"Shoeless" Joe Jackson has been banned from baseball since 1920. 95 years later, he will remain banned from the game. 

ESPN reports MLB commissioner Robert Manfred has denied a request to lift the lifetime ban of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. The Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, South Carolina appealed to commissioner Manfred earlier this year about lifting the ban for Jackson.

In a statement, Manfred explained his reason for not lifting the lifetime ban: "The results of this work demonstrate to me that it is not possible now, over 95 years since those events took place and were considered by Commissioner Landis, to be certain enough of the truth to overrule Commissioner Landis' determinations."

Jackson was at the center of the famous "Black Sox Scandal." In 1919, along with seven other teammates, he accepted a $5,000 bribe to throw the 1919 World Series. In the very next year, he was banned for life by then commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. He is not eligible for the Hall of Fame until the ban is lifted, but it does not look like it will be lifted anytime soon.

Jackson played from 1908 until 1920 for the Chicago White Sox where he finished his career with a .356 batting average and 1,772 hits. In 1911, he hit .411, the second highest batting average during that season (Ty Cobb hit .420 during that season.)

In 1999, he was a finalist for Major League Baseball's All-Century Team. But to some fans, he will forever be linked to the Black Sox scandal.  

He is not the only player trying to get out of the lifetime ban club. Cincinnati Reds great Pete Rose is seeking reinstatement after being banned for betting on baseball. In this year's All-Star Game, Rose was named one of the four best players of the Reds and received a thunderous applause from the crowd.

He is scheduled to meet with commissioner Manfred at the end of the year to determine if he is eligible for reinstatement.