Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb - circa 1913
by Doc Braham
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Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb - circa 1913
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Doc Braham
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Photograph - Photography, Pop Art, Contemporary, Black & White, Portfolio, Original Art, High Class Fashion, Painting, Conceptual, Mixed Media, Abstract, Contemporary, Success, Unique, Odd, Quirky
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First off, we must thank photographer Louis van Oeyen for taking this iconic shot of Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb.
No matter what baseball fans say, Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ty Cobb are the greatest hitters to ever play. Ty Cobb hit .366 in his career, Joe Jackson hit .356, first and third on the all time ranks, respectively.
When Ty was 14, he played for the Royston, GA team. Cobb became a superstar and began to focus on baseball. Although they wore different jerseys, outfielders Ty Cobb and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were cut from similar cloth, both ambitious rural Southerners who became two of baseball’s greatest hitters. The unschooled Jackson, who as a child worked in a textile mill, first signed with the Greenville Spinners for $75 a month.
He was making $1,000 a month with the Chicago White Sox when he and seven teammates were banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series.
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April 18th, 2019
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