But he also made a dozen outfield errors and struck out a near record-breaking times. Reggie Jackson. The following season, in , he again held a record number of strikeouts with , but he hit a fantastic 47 home runs and led the American League in scoring with runs. After the end of that season Jackson's performance declined. The increasing pressures of trying to keep up with his own home-run pace, as well as troubles in his marriage to wife Jenni, contributed to his temporary decline.
Further, he failed to bargain successfully with Finley for a high increase in pay. His average and his homers dropped and his continued poor performance caused him to be benched for a portion of that season. Robinson, a veteran player-manager, helped Jackson to improve his play. Robinson's tutoring helped him to work on his aggressive playing style while keeping his temper under control. The following season Jackson bounced back. He helped lead the Athletics to the American League Western Division title in with 32 home runs.
In the Athletics won the title again. In the playoffs the Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers, with Jackson sliding into home plate to score the winning run in the final game. But he tore a muscle in one of his legs, which forced him to sit out of the World Series. Jackson watched as the Athletics defeated the Cincinnati Reds. Finally, in , after winning the American League Western Division title, Jackson ended his nine-year career with the Athletics.
Finley traded Jackson to the Baltimore Orioles and he stayed with them for one season. Once again he led his team to a World Series championship. Born May 18, , Reggie Jackson of Pennsylvania belonged to a family of eight with the head of the family working as a tailor. The parents soon separated and Jackson was sent to live with his father. Distracting himself from the tragedy that he had recently been through, the young individual indulged into different sports.
Starring as a running back for the Cheltenham High School football team, Jackson excelled at baseball as a power-hitting first baseman and pitcher. As a senior, he hit. The ambitious player was awarded a football scholarship to Arizona State University after graduation but baseball continued to inspire him and he returned to the field in his sophomore year during which he batted.
Jackson spent his years with the Athletics, Yankees, and Angels. All three teams were winners while he played with them.
Jackson got called up to the big leagues in June, getting his first hit during a series in Kansas City against Cleveland. In , Jackson hit 49 home runs and for a time was on a pace to beat the home run record set by Roger Maris. He also was controversial and known for being flamboyant on the field. Although the Angels did not make the World Series with Jackson, they did win the West Division in and , the first and last year Jackson played with the team.
He signed a contract in with the Athletics, retiring at the end of the season. He retired with career home runs, reached the playoffs 11 times, won six league pennants, five World Series and was an All-Star 14 times. Every home run was hit on the first pitch of his at-bat.
On the third one, commentator Howard Cosell said. Jackson hit a home run in the game, and fans celebrated by throwing the candy bars on the field. At the World Series, it was Jackson's bat that was smoking; he hit. He also set marks for the highest slugging average in a six-game Series 1. Despite becoming the only position player to win two Series MVP awards, matters disintegrated further the following year.
First, there was his desire to have a candy bar named after him. He may have wished no one had bothered when fans showered the field with free Reggie bars handed out at the Yankees' home opener. Later in the season, amid griping to owner George Steinbrenner, slumping and being relegated to designated hitter, he defied Martin's order to swing away and bunted. Martin suspended Jackson for five games. Reggie means business as he comes off the field after a Yankees game.
The tension among the owner, manager and slugger reached critical mass the day Jackson returned when Martin said, "One's a born liar [Jackson]; the other's convicted [alluding to Steinbrenner's conviction for illegal campaign contributions]. Jackson wasn't all muscle and trouble, however. He often showed his baseball smarts. In Game 4 of the World Series, for example, he managed to get his rear end in front of a Bill Russell throw to first to break up a double play in unorthodox fashion. The Yankees went on to win the game in extra innings and the Series in six.
In , Jackson belted 41 homers to tie for the league lead and hit. But in the strike-shortened season, Jackson batted just.
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