Shoeless Joe

After winning the 1906 World Series, the Chicago White Sox were not able to maintain their position of number one. They remained in the middle of the American League until 1915 when a new manager, Clarence Rowland and a new star, Joe Jackson, joined the team. Joe Jackson was a star from South Carolina who was known as "Shoeless" Joe because of his poverty-stricken childhood. Joe Jackson was dubbed "The finest natural hitter in the history of …

…throw the series. He was suspended because he knew what was going on but did not say anything. Even though Joe Jackson was accused of throwing the World Series he had the highest batting average in the series which was .375. He had no errors, twelve hits and the series only homerun. Do those statistics sound like "Shoeless" Joe Jackson threw the series. This turned out to be the greatest fix in the history of baseball.