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, 12,413th in major league 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 & Associates

Full Name: Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

Nicknames: Fly

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

84.2

284

226

ERA

3.34

664

594

4500.2

3192

WHIP

1.142

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-15 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	513	1	Apr 7	TEX	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	2.00	3.73	36	14	8	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	2	0	3	.77	0.156	.95	0.12%	2.86	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
2	514	4	Apr 12	TEX		CLE	W,5-3	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.1	6	3	2	4	10	0	0	2.08	2.79	35	9	6	0	0	6	67			4	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.245	1.93	0.21%	1.10	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
3	515	8	Apr 17	TEX	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-6	W(3-0)	4	5.1	3	1	1	2	6	1	0	1.99	3.08	20	4	5	0	0	3	62			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.090	1.50	0.08%	1.21	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
4	516	11	Apr 21	TEX	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	4	0	0	1.42	2.92	35	15	7	0	0	7	73			0	1	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.66	0.324	.97	0.29%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
5	517	15	Apr 25	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	11	2	2	0	5	1	0	1.62	2.96	29	10	6	0	3	8	53			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.22	0.219	1.92	0.21%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
6	518	19	Apr 30	TEX	@	KCR	W,8-7	GS-5		4	4.2	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	2.68	3.60	24	5	8	0	3	5	26			0	0	0	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.203	1.73	-0.23%	-2.66	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	519	23	May 4(2)	TEX		CHW	W,7-6	GS-5		3	4.0	10	6	6	0	1	2	0	3.59	4.03	21	6	5	0	0	9	19			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.284	1.35	-0.28%	-4.57	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d6
8	520	28	May 9	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	CG	L(4-1)	4	9.0	7	4	2	3	6	1	0	3.34	4.00	38	10	12	0	1	7	64			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	2	.79	-0.062	1.18	-0.06%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
9	521	33	May 14	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS-6		4	5.2	9	5	5	3	4	1	0	3.75	4.11	28	6	6	0	0	9	32			0	1	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.189	2.17	-0.23%	-1.19	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out tie
10	522	37	May 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	5	4	3	2	7	3	0	3.71	4.40	31	10	7	0	0	5	63			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	1	0	.43	-0.094	.68	-0.09%	0.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
11	523	41	May 23	TEX		MIN	W,7-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.52	4.24	35	17	6	0	0	6	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.193	1.34	0.26%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	524	46	May 28	TEX		BOS	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-2)	4	7.0	7	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.44	3.94	27	5	7	2	0	7	63			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.247	2.00	0.26%	1.60	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	525	50	Jun 2	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	11	4	4	0	4	2	0	3.57	4.04	30	11	4	0	1	11	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.065	2.18	-0.08%	-0.40	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
14	526	55	Jun 7	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	2	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.34	3.77	29	11	8	3	0	2	87			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.352	1.05	0.37%	3.72	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
15	527	60	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	L,4-5	GS-8	L(7-3)	5	7.1	10	5	4	2	1	1	0	3.45	3.85	33	10	10	0	0	10	39			2	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.47	-0.368	2.53	-0.38%	-1.81	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
16	528	65	Jun 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(7-4)	4	4.1	8	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.71	4.02	20	3	8	2	0	8	28			0	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.242	1.22	-0.33%	-3.17	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d5
17	529	70	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	GS-7		4	6.2	5	4	2	2	2	2	0	3.65	4.18	29	8	12	1	1	5	52			0	0	0	25	0	0	1	0	1	2	.96	-0.076	1.53	-0.07%	-0.77	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a1
18	530	75	Jun 28	TEX		CAL	W,14-4	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	5	4	4	1	8	2	0	3.68	4.18	33	9	10	1	1	5	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	.08	0.064	.24	0.12%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	531	80	Jul 3	TEX		BAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	10	0	0	3.44	4.01	31	10	7	0	3	1	92			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.326	1.45	0.50%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
20	532	85	Jul 9	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	L(9-5)	5	6.0	7	5	5	4	2	0	1	3.61	4.03	28	9	5	1	0	7	36			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	2	1	0	1.37	-0.413	3.85	-0.70%	-2.24	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
21	533	90	Jul 14	TEX	@	KCR	W,7-3	GS-6	W(10-5)	4	6.0	9	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.64	3.95	28	8	8	0	3	7	45			0	0	0	26	5	0	0	0	1	0	.62	0.030	1.74	0.05%	0.21	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a4
22	534	93	Jul 19(2)	TEX		CHW	L,4-5	GS-8	L(10-6)	4	7.1	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	3.76	4.02	32	11	6	1	0	10	41			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.254	2.64	-0.39%	-1.81	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
23	535	97	Jul 23	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	GS-7	L(10-7)	3	6.1	9	4	4	4	4	1	0	3.83	4.08	31	8	6	1	1	9	39			2	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.162	2.63	-0.25%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
24	536	101	Jul 28	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(10-8)	4	9.0	6	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.69	4.01	37	7	14	2	0	6	73			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.348	2.10	0.48%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	537	106	Aug 3	TEX	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS-9	W(11-8)	5	8.0	5	3	3	3	8	1	0	3.67	3.98	31	9	7	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.175	.92	0.23%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a7
26	538	112	Aug 8(1)	TEX	@	DET	W,16-9	GS-8	W(12-8)	4	8.0	10	6	6	3	4	2	0	3.80	4.07	34	9	8	1	0	10	39			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	1	0	.55	0.033	1.01	0.04%	-1.68	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a10
27	539	118	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	L(12-9)	4	7.2	5	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.79	4.17	30	10	9	3	0	5	57			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.126	.80	-0.07%	0.88	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out d1
28	540	123	Aug 18	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-3	GS-7	W(13-9)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	4	2	0	3.81	4.24	28	10	6	1	0	6	46			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.092	.64	-0.03%	-0.86	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a2
29	541	127	Aug 23	TEX	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-6	L(13-10)	4	5.2	6	6	6	5	4	1	0	3.97	4.30	28	11	2	0	0	6	32			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.344	.35	-0.12%	-3.39	1b start a 1	6b 12- 2 out d4
30	542	131	Aug 27	TEX		NYY	L,4-7	GS-5	L(13-11)	3	4.0	10	7	6	1	3	1	1	4.15	4.33	25	7	4	1	0	9	18			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.39	-0.581	.14	-0.04%	-5.29	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	543	136	Sep 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-2		4	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.19	4.33	11	3	3	3	0	4	39			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.096	.13	-0.01%	-0.89	1b start a 2	2b 3 out tie
32	544	140	Sep 5	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-1	GS-8	L(13-12)	3	7.2	3	1	1	9	5	0	1	4.09	4.36	34	8	8	1	0	3	65			4	0	1	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	0.242	.26	0.04%	2.82	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
33	545	144	Sep 10	TEX		SEA	L,2-5	GS-8	L(13-13)	4	7.1	5	5	3	1	3	2	0	4.08	4.41	29	14	7	0	0	4	54			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	1	3	.84	-0.202	.12	-0.02%	-1.42	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
34	546	148	Sep 14	TEX		MIN	W,5-3	GS-8	W(14-13)	3	7.2	6	3	3	3	2	3	0	4.06	4.54	32	6	15	1	0	6	54			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.153	.10	0.01%	0.79	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a2
35	547	152	Sep 18	TEX	@	OAK	W,9-5	GS-9	W(15-13)	3	8.2	10	5	5	2	5	1	0	4.10	4.52	37	8	12	2	0	10	47			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.149	.06	0.01%	-0.92	1b start tie	9b --3 2 out a4
36	548	156	Sep 23	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS-5	L(15-14)	4	4.0	6	5	5	1	5	1	0	4.21	4.51	20	4	4	0	0	6	34			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.181	.08	-0.01%	-2.99	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d5
37	549	160	Sep 28	TEX		CAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(16-14)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.07	4.45	30	16	6	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.74	0.426	.00	0.00%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							22-15		W-L:16-14	3.8	259.0	252	127	117	81	164	40	3	4.07	4.45	1089	1.22		5%	3%	238	52		---%	22	9	1	986	39	8	6	22	9	14	.87	-0.262	1.25	-0.09%	2.69

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