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  1.                                  During the 13 seasons
  2.                                  he played in the major 
  3.                                  leagues, Joe showed he 
  4.                                  could really hit. With the 
  5.                                  Cleveland Indians from 
  6. 1910 to 1914, his batting average ranged 
  7. between .331 to a league-leading .408. In 
  8. 1912, he set an American League record by 
  9. hitting 26 triples in a season! 
  10.  
  11. During the 1915 season, Joe was traded to 
  12. the White Sox. He was such a good hitter that 
  13. during the 1919 World Series -- the Series 
  14. he was supposed to be trying to lose -- his 
  15. batting average was .375. JoeΓÇÖs career 
  16. average of .356 remains the third highest
  17. in baseball history.
  18.  
  19. Joe could barely read or write. He came
  20.