1970 Topps #240 Fergie Jenkins
About Fergie Jenkins
Jenkins worked 311 1/3 innings in 1969, led the National League in starts, and finished 23 complete games, seven of them shutouts. Topps gave him three 1970 cards: first-series leaders #71 for strikeouts, which he tops ahead of Bob Gibson and Bill Singer, and #69 for wins, shared with Tom Seaver, Phil Niekro and Juan Marichal, plus his own second-series #240. In 1970 he went 22-16 with 274 strikeouts and led the league with 24 complete games; his mother died of cancer that year.
Ferguson Arthur Jenkins of Chatham, Ontario, signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1962 and debuted out of the bullpen in September 1965. On April 21, 1966 the Phillies sent him to the Chicago Cubs with Adolfo Phillips and John Herrnstein for Larry Jackson and Bob Buhl, and the lanky right-hander had his first full season as a Cubs starter in 1967. Pitching in hitter-friendly Wrigley Field, he won 20 or more games in six straight seasons from 1967 through 1972, equaling Mordecai Brown's long-standing Cubs mark. He took the 1971 National League Cy Young Award after going 24-13 with 263 strikeouts against only 37 walks. He was an All-Star in 1967, 1971 and 1972, led the National League in wins in 1971 and the American League in wins in 1974, when a career-best 25 victories for the Texas Rangers brought him Comeback Player of the Year honors. He retired after the 1983 season with 284 wins, 3,192 strikeouts and 267 complete games, the first pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts while walking fewer than 1,000 batters. In 1991 he became the first Canadian elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 837 | 6 | 79 | 323 | 166 | 95 | 68 | 100 | 0 |
| SGC | 137 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 4 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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More Fergie Jenkins in this set: #69 League Leaders, #71 League Leaders
Team card: #593 Chicago Cubs
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- #69 1969 National League Pitching Leaders
- #71 1969 National League Strikeout Leaders
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- #170 Billy Williams
- #192 Jim Qualls
- #223 Nate Oliver
- #258 Paul Popovich
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1970 Topps #240 card?
It is card #240 of the 720-card 1970 Topps Baseball set, picturing Fergie Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs.
How many cards are in the 1970 Topps Baseball set?
720 cards, tracked as 726 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 720 with none skipped, issued in seven series - #1-132, #133-263, #264-372, #373-459, #460-546, #547-633 and the high numbers, #634-720; 6 cards, all of them checklists, carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.