Fergie Jenkins

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 5 in · 205 lb

BornDecember 13, 1942 · Chatham, ON, CAN

MLB debutSeptember 10, 1965

Final gameSeptember 26, 1983

Seasons19 (1965–1983)

Philadelphia Phillies 1965; Chicago Cubs 1966; Philadelphia Phillies 1966; Chicago Cubs 1967–1973; Texas Rangers 1974–1975; Boston Red Sox 1976–1977; Texas Rangers 1978–1981; Chicago Cubs 1982–1983

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified pitchers

32.2

24.1

74.7

SHO

20.7

176

79.3

89.7

33.3

37.9

167.3

3.4

ERA

4.30

20.7

WHIP

1.327

K/9

5.16

49.4

FIP

3.93

40.2

FIP-

103.8

ERA+

88.1

19.5

sWAR

1.0

of 88 qualified 1983 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

114.6

81.6

sWAR

73.2

99.7

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1965	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-124.0	-100.0	.000	0.3
1966	61	57	51	6	7	0	1	1	2	3	25	0	.137	.185	.235	.420	8.0	15.1	.195	2.7
1967	39	108	93	5	14	3	1	0	10	6	35	0	.151	.200	.204	.404	6.4	13.8	.195	5.7
1968	40	112	100	4	16	4	0	1	10	6	41	1	.160	.208	.230	.438	19.3	28.2	.212	5.5
1969	43	119	108	6	15	2	1	1	9	6	42	0	.139	.183	.204	.386	-10.5	3.2	.185	6.0
1970	40	126	113	4	14	2	0	3	11	1	36	0	.124	.129	.221	.351	-30.5	-11.8	.155	6.6
1971	39	132	115	13	28	7	1	6	20	7	40	0	.243	.282	.478	.761	98.4	101.1	.340	9.1
1972	36	117	109	8	20	1	1	1	8	5	34	0	.183	.219	.239	.458	14.7	25.4	.218	5.1
1973	38	97	84	2	10	4	0	0	4	6	40	0	.119	.178	.167	.344	-15.5	-6.4	.171	2.6
1974	41	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	202.4	191.2	.466	6.3
1975	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1
1976	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1977	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1978	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.6
1979	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1980	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1981	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2
1982	34	80	67	2	10	2	0	0	6	0	23	0	.149	.147	.179	.326	-26.5	-10.1	.149	3.5
1983	33	59	53	3	13	2	1	0	5	1	8	0	.245	.259	.321	.580	51.7	57.2	.267	1.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1965	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	7	3	2	10	2	12.3	2.19	.730	7.30	3.61	103.8	158.8	0.3
1966	61	12	6	8	5	2	1	150	68	52	150	24	184.3	3.32	1.096	7.32	3.63	98.6	110.9	2.7
1967	38	38	20	13	0	20	3	230	90	83	236	30	289.3	2.80	1.082	7.34	3.28	92.8	126.1	5.7
1968	40	40	20	15	0	20	3	255	90	65	260	26	308.0	2.63	1.039	7.60	2.62	83.1	119.7	5.5
1969	43	42	21	15	1	23	7	284	111	71	273	27	311.3	3.21	1.140	7.89	2.79	70.3	123.8	6.0
1970	40	39	22	16	0	24	3	265	118	60	274	30	313.0	3.39	1.038	7.88	2.99	67.3	130.7	6.6
1971	39	39	24	13	0	30	3	304	100	37	263	29	325.0	2.77	1.049	7.28	2.47	63.9	139.7	9.1
1972	36	36	20	12	0	23	5	253	103	62	184	32	289.3	3.20	1.089	5.72	3.41	91.0	116.9	5.1
1973	38	38	14	16	0	7	2	267	117	57	170	35	271.0	3.89	1.196	5.65	3.65	93.8	100.1	2.6
1974	41	41	25	12	0	29	6	286	103	45	225	27	328.3	2.82	1.008	6.17	2.75	76.8	126.9	6.3
1975	37	37	17	18	0	22	4	261	118	56	157	37	270.0	3.93	1.174	5.23	3.90	103.4	95.8	2.1
1976	30	29	12	11	0	12	2	201	76	43	142	20	209.0	3.27	1.167	6.11	3.19	82.5	118.2	3.6
1977	28	28	10	10	0	11	1	190	79	36	105	30	193.0	3.68	1.171	4.90	4.24	95.3	120.6	3.6
1978	34	30	18	8	0	16	4	228	84	41	157	21	249.0	3.04	1.080	5.67	2.92	77.7	123.7	4.6
1979	37	37	16	14	0	10	3	252	117	81	164	40	259.0	4.07	1.286	5.70	4.48	107.3	102.7	2.9
1980	29	29	12	12	0	12	0	190	83	52	129	22	198.0	3.77	1.222	5.86	3.75	94.7	104.9	2.4
1981	19	16	5	8	0	1	0	122	53	40	63	14	106.0	4.50	1.528	5.35	4.20	119.2	78.3	-0.2
1982	34	34	14	15	0	4	1	221	76	68	134	19	217.3	3.15	1.330	5.55	3.66	98.6	117.9	3.5
1983	33	29	6	9	0	1	1	176	80	46	96	19	167.3	4.30	1.327	5.16	3.93	103.8	88.1	1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

665

1,010

896

148

RBI

326

.1652

OBP

.2002

SLG

.2522

OPS

.4524

Pitching

G (P)

664

162nd-most career G (P)

594

23rd-most career GS

284

29th-most career W

226

23rd-most career L

267

63rd-most career CG

SHO

21st-most career SHO

4,501

27th-most career IP

SO (P)

3,192

14th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

997

121st-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.338

334th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1418

63rd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

6.38

305th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1971-09-01	WSH @ CHC Gameday	3	2	2	0	0	2	3	8
1966-04-23	LAD @ CHC Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	5
1971-09-14	PIT @ CHC Gameday	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	5
1967-07-02	CIN @ CHC Gameday	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	5
1970-08-19	SD @ CHC Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1971-07-24	CHC @ PHI Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	0	14	0
1971-09-19	CHC @ PHI Gameday	9.0	6	3	2	1	14	0
1970-06-27	CHC @ PIT Gameday	8.0	7	2	2	0	14	0
1968-07-27	LAD @ CHC Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	2	13	0
1980-07-15	CWS @ TEX Gameday	8.0	7	2	2	1	13	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1991 (BBWAA)

1× Cy Young Award3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.