Reggie Jackson

CTL-E-6994 · Person · other · born 1946

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Reggie Jackson (born May 18, 1946, in Abington Township, Pennsylvania) earned the name "Mr. October" across twenty-one seasons of postseason theater. Jackson hit 563 home runs, won the 1973 American League MVP Award with Oakland, and helped the Athletics to three consecutive World Series championships (1972–74). With the New York Yankees he won two more titles (1977–78); in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series he hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches, a performance that fixed his legend. He was the first player to hit 100 or more home runs for three different clubs (Athletics, Yankees, Angels), a fourteen-time All-Star, and World Series MVP twice (1973, 1977). His candor about race, money, and clubhouse power — including his televised confrontations with manager Billy Martin and his famous assessment of his own drawing power — made him one of the era's most visible Black athletes. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993, his first year of eligibility.

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• Also known as: Reginald Martinez Jackson, Mr. October

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0290. Firsts disposition: ASSERTED as sourced — first player with 100+ home runs for three clubs (Hall of Fame and Wikipedia). The three-consecutive-pitches Game 6 feat is carried as the Hall states it. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Jackson promised October and delivered it; the bravado was a statistic. Photo: CLEARED (Yankees portrait, c. 1977, public domain — the Commons search also returns the basketball player of the same name, a namesake refused at clearance).

Sources

• National Baseball Hall of Fame. "Reggie Jackson." Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia. "Reggie Jackson." Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)

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