Reggie Jackson

		Reggie Jackson AL MVP 1973 Elected to the hall of fame in 1993

The only player to be named MVP in two World Series, Reggie Jackson earned the nickname "Mr. October" by setting a World Series record for slugging percentage (.755). He's also baseball's all-time strikeout king, fanning 2,597 times, once every four at-bats. In addition to being all-or-nothing on offense, Jackson was next-to-nothing on defense. He is tied with Burt Shotton for leading the AL in errors the most times (five). Yet, from 1971 to 1982, Jackson helped three different clubs win ten division titles, six pennants, and five championships.

In 1968 he hit 29 homers, led the league in assists (14) and errors (12), and struck out 171 times in 553 at bats. In July 1969 he was two weeks ahead of Roger Maris' pace with 40, then hit only 7 more for the rest of the season and finished second to Harmon Killebrew. In 1973 he won the first of four home run crowns.

Jackson made his 1973 World Series debut memorable with four hits in Game Two, doubled twice to knock in both runs of Game Six, and hit a home run and made two spectacular catches to help Oakland win Game Seven; Jackson was voted MVP of the Series to go along with the MVP award he had won in the regular season.

He also homered in the opener of the 1974 Series, doubled in Game Two, and threw out a key base runner in Game Five. In the fall of 1977, Jackson fulfilled his destiny and truly became Mr. October. He homered in Games Four and Five and homered on three consecutive pitches in Game Six. Since he'd hit a homer on his last swing of Game Five and walked his first time up in Game Six, Jackson had hit four straight homers in four official at bats off four different pitchers. He set other Series records for homers in a Series (5), runs scored (10), and total bases (25).

After getting his name on a candy bar, Jackson won a third home run crown in 1980 with the Yankees, a fourth in 1982 with the Angels, and ended his career with the A's in 1987, retiring with 563 career homers to place sixth on the all-time list.

REGGIE JACKSON
GIVEN NAME: Reginald Martinez
BORN: 5/18/1946 Wyncote, PA, USA
BATS: L THROWS: L HEIGHT: 6'0" WEIGHT: 200
DEBUT: 6/9/1967

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