Born: (1942-12-13) December 13, 1942 (age 81) Chatham, Ontario, Canada
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1965, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1983, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
284–226
Earned run average
3.34
Strikeouts
3,192
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1965–1966)
Chicago Cubs (1966–1973)
Texas Rangers (1974–1975)
Boston Red Sox (1976–1977)
Texas Rangers (1978–1981)
Chicago Cubs (1982–1983)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1967, 1971, 1972)
NL Cy Young Award (1971)
2× Wins leader (1971, 1974)
NL strikeout leader (1969)
Chicago Cubs No. 31 retired
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1991
Vote
75.4% (third ballot)
Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins[a] CM (born December 13, 1942)[1] is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1965 to 1983 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox.
Jenkins played the majority of his career for the Cubs. He was a National League (NL) and Cubs All-Star for three seasons, and in 1971, he was the first Canadian and Cubs pitcher to win a Cy Young Award. He was a 20-game winner for seven seasons, including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs. He was the NL leader in wins, in 1971, and the American League (AL) leader in wins, in 1974. Jenkins was also the NL leader in complete games in 1967, 1970, and 1971, and the AL leader in complete games in 1974. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1969 and had over 3,000 strikeouts during his career. His 284 victories are the most by a black pitcher in major league history.[2]
Jenkins played basketball in the off-season for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1967 to 1969, and pitched two seasons in Canada for the minor league London Majors following his major league career.[3] Jenkins became the first Canadian to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991; he remained the only one until Larry Walker's election in 2020.[4]
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^"The Fergie Jenkins Foundations". fergiejenkinsfoundation.org. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^Weiner, Allen (November 21, 2016). "MLB: Every Black Pitcher Who Has Won the Cy Young Award". Sportscasting.com. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
^"Ferguson Jenkins Jr". Who's Who in Black Canada. Archived from the original on February 25, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2012 – via Wayback Machine.
^"Fergie Jenkins". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
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