Yes Fergie Jenkins’ rookie card was issued with him wearing
Phillies pinstripes. Unfortunately the Philllies traded Fergie to the
Chicago Cubs in a deal that returned an end of career Larry Jackson. Jenkins pitched for several clubs, but the
two teams that make up the bulk of his Hall of Fame
career are the Cubs and Rangers.
Career Highlights include Jenkins’ 1971 Season in which he won the
Cy Young Award (backed up by modern WAR numbers that also would have
made him NL MVP). Fergie led the league in Ws twice ('71 & '74), four times he led the league in CGs and K/BB ratio 5 times. For his career he won 284 games vs 226 losses.
Despite his long and successful career Jenkins never got the opportunity to play in the postseason.
Phun Phact
During Jenkins 1971 Cy Young Award season he HIT 6 home runs.
Fergie Jenkins HoF Index
1970 Topps #240
1984 Topps #456 Cubs Team Leaders
1984 Topps #706 Active Career Wins Leaders
Phungo HoF Index Page
Sources
1 comment:
Fergie, like so many of the core group from the 1960's is still part of the Cubs family almost a half century later. Nice to see.
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