Baseball Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to have statue erected in Chatham, Ont.
Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins can be honoured by his hometown with a brand new statue.
The metropolis of Chatham-Kent in southwestern Ontario will unveil a nine-foot tall bronze determine of Jenkins on June 10. It can be a precise reproduction of a statue fabricated from Jenkins that sits exterior of Wrigley Field, the historic house of the Chicago Cubs.
“Having this statue unveiled in my hometown will be very special,” stated Jenkins. “I’m very proud to be from Chatham. It is a superb city and I’m excited for everybody to get an opportunity to see it.
“Thank you to Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts for allowing us to cast the exact same statue that sits outside of Wrigley Field.”
Jenkins had 284 profession wins, a 3.34 earned-run common, and three,192 strikeouts over 19 Major League Baseball seasons. He is considered one of solely 19 gamers to succeed in 3,000 profession strikeouts.
He performed for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox, successful the Cy Young Award because the National League’s greatest pitcher for Chicago in 1971.
His streak of six straight seasons with 20 or extra wins (1967—1972) is the longest streak within the main leagues since Warren Spahn carried out the feat between 1956 and 1961.
The three-time all-star turned the primary Canadian inducted into Baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1991. Jenkins was named to the Order of Canada in 1979, 4 years earlier than he retired from MLB.
He was named The Canadian Press male Athlete of the Year 4 occasions (1967, 1968, 1971, and 1974).
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