Editing Reggie Jackson (section)

{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1946)}}
{{for|other people named Reggie Jackson|Reggie Jackson (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Mr. October|the song|Mr. October (song)|the TV episode|The Bronx Is Burning#ep8}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| image              = Reggie Jackson - New York Yankees - 1981.jpg
| caption            = Jackson with the New York Yankees in 1981
| position           = [[Right fielder]]
| name               = Reggie Jackson
| bats               = Left
| throws             = Left
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1946|5|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| debutleague        = MLB
| debutdate          = June 9
| debutyear          = 1967
| debutteam          = Kansas City Athletics
| finalleague        = MLB
| finaldate          = October 4
| finalyear          = 1987
| finalteam          = Oakland Athletics
| statleague         = MLB
| stat1label         = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value         = .262
| stat2label         = [[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
| stat2value         = 2,584
| stat3label         = [[Home run]]s
| stat3value         = 563
| stat4label         = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat4value         = 1,702
| teams              = 
* [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City / Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1967}}–{{mlby|1975}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1976}})
* [[New York Yankees]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1981}})
* [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1986}})
* [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1987}})
| highlights         = 
* 14× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1969]], [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]]–[[1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1975]], [[1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1977]]–[[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1984]])
* 5× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1972}}–{{wsy|1974}}, {{wsy|1977}}, {{wsy|1978}})
* [[AL MVP]] (1973)
* 2× [[World Series MVP]] (1973, 1977)
* 2× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1980, 1982)
* 4× [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|AL home run leader]] (1973, 1975, 1980, 1982)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|AL RBI leader]] (1973)
* [[Athletics (Major League Baseball team)#Retired numbers|Athletics No. 9]] retired
* [[New York Yankees#Retired numbers|New York Yankees No. 44]] retired
* [[Athletics Hall of Fame]]
* [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]] honoree
| hoflink            = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
| hoftype            = National
| hofdate            = [[1993 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1993]]
| hofvote            = 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 [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City / Oakland Athletics]], [[Baltimore Orioles]], [[New York Yankees]], and [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. Jackson was inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1993 in his first year of eligibility.

Jackson was nicknamed "'''Mr. October'''" for his [[clutch hitter|clutch hitting]] in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees.<ref name="espn">{{Cite web |last=Acocella |first=Nick |title=ESPN Classic – Reggie saved his best for October |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/jackson_reggie.html |access-date=February 6, 2014 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> He helped Oakland win five consecutive [[American League West]] divisional titles, three straight [[List of American League pennant winners|American League pennants]] and three consecutive [[World Series]] titles from [[1972 Oakland Athletics season|1972]] to [[1974 Oakland Athletics season|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 New York Yankees season|1977]] and [[1978 New York Yankees season|1978]]. He also helped the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]] win two AL West divisional titles in [[1982 California Angels season|1982]] and [[1986 California Angels season|1986]]. Jackson hit three consecutive home runs at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]] in the clinching game six of the [[1977 World Series]].<ref name="espn" />

Jackson hit 563 career [[home run]]s and was an [[American League]] (AL) [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] for 14 seasons. He won two [[Silver Slugger Award]]s, the AL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award]] in 1973, two [[World Series MVP Award]]s and the [[Babe Ruth Award]] in 1977. Jackson additionally holds the record for [[List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders| most career strikeouts by a batter]]. The Yankees retired his uniform number in 1993, and the Athletics retired it in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/751854-worst-retired-numbers-in-sports#/articles/751854-worst-retired-numbers-in-sports/page/3 |title=Worst Retired Numbers in Sports |website=Bleacher Report |date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Matt Young |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/amp/Sorry-Yankees-fans-Reggie-Jackson-works-for-Astros-16141855.php |title= Sorry, Yankees fans: Reggie Jackson works for the Astros now |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=April 30, 2021 |access-date=May 18, 2021}}</ref>

Jackson led his teams to first place eleven times over his 21-year baseball career and had only two losing seasons.<ref name="reference"/>