Fergie Jenkins - MLB Baseball Statistics

High Level

MLB

Years

1965-1983 (1965-1983)

Proper Name

Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

Positions

P (664)

Height / Weight

6-5 / 210

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

December 13,1942 Age: 83.176

Place

Chatham, Ontario

High School

Chatham Vocational (Chatham,ON)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1962-Philadelphia Phillies

MLB Debut

September 10,1965

MLBAM ID

116522

Retrosheet#

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Subject of Chapter 20 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski [1967] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1969] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1970] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1971] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1972] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1973] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1975] Opening day starter for the Texas Rangers [1976] Opening day starter for the Boston Red Sox [1977] Opening day starter for the Boston Red Sox [1979] Opening day starter for the Texas Rangers [1983] Opening day starter for the Chicago Cubs [1991] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers) [2009] His #31 was retired by the Cubs on May 3,2009 [2021] Inducted into the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame

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