Editing Shoeless Joe Jackson (section)

===Early professional career===
In 1908, Jackson began his professional baseball career with his hometown minor league team, the [[Greenville Spinners]] of the [[Carolina Association]], married 15-year-old Katie Wynn, and eventually signed with [[Connie Mack]] to play for the [[Philadelphia Athletics (AL)|Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref name="joebio"/>
[[File:Shoeless Joe Pelican Park 1910.jpg|thumb|left|Jackson with the Pelicans]]

Jackson started the season with the Spinners for $75 a month and hit .346 to lead the Carolina Association in batting average, hits, and RBI for 1908. In August 1908, his contract was purchased by Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics for $900. Jackson immediately reported to the Athletics and made his major league debut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shoelessjoejackson.org/|title=Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum|website=Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greenvillerec.com/parks/shoeless-joe-jackson-memorial-park/|title=Shoeless Joe Jackson Memorial Park}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/shoeless-joe-jackson/|title = Shoeless Joe Jackson – Society for American Baseball Research}}</ref>

For the first two years of his career, Jackson had some trouble adjusting to life with the Athletics; reports conflict as to whether he did not like the big city or was bothered by hazing from teammates. Consequently, he spent much of that time in the [[Minor League Baseball|minor leagues]]. Between 1908 and 1909, Jackson appeared in just 10 MLB games.<ref name="bio">{{cite web | title = JoeJackson.com Biography | work = shoelessjoejackson.com | url = http://shoelessjoejackson.com/about/biography.html | access-date = December 11, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070112052028/http://shoelessjoejackson.com/about/biography.html | archive-date = January 12, 2007 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> During the 1909 season, Jackson played 118 games for the [[South Atlantic League (1904–1963)|South Atlantic League]]'s [[Savannah Indians]]. He batted .358 for the year.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jackso004jos "Shoeless Joe Jackson Minor League Statistics & History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.</ref>

[[File:Cobb jackson.jpg|thumb|[[Ty Cobb]] and Jackson in Cleveland in 1913]]

The Athletics gave up on Jackson in 1910 and traded him to the [[Cleveland Indians#1901–1946: Early to middle history of the franchise|Cleveland Naps]]. He spent most of 1910 with the [[New Orleans Pelicans (baseball)|New Orleans Pelicans]] of the [[Southern Association]], where he won the batting title and led the team to the pennant. Late in the season, Jackson was called up to play on the big league team. He appeared in 20 games for the Naps and managed a batting average of .387.