The Tragedy of Shoeless Joe Jackson

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZW251YEUo0
Published: Jun 3, 2020
Author: Joe Jackson
Post Date: 2020-06-03 14:29:12 by Horse
Views: 1567


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Batted 12 for 23 with no errors. That is a 532 batting average which is better than my Little League average at age 12.

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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

Thanks for the informative, entertaining break.

Lod posted on 2020-06-03 16:10:41   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Bill D Berger    To: Horse, Lod (#0)

Batted 12 for 23 with no errors. That is a 532 batting average which is better than my Little League average at age 12.

Shoeless Joe Jackson: Career Stats

Not a big power hitter, pretty good fielding stats, 1772 hits, not a lot.

WAR (Wins over Replacement) is 62.1, comparable to Mike Trout today. Pretty sure he'd make it in the HOF.

Like to see Pete Rose get a shot too.

The information was interesting, but the video just seems to have been hastily thrown together with a bunch of modern times baseball action. A few pics of Joe, some other still shots.

The creator should have at least dug up some old b/w old timey baseball footage and used that.

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Just found this: How the Movie Eight Men Out Created a False Narrative about Shoeless Joe Jackson

Tell me after reading these stats if you think Joe Jackson threw the 1919 World Series.

Game One: scored the Sox only run
Game Two: 3 hits
Game Three: 2 hits
Game Four: had one of the Sox three hits
Game Five: had none of theSox three hits
Game Six: 2 hits, 1 run, 1 RBI
Game Seven: 2 hits, 2 RBI
Game Eight: 2 hits, 2 runs, 3 RBI

White Sox Averages

Team .224
Eddie Collins (clean) .226
Shano Collins (clean) .250
Ray Schalk (clean) .304
Nemo Leibold (clean) .056
Buck Weaver (clean though banned for listening) .324
Gandil (chief fixer) .233
Felsch (a fixer) .192
Risberg (a fixer) .086 plus 4 errors
Jackson (a fixer) .375, committed no errors, had the most runs and the most hits for Chicago

Jackson’s numbers don’t fall in line with the other fixers.

Bill D Berger posted on 2020-06-03 22:54:31   Reply   Private Reply