Fergie Jenkins

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: December 13, 1942 in Chatham, Canada ca

High School: Vocatonal HS (Chatham, ON)

Debut: September 10, 1965 (Age 22-271d, 10,021st in MLB history)
vs. STL 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 26, 1983 (Age 40-287d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991. (Voted by BBWAA on 334/443 ballots)
View Fergie Jenkins's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Agents: John Boggs

Full Name: Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

Nicknames: Fly

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

84.1

W

284

L

226

ERA

3.34

G

664

GS

594

SV

IP

4500.2

SO

3192

WHIP

1.142

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1962	19	PHI-min	D,AAA	8	3	.727	1.73	14	10		5	3		78.0	52	19	15	4	24	0	75	2	0	3				0.974	6.0	0.5	2.8	8.7	3.13	MIA,BFL FLOR,IL
1963	20	PHI-min	A,AAA	12	6	.667	3.60	24	19		10	2		150.0	123	73	60	5	62	3	148	11	1	4				1.233	7.4	0.3	3.7	8.9	2.39	MIA,ARK FLOR,IL
1964	21	PHI-min	AA,AAA	15	11	.577	3.12	32	29		11	4		196.0	164	88	68	11	76	4	198	7	2	7				1.224	7.5	0.5	3.5	9.1	2.61	CNG,ARK SOUL,PCL
1965	22	PHI-min	AAA	8	6	.571	2.95	32	10		3	1		122.0	104	48	40	13	42	5	112	4	0	9				1.197	7.7	1.0	3.1	8.3	2.67	ARK PCL
1965	22	PHI	NL	2	1	.667	2.19	7	0	6	0	0	1	12.1	7	3	3	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	46	162	3.49	0.730	5.1	1.5	1.5	7.3	5.00
1966	23	CHC-min	WRk	3	0	1.000	1.64	3	3		1	0		22.0	17	4	4	0	3	0	22	1	0	0				0.909	7.0	0.0	1.2	9.0	7.33	CBZ AZIL
1966	23	TOT	NL	6	8	.429	3.32	61	12	22	2	1	5	184.1	150	77	68	24	52	12	150	3	1	1	752	111	3.51	1.096	7.3	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.88
1966	23	PHI	NL	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	12	111	2.13	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
1966	23	CHC	NL	6	8	.429	3.31	60	12	22	2	1	5	182.0	147	75	67	24	51	11	148	3	1	1	740	111	3.53	1.088	7.3	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.90
1967	24	CHC	NL	20	13	.606	2.80	38	38	0	20	3	0	289.1	230	101	90	30	83	8	236	4	0	2	1156	127	3.16	1.082	7.2	0.9	2.6	7.3	2.84	AS,CYA-2,MVP-12
1968	25	CHC	NL	20	15	.571	2.63	40	40	0	20	3	0	308.0	255	96	90	26	65	7	260	3	1	6	1231	121	2.46	1.039	7.5	0.8	1.9	7.6	4.00	MVP-18
1969	26	CHC	NL	21	15	.583	3.21	43	42	1	23	7	1	311.1	284	122	111	27	71	15	273	8	1	7	1275	126	2.64	1.140	8.2	0.8	2.1	7.9	*3.85*
1970	27	CHC	NL	22	16	.579	3.39	40	39	1	24	3	0	313.0	265	128	*118*	30	60	6	274	7	0	9	1265	132	2.78	*1.038*	7.6	0.9	1.7	7.9	*4.57*	CYA-3,MVP-21
1971	28	CHC	NL	24	13	.649	2.77	39	39	0	30	3	0	325.0	304	114	100	29	37	6	263	5	4	3	1299	141	2.38	1.049	8.4	0.8	*1.0*	7.3	*7.11*	AS,CYA-1,MVP-7
1972	29	CHC	NL	20	12	.625	3.20	36	36	0	23	5	0	289.1	253	111	103	32	62	7	184	7	1	3	1176	118	3.28	1.089	7.9	1.0	1.9	5.7	2.97	AS,CYA-3,MVP-28
1973	30	CHC	NL	14	16	.467	3.89	38	38	0	7	2	0	271.0	267	133	117	35	57	10	170	4	0	1	1119	101	3.67	1.196	8.9	1.2	1.9	5.6	2.98
1974	31	TEX	AL	25	12	.676	2.82	41	41	0	29	6	0	328.1	286	117	103	27	45	3	225	8	2	4	1305	126	2.76	1.008	7.8	0.7	*1.2*	6.2	*5.00*	CYA-2,MVP-5
1975	32	TEX	AL	17	18	.486	3.93	37	37	0	22	4	0	270.0	261	130	118	37	56	7	157	9	0	3	1119	96	3.93	1.174	8.7	1.2	1.9	5.2	2.80
1976	33	BOS	AL	12	11	.522	3.27	30	29	1	12	2	0	209.0	201	85	76	20	43	6	142	5	1	3	857	121	3.21	1.167	8.7	0.9	1.9	6.1	3.30
1977	34	BOS	AL	10	10	.500	3.68	28	28	0	11	1	0	193.0	190	91	79	30	36	2	105	0	0	2	790	123	4.23	1.171	8.9	1.4	1.7	4.9	2.92
1978	35	TEX	AL	18	8	.692	3.04	34	30	3	16	4	0	249.0	228	92	84	21	41	2	157	3	1	2	990	123	2.95	1.080	8.2	0.8	*1.5*	5.7	*3.83*	CYA-6
1979	36	TEX	AL	16	14	.533	4.07	37	37	0	10	3	0	259.0	252	127	117	40	81	6	164	3	0	4	1089	102	4.45	1.286	8.8	1.4	2.8	5.7	2.02
1980	37	TEX	AL	12	12	.500	3.77	29	29	0	12	0	0	198.0	190	90	83	22	52	8	129	4	0	5	827	103	3.74	1.222	8.6	1.0	2.4	5.9	2.48
1981	38	TEX	AL	5	8	.385	4.50	19	16	2	1	0	0	106.0	122	55	53	14	40	4	63	0	0	2	467	77	4.26	1.528	10.4	1.2	3.4	5.3	1.58
1982	39	CHC	NL	14	15	.483	3.15	34	34	0	4	1	0	217.1	221	92	76	19	68	2	134	5	3	3	932	118	3.63	1.330	9.2	0.8	2.8	5.5	1.97
1983	40	CHC	NL	6	9	.400	4.30	33	29	1	1	1	0	167.1	176	89	80	19	46	5	96	6	3	2	705	88	4.02	1.327	9.5	1.0	2.5	5.2	2.09
19 Yrs				284	226	.557	3.34	664	594	37	267	49	7	4500.2	4142	1853	1669	484	997	116	3192	84	18	62	18400	115	3.28	1.142	8.3	1.0	2.0	6.4	3.20
162 Game Avg.				15	12	.557	3.34	36	32	2	14	3	0	243	224	100	90	26	54	6	173	5	1	3	995	115	3.28	1.142	8.3	1.0	2.0	6.4	3.20
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CHC (10 yrs)				167	132	.559	3.20	401	347	25	154	29	6	2673.2	2402	1061	952	271	600	77	2038	52	14	37	10898	119	3.06	1.123	8.1	0.9	2.0	6.9	3.40
TEX (6 yrs)				93	72	.564	3.56	197	190	5	90	17	0	1410.1	1339	611	558	161	315	30	895	27	3	20	5797	106	3.58	1.173	8.5	1.0	2.0	5.7	2.84
PHI (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	2.45	8	0	6	0	0	1	14.2	10	5	4	2	3	1	12	0	0	0	58	149	3.27	0.886	6.1	1.2	1.8	7.4	4.00
BOS (2 yrs)				22	21	.512	3.47	58	57	1	23	3	0	402.0	391	176	155	50	79	8	247	5	1	5	1647	122	3.70	1.169	8.8	1.1	1.8	5.5	3.13

NL (11 yrs)				169	133	.560	3.20	409	347	31	154	29	7	2688.1	2412	1066	956	273	603	78	2050	52	14	37	10956	119	3.06	1.122	8.1	0.9	2.0	6.9	3.40
AL (8 yrs)				115	93	.553	3.54	255	247	6	113	20	0	1812.1	1730	787	713	211	394	38	1142	32	4	25	7444	110	3.60	1.172	8.6	1.0	2.0	5.7	2.90

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