They often say it doesn’t get better than the Hall of Fame. But for Fergie Jenkins, it kind of just did.
The former Cubs pitcher who was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, cherished another great moment Friday—not only the unveiling of his statue on Gallagher Way adjacent to Wrigley Field, but right next to statues of former Cubs teammates Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ron Santo on “statue row.”
“When I was a little kid growing up in Chatham, Ontario throwing rocks at passenger trains, never did I imagine being a 20-game winner; being an all-star; winning a Cy Young [award], being a member of the 3,000-strikeout club or even being in the Hall of Fame,” Jenkins said before an appreciative crowd of Cub fans young and old at Gallagher Way.