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).