Biography

Once hit three home runs in a row during game 6 of the 1977 World Series.

Son of a Puerto Rican father and African-American mother.

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.

Struck out 2,597 times in his career, a major-league baseball record.

Hit 563 home runs.

I'm the straw that stirs the drink.

I represent both the underdog and the overdog in our society.

"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.

"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.

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!