Joe Jackson knew of the 'fix". Jackson did not take the financial padding that was offered to him. In the sixth game, "Jackson made two hits and nailed a Cincinnati runner at the plate with a perfect throw" (Gies and Shoemaker 58). "In fact, the Black Sox on the whole actually made a better showing in the games than the Clean Sox" (Seymour 333). Joe had gone into the game to play his heart out and he did. "Joe Jackson led both teams with a .375 batting average, making twelve hits-still a record for an eight-game series, and." (Seymour 333). Jackson definitely was the star of the Series; he hit phenomenally, and had the only home run in the series. He also had a very good series in respect to his fielding abilities. In an interview with Furman Bisher, Jackson told of his accounts with the 1919 World Series games. .

             I went out and played my heart out against Cincinnati. I set a record that still stands for the most hits in a Series, though it has been tied, I think. I made thirteen hits, but after all the trouble came out they took one away from me. Maurice Rath went over in the hole and knocked down a hot grounder, but he couldn"t make a throw on it. They scored it a hit then, but changed it later (Bisher 1).

             Joe tells it as he sees it. He had the best performance by any world series player ever. However, after he was convicted of participating in the "Black Sox" scandal baseball officials revoked his controversial, but record breaking thirteenth hit. "And Shoeless Joe Jackson, indisputably one of the greatest ballplayers whoever lived set a World Series record by making twelve hits" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). "Perhaps it just isn"t easy for a good ballplayer to play badly" (Gies and Shoemaker 59). Before the first ball was ever thrown in the 1919 World Series, rumors were spreading that the game was fixed.