233 45 19 7 83 41 56 .408 .468 .590 1.058 193 337 8 6 *O MVP-4
1912 22 CLE AL 154 653 572 121 226 44 26 3 90 35 54 .395 .458 .579 1.036 192 331 12 15 *O MVP-9
1913 23 CLE AL 148 623 528 109 197 39 17 7 71 26 80 26 .373 .460 .551 1.011 192 291 5 10 *O MVP-2
1914 24 CLE AL 122 512 453 61 153 22 13 3 53 22 15 41 34 .338 .399 .464 .862 155 210 5 13 *O MVP-5
1915 25 TOT AL 128 530 461 63 142 20 14 5 81 16 20 52 23 .308 .385 .445 .830 146 205 6 11 O3
1915 25 CLE AL 83 337 303 42 99 16 9 3 45 10 10 28 11 .327 .389 .469 .858 154 142 3 3 O3
1915 25 CHW AL 45 193 158 21 43 4 5 2 36 6 10 24 12 .272 .378 .399 .777 130 63 3 8 O
1916 26 CHW AL 155 659 592 91 202 40 21 3 78 24 14 46 25 .341 .393 .495 .888 166 293 5 16 *O
1917 27 CHW AL 146 621 538 91 162 20 17 5 75 13 57 25 .301 .375 .429 .805 143 231 7 19 *O
1918 28 CHW AL 17 78 65 9 23 2 2 1 20 3 8 1 .354 .425 .492 .917 175 32 0 5 O
1919 29 CHW AL 139 597 516 79 181 31 14 7 96 9 60 10 .351 .422 .506 .928 159 261 4 17 *O
1920 30 CHW AL 146 649 570 105 218 42 20 12 121 9 12 56 14 .382 .444 .589 1.033 173 336 7 16 *O
13 Seasons 1332 5690 4981 873 1772 307 168 54 785 202 61 519 158 .356 .423 .517 .940 170 2577 59 131
162 Game Avg. 162 692 606 106 216 37 20 7 95 25 63 .356 .423 .517 .940 170 313 7 16
CLE (6 yrs) 674 2852 2502 474 937 168 89 24 353 138 25 267 71 .375 .441 .542 .983 182 1355 33 50
CHW (6 yrs) 648 2797 2439 396 829 139 79 30 426 64 36 251 87 .340 .407 .499 .906 159 1216 26 81
PHA (2 yrs) 10 41 40 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 .150 .171 .150 .321 1 6 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1908 18 PHA AL 23 20 0 0.0 74 .130 .130 .253 .130 .311 .130 .322 .261 .634 -18 .000 -3.1 -0.4 .150 .000 .000
1909 19 PHA AL 18 14 1 1.9 75 .176 .176 .255 .222 .316 .176 .323 .399 .639 25 .297 -1.5 -0.2 .286 .059 .000
1910 20 CLE AL 86 49 20 11.0 76 .378 .387 .251 .446 .317 .587 .324 1.032 .642 221 .906 10.0 1.1 1.217 .360 .200 1.6
1911 21 CLE AL 641 344 155 12.0 97 .401 .408 .282 .468 .349 .590 .371 1.058 .720 193 .876 72.4 7.3 1.308 .352 .182 12.0
1912 22 CLE AL 653 361 148 10.9 94 .392 .395 .276 .458 .345 .579 .363 1.036 .708 192 .866 69.1 7.1 1.249 .339 .184 5.5
1913 23 CLE AL 623 341 133 10.4 89 .384 .373 .268 .460 .340 .551 .352 1.011 .692 192 .873 65.3 7.0 1.215 .379 .178 11.0
1914 24 CLE AL 512 328 80 6.5 85 .361 .338 .261 .399 .335 .464 .342 .862 .677 155 .780 29.9 3.4 .835 .232 .126 5.3
1915 25 TOT AL 530 350 73 5.6 85 .316 .308 .258 .385 .336 .445 .338 .830 .675 146 .710 25.5 2.9 .764 .241 .137 7.6
1915 25 CLE AL 337 217 52 6.4 85 .332 .327 .257 .389 .336 .469 .338 .858 .674 154 .760 19.3 2.2 .808 .234 .142 4.6
1915 25 CHW AL 193 133 21 4.2 86 .285 .272 .259 .378 .337 .399 .339 .777 .677 130 .596 6.2 0.7 .688 .253 .127 3.0
1916 26 CHW AL 659 420 112 7.2 83 .353 .341 .258 .393 .332 .495 .337 .888 .669 166 .794 44.5 5.0 .876 .248 .154 5.3
1917 27 CHW AL 621 395 85 5.8 81 .309 .301 .257 .375 .328 .429 .333 .805 .661 143 .730 27.2 3.1 .819 .258 .128 7.2
1918 28 CHW AL 78 47 14 8.1 83 .349 .354 .262 .425 .333 .492 .334 .917 .666 175 .823 5.9 0.6 1.024 .308 .138 1.5
1919 29 CHW AL 597 352 109 8.3 96 .349 .351 .277 .422 .344 .506 .373 .928 .716 159 .788 41.5 4.3 .997 .289 .155 7.9
1920 30 CHW AL 649 380 143 10.1 105 .379 .382 .290 .444 .355 .589 .398 1.033 .753 173 .809 59.8 5.8 1.088 .300 .207 10.3
13 Seasons 5690 3401 1073 8.5 90 .360 .356 .270 .423 .340 .517 .356 .940 .696 170 .815 446.4 47.1 1.008 .294 .162 85.2
162 Game Avg. 692 414 131 8.5 90 .360 .356 .270 .423 .340 .517 .356 .940 .696 170 .815 54 6 1.008 .294 .162 10
CLE (6 yrs) 2852 1640 588 9.6 90 .379 .375 .270 .441 .341 .542 .354 .983 .696 182 .850 265.9 28.2 1.112 .319 .167 40.9
CHW (6 yrs) 2797 1727 484 7.6 91 .344 .340 .269 .407 .339 .499 .358 .906 .697 159 .776 185.1 19.5 .924 .273 .159 40.9
PHA (2 yrs) 41 34 1 0.8 74 .150 .150 .254 .171 .313 .150 .323 .321 .636 1 .080 -4.6 -0.6 .206 .025 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1917 27 CHW AL WS NYG W 6 24 23 4 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .304 .333 .304 .638 7 0 0 0 0 0
1919 29 CHW AL WS CIN L 8 33 32 5 12 3 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 .375 .394 .563 .956 18 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 14 57 55 9 19 3 0 1 8 1 1 2 2 .345 .368 .455 .823 25 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 14 57 55 9 19 3 0 1 8 1 1 2 2 .345 .368 .455 .823 25 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1908 18 5 23 23 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .130 .130 .130 .261 -18 3 0 0
1909 19 10 41 40 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 .150 .171 .150 .321 1 6 0 0
1910 20 30 127 115 18 35 2 5 1 17 4 9 .304 .355 .435 .790 147 50 0 3
1911 21 177 768 686 144 268 47 24 8 100 45 65 .391 .449 .564 1.013 186 387 8 9
1912 22 331 1421 1258 265 494 91 50 11 190 80 119 .393 .453 .571 1.024 189 718 20 24
1913 23 479 2044 1786 374 691 130 67 18 261 106 199 26 .387 .455 .565 1.020 190 1009 25 34
1914 24 601 2556 2239 435 844 152 80 21 314 128 15 240 60 .377 .444 .544 .988 183 1219 30 47
1915 25 729 3086 2700 498 986 172 94 26 395 144 35 292 83 .365 .434 .527 .961 177 1424 36 58
1916 26 884 3745 3292 589 1188 212 115 29 473 168 49 338 108 .361 .427 .522 .948 175 1717 41 74
1917 27 1030 4366 3830 680 1350 232 132 34 548 181 49 395 133 .352 .420 .509 .928 171 1948 48 93
1918 28 1047 4444 3895 689 1373 234 134 35 568 184 49 403 134 .353 .420 .508 .928 171 1980 48 98
1919 29 1186 5041 4411 768 1554 265 148 42 664 193 49 463 144 .352 .420 .508 .928 169 2241 52 115
1920 30 1332 5690 4981 873 1772 307 168 54 785 202 61 519 158 .356 .423 .517 .940 170 2577 59 131

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1908 18 5 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1909 19 5 20 19 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 .211 .250 .211 .461 1 5
1910 20 21 90 81 19 34 2 6 1 14 5 9 0 .420 .478 .630 1.107 25 20
1911 21 155 659 594 126 238 46 19 7 83 42 57 0 .401 .460 .577 1.037 156 147
1912 22 161 660 593 122 231 45 27 3 91 36 55 0 .390 .452 .572 1.023 149 154
1913 23 156 663 568 125 220 44 19 8 82 29 89 27 .387 .475 .574 1.049 153 148
1914 24 125 530 478 73 170 24 14 3 63 24 46 35 .356 .419 .483 .902 96 122
1915 25 134 544 483 71 150 21 15 5 92 17 55 24 .311 .388 .447 .835 83 128
1916 26 161 696 637 113 232 46 24 3 97 28 53 26 .364 .418 .526 .944 139 155
1917 27 152 651 577 112 187 23 20 6 93 15 66 26 .324 .401 .464 .865 105 146
1918 28 22 98 87 14 33 3 3 1 30 4 11 1 .379 .449 .517 .966 20 17
1919 29 161 685 607 98 219 38 17 8 119 11 73 12 .361 .434 .519 .953 135 139
1920 30 154 648 586 104 216 42 20 12 120 9 55 15 .369 .429 .570 .999 141 146
13 Seasons 1412 5968 5334 982 1934 334 184 57 889 220 570 166 .363 .430 .526 .957 1203 1332
162 Game Avg. 162 685 612 113 222 38 21 7 102 25 65 .363 .430 .526 .957 138 1332

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 1.0%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 AL (4, 44%)
1912 AL (9, 25%)
1913 AL (2, 67%)
1914 AL (5, 23%)
1.59 Career Shares (134th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1911 AL  .408 (2nd)
1912 AL  .395 (2nd)
1913 AL  .373 (2nd)
1914 AL  .338 (4th)
1915 AL  .308 (7th)
1916 AL  .341 (3rd)
1919 AL  .351 (4th)
1920 AL  .382 (3rd)
Career  .356 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1911 AL  .468 (1st)
1912 AL  .458 (2nd)
1913 AL  .460 (2nd)
1914 AL  .399 (4th)
1915 AL  .385 (7th)
1916 AL  .393 (5th)
1917 AL  .375 (7th)
1919 AL  .422 (4th)
1920 AL  .444 (4th)
Career  .423 (17th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1911 AL  .590 (2nd)
1912 AL  .579 (2nd)
1913 AL  .551 (1st)
1914 AL  .464 (4th)
1915 AL  .445 (4th)
1916 AL  .495 (2nd)
1917 AL  .429 (5th)
1919 AL  .506 (5th)
1920 AL  .589 (3rd)
Career  .517 (67th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1911 AL  1.058 (2nd)
1912 AL  1.036 (2nd)
1913 AL  1.011 (1st)
1914 AL  .862 (5th)
1915 AL  .830 (4th)
1916 AL  .888 (3rd)
1917 AL  .805 (5th)
1919 AL  .928 (3rd)
1920 AL  1.033 (4th)
Career  .940 (31st)

Games Played s c a p y
1911 AL  147 (6th)
1912 AL  154 (2nd)
1916 AL  155 (4th)
1919 AL  139 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1911 AL  571 (7th)
1916 AL  592 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1911 AL  641 (8th)
1912 AL  653 (10th)
1913 AL  623 (10th)
1916 AL  659 (9th)
1919 AL  597 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1911 AL  126 (2nd)
1912 AL  121 (3rd)
1913 AL  109 (3rd)
1916 AL  91 (6th)
1917 AL  91 (4th)
1920 AL  105 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1911 AL  233 (2nd)
1912 AL  226 (1st)
1913 AL  197 (1st)
1916 AL  202 (2nd)
1919 AL  181 (3rd)
1920 AL  218 (3rd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1911 AL  337 (2nd)
1912 AL  331 (1st)
1913 AL  291 (2nd)
1916 AL  293 (1st)
1917 AL  231 (7th)
1919 AL  261 (4th)
1920 AL  336 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1911 AL  45 (2nd)
1912 AL  44 (2nd)
1913 AL  39 (1st)
1916 AL  40 (3rd)
1919 AL  31 (9th)
1920 AL  42 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1911 AL  19 (3rd)
1912 AL  26 (1st)
1913 AL  17 (3rd)
1914 AL  13 (8th)
1915 AL  14 (8th)
1916 AL  21 (1st)
1917 AL  17 (2nd)
1919 AL  14 (4th)
1920 AL  20 (1st)
Career  168 (26th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  7 (4th)
1913 AL  7 (4th)
1915 AL  5 (3rd)
1917 AL  5 (7th)
1919 AL  7 (8th)
1920 AL  12 (5th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1911 AL  83 (9th)
1912 AL  90 (5th)
1913 AL  71 (9th)
1915 AL  81 (5th)
1916 AL  78 (5th)
1917 AL  75 (5th)
1919 AL  96 (3rd)
1920 AL  121 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1913 AL  80 (3rd)
1919 AL  60 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1911 AL  41 (6th)
1912 AL  35 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1911 AL  162 (2nd)
1912 AL  153 (2nd)
1913 AL  134 (6th)
1916 AL  138 (5th)
1919 AL  129 (5th)
1920 AL  144 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1911 AL  193 (2nd)
1912 AL  192 (2nd)
1913 AL  192 (2nd)
1914 AL  155 (5th)
1915 AL  146 (5th)
1916 AL  166 (3rd)
1917 AL  143 (5th)
1919 AL  159 (3rd)
1920 AL  173 (3rd)
Career  170 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1911 AL  155 (2nd)
1912 AL  148 (2nd)
1913 AL  133 (1st)
1914 AL  80 (7th)
1915 AL  73 (9th)
1916 AL  112 (3rd)
1917 AL  85 (5th)
1919 AL  109 (3rd)
1920 AL  143 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  72 (2nd)
1912 AL  69 (2nd)
1913 AL  65 (1st)
1914 AL  30 (6th)
1915 AL  26 (7th)
1916 AL  45 (3rd)
1917 AL  27 (5th)
1919 AL  42 (3rd)
1920 AL  60 (4th)
Career  446 (60th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1911 AL  7.3 (2nd)
1912 AL  7.1 (2nd)
1913 AL  7.0 (1st)
1914 AL  3.4 (6th)
1915 AL  2.9 (7th)
1916 AL  5.0 (3rd)
1917 AL  3.1 (5th)
1919 AL  4.3 (3rd)
1920 AL  5.8 (4th)
Career  47.1 (50th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1911 AL  71 (2nd)
1912 AL  73 (2nd)
1913 AL  63 (2nd)
1915 AL  39 (9th)
1916 AL  64 (1st)
1917 AL  42 (7th)
1919 AL  52 (5th)
1920 AL  74 (3rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1911 AL  297 (2nd)
1912 AL  292 (2nd)
1913 AL  282 (1st)
1916 AL  253 (5th)
1917 AL  226 (10th)
1919 AL  245 (2nd)
1920 AL  281 (5th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1911 AL  .876 (2nd)
1912 AL  .866 (3rd)
1913 AL  .873 (1st)
1914 AL  .780 (5th)
1915 AL  .710 (8th)
1916 AL  .794 (3rd)
1917 AL  .730 (5th)
1919 AL  .788 (3rd)
1920 AL  .809 (4th)
Career  .815 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1912 AL  12 (2nd)
1917 AL  7 (5th)
1920 AL  7 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  131 (239th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1915 AL  20 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1911 AL  12.0 (4th)
1913 AL  11.0 (2nd)
1915 AL  7.6 (6th)
1917 AL  7.2 (7th)
1920 AL  10.3 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1913 AL  20.3 (5th)
1915 AL  20.0 (8th)
1916 AL  23.7 (4th)
1919 AL  51.6 (1st)
1920 AL  40.7 (3rd)
Career  23.6 (63rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1911 AL  81.6 (5th)
1913 AL  75.4 (4th)
1915 AL  92.2 (7th)
1917 AL  107.6 (10th)
1920 AL  47.5 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1908 AL  born 1889-07-16 (2nd)
1909 AL  born 1889-07-16 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 14 (166), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 186 (50), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 122 (112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 40 (160), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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