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Originally Posted by ThomasL
This pretty much says it. I have been tracking sells of probably the cheapest Jackson card you can buy, the w514 strip card, and that card has really jumped in value the last year and has been trending up the last 5 at least...
There is no real comparison for Jackson as his fame has been fueled by pop culture and is not a Hall of Famer. I would argue his card values, including his rookie, are over priced because of this and will continue to trend up as we have seen recently.
He is a borderline HOFer who is famous/infamous bc of the Black Sox scandal...the two comparable players in that regard would be Eddie Cicotte and Hal Chase and their rookie cards dont even come close to Jackson's
If you want to talk about HOFers that were in the same era and comparable to Jackson in popularity and skill... Tris Speaker is the best comparison IMO and Jackson's cards sell significantly higher than his...price compare JJ and Spoke Cracker Jacks...you have to get some of the rare backed T206 Speakers to compete with low grade E90-1 Jacksons...the difference Jackson was banned for his scandal (Speaker wasnt) and Jackson became a pop culture baseball icon in the 1980s...
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Through the 1920 season
Ty Cobb .369/.423/.512/.935
Joe Jackson .356/.423/.517/.940
Tris Speaker .342/.412/.484/.896
Joe Jackson was compariable to Ty Cobb. He hit for a lower average, but he got on base at the same rate and hit with slightly better power than Cobb. Joe Jackson was a significantly better hitter than Tris Speaker. If he hadn't been banned from baseball, it is very likely that Jackson would have been part of the first HOF class along with Wagner, Cobb and Ruth. Joe Jackson would have benefited greatly from the livelier ball of the 1920s.
Yes, Joe Jackson was banned from baseball, but Tris Speaker (along with Ty Cobb) actually took part in fixing a major league baseball game.