Shoeless Joe Jackson

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baseball player human outfielder

Shoeless Joe Jackson was an American baseball outfielder and one of the sport’s greatest hitters, whose legacy is overshadowed by his alleged involvement in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.

Aliases (2)

Shoeless Joe ×1
Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball player → human → outfielder →
allegedInvolvementIn	Black Sox Scandal →
bannedBy	Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis →
bannedFrom	Major League Baseball →
banYear	1921 →
bats	left →
battedTitleContender	multiple American League seasons →
battingAverage	.356 →
burialPlace	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, South Carolina, United States →
careerOPSPlus	170 →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1887-07-16 →
dateOfDeath	1951-12-05 →
education	left school in childhood →
ethnicGroup	European American →
finalMLBGameDate	1920-09-27 →
finalMLBTeam	Chicago White Sox →
fullName	Joseph Jefferson Jackson →
givenName	Joseph →
hallOfFameStatus	ineligible for National Baseball Hall of Fame →
hits	1772 →
homeRuns	54 →
inspired	film "Field of Dreams" →
jerseyNumber	6 →
MLBDebutDate	1908-08-25 →
MLBDebutTeam	Philadelphia Athletics →
nickname	Shoeless Joe →
notableEvent	1919 World Series → Black Sox Scandal →
occupation	baseball player →
onBasePlusSlugging	.940 →
placeOfBirth	Pickens County, South Carolina, United States →
placeOfDeath	Greenville, South Carolina, United States →
playedFor	Chicago White Sox → Cleveland Indians → Cleveland Naps → Philadelphia Athletics →
positionPlayed	left fielder → right fielder →
residence	Greenville, South Carolina, United States →
runsBattedIn	792 →
sport	baseball →
subjectOf	novel "Shoeless Joe" →
teamChampionship	Chicago White Sox 1917 World Series →
throws	right →
worldSeriesChampion	1917 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1919 World Series → Chicago White Sox →	notablePlayer
1919 Black Sox Scandal →	bannedPlayer
Ray Liotta ("Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams") →	characterRole
Shoeless Joe Jackson ("Shoeless Joe") →	nickname
1917 World Series →	notableHitter
1919 Black Sox Scandal →	playerInvolved