Ferguson Jenkins

Ferguson Arthur Fergie Jenkins OC born December 13 1942 is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher and coach He played Major League Baseball MLB from 1965 to 1983 for the Philadelphia Phillies Chicago Cubs Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox He played most of his career with the Cubs He was a National League NL and Cubs AllStar for three seasons and in 1971 he was the first Canadian and Cubs pitcher to win a Cy Young Award He was a 20game winner for seven seasons including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs He was the NL leader in wins in 1971 and the American League AL leader in wins in 1974 He was also the NL leader in complete games in 1967 1970 and 1971 and the AL leader in complete games in 1974 He led the NL in strikeouts in 1969 and had over 3000 strikeouts during his career His 284 victories are the most by a black pitcher in major league history He played basketball in the offseason for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1967 to 1969 and pitched two seasons in Canada for the minor league London Majors following his major league career He became the first Canadian to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 he remained the only one until Larry Walkers election in 2020