After Pete passes on, the Hall of Fame could have a special induction ceremony for Pete, Shoeless Joe, and other rule-breakers whose excellent on-the-field play was overshadowed by their transgressions, to include steroid and PED users. Their busts would be shown in a segregated exhibit hall /section, i.e. keeping them apart of the rest of the Hall.
There is considerable debate as to Shoeless Joe’s guilt. I am looking at his stats for the Series and he had a 375 batting average with one home run and six RBIs and I recall reading somewhere a number of years back that these certainly were very good and respectable numbers that do not really indicate somebody throwing games.
In that same source, the writer commented that Joe was functionally illiterate and simply signed “X” on a document admitting his guilt, so even his supposed admission of guilt is a good deal questionable.
Do not mean to get off topic here, but the Pete Rose debate almost always raises the Shoeless Joe Jackson one.