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Canadian baseball legend Ferguson Jenkins was the
keynote speaker at the 2011 fundraising dinner for the
Dinos baseball and fastball clubs. The event was held
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 at the Red and White Club,
McMahon Stadium.
Jenkins follows a long line of distinguished speakers at
the event – a list that includes Jim Abbott, Jack
Morris, Bill Buckner, and 2010 speaker Ken Griffey Sr.
A native of Chatham, Ont., Jenkins was a three-time
Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher. After breaking
into the majors with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1965,
his 19-year career also included stops in Texas and
Boston, but it is his work with the Chicago Cubs from
1966-73 and again from 1982-83 that he is best
remembered for.
His 1971 season with the Cubs earned him the National
League’s Cy Young award, a first for a Canadian. From
1967-72 he recorded six consecutive 20-win seasons, a
feat that has yet to be equalled, and finished his
career with a 284-226 record and a 3.34 ERA.
Along with Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, and Pedro
Martinez, Jenkins is one of just four MLB pitchers to
have recorded more than 3,000 strikeouts while allowing
fewer than 1,000 walks in his career.
In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall
of Fame, and just four years later he became the
first-ever Canadian to earn induction into the Baseball
Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. His jersey number 31,
which he shared with Maddux, was jointly retired by the
Cubs in May 2009. He will celebrate his 67th birthday on
Dec. 13.
The annual fundraising dinner provides operating funds
for the Dinos men’s baseball and women’s fastball club
teams. A silent auction and various raffles also took
place at the event.
-UC- Ben Matchett; Sports Information Director
2013 Dinner - Rich "Goose" Gossage
2012 Dinner - Tim Raines
2010 Dinner - Ken Griffey Sr.
2009 Dinner - Bill Buckner
2008 Dinner - Jack Morris