- Once hit three home runs in a row during game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
- Struck out 2,597 times in his career, a major-league baseball record.
- Son of a Puerto Rican father and African-American mother.
- Hit 563 home runs.
- Played for Oakland, Baltimore, New York (Yankees), California.
- Speaks Spanish fluently.
- Hit a home run off the base of a light tower in Detroit's Tiger Stadium in the 1971 All Star Game. Hit another home run completely out of Tiger Stadium several years later.
- On October 18, 1977, Jackson hit 3 homers on 3 consecutive swings off 3 different Los Angeles pitchers in the sixth and deciding game of the World Series. He became the first player to hit 5 homers in one World Series while joining Babe Ruth as the only men to hit three in one Series contest.
- Yankees teammate Graig Nettles once said, "The best part about being a Yankee? Getting to watch Reggie Jackson play. The worst part about being a Yankee? Having to watch Reggie Jackson play." When the Yankees won the American League pennant in 1981, Jackson and Nettles came to blows during the victory party.
- Made major league debut on 9 June 1967.
- Was the last active Major Leaguer to have played for the Kansas City Athletics.
- Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 after 21 seasons of playing baseball.
- Was signed by the Athletics after being passed over by the New York Mets in the amateur draft. According to his 1984 autobiography, "Reggie", the Mets passed him over because of his interracial dating relationship with Juanita Campos, who was Hispanic.
- Hit a career-high 47 home runs in 1969; was on a pace to hit 60 going into August, but hit only 7 over the last two months of the season.
- Had a candy bar, the Reggie Bar, named after him while playing with the Yankees. At the Yankees' 1978 home opener, Reggie bars were given away as a promotion. When Reggie hit a home run in his first at bat of the game, fans proceeded to throw throw their Reggie bars onto the field. The game was delayed while the grounds-crew cleaned up the field. The Yankees were threatened with having to forfeit the game.
- His 1984 autobiography, "Reggie" (written with Mike Lupica), made the New York Times' best-seller list. Jackson later told an interviewer that "it could have been another Michener."
- Only non-pitcher to win World Series most valuable player honors twice (in 1973 with the Oakland A's and in 1977 with the New York Yankees).
- Played both football and baseball at Arizona State University.
- Attended Arizona State University on a college football scholarship for one season and played for legendary coach Frank Kush. Joined the baseball team as a walk-on and impressed scouts so much that he later left ASU to sign a minor-league contract with the Kansas City A's.
- 8th All Time on MLB Home Run List.
- Nearly came to blows with Yankee manager Billy Martin in the dugout during a nationally televised game against the Boston Red Sox in 1977. Martin removed Jackson from the game for not hustling after a fly ball.
- Tore a hamstring in his leg scoring the winning run in the 1972 American League playoffs, causing him to miss his first career World Series.
- Favorite movie is Tombstone (1993).
- Jersey number 44 retired by the Yankees.
- Was the American League MVP in 1973. Finished in top 10 in voting for same award in 1969, 1974-1975, 1977, 1980 and 1982.
- Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Sports.
- Inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018 (inaugural class).
- Son of Martinez Jackson, and Clara Jackson.
- Brother of Dolores Burton, and Joe Jackson.
- Has one daughter, Kimberly Jackson.
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