As a teenager in Chatham, Ontario, Ferguson Jenkins developed legendary pinpoint control by hurling chunks of coal at the tiny gaps between passing freight-train boxcars. That self-taught precision carried him to becoming the winningest Black pitcher in major league history and the first Canadian elected to Cooperstown.

This episode maps his triumphant and tragic life, from dominating hitter-friendly Wrigley Field to enduring devastating personal loss, all built on an almost unheard-of command of the strike zone.

• Born in 1942 to a mother descended from people who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad and a father from Barbados who played for the Chatham Colored All-Stars.
• Rattled off six consecutive 20-win seasons from 1967 to 1972 and won the 1971 Cy Young Award, becoming the first Canadian and first Cubs pitcher  ...