Reggie Jackson Marquee Hall of Fame 1993

He led the American League in home runs four times over ten seasons, hitting 47 in 1969 at twenty-three and 41 in 1980 at thirty-four. In 1973 he drove in more runs than anyone in the league and was voted its Most Valuable Player. He was picked for fourteen All-Star teams.

Oakland won the World Series in 1972, 1973 and 1974 with him in right field, and the Yankees won it in 1977 and 1978 after he signed there. He fought with managers and owners in both places. He told a magazine in 1977 that he was the straw that stirred the drink, and his own clubhouse never let it go.

In the sixth game of the 1977 World Series he hit three home runs on three swings, off three pitchers, and the name Mr. October dates from that month. He drove in 1,702 runs and made 2,584 hits over twenty-one seasons and five clubs, and the writers elected him to the Hall of Fame in 1993, on his first ballot.