Fastball, curveball, slider, changeup.

Those were the only pitches Fergie Jenkins needed to throw 267 complete games, 154 of which were with the Cubs in his 20-year MLB career.

Contrary to the modern era of baseball where pitches like knuckleballs and ‘splinkers‘ (a sinker/splitter combination) are taking up pitchers’ repertoires, Jenkins kept it simple.

“I threw everything off the top of the ball, where the printings are … everything was gripped along the seams,” Jenkins told Marquee Sports Network’s Lance Brozdowski on ‘Cubs Live!’.

To switch between pitch types, Jenkins would simply move his fingers up on the ball, hardly changing the position of his grip.

Even Jenkins’ fastball was thrown more as a two-seamer, not across the seams as most modern pitchers throw a four-seamer. Four-seam fastballs are thrown at a higher velocity than a two-seamer, and pitchers are throwing harder than ever before.

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But Jenkins’ game was all about the off-speed pitch, and it’s even immortalized outside the stadium where he pitched 347 games.

“The statue that’s outside here, in front of Wrigley Field, my thumb is on the outside of the ball – that’s my changeup,” Jenkins said.

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Jenkins’ statue was unveiled at Wrigley Field’s Gallagher Way on May 20, 2022. The Canadian joined fellow greats Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ron Santo – and most recently Ryne Sandberg – as the Cubs to be enshrined beside The Friendly Confines.

Jenkins was a three-time All-Star and the 1971 NL Cy Young winner during his ten seasons on the North Side, and he was inducted into MLB’s Hall of Fame in 1991.

You can watch the full interview with Fergie Jenkins here on the Marquee Sports Network app.