Mr. October (baseball playoffs hero)

Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson was called Mr. October in October 1977; he hit three home runs in the final game to seal the Yankees’ World Series victory that year. The nickname “Mr. October,” however, was applied before that feat. In newspapers on October 14, 1977, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson (1947-1979) said:
 
“I guess Billy (Yankees Manager Billy Martin—ed.) just doesn’t realize that Reggie is Mr. October. I read that somewhere.”
 
Munson was being sarcastic when he made the comment. Jackson now has “Mr. October” trademarked.
 
Despite Reggie Jackson’s trademark, other baseball players who perform well in the playoffs in October have also been given the “Mr. October” moniker.
 
In the 2001 World Series, Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter hit a game-winning home run in a rare November game and was christened “Mr. November.”
 
   
Wikipedia: Reggie Jackson
Reginald Martinez “Reggie” Jackson (born May 18, 1946) is an American former baseball right fielder who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five different teams (1967–1987). He was nicknamed “Mr. October” for his clutch hitting in the postseason with the Oakland A’s and the New York Yankees. Jackson won five consecutive American League West divisional pennants, three consecutive American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland Athletics (he did not play in the 1972 World Series due to injury) from 1971 to 1975; four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles with the Yankees from 1977 to 1981; and two American League West divisional pennants with the California Angels in 1982 and 1986. He is perhaps best remembered for hitting three consecutive home runs in the clinching game of the 1977 World Series.
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Mr. October
During the World Series against the Dodgers, Munson was interviewed, and suggested that Jackson, because of his past post-season performances, might be the better interview subject. “Go ask Mister October”, he said, giving Jackson a nickname that would stick. (In Oakland, he had been known as “Jax” and “Buck.”) Jackson hit home runs in Games Four and Five of the Series.
Jackson’s crowning achievement came with his three-home-run performance in World Series-clinching Game Six, each on the first pitch, off three different Dodger pitchers.
 
6 October 1977, Daily News (New York, NY), pg. 104, col. 4:
The forgotten Mr. October: See Mike Lupica’s column, page 106
(The Mike Lupica column, about Yankee pitcher Catfish Hunter, does not mention “Mr. October.”—ed.)
 
14 October 1977, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, “Yankee soap opera feud rekindled over Series tickets” (AP), pg. 2C, col. 2:
“I guess Billy just doesn’t realize that Reggie is Mr. October. I read that somewhere.”
(Yankee catcher Thurman Munson, speaking about Yankee Manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson.—ed.)
 
Newspapers.com
14 October 1977, The Record (Hackensack, NJ), “Munson changes tune, sings a tale of woe” by Michael Farber, pg. C-1, col. 6:
“Reggie (Jackson—ed.) hasn’t been doing as well as he thinks. I guess Billy (Martin—ed.) doesn’t realize that he’s Mr. October. That’s what Reggie called himself, wasn’t it, Mr. October?”
(Spoken by Yankee catcher Thurman Munson.—ed.)
 
Google News Archive
12 October 1978, Spokane (WA) Daily Chronicle, “Welch, Cey Key Dodger Victory,” pg. 47, col. 1:
NEW YORK (AP)—Young Bob Welch turned Mr. October into a pumpkin, tricking Reggie Jackson and treating the Los Angeles Dodgers to a cozy two-game lead as the 75th World Series jets here for Game 3 Friday night.
   
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 1978
The Yankee D Boys Did Double Duty
Bucky Dent and Brian Doyle were in the lineup for their gloves, but New York won the Series because of their bats
Ron Fimrite
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The Yankees, meanwhile, played the sort of fundamental baseball that invariably triumphs in pressure situations. One of the main reasons they became the first team to win four straight Series games after losing two was Reggie Jackson, the real Mr. October. The Dodgers had been claiming that title for Garvey, but he proved himself to be no more than Mr. Late September. Jackson is really the Fall guy, slugger of two tape-measure homers, driver-in of eight runs, obstructor of a crucial double-play throw.
 
OCLC WorldCat record
Mr. October : The Reggie Jackson story
Author: Maury Allen
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Times Books, ©1981.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English
 
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“Mr. October” was coined sarcastically by Thurman Munson after Reggie hit .125 in the 1977 ALCS; Jackson won the WS MVP and the name stuck.
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OCLC WorldCat record
Reggie Jackson : the life and thunderous career of baseball’s Mr. October
Author: Dayn Perry
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, ©2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st ed
Database: WorldCat
Summary:
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson earned the nickname “Mr. October” for the crucial clutch hitting that led his teams to the World Series six times and won him two series MVP awards, and this skill at the plate is perhaps what he is best remembered for. But behind the bat was a man many don’t know—a man struggling to find his place in the world, at home, and in the sport that made him a star. Now, in the first biography of Jackson in more than 25 years—and the first to cover his entire career as a player—FOXSports.com columnist Dayn Perry provides an intimate, honest, and never-before-seen glimpse into the life and times of one of baseball’s all-time greats.—From publisher description
       
St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch
Waino: Freese is ‘St. Louis’ Mr. October’
October 04, 2013 12:50 am •  By Derrick Goold .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) 314-340-8285
Cardinals third baseman David Freese rushed into the clubhouse, holding a full bottle of water to chug and apologizing for keeping the assembled journalists waiting awhile after the game. Baseball’s drug-testers descended on him after the Cardinals’ 9-1 victory in Game 1 as they do around baseball this time of year and were waiting for a sample from him — and waiting and waiting and waiting.
 
San Jose (CA) Mercury News
Yoenis Cespedes could be Oakland A’s new Mr. October
By John Hickey
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POSTED:  10/06/2013 10:36:44 AM PDT | UPDATED:  ABOUT 4 HOURS AGO
It’s way too early to know if there is a new Mr. October on Oakland’s horizon, but it’s at least worth keeping an eye on the A’s Yoenis Cespedes this month.
 
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