During his birthday week, here’s a quick look at White Sox legend “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, who was born on July 16, 1887:
*White Sox “Team of the Century” member amassed a franchise-record .356 batting average while patrolling the outfield from 1915 to 1920
*Left-handed hitter posted a White Sox record .382 average with 218 hits in his final big league season of 1920
*Banned from baseball for life by Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis in 1920 for his role in fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox Scandal”
*Only player in White Sox history with two 200-hit seasons (218 in 1920 and 202 in 1916)
*Finished second to Frank Thomas (10,822) with 9,293 votes in voting for the White Sox Team of the Century in 2000
*Paced the American League with 293 total bases and a franchise-record 21 triples for the 1916 White Sox
*Led regulars with a .375 average and hit the series’ only homer for the White Sox in the 1919 World Series against the Reds
*Compiled a .345 average with one homer and eight RBIs in 14 World Series games for the White Sox in 1917 and 1919
*FUN FACT: Dubbed “Shoeless” in 1908 by a writer after playing a game in his socks because his new baseball shoes were not broken in