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File No. 247322 · Adjudicated
Ferguson Jenkins
Athlete — MLB Hall of Fame pitcher, Chicago Cubs, 3x All-Star, Cy Young Award
Born
1942
Birthplace
CHATHAM, ONTARIO
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
CHATHAM, ONTARIO
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Ontario
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
No Canadian credits on file
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
First Canadian inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and won the Cy Young Award in 1971 as a Chicago Cub.
The verdict
Hall of Fame pitcher who dominated baseball for nearly two decades, born and raised in Chatham, Ontario. The only Canadian in the Baseball Hall of Fame to have played his entire career as a Canadian citizen, Jenkins remains a towering figure in both baseball history and Canadian sports culture. Canadians claim him proudly as one of our greatest athletes, and he's never wavered in his connection to home.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
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