Reggie
Jackson
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 18, 1946 in Wyncote, PA, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1977    1979   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 22 OAK   154 553 82 138 13 6 29 74 14 4 50 171 .250 .312 .452 .764 80.8  
1969 23 OAK   152 549 123 151 36 3 47 118 13 5 114 142 .275 .400 .608 1.008 130.5  
1970 24 OAK   149 426 57 101 21 2 23 66 26 17 75 135 .237 .351 .458 .809 71.4  
1971 25 OAK   150 567 87 157 29 3 32 80 16 10 63 161 .277 .349 .508 .857 98.3  
1972 26 OAK   135 499 72 132 25 2 25 75 9 8 59 125 .265 .342 .473 .815 80.0  
1973 27 OAK   151 539 99 158 28 2 32 117 22 8 76 111 .293 .380 .531 .911 107.0  
1974 28 OAK   148 506 90 146 25 1 29 93 25 5 86 105 .289 .392 .514 .906 103.9  
1975 29 OAK   157 593 91 150 39 3 36 104 17 8 67 133 .253 .329 .511 .840 99.8  
1976 30 BAL   134 498 84 138 27 2 27 91 28 7 54 108 .277 .348 .502 .850 88.0  
1977 31 NYY AL 153 525 106 161 32 2 32 110 12 6 73 97 .307 .392 .558 .950 104.9 25.4
1978 32 CAL AL 162 606 102 164 32 3 36 110 21 5 93 113 .271 .366 .512 .877 118.0 22.2
1979 33 CAL AL 161 619 101 173 32 3 37 126 28 14 85 141 .279 .366 .520 .886 115.2 24.2
1980 34 CAL AL 161 629 107 179 39 1 42 117 28 11 93 138 .285 .377 .550 .927 126.0 30.5
1981 35 CAL AL 158 602 99 169 44 16 20 90 40 22 87 138 .281 .375 .507 .882 107.3 25.9
1982 36 CAL AL 156 597 95 155 35 25 22 91 11 10 81 130 .260 .355 .513 .867 99.3 23.6
1983 37 CAL AL 159 596 77 147 23 10 20 92 2 1 61 131 .247 .315 .419 .735 78.5 13.9
1984 38 LAD NL 143 499 54 136 24 4 15 80 2 2 33 91 .273 .322 .427 .748 62.7 17.5
  CHW AL 14 53 9 16 2 2 1 7 0 0 8 14 .302 .403 .472 .875 9.2 2.3
  TOT   157 552 63 152 26 6 16 87 2 2 41 105 .275 .330 .431 .761 71.9 19.8
1985 39 BAL AL 124 416 51 101 15 13 5 50 0 0 16 82 .243 .271 .377 .648 39.0 9.6
9 Years Sim 1391 5142 801 1401 278 79 230 873 144 71 630 1075 .272 .353 .491 .845 860.3 195.1
18 Years Pro 2721 9872 1586 2672 521 103 510 1691 314 143 1274 2266 .271 .354 .499 .853 1719.9  
162 Game Average 598 93 163 32 9 26 101 16 8 73 125 .272 .353 .491 .845 100.2  
Career Highs 162 629 107 179 44 25 42 126 40 22 93 141 .307 .392 .558 .950 126.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 31 NYY AL CF 127 122 1112.7 328 3 16 1 .954 2.68   5.6
    RF 18 0 38.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.63    
    2B 1 1 9.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.2
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1978 32 CAL AL CF 113 113 1025.7 287 9 16 3 .949 2.60   4.4
    LF 30 29 252.0 46 0 7 0 .868 1.64    
    SS 7 7 63.0 8 19 0 5 1.000 3.86   0.3
1979 33 CAL AL CF 27 26 234.0 55 0 2 0 .965 2.12   1.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1980 34 CAL AL CF 11 11 98.7 19 0 1 0 .950 1.73   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 35 CAL AL LF 5 3 34.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    CF 3 0 10.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1982 36 CAL AL CF 6 1 21.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.1
1983 37 CAL AL LF 143 142 1267.3 268 4 15 0 .948 1.93   3.6
    CF 7 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1984 38 LAD NL RF 69 69 617.4 88 4 10 0 .902 1.34   1.2
    LF 39 33 300.5 55 1 1 0 .982 1.68   0.0
    CF 31 25 226.1 56 3 4 1 .937 2.35   0.0
  CHW AL RF 7 7 70.5 10 0 1 0 .909 1.28   0.2
    LF 4 3 34.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
    CF 3 2 25.8 6 0 1 0 .857 2.09   0.0
  TOT   RF 76 76 687.9 98 4 11 0 .903 1.33   1.4
      LF 43 36 334.8 61 1 1 0 .984 1.67   0.0
      CF 34 27 251.9 62 3 5 1 .929 2.32   0.0
1985 39 BAL AL RF 49 44 376.7 69 3 5 1 .935 1.72   0.7
    LF 15 11 105.0 23 0 2 0 .920 1.97    
    CF 10 0 25.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.05    
  CF 338 300 2794.5 762 16 40 5 .951 2.51   11.4
  LF 240 221 2001.8 407 5 25 0 .943 1.85   3.8
  RF 148 120 1113.2 176 7 16 1 .920 1.48   2.1
  SS 7 7 63.0 8 19 0 5 1.000 3.86   0.3
  2B 1 1 9.0 5 6 0 2 1.000 11.00   0.2
Career Totals   734 649 5981.6 1358 53 81 13 .946 2.12   17.7
Career Highs   153 149 1340.7 341 28 23 8 1.000 2.70    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 31 NYY AL 11 40 7 10 3 0 1 6 1 0 7 11 .250 .362 .400 .762
1979 33 CAL AL 14 53 9 15 4 1 4 12 3 0 10 8 .283 .391 .623 1.013
1981 35 CAL AL 15 62 3 13 3 1 0 7 0 1 6 15 .210 .290 .290 .580
1982 36 CAL AL 15 56 5 13 4 1 2 8 0 0 5 12 .232 .306 .446 .753
1983 37 CAL AL 5 19 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .263 .333 .368 .702
Career Post-Season Batting 60 230 25 56 16 3 7 34 4 1 29 50 .243 .335 .430 .765
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1977-1-.558
1978-6-.512
1979-6-.520
1980-1-.550
1981-6-.507
1982-4-.513
OPS
1977-2-.950
1978-9-.877
1979-8-.886
1980-2-.927
1981-5-.882
1982-10-.867
XR
1978-4-118.0
1979-6-115.2
1980-1-126.0
1981-6-107.3
1982-10-99.3
Games
1978-1-162
1981-7-158
1983-7-159
Runs
1977-10-106
1978-7-102
1980-6-107
1981-10-99
1982-7-95
Hits
1980-9-179
Total Bases
1978-3-310
1979-7-322
1980-2-346
1981-4-305
1982-2-306
Doubles
1980-9-39
1981-4-44
Triples
1981-1-16
1982-1-25
1985-10-13
Homeruns
1977-10-32
1978-1-36
1979-1-37
1980-1-42
1982-10-22
RBIs
1977-7-110
1978-6-110
1979-3-126
1980-3-117
Stolen Bases
1981-7-40
Caught Stealing
1981-6-22
Walks
1978-6-93
1980-9-93
1981-7-87
1982-8-81
Strikeouts
1978-7-113
1979-1-141
1980-2-138
1981-1-138
1982-4-130
1983-5-131
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1977, hitting .404 with 11 HR, 30 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1977, hitting .326 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 8/15/1977
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1978, hitting .301 with 12 HR, 24 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to California on 7/22/1978
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1979, hitting .337 with 13 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 42 on 10/2/1980
Had 2000th career hit on 5/3/1981, off Pat Underwood (MIL)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1981, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1982, hitting .357 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from California to Chicago (A) on 3/2/1984 (Going to CHW: LF R. Jackson, P D. Leiper. Going to CAL: C T. Player, RF G. Foster)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Los Angeles on 4/16/1984 (Going to LAD: LF R. Jackson. Going to CHW: LF D. Baker, 1B R. Carew)
Had 500th career homerun on 5/28/1984, off Bob Owchinko (CIN)
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/1/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year