Editing Reggie Jackson (section)

===Legacy===
Jackson played 21 seasons and reached the postseason in 11 of them, winning six pennants and five World Series. Moreover, he suffered only two losing seasons in his career, illustrating his penchant for making teams better. His accomplishments include winning both the regular-season and World Series MVP awards in 1973, hitting 563 career home runs (sixth all-time at the time of his retirement), maintaining a .490 career [[slugging percentage]], being named to 14 All-Star teams, and the dubious distinction of being the all-time leader in [[strikeout]]s with 2,597 (he finished with 13 more career strikeouts than hits) and second on the all-time list for most [[Golden sombrero]]s (at least four strikeouts in a game) with 23 – he led this statistic until 2014, when he was surpassed by [[Ryan Howard]]. Jackson was the first major leaguer to hit 100 [[home run]]s for three different clubs, having hit over 100 for the Athletics, Yankees, and Angels. He is the only player in the 500 home run club that never had consecutive 30 home run seasons in a career.

With the Yankees, Jackson was the center of attention when it came to the media. Tommy John thought this was ultimately helpful to the team. "He was a two-way buffer between the team and Steinbrenner, and between us and the press. That allowed other guys to go about their business in relative peace."<ref>John and Valenti, p. 205</ref>