» August 17, 1967: California's Jim Weaver gives up Reggie Jackson's first ML homer but holds on to beat Kansas City, 4–3.

» June 29, 1968: In the first game of a doubleheader at the Stadium, Mickey Mantle ties the score with a 2-run homer in the 6th, but rookie Reggie Jackson breaks the tie in the 8th with his 9th homer of the year. The A's win, 5–2.

» September 14, 1968: Denny McLain becomes the first 30-game winner since Dizzy Dean in 1934, as the Tigers beat the A's 5–4. Reggie Jackson's homer in the 4th puts the A' s ahead 2–0 but Norm Cash answers with a 3-run shot. Reggie hits another in the 6th, but the Tigers push across two in the 9th to win. Kaline, pinch hitting for McLain, walks and scores the tying run. Denny (30–5) gives up six hits and strikes out 10.

» September 22, 1968: Cesar Tovar becomes the 2nd player to play every position in a game as Minnesota's all-purpose star leads the Twins to a 2–1 win over the Oakland A's. Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City A's was the first to pull off this stunt in 1965. Tovar starts the game on the mound and the first batter he faces is Campaneris. Tovar strikes out Reggie Jackson in his one inning.

» April 13, 1969: The Royals split a pair with the Athletics, taking the opener, 4–1 as Mike Fiore hits the first homer in the Royals' history. Bill Butler wins over Blue Moon Odom. Jim Nash shuts out the Royals in the nitecap, 3–0, with Reggie Jackson and Dick Green supplying homers.

» April 24, 1969: After belting homers his first two at bats, Reggie Jackson is decked twice by pitches from Dick Woodsen and charges the mound. Reggie gets tossed but the A's win, 6–4, over the Twins.

» June 14, 1969: With a 21–7 rout of the Red Sox at Fenway Park, the Oakland A's regain first place in the American League West. Reggie Jackson hits two home runs and drives in 10 Oakland runs. Reggie doubles home a run in the 1st, homers in the 3rd and 5th, each time with Tommie Reynolds on base, strikes out with the bases loaded in the 6th, and singles in two with the sacks full in the 7th. Reg drives in three with a single in the 8th on a hit that he could easily have stretched into a double. Blue Moon Odom is the easy winner. The 21 runs is a team record that won't be matched until 2000.

» June 22, 1969: An American League record-tying, three straight, 2-out home runs by Ted Kubiak, Reggie Jackson, and Sal Bando in the 3rd inning power a 7–3 Oakland victory over Minnesota in the first of two games. Bando also homers in the first to back Chuck Dobson's win over Jim Kaat. Katt gets a save in the nitecap as Jim Perry squeezes home Oliva with the winning run in the 13th. Twins win, 4–3.

» August 13, 1969: Baltimore's Jim Palmer leaves no doubt about his comeback with a 8–0 no-hitter against Oakland. Reggie Jackson, leading the American League with 42 home runs, walks three times, as the A's drop two games behind the Twins in the West. Palmer, now 11-2, pushes the O's lead to a comfortable 14 1/2 games.

» April 13, 1970: Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener, but the Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation. The Athletics win today, 2–1, over the Brewers. Reggie Jackson's 2-run single and the 3-hit pitching of Hunter and Segui is enough to beat Marty Pattin.

» July 3, 1970: In pregame ceremonies, California's Clyde Wright is inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame for his pitching while at Carson-Newman College. He then hurls a no-hitter against Oakland, winning 4–0. Reggie Jackson's 400-foot shot to dead center in the 7th is caught.

» September 6, 1970: Blue Moon Odom yields two hits and smashes a home run as the Athletics beat the Royals, 7–1. Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace also homer for the A's.

» May 2, 1971: Sam McDowell is suddenly knocked out in the 1st inning at Oakland and charged with the 8–5 loss. Sam gives up five runs, three on a homer by Reggie Jackson. But McDowell comes back in game two to win in relief, 7–3, in 10 innings. Ted Ford's 3-run homer is the big blow.

» July 13, 1971: In an All-Star Game featuring home runs by Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Reggie Jackson, Frank Robinson, and Harmon Killebrew, the American League triumphs at Detroit 6–4. It is the only AL All-Star victory between 1962 and 1983. Jackson's home run goes 520 feet.

» August 22, 1971: Oakland book ends solo homers to defeat the Red Sox, 2–1. Bert Campaneris leads off the game with a shot and, with two out in the 9th inning, Reggie Jackson ends the game with a homer.

» October 5, 1971: The Orioles overcome two Reggie Jackson home runs to complete a sweep of Oakland in the LCS with a 5–3 victory.

» April 15, 1972: Reggie Jackson sports a mustache as the A's top the Twins 4–3 in 11 innings. Jackson is reported as the first ML player with facial hair since Wally Schang in 1914.

» July 11, 1972: At Oakland, Boston's Marty Pattin has his no-hit bid foiled when Reggie Jackson hits a one-out single in the 9th. Boston wins, 4–0.

» October 12, 1972: Oakland takes the AL flag with a 2–1 win in the 5th game of the LCS. The A's Reggie Jackson steals home, but pulls a hamstring in the process, sidelining him for the World Series.

» October 20, 1973: Reggie Jackson hits two doubles, scores one run, and knocks in the other 2, as the A's even the Series with a 3–1 win.

» October 21, 1973: Oakland wins the World Championship for the 2nd straight year as Bert Campaneris and MVP Reggie Jackson homer in the 5–2, 7th-game victory.

» November 14, 1973: Reggie Jackson wins the AL MVP Award unanimously. The Oakland star led the league in runs (99), home runs (32), RBI (117), and slugging (.531). Jim Palmer is named the AL Cy Young winner.

» June 5, 1974: Oakland's Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in a clubhouse fight at Detroit. Jackson injures his shoulder, and Ray Fosse, attempting to separate the combatants, suffers a crushed disk in his neck He'll spend 12 weeks on the DL, virtually ending his season.

» October 9, 1974: The A's get just one hit, but draw 11 walks, nine off loser Mike Cuellar, in beating the Orioles 2–1. Cuellar walks Gene Tenace in the 6th to force in a run, and Reggie Jackson doubles in the winning run in the 7th.

» October 12, 1974: Oakland slugging star Reggie Jackson connects for a homer off Andy Messersmith to start the scoring, and pitcher Ken Holtzman scores the 2nd run in the 5th on a suicide squeeze. The A's win the World Series opener 3–2 as the Dodgers strand 12 base runners

» April 2, 1976: The A's trade prospective free agents Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman, together with a minor league pitcher, to the Orioles for OF Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.

» August 14, 1976: The Orioles sweep two from the White Sox, 8–6 and 6–5. The O's are paced by grand slams off the bats of Reggie Jackson and Lee May.

» November 4, 1976: The first mass-market free-agent reentry draft is held at New York's Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, and Willie McCovey. McCovey and Nate Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old position.

» November 29, 1976: Free agent Reggie Jackson signs with the New York Yankees for $3.5 million.

» April 7, 1977: Before 43,785 in the Opener at Yankee Stadium, Catfish Hunter holds the Brewers to five hits, three by Von Joshua, as the Yankees win 3–0. Von's last hit strikes Catfish in the instep and he leaves after seven innings of work. Sparky Lyle pitches the last two innings. Jim Wynn has two hits for New York, including a homer in his first Yankee at-bat. Reggie Jackson, in his first start as a Yankee, also has two hits and two runs, one on a suicide squeeze by Willie Randolph.

» May 30, 1977: Reggie Jackson and Graig Nettles hit back-to-back homers in the 2nd to lead New York to a 5–4 win against Boston.

» June 5, 1977: The Yankees hit six home runs, their most in three years, and barely edge the White Sox, 8–6. Bucky Dent, Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Carlos May, Graig Nettles and rookie George Zeber connect. Zeber's clout, his first ML homer, comes off Dave Hamilton, and is the game winner.

» June 18, 1977: New York's Reggie Jackson loafs after a Jim Rice bloop double during a 10–4 loss to Boston and is taken out by manager Billy Martin right after the manager removes starter Mike Torrez. Jackson and Martin nearly come to blows in the dugout as national television cameras watch. Boston connects for five homers in the game, two each by Carl Yastrzemski and Bernie Carbo. Fenway Park sees the largest Saturday afternoon crowd (34,603) in 20 years.

» June 22, 1977: It's not easy but the Yankees stop their 5-game losing streak with a 12–11 win over Detroit. The Yankees are led by Graig Nettles, with a three run homer, and Reggie Jackson, who belts a 2-run triple.

» June 24, 1977: Before 54,940 at Yankee Stadium, Roy White launches a dramatic 2-out 2-run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yanks a 5–5 tie with the Red Sox, and New York scores in the next inning on Reggie Jackson bases-loaded single to win, 6–5. White's key hit comes after Bill Campbell retires the first two Yankees in the 9th and then Willie Randolph triples to bring up Murcer. Sparky Lyle picks up the win, handing Boston their 1st loss in eight games. With homers from Yaz, Hobson and George Scott, the Sox set a major-league record of 33 homers in 10 games.

» July 26, 1977: The Yankees open their final series with Baltimore by tying the O's at 4-4 on a Cliff Johnson two-run pinch homer in the 9th. Reggie Jackson then leads off the 10th with a solo home run to win.

» August 10, 1977: Billy Martin installs Reggie Jackson as the Yankees' regular clean-up hitter. The Yanks beat the A's 6–3, as Ron Guidry outpitches Vida Blue. Graig Nettles belts his 26th homer of the season. New York will win 40 of final 53 games, with Jackson contributing 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.

» August 19, 1977: Backed by homers from Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent, Mike Torrez hurls his 6th complete game in a row and New York beats Texas, 8–1. The Yanks are now two 1/2 games in back of Boston.

» August 25, 1977: The Twins blow a 4–2 lead over the Yankees when Mickey Rivers hits a 2-run single in the 7th inning and Reggie Jackson drives home a run in the next inning.

» October 15, 1977: The Yankees win 4–2 to take a 3-1 advantage in the World Series. Reggie Jackson doubles and homers, and Ron Guidry notches a 4-hitter, striking out 7.

» October 18, 1977: Reggie Jackson becomes "Mr. October." Three home runs in three swings lead the Yankees to an 8–4, Series-clinching victory.

» July 17, 1978: In the latest incident in his feud with manager Billy Martin, the Yankees Reggie Jackson ignores instructions and attempts to bunt in the 10th inning of a tie game with the Royals. Jackson pops up, the Yanks lose, 9–7, in the 11th, and Martin serves Jackson with a 5-day suspension without pay. The Royals' 3-game sweep at Yankee Stadium leaves New York in 4th place, 14 games behind the Red Sox.

» July 23, 1978: Reggie Jackson returns to the team and the Yankees win their 5th straight, 3–1, over the White Sox. The next day, Martin will resign under pressure, giving way to Bob Lemon. At the Chicago airport, Martin, reacting to reporters' questions about Jackson and George Steinbrenner, replies, " The two deserve each other. One's a born liar; the other's convicted." The remarks will cost Billy his job.

» August 25, 1978: With four amateur umps officiating, Ron Guidry posts his 18th win, beating the A's 7–1. Reggie Jackson's home run drives in his 1,001st career RBI. The win keeps the Yankees seven 1/2 games behind the Red Sox.

» September 8, 1978: New York continues its rampage of Boston by scoring two runs in the 1st inning and six more in the 2nd inning. Boston makes seven errors to ease the Yankees to a 13–2 romp. Reggie Jackson hits a 3-run homer and Lou Piniella adds a double, triple and homer to back Jim Beattie's pitching. Dwight Evans and Carlton Fisk both make a pair of errors. New York is now two games in back.

» September 16, 1978: With 55,091 looking on, the Yankees snap a 2–2 tie with a 9th inning triple by Willie Randolph and a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson to beat the Red Sox, 3–2. New York now leads by three 1/2 games. The Yanks first score on a Reggie Jackson 2-run blast in the 5th. Both starters, Catfish Hunter and Mike Torrez, go the distance.

» October 3, 1978: Reggie Jackson, "Mr. October," hits a 3-run home run, a single, and a double, to lead the Yankees to a 7–1 win over the Royals in the opening game of the American League Championship Series.

» October 6, 1978: Despite three home runs by George Brett, off Catfish Hunter, the Yankees pull out a 6–5 win in the 3rd game of the LCS. Thurman Munson's 2-run homer in the 8th gives the Yanks a 2-1 series lead. Reggie Jackson hits a 2nd inning homer to match a George Brett blast.

» October 11, 1978: The Dodgers go two games up with a 4–3 win in game 2. Ron Cey drives in all the Dodger runs and Reggie Jackson does the same for the Yankees. Bob Welch saves Burt Hooton's win in dramatic fashion by striking out Jackson in the 9th inning.

» April 19, 1979: Following a 6–3 loss to the Orioles, Yankees Goose Gossage and Cliff Johnson brawl in the clubhouse. Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb, and will be sidelined until July 12th. After the fight, Reggie Jackson predicts that Cliff Johnson's days as a Yankee are numbered. He is proved correct when Johnson is traded to Cleveland on June 15th for Don Hood.

» August 11, 1980: Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Chicago's Britt Burns, in the 3rd inning of a 3–1 Yankees victory. It's Reggie's 31st homer of the year.

» September 30, 1980: In a 12–9 Cleveland win over the Yankees, the Tribe's Ron Hassey has a 2B & home run in the 8-run 2nd inning. There are four homers in the game, including Reggie Jackson's 38th.

» October 4, 1980: The Yankees clinch their 4th AL East title in five seasons, beating Detroit 5–2 in the first game of a doubleheader. Reggie Jackson hits his 41st home run of the season and will share the AL home run crown with Milwaukee's Ben Oglivie.

» October 8, 1981: Dave Righetti and Davis and Gossage in relief are too much for the Brewers as they are shut out 3–0. All the Yankee scoring comes on home runs by Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella.

» January 22, 1982: Free-agent OF Reggie Jackson ends his tumultuous five seasons as a Yankee by signing a reported 4-year contract with the California Angels for nearly $1 million per year.

» June 18, 1982: Reggie Jackson collects his 2,000th career hit, a solo home run off Dennis Lamp in California's 7–2 win over the White Sox.

» July 27, 1982: Against California, Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 95th base but gets caught stealing three times in an 8–7, 13 inning California win. Not since 1916, has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game. Rickey will be thrown out 42 times this year, breaking the mark of 38 caught steals set by Ty Cobb in 1915. Bob Boone, who is behind the plate, homers for the Angels. Reggie Jackson and Brian Downing homer and Jax adds two doubles.

» October 6, 1982: California goes two up on Milwaukee, helped by Reggie Jackson's home run and Bruce Kison's 5-hitter.

» May 12, 1984: The visiting Angels and Tommy John stop the Tigers (26–5), 4–2. John goes nine innings scattering eight hits to beat Juan Berenguer. Rob Wilfong and Reggie Jackson belt homers with Reggie's going over the RF roof.

» July 10, 1984: On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, National League pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the NL's 3–1 triumph. After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett in the 4th inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis in the 5th.

» September 17, 1984: Reggie Jackson hits his 500th career home run in the 7th inning off Bud Black, but the Royals beat California 10–1 to move into first place in the American League West. Jackson is the 13th player in ML history to hit 500 home runs.

» June 20, 1985: Reggie Jackson's 513th home run sparks the Angels to a 4–0 win over the Indians and moves him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews into 10th place on the all-time list.

» August 17, 1985: Reggie Jackson hits his 522nd career home run off Oakland's Bill Krueger to move past Ted Williams and Willie McCovey into 8th place on the all-time list.

» May 14, 1986: Reggie Jackson of the Angels homers off Boston's Roger Clemens to move past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list with 537, but Boston scores three runs in the top of the 9th to win 8–5.

» September 18, 1986: For the second time in his career, Reggie Jackson belts three homers in a game in a 18–3 laugher over Kansas City. At the age of 40 years, four months, Reggie joins Stan Musial and Babe Ruth as the only 40+ player to accomplish the feat. Reggie scores four times and has seven RBIs

» December 24, 1986: Two free agents sign, OF Gary Ward with the New York Yankees, while Reggie Jackson signs with the Oakland A's. With Jackson's signing, the Angels receive the A's 2nd round draft pick.

» April 18, 1987: In Oakland's 7–5 win over Seattle, Reggie Jackson steals home on the front end of a double steal with Jose Canseco.

» November 16, 1988: Jose Canseco becomes the first unanimous American League MVP since Reggie Jackson in 1973.

» September 13, 1991: Toronto OF Joe Carter drives in a run in the Blue Jays' 7-6 victory over the A's, becoming the 1st player in history to reach the 100 plateau in three consecutive seasons with three different teams. Nine players (Dick Allen, Orlando Cepeda, Rocky Colavito, Goose Goslin, Rogers Hornsby, Reggie Jackson, Lee May, Al Simmons, and Vic Wertz) have collected 100 RBI with three teams, but none consecutively.

» October 24, 1991: The Braves win their 3rd game in a row, 14-5, to take the Series lead. Lonnie Smith, David Justice, and Brian Hunter pound out home runs, with Smith becoming the 1st player to homer in three consecutive Series games since Reggie Jackson in 1977. Smith became Atlanta's starting LF when Otis Nixon was suspended for failing a drug test in September.

» August 1, 1993: Reggie Jackson is inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame.

» June 30, 1998: Mark McGwire belts his 37th homer of the year, tying Reggie Jackson's record for most homers before the All-Star break. The homer is a 472-ft upper deck shot off KC's Glendon Rusch.

» May 8, 2001: The Devil Rays edge the Orioles, 4-3, as Tampa Bay's Fred McGriff joins Mark McGwire, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Eddie Murray, and Reggie Jackson as the only players to homer off 300 different pitchers in their career. McGriff's solo in the 8th snaps a 3–3 tie.

» June 14, 2001: Matt Morris strikes out 11 in the Cardinals 3–2 win over the Dodgers, and Mark McGwire clubs a solo homer off Jose Lima to pass Reggie Jackson on the all-time homer list. McGwire's homer is his 563rd, putting him 6th on the home run list.