Field of Dreams = Shoeless Joe Overrated?

[Fred]

Tragically, Joe Jackson had the third highest lifetime BA (.356) but he never won a batting title. He barely led the league in any stats (triples a few times, hits a couple of times). I'm not saying he was a terrible player but he really wasn't on the same level as some of the all time greats.

Relative to other players, his cards always had a premium associated with them, before the Field of Dream movies. Yes, his cards have sky rocketed but then again, so have a lot of other cards of other players.

[frankbmd]

Joe Jackson would have had even better stats, probably the best ever, if he had only had these.........................

[Prof_Plum]

Have seen the movie several times and barely remember the Shoeless Joe character. So doubt the movie had much of any effect on his card value.

This does bring up a general question.....Has any movie bumped up the value of a players' card or his memorabilia, aside from probably members of the Chicago Black Sox scandal (Eight Men Out) and Moonlight Graham (Field of Dreams) ? Monty Stratton story ? Eddie Waitkus (The Natural) ?

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Prof_Plum

This does bring up a general question.....Has any movie bumped up the value of a players' card or his memorabilia?

"42" seems to have a had a big effect on the price of J Robinson's cards.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ackie+robinson