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VOL. 1, NO. 22 · JULY 27, 2026 · EVERY MONDAY
ISSUE #022 · FREE AGENT
Reggie Jackson — Mr. October
And The Three Home Runs On
Three Pitches
On October 18, 1977, Reggie Jackson hit 3 HR on 3 consecutive first pitches from 3 different pitchers in
📅 THIS DATE IN
BASEBALL WS Game 6.
THE STAT THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST 01
FOUR HOME RUNS ACROSS FOUR CONSECUTIVE WORLD SERIES SWINGS OVER TWO GAMES.
3 HR In World Series Game 6. On Consecutive First
Pitches. From Three Different Pitchers.
JACKSON WS GAME 6 HR CAREER WS HOME RUNS CAREER WS OPS
563 4 Yes
CAREER HR CONSECUTIVE WS HR SWINGS 1977 WS MVP
In Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, Jackson hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches from three
different pitchers — all first-pitch swings. He had also homered in his last at-bat in Game 5. That's four HR
on four consecutive World Series swings. Yankees win the Series. Jackson wins MVP.
THE GAME YOU FORGOT 02
VS Los Angeles Dodgers OCTOBER 18, 1977
3
5 3 3 W 8-4
HR RBI PITCHES FACED PITCHERS HOMERED OFF RESULT
Mr. October
HOOTON. SOSA. HOUGH. FIRST PITCH. FIRST PITCH. FIRST PITCH.
Jackson faced Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa, and Charlie Hough in Game 6. He hit the first pitch from all three of
them into the stands. One fastball, one fastball, one knuckleball — three different pitchers, three different
pitch types, three home runs. He had also homered off the last pitch of Game 5, meaning he hit four World
Series home runs on four consecutive swings across two games. The Yankees won the Series. Jackson was
named MVP. He coined his own nickname afterward.
ERA VS ERA 03
Greatest Single World Series Performance Ever?
REGGIE JACKSON 1977 GAME 6 MADISON BUMGARNER 2014
HR TOTAL WS INNINGS
CONSECUTIVE FIRST PITCHES HIT VS SERIES ERA
PITCHERS FACED GAME 7 (RELIEF)
3 5 IP, 0 ER
Jackson's Game 6 is the most dominant single-game World Series offensive performance in history.
Bumgarner's 2014 World Series is the most dominant pitching performance in WS history. Both are legitimate
claims to the greatest individual performance ever. Pick your preference.
Greatest individual World Series performance?
JACKSON 1977 — 3 HR ON 3 PITCHES BUMGARNER 2014 — 0.25 ERA GIBSON 1968 — 17 K IN GAME 1
KOUFAX 1965 — 2 COMPLETE GAME WINS
THE COLDEST MOMENT 04
1977-79 · THE DYNASTY THAT ENDED ON A RUNWAY
Thurman Munson Made Him Possible. Munson Died
In 1979. Nobody Talks About It.
The 1977-78 Yankees championship teams were built around Thurman Munson at catcher — the
clubhouse leader, the calming force in a volatile locker room, the guy who managed Reggie
Jackson's presence. Jackson got the spotlight. Munson kept the team together. Munson died in
a plane crash in August 1979 at age 32. Jackson spoke at his funeral. The October legend was
built in part by the man whose death ended the dynasty.
Thurman was the best teammate I ever had.
— REGGIE JACKSON
THE STAT VAULT 05
CAREER WORLD SERIES HR HR ON 4 CONSECUTIVE WS SWINGS
All-time record. Five different World Game 5 last at-bat plus Game 6 three HR.
Series, 10 home runs. Four swings, four home runs.
CAREER HOME RUNS
CAREER WORLD SERIES OPS
1.280 563 5th all-time when he retired. His regular
Highest in baseball history among players
season was elite. His October was
with significant WS at-bats.
legendary.
3 FIRST PITCHES HIT FOR HR IN GAME 6
Hooton, Sosa, Hough. All first pitches. He never even waited for strike one.
THE FORGOTTEN MAN 06
OVERLOOKED · UNDERRATED · DESERVES MORE
Chris Chambliss
NEW YORK YANKEES · 1971-1988
.279 BA · 1970 AL ROY · 185 CAREER HR
His 1976 Walk-Off HR Sent The Yankees To Their First World Series In 12
Years. Nobody Remembers.
Chris Chambliss hit a walk-off HR in the 9th inning of the 1976 ALCS Game 5 against Kansas City, sending
the Yankees to the World Series for the first time since 1964. Fans stormed the field before he could round
the bases. He had to physically fight through the crowd to touch home plate. The moment made the late-70s
dynasty possible.
THE CONNECTION:
Chambliss's 1976 ALCS homer set up the dynasty that Reggie Jackson would join in 1977. Without it,
no Reggie, no three consecutive pennants. He's the forgotten catalyst of the entire era.
COMING NEXT MONDAY
Next Monday: Johnny Bench hit .533 in the 1976 World Series and swept the Yankees. The greatest catcher ever.
Who's Your Forgotten Man?
Reply with a player from any era who deserves more credit. Best answer gets featured next Monday.
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