What number was Shoeless Joe Jackson?

Answer 1

Players did not yet wear uniform numbers when Joe Jackson Played Baseball. The first baseball team to use numbers on uniforms was the 1916 Cleveland Indians when they wore small numbers on the sleeves of their uniforms, as a way of identifying the players. This practice was short lived.

It was not until 1929 when the Cleveland Indians, and the New York Yankees decided to wear numbers on the backs of their jerseys. The numbers corresponded to each player's general position in the lineup.for example Babe Ruth wore No. 3, since he usually batted third, and Lou Gehrig wore No. 4 as he batted fourth.