Last week was one of triumph and sadness for Ferguson Jenkins. I never said that. On 13-12-1942 Ferguson Jenkins (nickname: Fergie) was born in Chatham, Ontario. The suicide and homicide, the Christmas season, all of it was bearing down on him, "smothering me," he said. In his Hall of Fame. There was a purity to his pitching, often described as water flowing from a glass. "Sheriff Powell!" Ferguson Arthur has a net worth of $5.00 million (Estimated) which he earned from his occupation as Athlete. In 1993, a year after losing Samantha and his girlfriend Takieddine to that tragic incident, the baseball hall of famer married Lydia Farrington and remained married to her until her death in August 2018. "And there's no easy way to tell it. In his Hall of Fame speech, 18 months before, Jenkins had said: "Life has taught us all the fabric of life is interwoven with wins and losses, successes, joys and tragedies. His father talked now about the computer game Raymond had been promised for Christmas if he did well in school, in the seventh grade. There was a new relationship, with a woman who had called out of the blue from the coast after reading about the tragedy. (As told to George Vass) Like Nobody Else: The Fergie Jenkins Story, NTC Contemporary Publishing, 1973. NFL Star Malcom Jenkins Wife Is Leaving Him After Starting Her Own Business. Still, he won the Cy Young Award in 1971, with a 24-13 record, leading the league in complete games, with 30, innings pitched, 325, and strikeouts, 304. Four days after he learned of this recognition, he lost his wife, Mary Anne. "He. News. Fergie Jenkins was born on Sunday, December 13, 1942, in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. The only sound in the night was the rattling of the truck on the road. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. But the story of Jenkins is, as actor, Chicago native and narrator Andre Braugher puts it, about inner strength as much as ability, resilience as much as talent. It is searingly painful and deeply moving. Jenkins was traded to Boston in 1976, traded back to Texas in 1978, released after the 1981 season and then signed as a free agent by the Cubs. This is the time to draw on that account." //. Awards: National League All-Star, 1967, 1971, 1972; Sporting News National League Pitcher of the Year, 1971; Lou March Trophy, 1971; Cy Young Award, 1971; inducted into Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, 1987; inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1991.