Editing Shoeless Joe Jackson (section)

===Major League career===
In 1911, his first full MLB season, Jackson set several rookie records. His .408 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] that season is a record that still stands and was good for second overall in the league behind [[Ty Cobb]]'s .419 - one of the few times in baseball history that a batting average above .400 did not win a batting title. His .468 on-base percentage led the league. The following season, Jackson batted .395 and led the [[American League]] in [[Hit (baseball)|hits]], [[Triple (baseball)|triples]], and total bases. On April 20, 1912, Jackson scored the first run in [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]].<ref>''The Final Season'', p.5, Tom Stanton, Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001, {{ISBN|0-312-29156-6}}</ref> The next year, he led the league with 197 hits and a .551 [[slugging percentage]].

In August 1915, Jackson was traded to the Chicago White Sox.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacksjo01.shtml|title=Joe Jackson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> Two years later, Jackson and the White Sox won the [[American League]] pennant and also the [[1917 World Series|World Series]]. During the series, Jackson hit .307 as the White Sox defeated the [[San Francisco Giants#Early days and the John McGraw era|New York Giants]].

Jackson missed most of the 1918 season while working in a shipyard because of [[World War I]]. In 1919, he returned  to post a strong .351 average during the regular season and .375 in the World Series. However, the heavily favored White Sox lost the series to the [[Cincinnati Reds]]. The following season, the 32-year-old Jackson batted .382. He was having one of his best overall seasons, leading the American League in triples and setting by large margins career marks for home runs, RBI, and fewest strikeouts per plate appearance until he was suspended with seven other members of the White Sox after allegations surfaced that the team had thrown the previous World Series.