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When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit.


Shoeless Joe Jackson


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351 average during the regular season and. Legacy
Though Jackson was banned from Major League Baseball statues and parks have been constructed in his honor. Family finances required Joe to take 12-hour shifts in the mill and since education at the time was a luxury the Jackson family couldn't afford Jackson was uneducated.

His average that year also set the record for batting average in a single season by a rookie. He remained in Cleveland through the first part of the 1915; he played the remainder of the 1915 season through 1920 with the Chicago White Sox. Jackson still holds the Indians and White Sox franchise records for both triples in a season and career batting average.

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