Shoeless Joe Jackson’s MLB career lasted just 12 years, but he certainly made a huge impact. His .356 batting average is the fourth-highest in league history, and he was a good enough outfielder that he’s regularly ranked outside the top 10 despite playing for over 100 years. To many, he’s the best player ever to be excluded from the Hall of Fame, thanks to his expulsion from the Hall in 1920 for allegedly attempting to fix the World Series. Controversy aside, his cards, especially those from 1914, are highly sought after. Of the cards released that year, none are more coveted than the 1914 Cracker Jack Shoes Joe Jackson card, which, unlike the others, wasn’t packaged and mailed, but instead tucked inside a box of a popular snack. That means these cards are much rarer, and mint copies are…even rarer. Graded GOOD+ 2.5 by SGC, which is still a very good grade for the piece, the piece features Jackson in batting stance against a red background that was based on a photo of the legendary Charles Conlon.
2024-08-03 06:06:48
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