Former pitcher Ferguson Jenkins to be honoured with statue in Ontario hometown

Ferguson Jenkins' hometown will honour the baseball Hall of Famer with a statue.

Jenkins was 284-226 with a 3.34 ERA and 3,192 strikeouts in 19 big league seasons for Philadelphia, the Cubs, Texas and Boston.

A three-time All-Star, he won 20 or more games each year from 1967-72, was voted the 1971 NL Cy Young Award and in 1991 became the first Canadian inducted into the baseball Hall.

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