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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Reggie Jackson

Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility, 1993, with 93.6% of the vote.

Five highlights of Reggie Jackson's career:

Reggie Jackson was the second player taken in the second major-league draft in 1966 by the Kansas City Athletics. He was the highest draft pick elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame before Ken Griffey Jr.’s election in 2016.

Jackson was named to fourteen All-Star teams and received MVP votes thirteen times with seven top-10 finishes.

Jackson won the 1973 AL MVP award unanimously. That season, Jackson led the American League in slugging percentage (.531), OPS (.914), home runs (32), RBI (117), and runs scored (99).

In four World Series appearances (Jackson missed the 1972 World Series with a torn hamstring), Reggie Jackson batted .357/.457/.755 in 116 plate appearances with 10 home runs, 24 RBI, and 21 runs scored. Jackson was named World Series MVP in 1973 and 1977. Reggie Jackson’s three home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series tied a record first set by Babe Ruth; his five home runs for the series set a new World Series record (since tied by Chase Utley).

Reggie Jackson was the first player in major-league history to hit 100 home runs for three different franchises.

The first two tables below present Reggie Jackson's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1967	KC1	21	35	2.8	4.0	-1.2	-1.5
1968	OAK	22	154	21.5	18.3	3.7	1.7
1969	OAK	23	152	24.8	16.3	9.1	7.0
1970	OAK	24	149	16.4	15.4	1.5	-0.1
1971	OAK	25	150	23.1	15.9	7.8	5.9
1972	OAK	26	135	20.9	15.7	6.0	4.2
1973	OAK	27	151	24.1	16.4	8.9	6.9
1974	OAK	28	148	22.5	17.3	6.4	4.4
1975	OAK	29	157	25.9	19.0	8.1	5.9
1976	BAL	30	134	22.3	16.2	7.3	5.4
1977	NYA	31	146	21.9	15.5	7.4	5.5
1978	NYA	32	139	19.2	14.5	5.7	4.0
1979	NYA	33	131	18.6	15.7	3.8	2.2
1980	NYA	34	143	19.7	14.0	6.9	5.1
1981	NYA	35	94	10.6	9.9	1.3	0.2
1982	CAL	36	153	19.9	17.5	3.5	1.7
1983	CAL	37	116	9.4	11.4	-1.2	-2.4
1984	CAL	38	143	13.5	11.9	2.7	1.1
1985	CAL	39	143	14.9	12.8	3.1	1.7
1986	CAL	40	132	11.7	10.1	2.6	1.2
1987	OAK	41	115	6.5	8.0	-1.0	-1.8
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,820	370.0	295.8	92.6	58.4
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			77	10.2	8.1	2.6	1.7
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,897	380.2	303.9	95.2	60.0

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1967	KC1	21	35	3.1	3.6	-0.5	-0.8
1968	OAK	22	154	22.2	17.6	5.3	3.3
1969	OAK	23	152	25.1	16.1	9.6	7.5
1970	OAK	24	149	17.0	14.8	2.8	1.2
1971	OAK	25	150	22.3	16.7	6.2	4.3
1972	OAK	26	135	20.7	15.8	5.7	3.8
1973	OAK	27	151	23.3	17.1	7.4	5.4
1974	OAK	28	148	22.0	17.8	5.4	3.5
1975	OAK	29	157	24.9	20.0	6.2	4.0
1976	BAL	30	134	21.8	16.7	6.2	4.3
1977	NYA	31	146	20.4	17.0	4.5	2.6
1978	NYA	32	139	18.0	15.7	3.5	1.8
1979	NYA	33	131	18.6	15.7	3.9	2.2
1980	NYA	34	143	19.1	14.5	5.8	4.1
1981	NYA	35	94	10.6	9.8	1.4	0.3
1982	CAL	36	153	20.2	17.3	4.0	2.2
1983	CAL	37	116	9.5	11.3	-1.0	-2.2
1984	CAL	38	143	12.7	12.7	1.1	-0.6
1985	CAL	39	143	14.8	13.0	2.8	1.3
1986	CAL	40	132	11.4	10.4	1.9	0.5
1987	OAK	41	115	7.1	7.4	0.3	-0.6
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,820	364.8	301.0	82.5	48.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			77	10.2	8.2	2.5	1.6
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,897	374.9	309.2	85.0	49.8

Reggie Jackson was one of a kind. He was brash, boastful. He was one of the first high-profile free agents in Major-League history. As an Oakland A, he once boasted that if he played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after him. When he played in New York, they named a candy bar after him. To younger fans, he is perhaps best known for attempting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth in The Naked Gun. Reggie Jackson played on five World Series winners. He was American League MVP and World Series MVP in 1973. He was World Series MVP in 1977 for hitting three home runs on three pitches in Game 6, earning the nickname Mr. October. He was voted to start 10 All-Star games. Reggie Jackson's life was so full that he "wrote" two autobiographies.

Almost lost in everything that was Reggie Jackson was the simple fact that Reggie Jackson was an exceptional baseball player.

The next table shows the top 10 players in pWins over either positional average or replacement level during the 1970's.

		pWins over Positional Average Top 10 Players						pWins over Replacement Level Top 10 Players
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL		Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Joe L. Morgan	219.8	159.0	64.3	82.9	1	Joe L. Morgan	219.8	159.0	64.3	82.9
2	Jim Palmer	170.0	122.8	51.5	69.7	2	Jim Palmer	170.0	122.8	51.5	69.7
3	Tom Seaver	176.3	139.4	47.3	65.6	3	Tom Seaver	176.3	139.4	47.3	65.6
4	Reggie Jackson	214.8	161.5	44.4	63.1	4	Reggie Jackson	214.8	161.5	44.4	63.1
5	Johnny Bench	175.3	132.1	44.3	59.3	5	Johnny Bench	175.3	132.1	44.3	59.3
6	Willie Stargell	170.4	120.5	38.7	53.0	6	Willie Stargell	170.4	120.5	38.7	53.0
7	Mike Schmidt	150.6	111.8	34.9	47.7	7	Steve Carlton	182.0	161.1	31.2	51.1
8	Bobby Grich	151.4	123.5	33.3	46.8	8	Fergie Jenkins	170.0	144.1	31.7	51.0
9	Amos Otis	200.1	162.6	31.7	49.5	9	Gaylord Perry	175.1	151.2	29.9	50.1
10	Fergie Jenkins	170.0	144.1	31.7	51.0	10	Amos Otis	200.1	162.6	31.7	49.5

Reggie Jackson was the best non-pitcher in the American League for the 1970's.

As noted above, Reggie Jackson played for 5 World Series winners (although he was injured and missed the 1972 World Series) and was named World Series MVP twice. The next table shows the top 10 career World Series performers, ranked by net career pWins (pWins minus pLosses).

		Top Career World Series Performances: sorted by net pWins
		eWins	eLosses	eWinPct	eWORL
1	Lou Gehrig	6.5	2.3	0.738	4.2
2	Babe Ruth	8.0	4.8	0.625	3.2
3	Mariano Rivera	3.7	1.5	0.717	2.2
4	Madison Bumgarner	3.2	1.1	0.748	2.1
5	Mickey Mantle	9.1	7.0	0.566	2.1
6	Reggie Jackson	4.3	2.4	0.647	2.0
7	Bob Gibson	5.4	3.5	0.607	1.9
8	Joe DiMaggio	7.5	5.6	0.572	1.9
9	Herb Pennock	3.5	1.6	0.683	1.9
10	Frankie Crosetti	5.1	3.2	0.611	1.8

So, what do you get when you combine great regular-season performance with great postseason performance? Obviously, you get an historically great player. The final table shows the top 30 players in pWins over replacement level, including both regular-season and postseason games, among all players for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records.

Top 25 Players, Career pWORL, Regular Season and Postseason

		pWins over Replacement Level Top 30 Players, since 1947
	Player	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
1	Babe Ruth	418.8	240.7	164.2	198.8
2	Barry Bonds	473.2	317.1	136.0	174.5
3	Willie Mays	468.5	332.8	116.5	156.9
4	Mickey Mantle	363.2	234.4	113.9	144.4
5	Hank Aaron	499.4	371.6	98.6	142.8
6	Mel Ott	422.2	296.9	104.1	141.6
7	Ted Williams	373.7	250.8	104.2	136.5
8	Roger Clemens	329.3	239.8	96.3	134.5
9	Lou Gehrig	310.8	186.2	103.5	129.2
10	Stan Musial	427.0	313.4	88.7	126.9
11	Joe L. Morgan	378.7	299.6	86.1	119.3
12	Greg Maddux	339.6	284.2	78.8	117.5
13	Alex Rodriguez	382.8	307.0	81.9	116.5
14	Warren Spahn	354.1	297.8	74.5	114.4
15	Lefty Grove	264.0	189.7	85.1	113.7
16	Joe DiMaggio	294.6	198.8	86.1	111.7
17	Albert Pujols	372.1	274.2	76.4	109.9
18	Jimmie Foxx	304.6	201.9	83.4	109.9
19	Frank Robinson	402.9	305.7	72.3	108.6
20	Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson	287.7	228.3	70.7	104.8
21	Rickey Henderson	436.4	356.9	63.6	102.4
22	Derek Jeter	388.9	341.6	65.1	100.7
23	Eddie Mathews	323.0	242.5	71.3	100.0
24	Mike Schmidt	342.6	262.0	70.6	99.7
25	Chipper Jones	347.3	268.6	69.4	99.4
26	Tom Seaver	310.2	261.8	65.0	98.9
27	Pee Wee Reese	304.9	244.8	67.6	96.2
28	Reggie Jackson	380.2	303.9	60.0	95.2
29	Al Kaline	382.8	300.5	59.5	94.3
30	Manny Ramirez	335.2	259.9	62.4	92.5

Article last updated: May 31, 2020

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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