Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Seasons In Right Field
By Phil Watson
4. Reggie Jackson, 1975
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 29 | 157 | 669 | 91 | 150 | 39 | 3 | 36 | 104 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 133 | .253 | .329 | .511 | .840 | 137 |
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Generated 2/24/2014.
Jackson tied for the American League lead with 36 home runs and led the league with 78 extra base hits in what would prove to be his final season with the A’s until a cameo at the end of his 21-year career. He earned his sixth All-Star Game bid, fifth overall, starting in right field, and was fifth in the MVP voting as the A’s won their fifth straight AL West title.
He was third in the league with a 23.1 Power-Speed number, eighth with 100 Runs Created and 10th in the league with a 5.1 Offensive WAR. He was also sixth among AL position players with a 6.7 WAR.
Jackson was second in the AL with 303 total bases and 39 doubles, third with 16.5 at-bats per homer, fourth with 104 RBI and 133 strikeouts, fifth with 91 runs and sixth with a .511 slugging percentage. He led AL right fielders with 317 putouts and 12 errors.
Besides home runs, he led AL right fielders with 104 RBI, 91 runs, 39 doubles and a .511 slugging percentage; was second with an .840 OPS; and third with 17 stolen bases.
Jackson was 5-for-12 with a run, a homer and three RBI as the A’s were swept by the Red Sox in the ALCS.
Just before Opening Day the following year, Jackson was packaged with pitcher Ken Holtzman and minor leaguer Bill VanBommell to Baltimore for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell as the break-up of the dynasty began.