Ferguson Jenkins, Sr

Biography Jenkins began his baseball career playing on teams in Detroit before Earl "Flat" Chase convinced him he should join the Chatham Coloured All-Stars in Chatham, Ontario. Jenkins was an outfielder and typically first in the batting order for the All-Stars, the first all-Black baseball team to win an Ontario Amateur Baseball Association championship. Teammate Kingsley Terrell stated that Jenkins was a great outfielder and he would see him catch balls thought to be uncatchable.

Jenkins was born in Windsor, Ontario, to Joseph Jenkins and Gertrude Holmes, both of whom immigrated from Barbados.

In 2022, Jenkins, alongside his Chatham Coloured All-Stars teammates, was awarded the Order of Sport, marking their induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.