The White Sox were a strong team during their first two decades, winning the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed " the Hitless Wonders ", and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Collins, and Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Despite a strong lineup anchored by the potent Lajoie and Shoeless Joe Jackson, poor pitching kept the team below third place for most of the next decade.

* 1888 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player ( d. 1951 )

Landis was widely praised for cleaning up the game, although some of his decisions in the Black Sox matter remain controversial: supporters of " Shoeless Joe " Jackson and Buck Weaver contend that he was overly harsh with those players.

At the time of his retirement, Williams ranked third all-time in home runs ( behind Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx ), seventh in RBIs ( after Ruth, Cap Anson, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Foxx, and Mel Ott ; Stan Musial passed Williams in 1962 ), and seventh in batting average ( behind Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty O ' Doul, Ed Delahanty and Tris Speaker ).

* W. P. Kinsella, novelist well known for his 1982 novel Shoeless Joe which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams

* December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player ( Say It Ain't So, Joe ) ( b. 1889 )

* July 16 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, baseball player ( d. 1951 )

# 12, Shoeless Joe Jackson, was about to go on to fame in the majors.

Notable Pelicans included Shoeless Joe Jackson, Jimmy Dygert, Henry " Cotton " Knaupp, Bill Lindsay ( baseball ), Zeke Bonura, Gene Freese, and Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Joe Sewell, Bob Lemon, and Earl Weaver.

Shoeless Joe jackson is not from Waycross

* Raymond Joseph Cannon, U. S. Representative from Wisconsin, attorney for Shoeless Joe Jackson and several of the Chicago Black Sox

Shoeless Joe Jackson took his first steps on Pelzer ’ s mill hill and went on to become the greatest natural baseball player ever.

Joseph Jefferson Jackson ( July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951 ), nicknamed " Shoeless Joe ", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century.

", and the resulting nickname " Shoeless Joe " stuck with him throughout the remainder of his life.

On April 20, 1912, Shoeless Joe Jackson scored the first run in Tiger Stadium.

In the Broadway musical Damn Yankees, Hannibal was the hometown of the protagonist ’ s assumed persona ( Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, MO ).

One of the songs in the musical is called " Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo ".

An " honorable mention " was Shoeless Joe Jackson.

In what many call the catch that won the pennant for the 1920 Indians, Speaker, his team playing a season-ending game with the Chicago White Sox, caught a screaming line drive hit to deep right-center field by Shoeless Joe Jackson.

" Babe Ruth, " Shoeless " Joe Jackson, Casey Stengel, and Ty Cobb also played baseball in Dawson Springs.

Kinsella, author of Shoeless Joe, which was later adapted into the film Field of Dreams

The eight players suspected of involvement in the fix had been acquitted, including Buck Weaver and superstar Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Star outfielder " Shoeless " Joe Jackson was also mentioned as a participant, though his involvement is disputed.

Shoeless Joe Jackson | " Shoeless " Joe Jackson

Two players, Eddie Cicotte and " Shoeless " Joe Jackson, confessed their participation in the scheme to the Chicago grand jury on September 28, 1920.

*" Shoeless " Joe Jackson, the star outfielder, one of the best hitters in the game, confessed in sworn grand jury testimony to having accepted $ 5, 000 cash from the gamblers.

" – BlackBetsy. com reprint of 1949 Shoeless Joe Jackson interview

* Shoeless Joe Jackson ( OF )- Inducted 1951

William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC ( born May 25, 1935 ) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer who is well known for his novel Shoeless Joe ( 1982 ), which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989.

Shoeless Joe ( 1982 ), his first novel, blends fantasy and magical realism to tell the story of a poor Iowa farmer who, yielding to voices in his head, builds a baseball field in his corn field that attracts the spirits of the 1919 Chicago White Sox.

Sweeney is perhaps best remembered for his portrayal of Doug Dorsey in The Cutting Edge ( 1992 ), Shoeless Joe Jackson in Eight Men Out ( 1988 ), or Dish Boggett in Lonesome Dove ( 1989 ).

The players were: Arnold " Chick " Gandil, " Shoeless " Joe Jackson ( questionable involvement at best ), Eddie Cicotte, Claude " Lefty " Williams, Oscar " Happy " Felsch, Charles " Swede " Risberg, Buck Weaver and Fred McMullin.

Raymond Allen " Ray " Liotta ( born December 18, 1954 ) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Henry Hill in the crime-drama Goodfellas, directed by Martin Scorsese and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson in Field of Dreams.

* W. P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe is the story of an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball field in his cornfield after hearing a mysterious voice.

Liotta portrayed Shoeless Joe Jackson, the ghost of the famed baseball player.

The baseball career of Graham's brother, Archibald Wright " Moonlight " Graham, was popularized in the W. P. Kinsella novel Shoeless Joe and the 1989 film it inspired, Field of Dreams.

Again, individuals who had been barred from baseball were not formally ineligible ; Hal Chase received some votes, though Shoeless Joe Jackson did not.

He was devastated when his hero, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and other teammates were banned from baseball for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series.

Shoeless Joe Jackson received 2 votes ; this was the first time since 1937 that anyone who had been thrown out of baseball had received any votes, and it would be the last time any such candidate received any recognized votes.

Bisher landed an interview with former professional baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in 1949 — the first published interview with Jackson since the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.