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Does this controversial player get your HoF vote #2: Joe Jackson
If you were a BPAA voter and had the ability to vote today on "Shoeless" Joe Jackson for Cooperstown, how would you vote?
Why he should be in the HoF
3rd all-time batting (.356)
8th all-time in adjusted OPS (1.70)
Surpasses Grey Ink and HoF monitor standards despite being forced out of the game at just age 31
Batted over .350 (including one season over .400) six times
Batted .375 with a .563 Slg% in the World Series he allegedly participated in a games fixing scheme in
Won one World Series ring (1917)
Was acquitted by a jury of the charges related to the fixing of the 1919 World Series
Why he shouldn't be in
Admitted in a sworn deposition that he received money as part of the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal
Batted only .273 in the World Series games that were allegedly fixed as opposed to batting .545 in the games that were not
In 1924 a judge overturned a jury's favorable verdict in his suit for lost wages to the Chicago White Sox because he believed Jackson committed perjury by giving false testimony with regard to whether or not he received money in the scandal
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"The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man"
- William Graham Sumner
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