Charlie Jackson (baseball)

Charles Herbert "Lefty" Jackson (February 7, 1894 – May 27, 1968) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball.

Jackson had been playing for the Bloomington Bloomers until his contract was sold to the Chicago White Sox in August 1915.

[1] He was returned to the Bloomers the following week after the White Sox acquired another outfielder named "Jackson": Shoeless Joe.

Jackson was playing well in Spokane until the league disbanded and he was picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates in August 1917.

He so impressed manager Hugo Bezdek that he was assigned to the leadoff spot in the lineup and Lee King was forced to the bench.