1990 Reggie Jackson Heroes auto -- why do #407 and #1818 have "Mr. October"?

NRCollector

Hoping someone here can help solve a puzzle with the 1990 Reggie Jackson Upper Deck Heroes auto inscriptions.

The believed pattern (not 100% confirmed): Reggie inscribed "Mr. October" on every 25th serial number, roughly 100 inscribed copies across the /2,500 run. Several specific serials also carry milestone HR inscriptions: #714 (Babe Ruth), #573 (Harmon Killebrew), #660 (Willie Mays), and #534 which is believed to be Jimmy Foxx even though it does not have the Foxx inscription. All documented at findtheheroes.com.

Then there are #407 and #1818. Both have "Mr. October", but they're not a 25th interval and not a milestone anyone has been able to pin down. One theory is the "Mr. October" inscription was added later and wasn't part of the original signing session, which would explain why they fall outside the pattern entirely.

Is 407 or 1818 meaningful to Reggie's career specifically? A significant date, a stat, something from the 1977 World Series? We can't find an explanation. Anyone have a theory?

1982FootballWax

407 = Duke Snider's career HR total, no idea if related. 818 I've got nuttin

Ironmanfan

it's a stretch but could 818 have been his area code?

IMF

craig44

also a stretch, but perhaps he was thinking of Sadaharu Oh? he had 868 HR.

NRCollector

@1982FootballWax said:
407 = Duke Snider's career HR total, no idea if related. 818 I've got nuttin

Could be a nod of the cap to Snider. Weird that he'd skip everyone in the middle, unless there are a lot more out there that haven't been found yet.

NRCollector

@Ironmanfan said:
it's a stretch but could 818 have been his area code?

IMF

Damn type - should have been 1818, not 818.

vols1

Maybe the inscription was added later.

1982FootballWax

Oct 18 1977 was game 6 of the 1977 WS. Perhaps that is reason 1818 is inscribed?

ElMagoStrikeZone

@1982FootballWax said:
Oct 18 1977 was game 6 of the 1977 WS. Perhaps that is reason 1818 is inscribed?

Wouldn't that be 1018? I think Reggie did those numbers to confuse people and it's working.

1982FootballWax

@ElMagoStrikeZone said:

@1982FootballWax said:
Oct 18 1977 was game 6 of the 1977 WS. Perhaps that is reason 1818 is inscribed?

Wouldn't that be 1018? I think Reggie did those numbers to confuse people and it's working.

18 18 is like Pizza Pizza ? If you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does

NRCollector

@ElMagoStrikeZone said:

@1982FootballWax said:
Oct 18 1977 was game 6 of the 1977 WS. Perhaps that is reason 1818 is inscribed?

Wouldn't that be 1018? I think Reggie did those numbers to confuse people and it's working.

lol. yes, to keep us talking 35 years later about what the hell he was doing!