Shoeless Joe Jackson vs. Bill Nicholson — Career Comparison

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Lost GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRight Fielder
Bill Nicholson
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRight FielderAll-Star

Adjusted for the eras they played in, Shoeless Joe Jackson holds a real edge over Bill Nicholson in this comparison. Shoeless Joe Jackson led in contact rate (K%+ 242 vs 64), batting average (AVG+ 139 vs 109), and slugging (SLG+ 155 vs 137). Bill Nicholson held the edge in home run production (HR/PA+ 336 vs 211). The edge belongs to Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Hitting Stats for Shoeless Joe Jackson and Bill Nicholson

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1332
140.46
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1677
156.78
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
5690
600
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6418
600
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4981
525.24
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5546
518.48
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.356
0.356
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.839
0.839
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1772
186.85
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
1484
138.73
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1243
131.07
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
917
85.73
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
307
32.37
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
272
25.43
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
17.72
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
60
5.61
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
54
5.69
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
21.97
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
529
55.78
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
567
53.01
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1110.49
117.1
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
982.78
91.88
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2577
271.74
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2581
241.29
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2350
247.8
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
2336
218.39
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.423
0.423
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.465
0.465
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
0.94
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.831
0.831
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
1.02
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.839
0.839
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
873
92.06
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
837
78.25
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
785
82.78
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
948
88.63
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1604
169.14
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
1550
144.9
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1152.44
121.52
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
1003.94
93.86
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
6.22
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
52
4.86
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
519
54.73
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
800
74.79
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
24.57
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
828
77.41
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.42
24.42
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
7.75
7.75
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
0.97
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
13.81
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
1.87
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
61
5.7
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
21.3
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
2.52
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
8.54
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.09
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
29.84
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
2.62
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
71.38
71.38
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.43
96.43

Fielding Stats for Shoeless Joe Jackson and Bill Nicholson

Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
46.74
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1471
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.03
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762
27
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
9
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
93.76
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2954
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
7.02
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
3.79
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2951
104.56
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3139
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2844
100.77
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3072
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.37
96.37
Bill Nicholson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.87
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.156
2.156
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.088
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.7
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Nicholson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0