Shoeless Joe Jackson got his nickname after taking his spikes off in a minor league game and playing in his socks because his new spikes gave him blisters on his feet the previous day.
Source: Shoeless Joe Jackson, The Official Site.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson got this nickname when he played a minor league game in stocking feet because he had blisters on account of a new pair of spikes he had worn earlier. Shoeless Joe Jackson played for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1920.
He got his name when he bought some new cleats that were to small, so he played the rest of the game without them.
Shoeless Joe Jackson called his baseball bat "Black Betsy"
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Shoeless Joe Jackson was born on July 16, 1887 in Brandon Mills, South Carolina. His actual name is Joseph Jefferson Jackson.