The 20 Wins that he accumulated for Chicago would become a regular occurrence as Jenkins would hit that threshold in the next five seasons. He would have 24 of them in 1971 where he would go to his second All-Star Game, and this year, he would win the Cy Young. That year also was the third of a three-season streak where he led the National League in SO/BB, and the second of his straight BB/9. Jenkins would again be an All-Star in 1972.
Jenkins would be traded after the 1973 season to the Texas Rangers, but he would come back to the Cubs in 1982 and played two years before retiring.
As a Cub, he would go 167 and 132 with 2,038 Strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.123. If there was any weakness in Jenkins, it was that he was susceptible to the long ball as he gave it up the most five times with Chicago, but there is still no question in our mind that he is still the best hurler to grace Wrigley.
Jenkins entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 in his third year of eligibility. Chicago retired his number 31 in 2009, and he was part of the first Cubs Hall of Fame Class in 2021.
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