Reggie Jackson

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 He led his teams to first place eleven times over his 21year baseball career and had only two losing seasons He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 He was nicknamed Mr October for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees 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 He 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 He hit three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game six of the 1977 World Series He hit 563 career home runs and was an American League AL AllStar 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 He currently serves as a special advisor to the Houston Astros and a sixth championship associated with him came with Houstons win in the 2022 World Series He was the de facto spokesperson for the Upper Deck Company during the early 1990s appearing in numerous advertisements appearances and participating in the companys Heroes of Baseball exhibition games He has endured three fires to personal property including a June 20 1976 fire at his home in Oakland that destroyed his 1973 MVP award World Series trophies and AllStar rings The same home was again burned down during the Oakland firestorm of 1991 which destroyed more baseball memorabilia in addition to other valuable collections In 1988 a warehouse holding several of Jacksons collectible cars was damaged in a fire with several of the cars valued at 32 million 8 million in 2022 terms ruined He coauthored a book in 2010 SixtyFeet SixInches with fellow Hall of Famer Bob Gibson The book whose title refers to the distance between the pitchers mound and home plate details their careers and approach to the game