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They died 74 years apart. Yet they are linked together in baseball lore. Joseph Walker Jackson was born in Pickens, South Carolina in 1887. Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati,
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, an inaugural member of Cleveland's Hall of Fame in 1951 is now eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson are now both eligible for baseball's Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals.