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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Travis Jackson
|position=[[Shortstop]]
|image=Baseball_player_Travis_Jackson,_New_York_Giants.jpg|alt=Travis Jackson playing for the New York Giants
|caption=Jackson in 1923
|width=260
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1903|11|2}}
|birth_place=[[Waldo, Arkansas]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1987|7|27|1903|11|2}}
|death_place=Waldo, Arkansas, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 22
|debutyear=1922
|debutteam=New York Giants
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 24
|finalyear=1936
|finalteam=New York Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.291
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=135
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=929
|teams=
* [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] ({{Baseball year|1922}}–{{Baseball year|1936}})
|highlights=
* [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1934]])
* [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1933}})
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate = [[1982 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1982]]
|hofmethod = Veterans Committee
}}
'''Travis Calvin Jackson''' (November 2, 1903 – July 27, 1987) was an American [[baseball]] [[shortstop]]. In [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB), Jackson played for the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] from 1922 through 1936, winning the [[1933 World Series]], and representing the Giants in the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star Game]] in 1934. After his retirement as a player, Jackson [[manager (baseball)|managed]] in [[minor league baseball]] through to the [[1960 in baseball|1960 season]].

Jackson was discovered by [[Kid Elberfeld]] at a [[minor league baseball]] game at the age of 14. Elberfeld signed Jackson to his first professional contract, and recommended him to [[John McGraw]], [[manager (baseball)|manager]] of the Giants. His exceptional range at shortstop led to the nickname "Stonewall."<ref name=terry1934>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CiIbAAAAIBAJ&pg=1819,5614504&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Giants' Faith in Travis Jackson's Knee Vindicated|first=Chester L. |last=Smith|page=45|date=March 9, 1934|newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]]|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> Jackson was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1982.

==Early life==
Jackson was born in [[Waldo, Arkansas]], on November 2, 1903. He was the only child of William Jackson, a wholesale grocer, and his wife Etta, who named their son after [[William B. Travis]], a [[Lieutenant Colonel|lieutenant colonel]] who died at the [[Battle of the Alamo]].<ref name=sabr/> Jackson's father bought him a baseball when he was three years old, and they often played catch together.<ref name=sportingnews>{{cite news|title=Travis Jackson Began Tossing a Ball at Age of Three, Playing with Dad&nbsp;– and Kept on Until he Became Star|work=[[The Sporting News]] |date=June 6, 1930}}</ref>

Jackson's uncle took him to a [[Little Rock Travelers]] minor-league game when he was 14 years old. At the game, Jackson's uncle introduced him to [[Kid Elberfeld]], telling Elberfeld that his nephew was a talented baseball player.<ref name=sabr>{{cite web|first=Greg |last=Erion|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cf84ae81 |title=Travis Jackson |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=April 15, 2012}}</ref> Elberfeld observed Jackson in an impromptu workout, and asked Jackson to contact him when he was ready to begin his professional career.<ref name=sabr/><ref name=sportingnews/>

Jackson attended [[Ouachita Baptist University]] in [[Arkadelphia, Arkansas]], where he starred on the [[college baseball]] team.<ref name=nytobit/> While there, he injured his knee, and this injury would recur during Jackson's career.<ref name=nytobit/>

==Professional career==

===Playing career===
Following Jackson's collegiate career, Elberfeld signed Jackson to his first contract, and he played for Little Rock in 1921 and 1922.<ref name=sabr/> Jackson committed 72 [[error (baseball)|errors]] during the 1922 season, which he considered the "world record for errors".<ref name=nytobit/>

{{quote box|align=right|width=25%|quote="I guess I set a world record for errors. I had a pretty good arm, see, but I didn't have much control. A lot of those were double errors&nbsp;— two on the same play, a boot and then a wild throw. The people in the first-base and right-field bleachers knew me. When the ball was hit to me they scattered. 'Watch out! He's got it again.'"|source=&nbsp;–&nbsp;Travis Jackson on his performance in the 1922 season<ref name=nytobit/>}}

Despite this, Elberfeld recommended Jackson to [[John McGraw]], manager of the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL), who was entitled to a Travelers player as he had lent a player to the team in 1922.<ref name=nytobit/> McGraw signed Jackson to a contract on June 30, effective at the end of the Southern Association's 1922 season.<ref>{{cite book|first=Noel|last=Hynd|title=The Giants of the Polo Grounds: The Glorious Times of Baseball's New York Giants|location=New York|publisher=Doubleday|year=1988|page=232}}</ref>

Jackson debuted with the Giants on September 22, 1922, appearing in three games. With [[Dave Bancroft]] and [[Heinie Groh]], the Giants' starting shortstop and [[third baseman]] respectively, sidelined with injuries incurred during the 1923 season, Jackson drew notice as a fill-in.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qwVhAAAAIBAJ&pg=1155,258796&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |title=Travis Jackson Should Prove Good Utility Man For Giants in Series|page=13|newspaper=[[Providence News]]|date=September 28, 1923|access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> McGraw was confident enough in Jackson's abilities to trade Bancroft before the 1924 season, choosing Jackson to be the Giants' starting shortstop.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NyFQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3859,6732727&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Jackson To Succeed Dave|page=10|agency=Associated Press|date=November 13, 1923|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Sentinel]]|access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OLggAAAAIBAJ&pg=2728,3614675&dq=travis-jackson+dave-bancroft&hl=en|title=McGraw Staging Biggest Gamble in Young Jackson: Filling Shoes Left by Classy Dave Bancroft with 20 Year Old Boy |newspaper=[[The Lewiston Daily Sun]]|page=6|date=November 22, 1923|access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> Though there was doubt that Jackson could adequately replace Bancroft,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xwMbAAAAIBAJ&pg=6808,7095220&dq=travis-jackson+dave-bancroft&hl=en |first=David J.|last=Walsh|title=Travis Jackson May Not Be Able To Fill Bancroft's Shoes Acceptably: Phenom Fails to Sparkle. Giants Will Be in Desperate Circumstances if Youngster Does Not Come Through in Style|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|page=27|date=March 19, 1924|access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w91XAAAAIBAJ&pg=3296,6238849&dq=travis-jackson+dave-bancroft&hl=en|title=Thinks Giants Will Have Plenty to Worry About|first=Henry L. |last=Farrell|agency=[[United Press International]]|page=14|date=April 7, 1924|access-date=April 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Toledo News-Bee]]}}</ref> Jackson played in 151 games during the 1924 season<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sXZOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4865,6008192&dq=travis-jackson+1924&hl=en|title=Young Shortstops Have Busy Season: Wright and Jackson Miss Few Games with Respective Teams in 1924|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=December 31, 1924|access-date=April 19, 2012|newspaper=Ludington Daily News}}</ref> and [[batting average (baseball)|hit]] .302 with 11 [[home run]]s. The Giants lost the [[1924 World Series]] to the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]], with Jackson committing a key error in [[Game 7]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mitkAAAAIBAJ&pg=7282,1234059|title=Johnson, a Baseball Legend|first=Bob|last=Mamini|date=December 12, 1946|access-date=April 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Calgary Herald]]}}</ref>

Jackson was considered one of the best shortstops of his era,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0JAWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6224,326103&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=The Best Shortstop|first=Grantland|last=Rice|author-link=Grantland Rice|date=March 3, 1931|access-date=April 19, 2012|page=2|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Journal]]}}</ref> and he led NL shortstops with a .970 [[fielding percentage]] in 1931.<ref name=nytobit/> However, he missed considerable playing time in his career resulting from injuries and illnesses. Jackson reinjured his knee in 1925,<ref name=nytobit/> missed significant time during the 1926 season<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/358489772.html?dids=358489772:358489772&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+17%2C+1926&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=GIANTS+LOSE+TWO+PLAYERS&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715135624/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/358489772.html?dids=358489772:358489772&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=May+17,+1926&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=GIANTS+LOSE+TWO+PLAYERS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2012|title=Giants Lose Two Players|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|page=B2|agency=Associated Press|date=May 17, 1926|access-date=April 16, 2012}}{{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref> and had surgery for [[appendicitis]] during the 1927 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ccVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4114,166528&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Travis Jackson Under Knife; Lost to Giants|agency=Associated Press|date=April 2, 1927|access-date=April 16, 2012|page=11|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel}}</ref> He missed time with [[mumps]] in 1930<ref>{{cite news|last=Drebinger |first=John |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D15FE3E5C157A93C2AB178ED85F448385F9 |title=Crippled Giants Kept Idle By Rain&nbsp;— Prevented From Meeting the Braves, Who Lead, 3 Games to 1, in Series Thus Far. Jackson Has the Mumps: McGraw Considerably Alarmed Over Prospect That an Epidemic May Hit His Team|page=40 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 20, 1930 |access-date=April 16, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref> and [[influenza]] in 1932,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H1VZAAAAIBAJ&pg=7023,2760931&dq=travis-jackson+influenza&hl=en|title=Influenze Epidemic Hits Three Players|page=9|date=April 16, 1932|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=Rochester Evening Journal}}</ref> and he continued to battle knee problems, missing much of the 1932 and 1933 seasons.<ref name=makeorbreak/> Jackson was said to "at 28, already [have] one foot in the minors".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vaRQAAAAIBAJ&pg=3007,4704338&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Travis Jackson's Putty Knee Big Question Mark of World Series|page=4|agency=Associated Press|date=September 27, 1933|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Journal}}</ref> Despite this, manager [[Bill Terry]] said that Jackson would "make or break" the 1933 season.<ref name=makeorbreak>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2yJPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3200,761241&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Jackson's Signed Contract Arrives at Giants' Offices|agency=Associated Press|date=February 4, 1933|access-date=April 16, 2012|page=2|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref> Though Jackson fell behind [[Blondy Ryan]] on the team's [[depth chart]] during the season,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HII_AAAAIBAJ&pg=3062,5360539&dq=travis-jackson+1924&hl=en|title=No 1924 Echo|date=August 2, 1933|access-date=April 16, 2012|first=Alan|last=Gould|page=8|newspaper=[[Youngstown Vindicator]]}}</ref> he returned in the [[1933 World Series]], which the Giants won over the Senators.<ref name=captain/>

[[File:TravisJacksonGoudeycard.jpg|right|upright|thumb|alt=Image of Jackson's 1933 Goudey baseball card|Jackson's 1933 [[Goudey]] [[baseball card]]]]
Terry stayed with Jackson as the Giants' starting shortstop for the 1934 season,<ref name=terry1934/> in which he drove in 101 runs and was chosen to appear in the [[1934 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1934 MLB All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite news|agency=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E14F93958177A93C6A9178CD85F408385F9 |title=Terry and Cronin Select Squads For All-Star Game Here Tuesday&nbsp;— Six Yankees and Four Giants Among Forty Named by Rival Pilots&nbsp;— National and American League Teams Closely Foll |newspaper=The New York Times|page=21 |date=July 4, 1934 |access-date=April 16, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref> Jackson played [[third baseman|third base]] in his final two seasons,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j3YbAAAAIBAJ&pg=4767,2180933&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Yanks Take Lead, Down Giants, 2 to 1|page=3|date=October 4, 1936|access-date=April 16, 2012 |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press}}</ref> serving as [[captain (sports)|team captain]],<ref name=captain>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wvE0AAAAIBAJ&pg=924,7146508&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |title=Can Terry, Jackson Stand Series Gaff?|first=Alan|last=Gould|agency=Associated Press|page=14|date=September 25, 1936|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=[[Lewiston Evening Journal]]}}</ref> although he struggled in the [[1936 World Series]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hMoxAAAAIBAJ&pg=4929,1415136&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|title=Series Highlights|agency=United Press International|page=16|date=October 6, 1936|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> which the Giants lost to the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1C5JAAAAIBAJ&pg=4147,1709636&dq=travis-jackson+world-series&hl=en |title=Yankees Blast Giants 13-5 to Capture World Series Championship in Six Games: American Leaguers Chalk Up Seven Runs in 9th Frame, Murphy Rescues Gomez to Aid in Triumph for McCarthymen – Set Records|page=14|first=Alan|last=Gould|agency=Associated Press|date=October 7, 1936|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator}}</ref> After the season, the Giants requested [[Waivers (baseball)|waivers]] on Jackson to assign him to the minor leagues.<ref>{{cite news|last=McGowen |first=Roscoe |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C1EF83C5E177A93C4A9178AD85F438385F9 |title=Waivers Asked on Jackson to Permit Giant Veteran to Manage New Farm Club&nbsp;— Jackson Accepts Jersey City Post|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 6, 1937 |access-date=April 16, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref>

Jackson batted over .300 six times, including a career-high .339 in the 1930 season,<ref name=nytobit/> and hit 21 home runs in 1929. He was on four NL pennant-winning teams and a [[World Series]] champion (1933). Jackson finished his MLB career with 135 home runs, 929 RBI and a .291 batting average.<ref name=nytobit/>

===Coaching and managing career===
Jackson signed a three-year contract with the [[Jersey City Giants]] of the Class-AA [[International League]] after the 1936 season. The team, which the Giants had purchased to become their [[farm team]] that offseason, was moved from [[Albany, New York]], with Jackson to serve as [[player-manager]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3L0tAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,3699591&dq=travis-jackson+jersey-city&hl=en|title=Giants Set to Buy Albany Franchise: New York Club Says Agreement Reached, But Owner Cambria Differs. Will Shift Franchise: Move to Jersey City With Travis Jackson as Manager Planned if Giants Acquire I.L. Club|agency=Associated Press|date=December 30, 1936|page=15|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/440489022.html?dids=440489022:440489022&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06%2C+1937&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Travis+Jackson+Signs+to+Manage+Jersey+City+Club&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713014930/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/440489022.html?dids=440489022:440489022&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+06,+1937&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Travis+Jackson+Signs+to+Manage+Jersey+City+Club&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |title=Travis Jackson Signs to Manage Jersey City Club |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |page=27|date=January 6, 1937 |access-date=April 16, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref> Jackson's knees prevented him from appearing in many games with Jersey City as a player,<ref name=sabr/> but he remained as the team's manager until July 1938, when he was replaced with [[Hank DeBerry]]. The Giants brought Jackson back to the majors as a [[coach (baseball)|coach]] for the remaining 18 months on his contract, succeeding [[Tommy Clarke]], who became a [[scout (sport)|scout]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0pEjAAAAIBAJ&pg=2103,1827336&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Travis Jackson Back With Giants As Coach|agency=Associated Press|date=July 16, 1938|page=12|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref><ref name=coaches>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/sf/history/coaches.jsp |title=Giants All-Time Coaches|work=[[MLB.com]]|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q3gtAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168,1777290&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Hartnet to Giants; Jackson is Retired|agency=Associated Press|date=December 11, 1940|access-date=April 16, 2012|page=17|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref>

Jackson missed the next five seasons as he battled [[tuberculosis]],<ref name=nytobit/> eventually returning to manage in the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston / Milwaukee Braves]] system for the [[Jackson Senators]] in the Class-B [[Southeastern League]] in 1946.<ref name=brm/> Jackson returned to the Giants to coach in 1947 and 1948,<ref name=coaches/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x7hRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3557,4312349&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |title=Travis Jackson to Coach Giants|agency=Associated Press|date=October 15, 1946|access-date=April 16, 2012|page=14|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]}}</ref> receiving his unconditional release following the 1948 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20613FB3E59157A93C1AB178BD95F4C8485F9 |title=Gowdy And Jackson Released By Giants |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 23, 1948|access-date=April 16, 2012}} {{subscription required|date=April 2012}}</ref>

Returning to the Braves' minor league system, Jackson managed the [[Tampa Smokers]] of the Class-B [[Florida International League]] in 1949, but resigned in July during a losing streak.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1gtPAAAAIBAJ&pg=5097,4681463&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Travis Jackson Quits Smokers|agency=Associated Press|date=July 2, 1949|access-date=April 16, 2012|page=15|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref> He managed the [[Owensboro Oilers]] of the Class-D [[Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League]] in 1950, and began the 1951 season managing the [[Bluefield Blue-Grays]] of the Class-D [[Appalachian League]], but was reassigned to the [[Hartford Chiefs]] of the Class-A [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] when Hartford manager [[Tommy Holmes]] was named the [[List of Atlanta Braves managers|Braves' manager]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/892043762.html?dids=892043762:892043762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+24%2C+1951&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Travis+Jackson+Named+Chiefs%27+New+Manager%2C+To+Take+Charge+Today&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717121552/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/892043762.html?dids=892043762:892043762&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+24,+1951&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Travis+Jackson+Named+Chiefs'+New+Manager,+To+Take+Charge+Today&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |title=Travis Jackson Named Chiefs New Manager, To Take Charge Today: Oldtime Star To Boss Club From Dugout 'Stonewall,' Promoted From Bluefield, W. Va. Of Appalachian League Congratulations Can Be Returned To Travis Jackson |first=Ronald|last=Melcher|newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|date=June 24, 1951 |access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> Jackson managed the [[Appleton Papermakers]] of the Class-D [[Wisconsin State League]] in 1952 and 1953, the [[Lawton Braves]] of the Class-D [[Sooner State League]] from 1954 through 1957, the [[Midland Braves]] of the Class-D [[Sophomore League]] in 1958,<ref name=brm/> the [[Eau Claire Braves]] of the Class-C [[Northern League (baseball, 1902–71)|Northern League]] in 1959<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5G9IAAAAIBAJ&pg=7409,3483597&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en |title=Travis Jackson Eau Claire Pilot|date=November 27, 1958|page=4|access-date=April 16, 2012|newspaper=The Milwaukee Sentinel}}</ref> and the [[Davenport Braves]] of the Class-D [[Midwest League]] in 1960.<ref name=brm>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jackso001tra |title=Travis Jackson Minor League Statistics & History |work=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jackson and his wife, Mary, had two children, Dorothy Fincher and William Travis Jackson, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.<ref name=nytobit/> Jackson died of [[Alzheimer's disease]] in 1987.<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/29/obituaries/travis-jackson-a-shortstop-who-made-the-hall-of-fame.html|first=Robert|last=McG. Thomas, Jr. |title=Travis Jackson, A Shortstop Who Made The Hall Of Fame|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 29, 1987 |access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

==Honors==
As defensive standouts have historically been overshadowed by [[power hitter]]s in [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] voting, Jackson was not elected through the annual balloting process despite his record and achievements. But in 1982, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the [[Veterans Committee]].<ref name="nytobit" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Joseph|last=Durso|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/11/sports/chandler-jackson-to-join-hall.html |title=Chandler, Jackson To Join Hall |date=March 11, 1982|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> He was also inducted in the Arkansas Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BspaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2161,2058804&dq=travis-jackson&hl=en|title=Deserving Quartet Enter Baseball Hall of Fame: New Hall of Famers Travis Jackson, Happy Chandler, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|page=1–C|date=August 2, 1982|access-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball|United States}}
*[[List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise]]
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==References==
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==External links==
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*{{Baseball Hall of Fame profile|jackson-travis}}
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* {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=673 |title=Travis Calvin Jackson (1903–1987)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture|publisher=The [[Central Arkansas Library System]]|access-date=April 12, 2012}}

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