Billy Martin vs Reggie Jackson

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Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson compared on their MLB careers: Billy Martin played 11 seasons, 1950 to 1961, Reggie Jackson 21 seasons, 1967 to 1987. Billy Martin has .257 batting average to Reggie Jackson's .262. Billy Martin won 5 titles, Reggie Jackson won 5 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Reggie Jackson leads in 9 of the 9 lines, Billy Martin in 0. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson career totals

1,021	GP	2,820
3,419	AB	9,864
425	R	1,551, better
877	H	2,584, better
64	HR	563, better
333	RBI	1,702, better
34	SB	228, better
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.3	OBP	0.4, better
0.4	SLG	0.5, better
0.7	OPS	0.8, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson postseason

28	GP	77
99	AB	281
15	R	41, better
33	H	78, better
5	HR	18, better
19	RBI	48, better
1	SB	5, better
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.5
0.9, better	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson all-time places

—	Home runs	14th (563), better
—	Hits	88th (2,584), better
—	RBI	24th (1,702), better
—	Stolen bases	284th (228), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson titles and awards

5	Championships	5
—	AL MVP	1, better
—	World Series MVP	2, better
—	AL Silver Slugger	2, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson season by season

1st	1950	.250, better	1	8, better	1967	.178	1	6
2nd	1951	.259, better	0	2	1968	.250	29, better	74, better
3rd	1952	.267	3	33	1969	.275, better	47, better	118, better
4th	1953	.257, better	15	75, better	1970	.237	23, better	66
5th	1955	.300, better	1	9	1971	.277	32, better	80, better
6th	1956	.264	9	49	1972	.265, better	25, better	75, better
7th	1957	.251	10	39	1973	.293, better	32, better	117, better
8th	1958	.255	7	42	1974	.289, better	29, better	93, better
9th	1959	.260, better	9	24	1975	.253	36, better	104, better
10th	1960	.246	3	16	1976	.277, better	27, better	91, better
11th	1961	.242	6	36	1977	.286, better	32, better	110, better
12th	—	—	—	—	1978	.274	27	97
13th	—	—	—	—	1979	.297	29	89
14th	—	—	—	—	1980	.300	41	111
15th	—	—	—	—	1981	.237	15	54
16th	—	—	—	—	1982	.275	39	101
17th	—	—	—	—	1983	.194	14	49
18th	—	—	—	—	1984	.223	25	81
19th	—	—	—	—	1985	.252	27	85
20th	—	—	—	—	1986	.241	18	58
21st	—	—	—	—	1987	.220	15	43

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI