Editing Shoeless Joe Jackson (section)

==Legacy==
Though Jackson was banned from Major League Baseball, statues and parks have been constructed in his honor. One of the landmarks built for him was a memorial park in Greenville, Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Park.<ref name="park">{{cite web|url=http://greenvillerec.com/parks/shoeless-joe"|title=Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Park|access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Pahigian2007">{{cite book|author=Josh Pahigian|title=The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DaQ8oNXuE0C&pg=PA169|year=2007|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=978-1-59921-627-0|pages=169–171}}</ref> A life-size statue of Jackson, created by South Carolina sculptor Doug Young, also stands in Greenville's West End.

In 2006, Jackson's original home was moved to a location adjacent to [[Fluor Field at the West End|Fluor Field]] in downtown Greenville. The home was restored and opened in 2008 as the [[Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum]].<ref name="museum">{{cite web|url=http://www.shoelessjoejackson.org/|title=Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum and Baseball Library|access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> The address is 356 Field Street, in honor of his lifetime .356 batting average. The restoration and move were chronicled on [[The Learning Channel|TLC]]'s reality show ''The Real Deal'' episode "A Home Run for Trademark", which aired March 31, 2007. [[Richard C. Davis]], the owner of Trademark Properties, hired [[Josh Hamilton]] as the construction foreman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2007/03/hooray-for-trademark-properties-and-richard-davis/|title=Hooray for Trademark Properties and Richard Davis!!!|work=Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog|date=March 28, 2007}}</ref>

In 1951, Jackson was inducted into the [[Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame]] as part of the inaugural class. The selection was controversial at the time because although he had not yet been barred from consideration for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, he had also not been enshrined therein. Additionally, his tenure with the Naps/Indians was relatively short. However, an outpouring of support from Indians fans convinced the sports editors voting on the selections to elect him unanimously.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/shoeless-joe-jackson-lost-cleveland-indians-hall-of-fame/ |title=Shoeless Joe Jackson's induction in the 'lost' Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame |last=Pomrenke |first=Jacob |date= December 5, 2017|website=jacobpomrenke.com/ |access-date=October 13, 2022 }}</ref>

Jackson was inducted into the [[Baseball Reliquary]]'s [[Baseball Reliquary#Shrine of the Eternals|Shrine of the Eternals]] in 2002.<ref name="BRSOTE Inductees">[http://www.baseballreliquary.org/awards/shrine-of-the-eternals/shrine-of-the-eternals-electees "Shrine of the Eternals – Inductees"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919092503/http://www.baseballreliquary.org/awards/shrine-of-the-eternals/shrine-of-the-eternals-electees |date=September 19, 2020 }}. Baseball Reliquary. Retrieved August 14, 2019.</ref>

Jackson's first relative to play professional baseball since his banishment was [[catcher]] Joseph Ray Jackson. The great-great-grandnephew of Shoeless Joe batted .386 for [[The Citadel Bulldogs baseball|The Citadel]] in 2013 and was then drafted by the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]. Later that year, he made his professional debut with the [[Northwest League]]'s [[Spokane Indians]].<ref>Caple, Jim. [https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10673021/mlb-minor-leaguer-joe-jackson-carries-infamous-baseball-name "Meet Joe Jackson, shoes 'n' all"]. espn.go.com. March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.</ref><ref>Hartsell, Jeff. [http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130607/PC20/130609374 "Texas Rangers take Citadel's Joe Jackson; Mariners pick C of C pitcher Jake Zokan"]. postandcourier.com. June 8, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915111950/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130607/PC20/130609374 |date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jackso006jos "Joe Jackson Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.</ref>

In October 2021, a signed photograph of Jackson sold for $1.47 million, making it the most expensive sports photograph.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32357828/autographed-shoeless-joe-jackson-photograph-1911-sells-147-million |website=espn|title=Signed 'Shoeless' Joe pic sells for record $1.47M |date=October 8, 2021 }}</ref>

Following a December 2024 meeting by Commissioner [[Rob Manfred]] with [[Pete Rose]]'s daughter Fawn Rose and her attorney, Jeffrey M. Lenkov, in association with [[Pete Rose|removing Rose's father from the Permanently Ineligible List]], Manfred announced on May 2025 that a person's time on Major League Baseball's permanent ineligibility ends upon the death "of the disciplined individual," and as such Jackson had been posthumously reinstated and removed from the permanently ineligible list. Hall of Fame chairman of the board [[Jane Forbes Clark]] confirmed that Jackson's reinstatement meant that he would also now be eligible for consideration by the Historical Overview Committee when it next meets in December 2027.<ref name=ESPN25>{{cite web |last=Van Natta Jr.|first=Don|title=Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson among players reinstated by MLB|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45115659/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-players-reinstated-mlb|website=[[ESPN]]|date=May 13, 2025|access-date=May 13, 2025}}</ref> By rule, his next potential eligibility will be in the Classic Baseball (before 1980) committee during the December 2027 MLB Winter Meetings.

===Films===
Shoeless Joe was depicted in ''[[Eight Men Out]]'', a 1988 film directed by [[John Sayles]] based on the 1963 [[Eliot Asinof]] book of the same name. The film details the Black Sox Scandal in general and has [[D. B. Sweeney]] portraying Jackson.

[[Phil Alden Robinson]]'s 1989 film ''[[Field of Dreams]]'', based on the 1982 book ''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]'' by [[W. P. Kinsella]], stars [[Ray Liotta]] as Jackson. [[Kevin Costner]] plays an [[Iowa]] farmer who hears a mysterious voice instructing him to build a baseball field on his farm so Shoeless Joe—among others—can play baseball again.