Shoeless Joe Jackson: References & Edit History
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By the end of the 20th century, Jackson had become more than a tainted baseball player; his fall from grace had made him a symbol of the hope for redemption, a theme employed by W.P. Kinsella in his novel Shoeless Joe (1982), on which the film Field of Dreams (1989) was based.
In nonfiction a careful analysis of the Black Sox Scandal may be found in Eliot Asinof, Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series (1963, rev. eds. 1977 and 1987), on which director John Sayles based the film Eight Men Out (1988).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Official Site of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society. | Aug 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 12, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 01, 2025 | ||
| Revised the opening paragraph. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Noted that Jackson has been removed from the list of permanently ineligible players, making him eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame as early as 2028. | May 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: La Salle University Digital Commons - Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: U-S-History.com - Shoeless Joe Jackson. | May 29, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society. | Nov 09, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Mar 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Shoeless Joe Jackson. | Apr 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum. | Apr 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of Shoeless Joe Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Shoeless Joe Jackson. | Mar 09, 2012 | ||
| Changed his death date from "Dec. 6" to "Dec. 5." | Jun 23, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 30, 2009 | ||
| New article added. | Nov 26, 2003 |
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