Field of Dreams Part II: Joe Jackson Statistics

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Joe Jackson Career Batting Statistics: 1908 - 1920

Shoeless Joe Jackson was the greatest natural hitter who ever lived. Even Ty Cobb said so, and Babe Ruth had copied his swing because it was the best he had ever seen.

Games 1332, At Bats 4981, Hits 1772
Career Batting Average .356
Doubles 307, Triples 168
HR 54, Runs 873, RBI's 785
Stolen Bases 202

In three different years Joe led the league in triples and twice in hits. Joe Jackson's Career Batting Average of .356 is the third highest in baseball's history.

"Say It Ain't So, Joe"

According to Joe Jackson, the most famous line to emerge from the 1919 Black Sox Scandal was never actually spoken. A newspaper reported that as Jackson was walking through a crowded parking lot after the grand jury hearings, a small boy walked toward Joe and said, "Say it ain't so, Joe?" Joe was quoted as replying "Yes Kid, I'm afraid it is." Jackson said he left the courtroom, a deputy sheriff asked for a ride, the two got into the car together and left. No one else spoke to him.

Black Betsy

When Shoeless Joe Jackson was fifteen, Charlie Ferguson, a local bat maker, took a four-by-four timber of hickory and carved a thirty-six-inch, forty-eight-ounce bat. Charlie shaped that bat to fit Jackson's large and growing hands. Upon completion of the bat, it was pale white. Charlie knew Jackson liked black bats, so he coated it with several layers of tobacco juice. Jackson affectionately named his bat "Black Betsy." The grandstand crowds would yell down to Jackson: "Give 'em Black Betsy, Joe! Give 'em Black Betsy!"

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