Reggie; The Autobiography

New York: Villard Books, 1984. First Edition [Stated]. While Second Printing is stated, Villard is part of Random House and if First Edition is stated then it is presumed to be the first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Bert Stern (Jacket photograph). x, 332, [6] pages. DJ has some wear, soiling, crinkling/wrinkling, and small edge tears. Minor cover wear and edge soiling. Reggie Jackson played for the Oakland Athletics, the New York Yankees, and the California Angels. He was a right fielder, noted for his home-run hitting. Traces the life of Reggie Jackson, describes his career as a baseball player, and depicts the experience of being a member of the New York Yankees. Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is a professional baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees, and California Angels. Jackson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees. He helped Oakland win five consecutive American League West divisional titles, three straight American League pennants and three consecutive World Series titles from 1972 to 1974. Jackson helped New York win four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and back to back World Series titles, in 1977 and 1978. He helped the California Angels win two AL West divisional titles in 1982 and 1986. Jackson hit 563 career home runs and was an American League (AL) All-Star for 14 seasons. He won two Silver Slugger Awards, the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 1973, two World Series MVP Awards and the Babe Ruth Award in 1977. The Yankees and Athletics retired his team uniform number. There are few athletes--there are few people--who have had as much written, reported or rumored about them as Reggie Jackson. He has been depicted in the media as a hear, an intellectual, and the greatest clutch baseball player of his generation. He has battled an lost, he has battled and triumphed. Reggie's background is as surprising and complex and dramatic as his ascension to superstardom. The product of a broken home, he grew up in Philadelphia. He played football for Rank Kush at Arizona State University before emerging as a start baseball player during his sophomore year. He joined the Oakland A's, forming the nucleus of one of the greatest teams in baseball history. He became the Minor League Player of the Year. He made it to the majors, interacting with Charles O. Finley, Earl Weaver, and George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson, Catfish Hunter and others. After his playing career he moved on to be a television commentator and businessman, and a professional who has maintained close ties to baseball even in 'retirement'.