The posthumous reinstatement makes the South Carolina hitter and 16 others, including Pete Rose, eligible for MLB Hall of Fame nomination

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by gambling scandals.

As news broke that "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and Pete Rose are now eligible for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame as a result of being removed from the permanently ineligible list, some people are wondering why "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was banned from baseball in the first place.

Pete Rose, who was banished from Major League Baseball for gambling on the game, has been removed from the league's permanently ineligible list and could be a contender for the Hall of Fame, MLB announced Tuesday.

It was more than 100 years ago that Shoeless Joe Jackson was among eight Black Sox banned from baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series. It's been more than 35 years since Pete Rose suffered the same fate after betting on the sport as a player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.