Fergie: My Life from the Cubs to Cooperstown

Ferguson Jenkins won 284 games in his Hall of Fame pitching career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, and Boston Red Sox, and he is the first Canadian to attain such prominence in the American national pastime. Jenkins' life story, from Chatham, Ontario, to Cooperstown, is compelling, and Fergie tells it himself in his own unique and inimitable style. A tremendous all-around athlete who has always been proud of his roots and representing his country during a lifetime in the game, Jenkins established a reputation as one of the greatest pitchers of not only his era (between 1965 and 1983) but of all time. A strikeout king who whiffed more than 3,000 batters, Jenkins earned the trust of his managers as a pitcher who completed what he started. Popular on the autograph circuit, Jenkins enjoyed a career as a major-league pitching coach and a baseball executive after his playing days ended, and travels thousands of miles each year to attend baseball and charity-related outings. He has sung Take Me out to the Ballgame at Wrigley Field and fished for wild salmon to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Fergie is an inside look at both the man and the player, examining the highs of excelling at major-league baseball and the lows of personal tragedy that helped to define his character. This is the story of a man who refused to be leveled by sadness and disappointments away from the playing field. It is also the story of behind-the-scenes good humor in clubhouses and what takes place on baseball teams as they live and play together for months at a time, as only Fergie can tell it.