Shoeless Joe Jackson is forever linked to the 1919 Chicago White Sox World Series scandal, but did you know he amassed most of his statistics as a Cleveland Indian and that he debuted in his first Major League game as a Philadelphia Athletic?
On August 25, 1908, Joe Jackson batted cleanup "in a game played in a drizzling rain." He went on to bat .356 for his career and would easily have been voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame if not for his association with the 1919 World Series scandal.
This box score is from The Chicago Daily Tribune, 1908.
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