Ferguson Jenkins

Ferguson Arthur "Fergie" Jenkins, Jr., CM (born December 13, 1942) is a Canadian former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He was a three-time All-Star and the 1971 National League Cy Young Award winner. In 1991, Jenkins became the first Canadian to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. During a 19-year career, he pitched for four different teams, spending the majority of his career with the Chicago Cubs. Jenkins also played basketball in the off-season as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters, from 1967 to 1969.

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2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

2008

Cubs Forever: Celebrating 60 Years of WGN-TV and the Chicago Cubs (TV Show)

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2006

Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2001

2001 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2000

When It Was a Game 3 (TV Show)

2000

Looking for Oscar

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1995

1995 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1974

King of the Hill

1971

1971 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1967

1967 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Ferguson Jenkins.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1965	PHI	2-1	2.19	7	0	0	0	1	12	7	3	3	2	10
1966	CHC	6-8	3.31	60	12	2	1	5	182	147	75	67	51	148
1966	PHI	0-0	3.86	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	1	2
1967	CHC	20-13	2.80	38	38	20	3	0	289	230	101	90	83	236
1968	CHC	20-15	2.63	40	40	20	3	0	308	255	96	90	65	260
1969	CHC	21-15	3.21	43	42	23	7	1	311	284	122	111	71	273
1970	CHC	22-16	3.39	40	39	24	3	0	313	265	128	118	60	274
1971	CHC	24-13	2.77	39	39	30	3	0	325	304	114	100	37	263
1972	CHC	20-12	3.20	36	36	23	5	0	289	253	111	103	62	184
1973	CHC	14-16	3.89	38	38	7	2	0	271	267	133	117	57	170
1974	TEX	25-12	2.82	41	41	29	6	0	328	286	117	103	45	225
1975	TEX	17-18	3.93	37	37	22	4	0	270	261	130	118	56	157
1976	BOS	12-11	3.27	30	29	12	2	0	209	201	85	76	43	142
1977	BOS	10-10	3.68	28	28	11	1	0	193	190	91	79	36	105
1978	TEX	18-8	3.04	34	30	16	4	0	249	228	92	84	41	157
1979	TEX	16-14	4.07	37	37	10	3	0	259	252	127	117	81	164
1980	TEX	12-12	3.77	29	29	12	0	0	198	190	90	83	52	129
1981	TEX	5-8	4.50	19	16	1	0	0	106	122	55	53	40	63
1982	CHC	14-15	3.15	34	34	4	1	0	217	221	92	76	68	134
1983	CHC	6-9	4.30	33	29	1	1	0	167	176	89	80	46	96
Career		284-226	-	664	594	267	49	7	-	4142	1853	1669	997	3192

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Ferguson Jenkins.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1965	PHI	7	0	12	0	1	0	0	1.000
1966	CHC	60	12	182	11	19	3	0	0.909
1966	PHI	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	-
1967	CHC	39	38	289	20	49	2	4	0.972
1968	CHC	40	40	308	14	41	0	5	1.000
1969	CHC	43	42	311	14	47	4	3	0.938
1970	CHC	40	39	313	14	39	4	1	0.930
1971	CHC	39	39	325	31	48	7	1	0.919
1972	CHC	36	36	289	28	50	2	2	0.975
1973	CHC	38	38	271	21	53	4	6	0.949
1974	TEX	41	41	328	24	41	4	3	0.942
1975	TEX	37	37	270	27	39	5	1	0.930
1976	BOS	30	29	209	13	23	0	3	1.000
1977	BOS	28	28	193	24	30	4	1	0.931
1978	TEX	34	30	249	29	37	1	4	0.985
1979	TEX	37	37	259	25	50	3	5	0.962
1980	TEX	29	29	198	24	23	2	3	0.959
1981	TEX	19	16	106	10	22	0	3	1.000
1982	CHC	34	34	217	18	30	4	0	0.923
1983	CHC	33	29	167	16	18	0	0	1.000
Career		665	594	-	363	660	49	45	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Ferguson Jenkins.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1965	PHI	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000
1966	CHC	60	51	6	7	0	1	1	2	3	25	0.137	0.185	0.235
1966	PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1967	CHC	39	93	5	14	3	1	0	10	6	35	0.151	0.200	0.204
1968	CHC	40	100	4	16	4	0	1	10	6	41	0.160	0.208	0.230
1969	CHC	43	108	6	15	2	1	1	9	6	42	0.139	0.183	0.204
1970	CHC	40	113	4	14	2	0	3	11	1	36	0.124	0.129	0.221
1971	CHC	39	115	13	28	7	1	6	20	7	40	0.243	0.282	0.478
1972	CHC	36	109	8	20	1	1	1	8	5	34	0.183	0.219	0.239
1973	CHC	38	84	2	10	4	0	0	4	6	40	0.119	0.178	0.167
1974	TEX	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.500
1975	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1976	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1977	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1978	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1979	TEX	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1980	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1981	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1982	CHC	34	67	2	10	2	0	0	6	0	23	0.149	0.147	0.179
1983	CHC	33	53	3	13	2	1	0	5	1	8	0.245	0.259	0.321
Career		413	896	54	148	27	6	13	85	41	326	-	-	-

First Name	Ferguson
Middle Name	Arthur
Last Name	Jenkins
Full Name at Birth	Ferguson Arthur Jenkins
Other Names	Fly Ferguson Jenkins
Age	70
Date of Birth	December 13, 1942
Birthplace	Chatham, Ontario, CAN
Height	6' 5" (196 cm)
Weight	205 lbs (93.0 kg)
Star Sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Canadian
High School	Vocational (Chatham, ON)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	10 September 1965
Last MLB Game	26 September 1983
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (334/443 ballots).