Editing Ferguson Jenkins

{{short description|Canadian baseball pitcher (born 1942)}}
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|caption=Jenkins with the Chicago Cubs in 1973
|name=Ferguson Jenkins
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1942|12|13}}
|birth_place=[[Chatham-Kent|Chatham, Ontario]], Canada
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 10
|debutyear=1965
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 26
|finalyear=1983
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
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|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
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* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1965}}–{{mlby|1966}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1966}}–{{mlby|1973}})
* [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1974}}–{{mlby|1975}})
* [[Boston Red Sox]] ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1977}})
* [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1981}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1983}})
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* 3× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1967]], [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]], [[1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1972]])
* [[NL Cy Young Award]] (1971)
* 2× [[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders|Wins leader]] (1971, 1974)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders|NL strikeout leader]] (1969)
* [[Chicago Cubs#Retired numbers|Chicago Cubs No. 31]] retired
* [[Chicago Cubs#Cubs Hall of Fame|Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame]]
* [[Texas Rangers Hall of Fame]]
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|hofdate=[[1991 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1991]]
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'''Ferguson Arthur''' "'''Fergie'''" '''Jenkins'''{{efn|While Jenkins's father became known as [[Ferguson Jenkins Sr.]], father and son had different middle names.}} [[Order of Canada|CM]] (born December 13, 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fergiejenkinsfoundation.org/site_fergie.htm |title=The Fergie Jenkins Foundations |work=fergiejenkinsfoundation.org |access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> is a Canadian former professional [[baseball]] [[pitcher]] and [[Coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) from 1965 to 1983 for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] and [[Boston Red Sox]].

Jenkins played the most of his career for the Cubs. He was a [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) and Cubs [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] for three seasons, and in 1971, he was the first Canadian and Cubs pitcher to win a [[Cy Young Award]]. He was a 20-game winner for seven seasons, including six consecutive seasons for the Cubs. He was the NL leader in [[Win (baseball)|wins]], in 1971, and the [[American League]] (AL) leader in wins, in 1974. Jenkins was also the NL leader in [[complete game]]s 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 [[3,000 strikeout club|3,000 strikeouts]] during his career. His 284 victories are the most by a black pitcher in major league history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportscasting.com/black-pitchers-who-have-won-the-cy-young-award/ |title=MLB: Every Black Pitcher Who Has Won the Cy Young Award |work=Sportscasting.com |last=Weiner |first=Allen |date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2021 }}</ref>

Jenkins played [[basketball]] in the off-season for the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] from 1967 to 1969, and pitched two seasons in Canada for the [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] [[London Majors]] following his major league career.<ref name="blackcanada">{{cite web |url=http://www.whoswhoinblackcanada.com/2010/12/13/fergie-jenkins-jr/ |title=Ferguson Jenkins Jr. |work=[[Who's Who in Black Canada]] |access-date=July 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225210640/http://www.whoswhoinblackcanada.com/2010/12/13/fergie-jenkins-jr/ |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> Jenkins became the first Canadian to be inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1991 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1991]]; he remained the only one until [[Larry Walker]]'s election in [[2020 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2020]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame |title=Fergie Jenkins |url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/jenkins-ferguson |access-date=May 6, 2015 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Jenkins was born and raised in [[Chatham-Kent|Chatham, Ontario]], the only child of Delores Jackson and [[Ferguson Jenkins Sr.]]<ref name="blackcanada"/><ref name="windsor">[http://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/BreakingColourBarrier/fergie-jenkins-sr Breaking The Colour Barrier] [[University of Windsor]]. Retrieved November 5, 2017.</ref> His father, a chef and [[chauffeur]],<ref>[http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/2001/ferguson-jenkins Ferguson Jenkins] Canada's Walk of Fame. Retrieved February 4, 2014.</ref> was the son of immigrants from [[Barbados]], while his mother was a descendant of captive Africans enslaved in America, who escaped through the [[Underground Railroad]] before settling in [[Southwestern Ontario]].<ref name="blackcanada"/><ref name="windsor"/> Both of his parents were good athletes; his father was an [[amateur boxing|amateur boxer]] and semi-professional [[baseball]] player for the [[Chatham Coloured All-Stars]].<ref name="windsor"/>

A talented athlete, Jenkins competed in [[track and field]], [[ice hockey]], and basketball in his school years, lettering five times. When he began playing bantam baseball in his teens, he started out as a [[first baseman]]. He honed his pitching skills by throwing pieces of coal from a local coal yard, aiming at either an open ice chute or the gaps of passing [[boxcar]]s.<ref name="blackcanada"/> He was also encouraged to continue working on his pitching by Gene Dziadura, a former [[shortstop]] in the [[Chicago Cubs]] minor league system, and a [[Philadelphia Phillies]] scout. Many training sessions involving the two followed, until Jenkins graduated from high school.

==Professional baseball==

===MLB career===

====Early seasons====
In 1962, Jenkins was signed by Philadelphia Phillies scout [[Tony Lucadello]].<ref name="blackcanada"/> Jenkins made his major-league debut as a 22-year-old in 1965, as a [[relief pitcher]]. He was traded the following year to the Chicago Cubs, along with [[Adolfo Phillips]] and John Herrnstein, for pitchers [[Larry Jackson (baseball)|Larry Jackson]] and [[Bob Buhl]]. Jenkins would become one of the best pitchers in the majors. In his first full year as a starter for the Cubs (1967), Jenkins recorded 20 wins while posting a 2.80 [[Earned run average|ERA]] and 236 strikeouts. He finished tied for second in the Cy Young Award voting, following [[Mike McCormick (pitcher)|Mike McCormick]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]]. He was also selected for the [[1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] for the first time that season.

[[File:Fergie Jenkins 1969.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Jenkins in 1969]]
The following year his numbers improved; once again he won 20 games, his ERA dropped to 2.63 and his strikeout total increased to 260. Jenkins established a reputation for achieving his pitching feats and his statistics while spending most of his career pitching in a "hitter's ballpark"—[[Wrigley Field]] in Chicago.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ferguson Jenkins: The Quiet Winner |first=Stanley |last=Pashko |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |year=1975}}</ref> Furthermore, in 1968, Jenkins lost five of his starts in 1–0 ball games.

====1971 season====
Jenkins had his best season in 1971. On April 6, 1971, Jenkins started the Cubs' opening-day game. The Cubs defeated the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] 2–1 in 10 innings at Wrigley Field. Jenkins pitched the complete game for the Cubs, and [[Billy Williams (left fielder)|Billy Williams]] hit a home run in the final inning for the victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197104060.shtml |title=St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs Box Score, April 6, 1971 - Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> On September 1, 1971, Jenkins threw another complete game against the [[Montreal Expos]] and hit two home runs. The Cubs won the game 5–2.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197109010.shtml |title=Montreal Expos at Chicago Cubs Box Score, September 1, 1971 - Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> He was named [[Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award|NL Player of the Month]] (for the only time in his career) in July, with a 6–1 record, a 2.14 ERA, and 49 strikeouts.

That season, Jenkins threw a complete game in 30 of 39 starts and received a decision in 37 of them, finishing with a 24–13 record (.649). He walked only 37 batters versus 263 strikeouts across 325 innings.<ref name="jenkinsstats">{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jenkife01.shtml |title=Fergie Jenkins Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> He played in the [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] and finished seventh in MVP voting. Jenkins also posted a .478 slugging percentage, hitting six home runs and driving in 20 runs in just 115 at-bats.

Jenkins won the 1971 NL [[Cy Young Award]]. Jenkins was the first Cubs pitcher and the first Canadian to win the Cy Young Award ([[Quebec]] native [[Éric Gagné]] is the only other Canadian to match the feat). He received 17 of 24 first-place votes. He was outpitched in several statistical categories by [[New York Mets]] pitcher [[Tom Seaver]], but Jenkins pitched in hitter-friendly Wrigley Field and Seaver worked in pitcher-friendly [[Shea Stadium]].

[[File:Fergie Jenkins 1976.jpg|thumb|upright|Jenkins with the Red Sox in 1976]]

====Later seasons====
In 1972, Jenkins completed his sixth consecutive season with 20 or more wins.<ref name=Engelhardt>{{cite news |last=Engelhardt |first=Gordon |title=Jenkins, Fingers 'still fit' their legendary status in baseball |url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/sep/07/cp/ |access-date=September 21, 2013 |newspaper=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] |date=September 7, 2013 |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204050530/http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/sep/07/cp/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> By the middle of the following season, he expressed that he did not feel like playing baseball anymore. He finished the season, but registered a 14–16 win–loss record.

Jenkins was traded from the Cubs to the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] for [[Bill Madlock]] and [[Vic Harris (utility player)|Vic Harris]] on October 25, 1973.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/26/archives/padres-get-mccovey-jenkins-to-texas-jenkins-mccovey-in-trades.html "Padres Get McCovey," ''The New York Times'', Friday, October 26, 1973.] Retrieved November 28, 2020</ref> Texas manager [[Billy Martin]] was pleased with the trade, describing Jenkins as a workhorse and a winner.<ref name=Sentinel>{{cite news |title=Cubs trade Jenkins to Texas for youth |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODBjAAAAIBAJ&pg=1054,2804623&dq=ferguson+jenkins+trade&hl=en |access-date=September 21, 2013 |newspaper=The Rochester Sentinel |date=October 26, 1973}}</ref> In 1974, Jenkins achieved a personal best 25 wins during the season, setting a Rangers franchise record which still stands. He finished second in [[Cy Young Award]] voting for the second time in his career behind [[Catfish Hunter]] in a very close vote (90 points to Jenkins's 75); surprisingly, Jenkins actually finished ahead of Hunter in [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player|MVP]] voting (118 points to Hunter's 107), and his fifth-place finish on the MVP leader-board was the highest of his career. He was named the American League [[Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award|Comeback Player of the Year]] by ''[[The Sporting News]]''.

Jenkins achieved his 250th win against the [[Oakland Athletics]] on May 23, 1980. Later that year, during a customs search in [[Toronto]], Jenkins was found possessing 3.0 grams [[cocaine]], 2.2 grams [[hashish]], and 1.75 grams [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]. In response, on September 8, [[Baseball Commissioner|Commissioner]] [[Bowie Kuhn]] suspended him indefinitely. However, Jenkins' suspension lasted only two weeks before, in an unprecedented action, an independent arbiter, Raymond Goetz, overturned the suspension and reinstated him and he returned to the league. Eventually, when he went to trial, the judge gave him an absolute discharge for lack of some evidence.<ref>[http://www.1919blacksox.com/banished.htm 1919 Black Sox] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820215849/http://1919blacksox.com/banished.htm |date=August 20, 2008 }}</ref> Jenkins was not punished further by MLB for the incident, as he remained active until his retirement following the 1983 season. It has been suggested that this incident delayed his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news |last=Able |first=Allen |title=Fergie Jenkins, 1st Cdn. in Baseball Hall of Fame |work=[[The Journal (Canadian TV show)|The Journal]] |publisher=Archives, [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=July 15, 1991 – August 26, 2006 |url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-2340-13544-10/on_this_day/sports/twt |access-date=May 4, 2007}}</ref>

===Canadian baseball===

====Minor league====
Jenkins continued playing professional baseball in Canada after retiring from MLB in 1983 and pitched two seasons for the [[London Majors]], a minor league team of the [[Intercounty Major Baseball League]], operating in [[London, Ontario]].

==Post-baseball==
[[File:Ferguson Jenkins 1997.jpg|thumb|Jenkins in 1997]]
Jenkins ran for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]] in the [[1985 Ontario general election]], in the riding of [[Windsor—Riverside]], but placed third with 15% of the vote behind the [[New Democratic Party of Ontario|NDP]]'s [[Dave Cooke]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/05/01/chicago-state-has-some-big-plans/ |work=Chicago Tribune |first=Steve |last=Nidetz |title=Chicago State Has Some Big Plans |date=May 1, 1985}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Jenkins led the league in [[win (baseball)|wins]] twice (1971, 1974), fewest [[base on balls|walks]] per 9 innings five times, [[complete game]]s nine times, and [[home run]]s allowed seven times. He led the league in strikeouts once (1969, with 273). His streak of six straight seasons with 20 or more wins (1967–1972) is the longest streak in the major leagues since [[Warren Spahn]] performed the feat between 1956 and 1961.

Jenkins, fellow Cub [[Greg Maddux]], [[Curt Schilling]], and [[Pedro Martínez]] are the only major league pitchers to ever record more than 3,000 [[strikeout]]s with fewer than 1,000 walks.<ref>{{cite book |title=Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures |edition=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatbaseballfea00davi/page/88 88] |first1=David |last1=Nemec |first2=Scott |last2=Flatow |date=April 2008 |publisher=A Signet Book, Penguin Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-451-22363-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/greatbaseballfea00davi/page/88}}</ref> Only [[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]] and [[Jamie Moyer]] allowed more home runs over a career than Jenkins. Jenkins achieved his 3,000th strikeout on May 25, 1982, against [[Garry Templeton]].

As a hitter, Jenkins posted a .165 [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]] (148-for-896) with 54 [[run (baseball)|runs]], 13 [[home runs]], 85 [[Run batted in|RBI]] and 41 [[bases on balls]]. Defensively, he recorded a .954 [[fielding percentage]].<ref name="jenkinsstats" />

Jenkins is one of the [[Black Aces]], black pitchers with at least 20 wins in a single MLB season.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Black Aces: Baseball's Only African-American Twenty-Game Winners |first1=Jim "Mudcat" |last1=Grant |authorlink1=Mudcat Grant |first2=Tom |last2=Sabellico |first3=Pat |last3=O'Brien |publisher=Aventine Press |date=2007 |isbn=978-1593304881}}</ref>

===Honours and awards===
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In 1974, Jenkins, then with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], became the first baseball player to win the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]], an award given annually to Canada's top athlete. He was also named the ''[[Canadian Press]]'' [[Lionel Conacher Award|male athlete of the year]] four times (1967, 1968, 1971, and 1974).

In 1987, Jenkins was awarded the [[Order of Sport]], marking his induction into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada Sports Hall of Fame {{!}} Hall of Famers Search |url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=161&catID=all&lang=EN |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.sportshall.ca}}</ref> Jenkins was inducted into the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1987, and in 1991, became the first Canadian ever elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Cooperstown, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=116522 |title=The Hall of Famers: Ferguson Arthur Jenkins |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727122459/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=116522 |archive-date=July 27, 2009 |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=June 17, 2009}}</ref> The [[1991 Major League Baseball All-Star Game]], held in Toronto, was dedicated to Jenkins; he threw out the ceremonial first pitch to conclude the pregame ceremonies. Jenkins was inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1995,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferguson Jenkins |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/101-ferguson-jenkins |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 23, 2014 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301123201/https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/101-ferguson-jenkins |url-status=dead}}</ref> and was inducted onto [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in 2001. He was appointed the commissioner of the now-defunct [[Canadian Baseball League]] in 2003; the league's Jenkins Cup went missing when the league folded and has been missing ever since.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.vancourier.com/issues03/103203/sports.html |title=CBL receivership not a fall classic |last=Macklin |first=Bob |work=Vancouver Courier |access-date=December 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184848/http://archive.vancourier.com/issues03/103203/sports.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Texas Rangers Hall of Fame]] in 2004. In 2011, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame created the Ferguson Jenkins Heritage Award in his honour to commemorate those one-of-a-kind events or special moments in time that so embellish the long history of sports in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferguson Jenkins Heritage Award |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/annual-awards/heritage-award |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 23, 2014 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112214824/http://oshof.ca/index.php/annual-awards/heritage-award |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On December 17, 1979, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] for being "Canada's best-known major-league baseball player".<ref>{{cite web |title=Honours Order of Canada Ferguson Jenkins, C.M. |work=Members of the Order of Canada |publisher=[[Governor General of Canada]] |date=March 30, 2006 |url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=838 |access-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930060829/http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=838 |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> Governor General [[Michaëlle Jean]] officiated at his investiture into the Order, which finally occurred on May 4, 2007, more than 27 years after he was appointed.<ref>{{cite news |agency=The Canadian Press |title=Jenkins gets Order of Canada |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=May 4, 2007 |url=https://www.thestar.com/printArticle/210529 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024235923/http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/210529 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On May 3, 2009, the Cubs retired jersey number 31 in honor of both Jenkins and [[Greg Maddux]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3994049&type=story |title=Cubs to Retire No. 31 |publisher=ESPN |date=March 18, 2009 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> On December 13, 2010, [[Canada Post]] announced Jenkins would be honoured in Canada with his own postage stamp. The stamp was issued on February 1, 2011, to commemorate [[Black History Month]].<ref name=Stamp>{{cite web |title=Ferguson Jenkins gets stamp in Canada | date=December 13, 2010 |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5915183 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>  On May 20, 2022, Jenkins was honored with a statue outside Wrigley Field.<ref>{{cite web | title=Chicago Cubs unveil statue of Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins outside Wrigley Field | publisher=ESPN | date=May 20, 2022 | url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/33952134/chicago-cubs-unveil-statue-hall-fame-pitcher-fergie-jenkins-wrigley-field | access-date=May 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferguson Jenkins Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=261322 |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Jenkins had three daughters with his first wife, Kathy, whom he divorced in 1987.<ref name="control">{{cite news |last1=Banks |first1=Don |title=Still struggling to regain his control |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/03/20/still-struggling-to-regain-his-control/ |access-date=19 July 2023 |work=[[Tampa Bay Times]] |date=March 20, 1993 |language=en}}</ref>

Jenkins had one child, a daughter named Samantha, with his second wife, Maryanne. In December 1990, Maryanne broke her neck in a car accident near their ranch in [[Guthrie, Oklahoma]]. She died from pneumonia in January 1991.<ref name="control" /><ref name="murder-suicide">{{cite news |last1=Kuhlman |first1=Judy |title=Girlfriend, Child Of Baseball Star Found Dead in Car |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1992/12/17/girlfriend-child-of-baseball-star-found-dead-in-car/62473214007/ |access-date=19 July 2023 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=December 17, 1992}}</ref>

In December 1992, Jenkins' girlfriend, Cynthia Takieddine, and Jenkins' three-year-old daughter, Samantha Jenkins, died of [[carbon monoxide poisoning]] in her car near [[Perry, Oklahoma]].<ref name="murder-suicide" /> It was ruled a [[murder-suicide]] although Takieddine's motives were not clear in the suicide note. It did say she loved Samantha and could not bear to leave her.<ref name="control" />

==See also==
*[[3,000 strikeout club]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players from Canada]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career hit batsmen leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders]]
*[[List of members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]]
*[[List of Canadian sports personalities]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Jenkins, Fergie, with Lew Freedman (2009). ''Fergie: My Life from the Cubs to Cooperstown''.  Chicago: Triumph Books. {{ISBN|1-60078-171-3}}

==External links==
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*{{Baseball Hall of Fame profile|jenkins-ferguson}}
*{{baseballstats|mlb=116522|espn=946|br=j/jenkife01|fangraphs=1006388|brm=jenkin001fer|retro=J/Pjenkf101}}
*[http://www.fergiejenkins.ca Fergie Jenkins Foundation]
*{{Sabrbio|7b2f6e52}}
*[https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jenkife01 Ferguson Jenkins] at Baseball Almanac
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160224141651/http://www.crossandcrescent.com/2006/12/mlb-and-nfl-announcer-josh-lewin/ Sidebar "Texas Ranger Hall of Famer"]
*[http://www.nfb.ca/film/king_of_the_hill National Film Board of Canada documentary]
*[http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=14217 History by the Minute Ferguson Jenkins]

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