Fergie Jenkins
Ferguson Arthur Jenkins (Fly)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 13, 1942 in Chatham, ON, CAN
High School: Vocational (Chatham, ON)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1965
Final Game: September 26, 1983
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (334/443 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 PHI NL 22 P 7 0 12.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.14 1.000 2.04 0.81
1966 TOT NL 23 P 61 12 184.1 33 11 19 3 0 .909 1.46 0.49 .948 1.96 0.74
1966 PHI NL 23 P 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.70
1966 CHC NL 23 P 60 12 182.0 33 11 19 3 0 .909 1.48 0.50 .948 1.96 0.74
1967 CHC NL 24 P 38 38 289.1 71 20 49 2 4 .972 2.15 1.82 .959 2.00 0.78 AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1968 CHC NL 25 P 40 40 308.0 55 14 41 0 5 1.000 1.61 1.38 .956 2.01 0.85 MVP-18
1969 CHC NL 26 P 43 42 311.1 65 14 47 4 3 .938 1.76 1.42 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 CHC NL 27 P 40 39 313.0 57 14 39 4 1 .930 1.52 1.33 .953 1.85 0.71 CYA-3,MVP-21
1971 CHC NL 28 P 39 39 325.0 86 31 48 7 1 .919 2.19 2.03 .956 1.90 0.78 AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
1972 CHC NL 29 P 36 36 289.1 80 28 50 2 2 .975 2.43 2.17 .949 1.78 0.73 AS,CYA-3,MVP-28
1973 CHC NL 30 P 38 38 271.0 78 21 53 4 6 .949 2.46 1.95 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 TEX AL 31 P 41 41 328.1 69 24 41 4 3 .942 1.78 1.59 .948 1.81 0.83 CYA-2,MVP-5
1975 TEX AL 32 P 37 37 270.0 71 27 39 5 1 .930 2.20 1.78 .941 1.87 0.85
1976 BOS AL 33 P 30 29 209.0 36 13 23 0 3 1.000 1.55 1.20 .947 1.87 0.85
1977 BOS AL 34 P 28 28 193.0 58 24 30 4 1 .931 2.52 1.93 .948 1.95 0.84
1978 TEX AL 35 P 34 30 249.0 67 29 37 1 4 .985 2.39 1.94 .952 1.90 0.85 CYA-6
1979 TEX AL 36 P 37 37 259.0 78 25 50 3 5 .962 2.61 2.03 .949 1.92 0.81
1980 TEX AL 37 P 29 29 198.0 49 24 23 2 3 .959 2.14 1.62 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 TEX AL 38 P 19 16 106.0 32 10 22 0 3 1.000 2.72 1.68 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 CHC NL 39 P 34 34 217.1 52 18 30 4 0 .923 1.99 1.41 .954 1.96 0.70
1983 CHC NL 40 P 33 29 167.1 34 16 18 0 0 1.000 1.83 1.03 .950 1.92 0.68
19 Seasons P 664 594 4500.2 1072 363 660 49 45 .954 2.05 1.54 .952 1.90 0.78
19 Seasons TOT 664 594 4500.2 1072 363 660 49 45 .954 2.05 1.54 .906 1.90 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 PHI NL 22 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 23 60 12 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PHI NL 23 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 24 39 38 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 CHC NL 25 40 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 26 43 42 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CHC NL 27 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CHC NL 28 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHC NL 29 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 30 38 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 31 41 1 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 32 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 33 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 BOS AL 34 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 35 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 TEX AL 36 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 37 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 38 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 39 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 40 33 29 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 665 348 413 665 664 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 PHI NL 22 46 74% 26% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1966 CHC NL 23 729 73% 27% 21 86% 0 11 0 6 16 15 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 57%
1966 PHI NL 23 12 75% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 24 1186 73% 25% 53 91% 1 21 1 17 49 36 5 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 4 0 5 100%
1968 CHC NL 25 1257 74% 25% 54 91% 0 13 5 4 43 30 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 11 100%
1969 CHC NL 26 1311 73% 26% 62 85% 2 15 5 7 47 41 3 4 0 4 0 4 3 1 3 0 13 69%
1970 CHC NL 27 1295 74% 26% 51 78% 0 16 1 15 39 33 3 4 1 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1971 CHC NL 28 1332 77% 28% 59 86% 1 31 4 24 49 40 2 7 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 13 69%
1972 CHC NL 29 1204 79% 32% 63 90% 3 28 3 19 51 45 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 6 100%
1973 CHC NL 30 1151 80% 29% 62 90% 0 21 2 14 54 45 4 4 0 2 2 2 6 3 4 2 14 93%
1974 TEX AL 31 1341 79% 24% 50 92% 1 24 3 18 41 33 4 4 1 0 3 1 3 2 3 0 9 67%
1975 TEX AL 32 1154 81% 26% 49 82% 1 27 1 22 39 33 3 5 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 0 8 63%
1976 BOS AL 33 888 79% 25% 26 88% 1 13 2 11 23 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 6 83%
1977 BOS AL 34 817 83% 24% 42 90% 1 24 6 16 31 27 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 14 86%
1978 TEX AL 35 1020 80% 26% 45 98% 0 31 6 20 37 30 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 9 89%
1979 TEX AL 36 1124 78% 28% 55 91% 0 26 2 18 50 42 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 3 4 1 10 90%
1980 TEX AL 37 855 78% 25% 27 96% 0 24 4 18 23 18 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 4 75%
1981 TEX AL 38 479 79% 27% 26 92% 0 10 2 7 22 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 67%
1982 CHC NL 39 982 79% 25% 37 89% 0 20 3 15 30 29 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1983 CHC NL 40 744 80% 24% 23 91% 0 17 3 13 19 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
19 Seasons 18927 77% 26% 807 89% 11 372 53 264 664 550 55 50 4 30 16 31 45 34 40 5 147 80%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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