Canada has never been known as an importer of baseball talent, but then Fergie Jenkins never really did things in a customary fashion. Over his 19-year career, the big hurler from Ontario proved to be a durable commodity, retiring with 267 complete games and 49 shutouts. He also holds the 9th-highest strikeout total in history (3,192) and was the National League Cy Young Award winner in 1971.

Following his retirement in 1985, Jenkins went through an unfortunate string of bad luck and personal tragedies. If his 1991 election to the Hall of Fame is an indicator, however, his luck may be changing.