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Reginald Martinez “Reggie” Jackson Wiki Biography

Reginald Martinez Jackson is a Wyncote, Pennsylvania-born American former professional baseball player, born on 18 May 1946 from Puerto Rican and African American ancestry. A well-known basketball player in MLB, Reggie played for reputable teams like the New York Yankees, California Angels and others during his career.

One of the popular former baseball players in major baseball leagues, one may wonder how rich is Reggie Jackson at the present? As estimated by sources, Reggie counts his net worth at an amount of $20 million in early 2016. Needless to say, his involvement in the sport of baseball as a professional baseball right fielder for more than 21 years has been most significant in amassing his wealth. Playing for the New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Oakland Athletics among others have also earned him enough to become a multi-millionaire today.

Reggie Jackson Net Worth $20 Million

Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia and Wyncote-raised Reggie is the son of Martinez Jackson, a Baseball Hall of Fame inducted baseball player. As his parents divorced when Reggie was only four years old, he grew up with his father and found interest in baseball during his childhood. Reggie attended Cheltenham High School where he played baseball, football and basketball. Later, Reggie enrolled in Arizona State University on a football scholarship, but ended up playing both football and baseball at collegiate level. Eventually, Reggie was selected by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1966 MLB Draft, and he played for the team from 1967 to 1975, including after it became the Oakland Athletics.

Later, in 1976, Jackson was signed to the Baltimore Orioles for only a year, and then he became a part of the New York Yankees in 1977 and played for the team until 1981. He again left, this time to join the California Angels for four years between 1982 and 1986. Lastly, Jackson played for Oakland Athletics in 1987 before finally retiring from his career as a professional baseball player.

During his career, Reggie was a five times World Series Champion, was twice World Series MVP in the years 1973 and 1977, named in the All-Star team for fourteen years, and was also awarded the Silver Slugger Award twice in 1980 and 1982. On top of that, Jackson was inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 being voted by 93.6% in the first ballot. Needless to say, being a part of Major League Baseball has not only helped Reggie find fame and recognition as a professional baseball player but has also earned him quite well to make him a multi-millionaire in his retirement days.

Regarding his personal life, 69 years old Reggie now leads his life as a divorcee and a father of a daughter. Currently, he serves the Yankees as a special advisor and enjoys his retirement life as an accomplished former baseball player who likes to be known for his association with the New York Yankees. Moreover, his present net worth of $20 million caters to his daily life in every possible way.



Full Name Reggie Jackson
Net Worth $20 Million
Salary 16.41 million USD, 14.96 million USD, 14.96 million USD
Date Of Birth May 18, 1946
Place Of Birth Wyncote, Pennsylvania, USA
Height 1.83 m, 1.91 m
Weight 91 kg, 94 kg
Profession Former professional baseball player
Education Cheltenham High School, Arizona State University
Nationality American
Spouse Jennie Campos
Children Kimberly Jackson
Parents Martinez Jackson, Clara Jackson, Sharon Jackson, Saul Jackson
Siblings Travis Jackson, Trez Jackson
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Reggie-Jackson-107389239290537
Twitter https://twitter.com/mroctober
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/reggie_jackson
IMDB www.imdb.com/name/nm0413960
Awards Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award (1973), Babe Ruth Award (1977), World Series MVP Awards, Silver Slugger Award (1980, 1982), Baseball Hall of Fame (1993)
Movies The Bronx is Burning (1977)
Quote
1 On former Baltimore Orioles’ manager Earl Weaver, who he played for in 1976 – “Earl Weaver smokes too much and drinks too much. He has a voice that sounds like broken glass. He has a ferocious temper, especially with umpires, and doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut. He has never been accused of being a diplomat and has never set out to win any popularity contests with his players. He is also one of the few baseball geniuses I have ever met.”
2 After Jackie Robinson the most important black in baseball history is Reggie Jackson, I really mean that.
3 The only reason I don’t like playing in the World Series is I can’t watch myself play.
4 The will to win is worthless if you don’t get paid for it.
5 I didn’t come to New York to be a star. I brought my star with me.
6 On hitting slumps: “So many ideas come to you and you want to try them all but you can’t. You’re like a mosquito in a nudist camp. You don’t know where to start.”
7 On New York City: “It’s a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don’t let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.”
8 On playing in Japan: “Guys who play there say it gets awfully lonely – hell, for the money they’re talking, I can buy some friends and take them with me.”
9 For a certain amount of money, you’ll eat Alpo.
10 Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don’t like it when someone’s stuffing it into you by the gallon. That’s how you feel when [Nolan] Ryan’s throwing balls by you.
11 Fans don’t boo nobodies.
12 Sometimes I underestimate the magnitude of me.
13 If I were to play in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.
14 Lee May’s about the same age as me, he’s got about the same stats. So how come he’s making about one-eighty, two hundred thousand, and I’m the best damn paid player in the game? I’ll tell you why: Because I put the meat in the seats!
15 “All the fans in those sections are black, under 10 and don’t read the papers.” — After being asked why one section of Yankee Stadium didn’t boo him.
16 “You can play football and be the next Jim Brown or play baseball and be the next Reggie Jackson.” — To a young Bo Jackson, who was deciding whether to play pro football or baseball.
17 I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.
18 I’m the straw that stirs the drink.
Fact
1 Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Sports.
2 Was the last active Major Leaguer to have played for the Kansas City Athletics.
3 Son of a Puerto Rican father and African-American mother.
4 Made major league debut on 9 June 1967.
5 Favorite movie is Tombstone (1993).
6 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.
7 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.
8 Was the American League MVP in 1973. Finished in top 10 in voting for same award in 1969, 1974-1975, 1977, 1980 and 1982.
9 8th All Time on MLB Home Run List.
10 Jersey number 44 retired by the Yankees.
11 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.
12 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.
13 Struck out 2,597 times in his career, a major-league baseball record.
14 Played both football and baseball at Arizona State University.
15 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).
16 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.
17 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.”
18 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.
19 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.
20 Speaks Spanish fluently.
21 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.
22 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.
23 Inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 after 21 seasons of playing baseball.
24 Played for Oakland, Baltimore, New York (Yankees), California.
25 Once hit three home runs in a row during game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
26 Hit 563 home runs.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The Game 365 2006 TV Series
Ri¢hie Ri¢h 1994 Baseball Coach
MacGyver 1990 TV Series Reggie Jackson
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 Angel Right Fielder
Diff’rent Strokes 1979 TV Series Larry
The Love Boat 1979 TV Series Reggie Jackson

Self

Title Year Status Character
Henry & Me 2014 Himself (voice)
Charlie Rose 2011-2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
Mike & Mike 2010-2013 TV Series Himself – Baseball Hall of Famer / Himself – Guest
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel 2013 TV Series Himself – Former Baseball Player (segment “Mr. October”)
Piers Morgan Tonight 2013 TV Series Himself
Studio 42 with Bob Costas 2012 TV Series Himself
Legends: Oakland A’s, the Forgotten Dynasty 2012 Documentary Himself
Prime 9 2009-2011 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1993-2010 TV Series Himself
Yankeeography 2009 TV Series Himself
2008 MLB All-Star Game 2008 TV Special Himself – Pre-Game Hall of Fame Ceremony / Ceremonial First Pitch
Costas Now 2006 TV Series Himself
The Benchwarmers 2006 Himself
ESPN 25: Who’s #1? 2004-2006 TV Series documentary Himself
CMI: The Chris Myers Interview 2005 TV Series Himself
Malcolm in the Middle 2004 TV Series Himself
Rebels of Oakland: The A’s, the Raiders, the ’70s 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself – Outfielder, Oakland A’s 1968-1975
100 Years of the World Series 2003 Video documentary Himself
ESPN SportsCentury 2000-2003 TV Series documentary Himself
60 Minutes 2001 TV Series documentary Himself – Former Baseball Player (segment “Darryl Strawberry”)
Howard Stern 2001 TV Series Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show 2001 TV Series Himself
Suddenly Susan 1999 TV Series Himself
Summer of Sam 1999 Himself
Jeopardy! 1998 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant
BASEketball 1998 Himself
Bad Day on the Block 1997 Himself
The Greatest League Championship Series 1994 Video Himself
Baseball’s Greatest Pennant Races 1994 Video Himself
Late Night with David Letterman 1987-1993 TV Series Himself
Blossom 1991 TV Series Himself
Greatest Sports Legends 1977-1990 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself / Host
Mr. Belvedere 1989 TV Series Himself
1988 American League Championship Series 1988 TV Mini-Series Himself – Color Commentator
A’s All Star Almanac 1987 Video short Himself
1986 American League Championship Series 1986 TV Mini-Series Himself – California Angels Designated Hitter
1985 World Series 1985 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter / Pregame Analyst
Bob Hope Buys NBC? 1985 TV Special Himself
The Jeffersons 1985 TV Series Himself
1984 National League Championship Series 1984 TV Mini-Series Himself – Color Commentator
1984 MLB All-Star Game 1984 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1983 World Series 1983 TV Mini-Series Himself – Field Reporter / Pregame Analyst / Trophy Presentation
1982 American League Championship Series 1982 TV Series Himself – California Angels Right Fielder
1982 MLB All-Star Game 1982 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
Archie Bunker’s Place 1982 TV Series Himself
1981 World Series 1981 TV Mini-Series Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder
1981 American League Championship Series 1981 TV Series Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder
1981 MLB All-Star Game 1981 TV Special Himself – Right Fielder
Reggie Jackson’s Wide World of Sports 1981 TV Series Himself
1980 American League Championship Series 1980 TV Series Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder
1980 MLB All-Star Game 1980 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1979 MLB All-Star Game 1979 TV Special Himself – AL Outfielder
Kids Are People, Too 1979 TV Series Himself
The Mike Douglas Show 1971-1979 TV Series Himself – Co-Host / Himself – Pro Baseball Player / Himself – Baseball Player / …
The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards 1978 TV Special Himself
1978 World Series Home Video: NY Yankees vs. LA Dodgers 1978 Video Himself
1978 American League Championship Series 1978 TV Series Himself – New York Yankees Designated Hitter / Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder
The Barbara Walters Summer Special 1978 TV Series Himself
Good Morning America 1978 TV Series Himself
Szysznyk 1977 TV Series Himself
1977 World Series 1977 TV Mini-Series Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder
1977 American League Championship Series 1977 TV Mini-Series Himself – New York Yankees Right Fielder / Himself – New York Yankees Pinch Hitter
1977 MLB All-Star Game 1977 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1976 American League Championship Series 1976 TV Mini-Series Himself – Color Commentator
Super Bowl 1976 TV Movie documentary Himself
1975 American League Championship Series 1975 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder
1975 MLB All-Star Game 1975 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1974 World Series 1974 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder
1974 American League Championship Series 1974 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Designated Hitter / Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder
1974 MLB All-Star Game 1974 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
The Annual National Sports Awards 1974 TV Special Himself – Winner
1973 World Series 1973 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Center Fielder / Right Fielder / Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder / …
1973 American League Championship Series 1973 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder
1973 MLB All-Star Game 1973 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1972 American League Championship Series 1972 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Center Fielder
1972 MLB All-Star Game 1972 TV Special Himself – AL Right Fielder
1971 American League Championship Series 1971 TV Mini-Series Himself – Oakland Athletics Right Fielder
1971 MLB All-Star Game 1971 TV Special Himself – AL Outfielder
The Joey Bishop Show 1969 TV Series Himself
1969 MLB All-Star Game 1969 TV Special Himself – AL Center Fielder

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Prime 9 2010-2011 TV Series Himself
30 for 30 2010 TV Series documentary Himself
Rome Is Burning 2009 TV Series Himself
The Bronx Is Burning 2007 TV Mini-Series Himself
MythBusters 2007 TV Series documentary Angels Rightfielder
DHL Presents Major League Baseball Hometown Heroes 2006 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
ESPN Outside the Lines Nightly 2006 TV Series Himself – Baseball Player
The Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame… 2006 TV Series Himself
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
2004 World Series 2004 TV Mini-Series Himself
Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History 2001 Video documentary Himself
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation… Divisible 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The 50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History 1992 Video documentary Himself
Diff’rent Strokes 1980 TV Series Larry
It Don’t Come Easy: The 1978 NY Yankees 1978 Video documentary Himself

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