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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 1.033 172 336 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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1908 PHA AL 18 OF 5 8 6 1 1 0 .875 1.40 .962 1.80 0-5-0
1909 PHA AL 19 OF 4 12 10 0 2 0 .833 2.50 .958 1.80 3-1-0
1910 CLE AL 20 OF 20 43 40 2 1 1 .977 2.10 .953 1.77 0-15-5
1911 CLE AL 21 OF 147 286 242 32 12 8 .958 1.86 .950 1.93 0-47-100 MVP-4
1912 CLE AL 22 OF 150 319 273 30 16 2 .950 2.02 .951 1.98 0-19-131 MVP-9
1913 CLE AL 23 OF 148 257 211 28 18 5 .930 1.61 .954 1.95 0-0-148 MVP-2
1914 CLE AL 24 OF 119 215 195 13 7 4 .967 1.75 .955 1.92 0-31-88 MVP-5
1915 TOT AL 25 OF 95 172 152 12 8 1 .953 1.73 .959 1.98 24-26-44
1915 CLE AL 25 OF 50 77 68 6 3 0 .961 1.48 .958 1.98 5-0-44
1915 CLE AL 25 1B 30 306 284 15 7 12 .977 9.97 .987 10.27
1915 CHW AL 25 OF 45 95 84 6 5 1 .947 2.00 .959 1.98 19-26-0
1916 CHW AL 26 OF 155 315 290 17 8 5 .975 1.98 .963 2.03 131-1-23
1917 CHW AL 27 OF 145 365 341 18 6 4 .984 2.48 .966 2.14 134-0-11
1918 CHW AL 28 OF 17 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.18 .959 2.17 14-0-3
1919 CHW AL 29 OF 139 276 252 15 9 4 .967 1.92 .958 2.16 133-0-6
1920 CHW AL 30 OF 145 340 314 14 12 2 .965 2.26 .962 2.16 145-0-0
13 Seasons OF 1289 2645 2362 183 100 36 .962 1.97 .958 2.03 584-145-559
1 Season 1B 30 306 284 15 7 12 .977 9.97 .987 10.27
13 Seasons TOT 1319 2951 2646 198 107 48 .964 2.16 .925 2.21 584-145-559

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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 (133rd)

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--172--4th
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--59--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--5.7--4th
Career--47.0--51st

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--20.308--5th
1915 AL--20.043--8th
1916 AL--23.680--4th
1919 AL--51.600--1st
1920 AL--40.714--3rd
Career--23.560--63rd

AB per HR s c a p y
1911 AL--81.571--5th
1913 AL--75.429--4th
1915 AL--92.200--7th
1917 AL--107.600--10th
1920 AL--47.500--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 (167), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 186 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 122 (112), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 40 (147), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 30, 1908: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from Greenville (Carolina Association) for $1,000.

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

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