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Full Name: Ferguson Arthur Jenkins Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/205 First Game: September 10, 1965
Birthdate: December 13, 1942 Final Game: September 26, 1983
Birthplace: Chatham, Ontario (Canada) MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991

Biography[]

Born on December 13, 1942 in Chatham, Ontario (Canada), Fergie Jenkins (Ferguson Arthur Jenkins) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 19 year career. Jenkins broke into the bigs on September 10, 1965 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 3.32 ERA in 184.1 innings pitched in 1966, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Fergie Jenkins's best season was 1971, when he posted a 2.77 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 263 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1965 PHI N 7 0 2 1 2.19 10 3 3 0 0 1 12.1 7 2 2 0 0 0
1966 PHI N 1 0 0 0 3.86 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 1 1 0 0
1966 CHI N 60 12 6 8 3.31 148 75 67 2 1 5 182 147 24 51 11 1 3
1966 TOT N 61 12 6 8 3.32 150 77 68 2 1 5 184.1 150 24 52 12 1 3
1967 CHI N 38 38 20 13 2.80 236 101 90 20 3 0 289.1 230 30 83 8 2 4
1968 CHI N 40 40 20 15 2.63 260 96 90 20 3 0 308 255 26 65 7 6 3
1969 CHI N 43 42 21 15 3.21 273 122 111 23 7 1 311.1 284 27 71 15 7 8
1970 CHI N 40 39 22 16 3.39 274 128 118 24 3 0 313 265 30 60 6 9 7
1971 CHI N 39 39 24 13 2.77 263 114 100 30 3 0 325 304 29 37 6 3 5
1972 CHI N 36 36 20 12 3.20 184 111 103 23 5 0 289.1 253 32 62 7 3 7
1973 CHI N 38 38 14 16 3.89 170 133 117 7 2 0 271 267 35 57 10 1 4
1974 TEX A 41 41 25 12 2.82 225 117 103 29 6 0 328.1 286 27 45 3 4 8
1975 TEX A 37 37 17 18 3.93 157 130 118 22 4 0 270 261 37 56 7 3 9
1976 BOS A 30 29 12 11 3.27 142 85 76 12 2 0 209 201 20 43 6 3 5
1977 BOS A 28 28 10 10 3.68 105 91 79 11 1 0 193 190 30 36 2 2 0
1978 TEX A 34 30 18 8 3.04 157 92 84 16 4 0 249 228 21 41 2 2 3
1979 TEX A 37 37 16 14 4.07 164 127 117 10 3 0 259 252 40 81 6 4 3
1980 TEX A 29 29 12 12 3.77 129 90 83 12 0 0 198 190 22 52 8 5 4
1981 TEX A 19 16 5 8 4.50 63 55 53 1 0 0 106 122 14 40 4 2 0
1982 CHI N 34 34 14 15 3.15 134 92 76 4 1 0 217.1 221 19 68 2 3 5
1983 CHI N 33 29 6 9 4.30 96 89 80 1 1 0 167.1 176 19 46 5 2 6
Total NL 409 347 169 133 3.20 2050 1066 956 154 29 7 2688.1 2412 273 603 78 37 52
Total AL 255 247 115 93 3.54 1142 787 713 113 20 0 1812.1 1730 211 394 38 25 32
Total 664 594 284 226 3.34 3192 1853 1669 267 49 7 4500.2 4142 484 997 116 62 84

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1965 PHI N P 7 0 12.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 PHI N P 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
1966 CHI N P 60 12 182 11 19 3 0 0 1 18 1 0 .909
1966 TOT N P 61 12 184.1 11 19 3 0 0 2 18 1 0 .909
1967 CHI N P 38 38 289.1 20 49 2 4 0 0 8 13 2 .972
1968 CHI N P 40 40 308 14 41 0 5 0 1 10 11 1 1.000
1969 CHI N P 43 42 311.1 14 47 4 3 0 4 11 13 0 .938
1970 CHI N P 40 39 313 14 39 4 1 0 1 13 8 0 .930
1971 CHI N P 39 39 325 31 48 7 1 0 4 11 13 2 .919
1972 CHI N P 36 36 289.1 28 50 2 2 0 3 14 8 0 .975
1973 CHI N P 38 38 271 21 53 4 6 0 2 16 11 0 .949
1974 TEX A P 41 41 328.1 24 41 4 3 0 0 18 10 0 .942
1975 TEX A P 37 37 270 27 39 5 1 0 0 19 12 0 .930
1976 BOS A P 30 29 209 13 23 0 3 0 2 16 11 1 1.000
1977 BOS A P 28 28 193 24 30 4 1 0 1 12 8 0 .931
1978 TEX A P 34 30 249 29 37 1 4 0 2 19 7 0 .985
1979 TEX A P 37 37 259 25 50 3 5 0 1 22 9 1 .962
1980 TEX A P 29 29 198 24 23 2 3 0 0 16 8 0 .959
1981 TEX A P 19 16 106 10 22 0 3 0 0 6 5 0 1.000
1982 CHI N P 34 34 217.1 18 30 4 0 0 1 30 11 0 .923
1983 CHI N P 33 29 167.1 16 18 0 0 0 0 25 11 1 1.000
Total P 664 594 4500.2 363 660 49 45 0 24 284 170 8 .954

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1965 PHI N 7 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI N 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHI N 60 51 6 7 1 2 .137 .185 .235 0 1 3 25 0 3 0 0 0
1966 TOT N 61 51 6 7 1 2 .137 .185 .235 0 1 3 25 0 3 0 0 0
1967 CHI N 39 93 5 14 0 10 .151 .200 .204 3 1 6 35 0 8 0 0 1
1968 CHI N 40 100 4 16 1 10 .160 .208 .230 4 0 6 41 0 6 0 0 0
1969 CHI N 43 108 6 15 1 9 .139 .183 .204 2 1 6 42 0 4 0 0 3
1970 CHI N 40 113 4 14 3 11 .124 .129 .221 2 0 1 36 0 10 0 0 1
1971 CHI N 39 115 13 28 6 20 .243 .282 .478 7 1 7 40 0 8 0 0 2
1972 CHI N 36 109 8 20 1 8 .183 .219 .239 1 1 5 34 0 3 0 0 1
1973 CHI N 38 84 2 10 0 4 .119 .178 .167 4 0 6 40 0 7 0 0 1
1974 TEX A 41 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS A 28 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX A 29 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX A 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHI N 34 67 2 10 0 6 .149 .147 .179 2 0 0 23 0 12 0 0 0
1983 CHI N 33 53 3 13 0 5 .245 .259 .321 2 1 1 8 0 5 0 0 0
Total NL 410 894 53 147 13 85 .164 .200 .252 27 6 41 325 0 66 0 0 9
Total AL 255 2 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 665 896 54 148 13 85 .165 .200 .252 27 6 41 326 0 66 0 0 9

Transactions[]

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (June 15, 1962).
  • Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Adolfo Phillips and John Herrnstein to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl (April 21, 1966).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers in exchange for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris (October 25, 1973).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Juan Beniquez, Steve Barr and a player to be named later (November 17, 1975); Texas Rangers received Craig Skok (December 12, 1975).
  • Traded by Boston Red Sox to Texas Rangers in exchange for John Poloni and cash (December 14, 1977).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
  • Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 8, 1981).
  • Released by Chicago Cubs (March 19, 1984).

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