On the blog today, we add Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins to my thread spotlighting my two-series custom set released these past few months, "1970 In-Game Action":
Fergie was smack in the middle of an incredible run
of six straight 20-win seasons, as well as five straight 200+ strikeout
campaigns.
As we all know, he put together a Hall of Fame career, topping 280 wins,
3000 strikeouts, with 49 shutouts, a Cy Young Award in 1971 and four
other top-3 finishes in the award voting.
In 1991 he capped off his career with an induction into Cooperstown on his third try, just getting the 75% of the vote with 75.4% support.
On a geeky side-note, “Fly” was also the first pitcher to ever regsiter 3000+ strikeouts while issuing less than 1000 base on balls.
Love stuff like that!
In 1991 he capped off his career with an induction into Cooperstown on his third try, just getting the 75% of the vote with 75.4% support.
On a geeky side-note, “Fly” was also the first pitcher to ever regsiter 3000+ strikeouts while issuing less than 1000 base on balls.
Love stuff like that!
Jenkins was just plain awesome. And he went about being awesome while pretty much performing under the radar.