Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson
Jackson with the New York Yankees in 1981
Right fielder
Born: (1946-05-18) May 18, 1946 (age 78) Abington Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 9, 1967, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
October 4, 1987, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.262
Hits	2,584
Home runs	563
Runs batted in	1,702
Teams
Kansas City / Oakland Athletics (1967–1975) Baltimore Orioles (1976) New York Yankees (1977–1981) California Angels (1982–1986) Oakland Athletics (1987)
Career highlights and awards
14× All-Star (1969, 1971–1975, 1977–1984) 5× World Series champion (1972–1974, 1977, 1978) AL MVP (1973) 2× World Series MVP (1973, 1977) 2× Silver Slugger Award (1980, 1982) 4× AL home run leader (1973, 1975, 1980, 1982) AL RBI leader (1973) Oakland Athletics No. 9 retired New York Yankees No. 44 retired Athletics Hall of Fame Monument Park honoree
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1993
Vote	93.6% (first ballot)

Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees.^[1] He helped Oakland win five consecutive American League West divisional titles, three straight American League pennants and three consecutive World Series titles from 1972 to 1974. Jackson helped New York win four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and back-to-back World Series titles, in 1977 and 1978. He also helped the California Angels win two AL West divisional titles in 1982 and 1986. Jackson hit three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game six of the 1977 World Series.^[1]

Jackson hit 563 career home runs and was an American League (AL) All-Star for 14 seasons. He won two Silver Slugger Awards, the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1973, two World Series MVP Awards and the Babe Ruth Award in 1977. The Yankees retired his uniform number in 1993, and the Athletics retired it in 2004.^[2] Jackson currently serves as a special advisor to the Houston Astros, and a sixth championship associated with Jackson came with Houston's win in the 2022 World Series.^[3]

Jackson led his teams to first place eleven times over his 21-year baseball career and had only two losing seasons.^[4]