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The Chicago Whitesox. He was on the infamous 1919 " Black Sox" who threw the World Series.
Shoeless Joe Jackson should be in the Hall but is not because he and his teammates through the 1919 World Series.
Shoeless Joe Jackson was portrayed by Ray Liotta in Field of Dreams. Shoeless Joe's Major League career came to an abrupt end after the Black Sox scandal, where several Chicago White Sox were permanently banned from baseball for their alleged roles in throwing the 1919 World Series. The film presumes that Jackson was innocent.
They have never won a world series, although they appeared in the 2008 series, winning one game against the Phillies. In 2011 they have a really good chance of winning the world series.
Shoeless Joe Jackson debuted on August 25, 1908, playing for the Philadelphia Athletics at Columbia Park; he played his final game on September 27, 1920, playing for the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park.