Editing Reggie Jackson (section)

===Baltimore Orioles (1976)===
Paid $140,000 in 1975 and one of nine Oakland players refusing to sign 1976 contracts,<ref name=atrjhlt/> Jackson sought a three-year $600,000 pact.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19760403&id=R-BLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XIsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1246,3784013&hl=en "Orioles obtain Reggie Jackson; Baylor, Torrez go to Oakland," ''The Associated Press'' (AP), Saturday, April 3, 1976.] Retrieved May 4, 2020</ref> With free agency imminent after the season and the expectations of higher salaries for which Athletics owner Finley was unwilling to pay, he was traded along with [[Ken Holtzman]] and minor-league right-handed pitcher Bill Van Bommel to the [[1976 Baltimore Orioles season|Baltimore Orioles]] for [[Don Baylor]], [[Mike Torrez]], and [[Paul Mitchell (baseball)|Paul Mitchell]] on April 2, 1976.<ref name=atrjhlt/> Jackson had not signed a contract and threatened to sit out the season; he reported to the Orioles four weeks later,<ref name=jatjo >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HahVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6593%2C8206575 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=UPI |title=Reggie agrees to join Orioles |date=April 30, 1976 |page=3D}}</ref> and made his first plate appearance on {{nowrap|May 2.<ref name=rfplys>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6644%2C840770|work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=wire services |title=Reggie finally plays and all is forgiven |date=May 3, 1976 |page=2B}}</ref><ref name=orweqpol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOZVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2277%2C839135 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |agency=Associated Press |title=Orioles want 'equal' policy |date=May 3, 1976 |page=2B}}</ref><ref name=jiboft>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JfRLAAAAIBAJ&pg=5824%2C1367806 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Jackson is back: 0-for-2 |date=May 3, 1976 |page=15}}</ref><ref name=hfatlstsi>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1976/08/30/615435/hes-free-at-last |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Fimrite |first=Ron |title=He's free at last |date=August 30, 1976 |page=14}}</ref>}} Baltimore and Oakland both finished second in their respective divisions in {{mlby|1976}}; the [[1976 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] and [[1976 Kansas City Royals season|Royals]] advanced to the [[1976 American League Championship Series|ALCS]], the first without the A's since [[1970 American League Championship Series|1970]]. During Jackson's lone season in Baltimore he stole 28 bases, a career-best.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Muder |first1=Craig |title=Jackson traded to Orioles prior to becoming a free agent |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/inside-pitch/jackson-traded-to-orioles |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=3 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> [[Jim Palmer]] later wrote, "I would say Reggie Jackson was arrogant. But the word ''arrogant'' isn't arrogant enough."<ref name="Palmer">{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Jim|last2=Dale|first2=Jim|title=Palmer and Weaver: Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine|year=1996|publisher=Andrews and McMeel|location=Kansas City|isbn=0-8362-0781-5|pages=14–15}}</ref> However, he thought the Orioles made a "brick-brained" mistake by not signing him to a contract, allowing him to become a free agent.<ref name="Palmer"/>