Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball

A biography of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, one of America's greatest baseball players, examines his part in the 1919 World Series and the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal that ended his professional baseball career

When legendary baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson hits a slump while playing in the minor leagues, he asks Ol' Charlie the batmaker to craft a special bat for him. Ol' Charlie creates Black Betsy, a beautiful black bat. Only when Joe realizes he must show Betsy the same love and care Ol' Charlie took in making her does he bat his finest record ever. Full-color illustrations.

Shoeless Joe Jackson - Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (July 16, 1889 – December 5, 1951) was a left fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox. One of the greatest hitters of his era, he was one of eight players banished for life from professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal, this being the basis for his exclusion from baseball's Hall of Fame.

Joe Frazier (baseball) - Joseph Filmore Frazier (born October 6 1922 in Liberty, North Carolina) is a former outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was signed as an amateur free agent in 1941, but did not play in the major leagues until 1947.

Joe McCarthy (baseball) - Joseph Vincent McCarthy (April 21, 1887 – January 13, 1978) was an American manager in Major League Baseball, most renowned for his leadership of the "Bronx Bombers" teams of the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1946. The first manager to win pennants with both National and American League teams, he won nine league titles overall and seven World Series championships – a record tied only by Casey Stengel – and his career winning percentages in both the regular season (.

Joe Gordon (baseball player) - Joseph Lowell "Flash" Gordon (February 18, 1915 - April 14, 1978) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, Gordon starred in the American League for the New York Yankees (1938-43, 1946) and Cleveland Indians (1947-50).

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Mired in a slump, Jackson calls on bat-maker Ol' Charlie Ferguson to fashion him a new bat. For personal use only. Shoeless Joe Jackson, one of baseball's greatest hitters and most controversial figures, had a little assistance with his hitting prowess--his tobacco juice-stained hickory bat, Black Betty. When he travels back to 1919, the year of the scandal. With full-color illustrations. shoeless joe and ragtime baseball (C) shoeless joe and ragtime baseball Inc. 2005. By holding an old baseball card, 13-year-old Joe Stoshack can travel back in time and meet the great baseball stars of the pat--Honus Wagner, Jackie Robinson, and Babe Ruth among them. This is just the beginning.... For personal use only. If you build it, he will come, the Voice isn't finished. shoeless joe and ragtime baseball (C) shoeless joe and ragtime baseball Inc. 2005. For personal use only. Ray builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, and waits. For personal use only. Ray builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, and waits. For personal use only. Shoeless Joe Jackson, one of baseball's greatest hitters and most controversial figures, had a little assistance with his hitting prowess--his tobacco juice-stained hickory bat, Black Betty. When he travels back to 1919, the year of the infamous Black Sox Scandal, he attempts to help Shoeless Joe Jackson, banned from baseball along with the other 1919 Black Sox. All rights shoeless joe and ragtime baseball.