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Shoeless Joe Jackson was born on July 16, 1887 in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States. Shoeless Joe Jackson was a baseball player. Death is recorded on December 5, 1951, at the age of 64.
My Take
Shoeless Joe Jackson is one of those figures who feels almost too tragic to be real — a natural-born hitter from the South Carolina dirt who posted a .356 career batting average, one of the highest in major league history, and was only removed from baseball's ineligible list in 2025, more than a century later. The 1919 Black Sox scandal swallowed him whole, and whether he genuinely threw the World Series or was just a barely-literate kid who got swept along by teammates with gambling debts is a debate that never fully dies. What I keep coming back to is the numbers: this man flat-out raked, and Babe Ruth said he modeled his own hitting on Jackson's. That's not nothing. The nickname alone — Shoeless Joe — tells you everything about where he came from and how little the establishment ever fully embraced him, even when he was putting up legends-tier stats. Baseball's complicated relationship with its own past is on full display every time his name comes up.
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- Name (English)
- Shoeless Joe Jackson
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョー・ジャクソン
- Reading
- じょー・じゃくそん
- Born
- July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951
- Origin
- Pickens County, South Carolina, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Shoeless Joe Jackson born?
Shoeless Joe Jackson was born on July 16, 1887.
When did Shoeless Joe Jackson die?
Shoeless Joe Jackson died on December 5, 1951, aged 64.
Where was Shoeless Joe Jackson from?
Shoeless Joe Jackson was from Pickens County, South Carolina, United States.
What did Shoeless Joe Jackson do?
Shoeless Joe Jackson worked as baseball player.
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