Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins was honoured by the Chicago Cubs Friday with the revealing of a brand new statue at Wrigley Discipline.
The Chatham-born Corridor of Fame pitcher now has his personal bronze statue alongside ‘Statue Row’ in a brand new part of the Chicago ballpark.
Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins had his statue unveiled throughout a ceremony at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago, Ailing. on Friday, Could 20, 2022. (Courtesy: Craig Watters)
“Alongside a bunch of my teammates,” Jenkins informed CTV Information throughout a go to to his hometown final month. “My roommate Ernie Banks, and teammates Billy Williams and Ron Santo. It'll be a small park proper outdoors of Wrigley Discipline known as Gallagher Means and we will be honoured, all 4 of us are going to be collectively as soon as once more!”
Jenkins was born in Chatham in 1942.
Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins had his statue unveiled throughout a ceremony at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago, Ailing. on Friday, Could 20, 2022. (Courtesy: Craig Watters)
Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins had his statue unveiled throughout a ceremony at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago, Ailing. on Friday, Could 20, 2022. (Courtesy: Craig Watters)
Jenkins had a legendary profession with the Cubs, happening to win a Cy Younger Award and file six straight 20-win seasons in Chicago.
He's one in every of two Canadian-born Corridor of Famers and was Canada’s first main league baseball participant to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame.
He pitched 18 seasons within the majors and gathered greater than 3,000 strikeouts.
- With information from CTV Windsor’s Chris Campbell
Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins had his statue unveiled throughout a ceremony at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago, Ailing. on Friday, Could 20, 2022. (Courtesy: Craig Watters)
Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins had his statue unveiled throughout a ceremony at Wrigley Discipline in Chicago, Ailing. on Friday, Could 20, 2022. (Courtesy: Craig Watters)
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