Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder who played for five different teams from 1967 to 1987 and currently serves as a special advisor to the New York Yankees. Jackson helped win three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also helped win two consecutive titles ...
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Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason, is a former American Major League Baseball right fielder who played for five different teams from 1967 to 1987 and currently serves as a special advisor to the New York Yankees. Jackson helped win three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also helped win two consecutive titles with the New York Yankees. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. He now resides in Carmel, California.
Reggie Jackson was born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia. His father was Martínez Clarence Jackson, a former second baseman with the Newark Eagles of the Negro Leagues , who raised his son as a single parent after divorcing Reggie's mother. His grandmother was born in St. Croix. In Jackson's family, Martinez was a "personal" name and not a last name, his grandmother fell in love with that Spanish name and named...
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