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REGGIE JACKSON VS. ADAM DUNN
REGGIE JACKSON VS. ADAM DUNN
Statistical look at first 12 Seasons
Since Adam Dunn is only in his 12th season we see it only fair that we compare the stats of both sluggers up until that point. While Reggie Jackson goes down as a Hall of Fame player, it is in my opinion he just might be the most over rated player the game has ever seen; at least statistically speaking. I can prove it by merely comparing the current equivalent player in Adam Dunn. Yes, I am aware that this is a different era and ballparks are smaller but you will get my point by the end of this post.
Adam Dunn has had 8 seasons of hitting at least 35 Home Runs thru 12 seasons.
Reggie Jackson had 2 seasons of hitting at least 35 Home Runs thru 12 seasons.
Adam Dunn has had 5 seasons of hitting over 40 bombs and on pace this season to reach that number again making it 6.
Reggie Jackson only to reach the 40 Home Run mark 2 times in 21 career seasons.
Nickname Mr. October
6'0 195 lbs.
Bats Left Throws Left
Drafted in the 1st Round (2nd pick overall)
First 12 Seasons
Games 1650
AB 5884
HITS 1582
AVE .268
HR 340
RUNS 973
2B 299
BB 786
SO 1499
Average 162 game career totals (whole career)
Average .262/ 32 HR/98 RBI/79 BB/SO 149/SLG.490
Nickame Big Donkey
6'6" 285 lbs.
Bats Left Throws Right
Drafted in the 2nd Round
Seasons 12
Games 1651
AB 5682
HITS 1382
AVE .242
RUNS 948
HR 390
2B 293
BB 1131
SO 1937
Average 162 game career totals
Average .242/ 38 HR/96 RBI/111 BB/SO 190/SLG.503
BREAKING DOWN AN AVERAGE SEASON.
Reggie's 162 career game average
Average .262/ 32 HR/98 RBI/89 Runs/79 BB/SO 149/SLG.490/OPS. .846
Dunn's 162 career game average
Average .242/ 38 HR/96 RBI/93 Runs/111 BB/SO 190/SLG.503/OPS. .876
It's pretty clear that they are very similar players with Reggie hitting for a slightly higher average while Dunn is hitting about a half dozen more bombs a year while walking more then 30 times more than Reggie a year. That is huge. Remember batting average especially with sluggers is the least useful stat in all of baseball.
Reggie Jackson was an 8 time All Star in his first 12 seasons. He received MVP votes 9 times in that span. Adam Dunn in the same amount of seasons? 2 All Star appearances and only 3 seasons were he received MVP votes. It's clear that playing for the A's and Yankees certainly helped Jackson's cause. Meaningful games and deep Playoff runs gave the cocky Reggie a platform to run his mouth and yeah he ran into a few in big moments.
Adam Dunn is almost the exact opposite. Always has been on crappy teams and he is a soft spoken guy. He certainly isn't looking for the camera the way Reggie did still does. I also think we have so many guys now that can hit 35 home runs a year that it devalues our opinion on Dunn because of that. Reggie allegedly played before the "juice" so a guy that could hit 35 plus bombs would get baseball fans wet pretty easily.
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