Shoeless Joe Jackson
1908–1920 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
1,332G
.356AVG
.423OBP
.517SLG
More career statistics
1,772H
54HR
785RBI
202SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 4,981 | 4,980 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 61 | 192 |
| Batting · Doubles | 307 | 311 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,772 | 1,771 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 158 | 226 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,690 | 5,694 |
| Batting · Runs | 872 | 874 |
| Batting · RBI | 785 | 803 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 202 | 211 |
| Batting · Walks | 519 | 522 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,332 | 5,690 | 4,981 | 872 | 1,772 | 307 | 168 | 54 | 785 | 519 | 158 | 202 | 61 | 59 | 0 | 2,577 | .356 | .423 | .517 | .940 |
Streaks
28longest hitting streak · 1911-07-11 to 1911-08-12
34longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Three Triples | 1912-06-30 | 1 in 3,855 games | box score ↗ |
| 78 | Stealing the Cycle | 1912-08-11 | 1 in 3,787 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1913-05-17 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 676 | 2840 | 910 | 18 | 417 | 265 | 113 | .367 | .414 | .537 |
| Away | 656 | 2854 | 861 | 36 | 386 | 257 | 113 | .345 | .392 | .499 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 130 | 556 | 170 | 7 | 81 | 59 | 23 | .351 | .412 | .520 |
| May | 225 | 962 | 291 | 4 | 138 | 86 | 42 | .346 | .392 | .516 |
| June | 211 | 878 | 294 | 9 | 111 | 78 | 31 | .381 | .424 | .553 |
| July | 250 | 1077 | 328 | 14 | 141 | 87 | 36 | .345 | .385 | .508 |
| August | 249 | 1080 | 342 | 8 | 158 | 97 | 39 | .360 | .406 | .515 |
| September | 238 | 1016 | 309 | 12 | 156 | 99 | 49 | .352 | .402 | .506 |
| October | 29 | 125 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 6 | .359 | .424 | .485 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 194 | 828 | 270 | 10 | 118 | 76 | 32 | .371 | .418 | .547 |
| detroit-tigers | 191 | 836 | 273 | 5 | 127 | 93 | 23 | .382 | .438 | .553 |
| st-louis-browns | 191 | 834 | 264 | 8 | 131 | 82 | 28 | .364 | .415 | .563 |
| boston-red-sox | 189 | 805 | 253 | 4 | 102 | 59 | 41 | .350 | .388 | .499 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 186 | 776 | 217 | 10 | 106 | 62 | 33 | .318 | .360 | .461 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 182 | 780 | 243 | 13 | 118 | 77 | 31 | .361 | .410 | .530 |
| chicago-white-sox | 104 | 429 | 128 | 0 | 37 | 42 | 26 | .340 | .396 | .439 |
| cleveland-guardians | 95 | 406 | 123 | 4 | 64 | 31 | 12 | .344 | .379 | .506 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 23 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .130 | – | – |
| 1909 | Philadelphia Athletics | 5 | 17 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .176 | – | – |
| 1910 |  Cleveland Guardians | 20 | 75 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 5 | .387 | – | – |
| 1911 | Cleveland Guardians | 147 | 570 | 233 | 7 | 79 | 41 | .409 | – | – |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 154 | 572 | 226 | 3 | 94 | 37 | .395 | – | – |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 148 | 528 | 197 | 7 | 72 | 26 | .373 | – | – |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 453 | 153 | 3 | 59 | 23 | .338 | – | – |
| 1915 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 128 | 461 | 142 | 5 | 78 | 17 | .308 | – | – |
| 1916 |  Chicago White Sox | 155 | 592 | 202 | 3 | 80 | 24 | .341 | – | – |
| 1917 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 538 | 163 | 5 | 83 | 14 | .303 | – | – |
| 1918 | Chicago White Sox | 17 | 65 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 3 | .354 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago White Sox | 139 | 516 | 179 | 7 | 96 | 11 | .347 | – | – |
| 1920 | Chicago White Sox | 146 | 570 | 218 | 12 | 127 | 10 | .382 | – | – |