Was the
first in the league to complete games four times; won the
CY Young Award in 1971; has the 9th highest strikeout
total in history; earned 49 career shutouts; most strike
outs than any other pitcher in Cubs history with 2,038;
led the league in wins twice; topped the NL in strikeouts
in 1969 with 273.
Only Canadian honored in the National Baseball Hall of
Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Jenkins was inducted
on July 21, 1991.
Inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in
1987.
- 1963
- Signed by Philadelphia
Phillies
- On September 10, 1963 won first major league
game by pitching 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief
in his major league debut.
- 1966
- 1967
- Won 20 games for the first of 6 consecutive 20
win seasons - struck out 6 batters in 3 innings
during All-Star Game
- Led National League in
complete games (20)
- Awarded the Lionel Conacher Award as
Canada's Male Athlete of the Year.
- 1969
- Led National League in strikeouts (273)
- 1970
- Set a Cubs' record for strikeouts (274)
- 1971
- Led National League in games started (39),
complete games (30), innings pitched (325), and
wins (24)
- Awarded the National League Cy Young Award
- Awarded the Lionel Conacher Award for third time
as Canada's Male Athlete of the Year
- 1974
- Traded to the Texas Rangers
- Led American League in complete games (29) and
wins (25)
- Chosen American League Comeback Player of the
Year, was runner-up for Cy Young Award and was
fifth for Most Valuable Player
- Awarded Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's outstanding
sports figure
- Awarded Lionel Conacher Award for fourth time as
Canada's Male Athlete of the Year
- 1976
- 1978
- Traded back to Texas Rangers
- 1980
- Fourth pitcher in history to win 100 games in
each league
- 1981
- Returned to Chicago Cubs as free agent
- 1983
- September 21 - won last major league game
and 284th of his career
- Retired from playing major league baseball
as the only pitcher in history to have more than
3000 strikeouts and less than 1000 walks
- 1987
- Enshrined in Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in
St. Mary's, Ontario
- 1991
- Enshrined in National Baseball Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, N.Y.
- 1995-96
- Returned to major leagues as pitching coach for
the Cubs
- 2009
- The two star right-handed pitchers will be
honoured at a ceremony May 3 before a game against
Florida at Wrigley Field. It will be the fifth
number retired by the Cubs, joining No. 14 (Ernie
Banks), No. 26 (Billy Williams), No. 10 (Ron
Santo) and No. 23 (Ryne Sandberg). Jenkins,
elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991, and Maddux,
who won 355 games before retiring in December, are
the first pitchers in Cubs history to have their
numbers retired. Jenkins retired before the 1984
season. When Maddux broke in with the Cubs two
years later, he was given No. 31.
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Position: Pitcher