Bobby Jenks

Bobby Jenks is woven into one of baseball's great curse-breaking moments, getting the final out of the 2005 World Series for a White Sox team that had waited 88 years. As a closer he was an intimidating sight, a big frame and a fastball that could touch triple digits, the kind of arm that made the ninth inning feel decided before it started. His career was relatively short and dogged by injuries afterward, which makes his peak feel almost meteoric. For Sox fans of a certain era, the image of Jenks pumping his fist on the mound is permanently burned into memory, and rightfully so.

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Bobby Jenks (March 14, 1981 – July 4, 2025) was an American former professional baseball pitcher. A hard-throwing relief pitcher, he served as the closer for the Chicago White Sox and recorded the final out of the 2005 World Series, helping the team to its first championship in 88 years. A two-time All-Star, he later pitched for the Boston Red Sox.

Name (English)

Bobby Jenks

Name (Japanese)

ボビー・ジェンクス

Reading

ぼびー・じぇんくす

Born

March 14, 1981 – July 4, 2025

Origin

Mission Hills, California, United States

Occupation

Baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Jenks
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907966

Tags

• From California
• Baseball player

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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