1916 – The Chicago White Sox pound Babe Ruth with 12 hits in eight innings, including three by Shoeless Joe Jackson, to beat the visiting Boston Red Sox, 5 – 0. The loss drops Boston into sixth place.
Chicago White Sox acquire outfielder Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indian
Boston rookie Ernie Shore stops the Naps in Cleveland, 4 – 1.
Shoeless Joe Jackson completes the stolen base cycle when he swipes home in the seventh inning of the Indians’ 8-3 victory over New York at Cleveland’s League Park. The 25 year-old outfielder had made his way around the bases by stealing second and third base before his thievery of the plate to complete the deed.
In Chicago, the Phils pound the Cubs, 14 – 2. Sherry Magee leads the way with two steals of home, tying a major league record. On August 1st, Joe Jackson will swipe home twice to set a American League record.
In game two of a doubleheader at St Louis, Joe Jackson ties the major-league record with three triples to pace Cleveland to a 15 – 1 pasting of the Browns.
On April 20, 1912, the Detroit Tigers host their first game at Navin Field. The original opening day was to be April 18th but it was delayed, as was Fenway Park’s by multiple days of heavy rain. The starting lineups included three future members of Baseball’s Hall of Fame: charter member Ty Cobb, Wahoo Sam…
1910 – The “surprise of the year,” according to Ed Bang in Sporting Life, “came on July 30th when it was announced that the Naps had secured Joe Jackson from the New Orleans Pelicans for $5,000. It is believed that Connie Mack made the Naps the concession [as part of the Bris Lord-Morrie Rath trade] to allow them to purchase Jackson from New Orleans.” Jackson had been up with the A’s briefly in 1908 and 1909.
1910 – Connie Mack trades Joe Jackson to Cleveland for Bris Lord, a former A’s outfielder.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Position: OutfielderBats: Left • Throws: Right6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)Born: July 16, 1887 in Pickens County, SCDied: December 5, 1951 in Greenville, SCBuried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SCDebut: August 25, 1908 (3,083rd in major league history)vs. CLE 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: September 27, 1920vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Joseph Walker JacksonNicknames: Shoeless JoeView Player Info from the B-R BullpenView Player Bio from…
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