![]() Jackson played for three MLB teams during his 12-year career, playing primarily in left field. ![]() Jackson's role in the scandal, his banishment from the game, and his exclusion from the Baseball Hall of Fame have been fiercely debated. During the World Series in question, Jackson had led both teams in several statistical categories and set a World Series record with 12 base hits. ![]() As a result, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned Jackson from baseball after the 1920 season. 356 career batting average is the fourth highest in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he is often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed " Shoeless Joe", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 1900s. ![]() September 27, 1920, for the Chicago White Sox August 25, 1908, for the Philadelphia Athletics ![]()
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