The two-time All-Star and World Series champion closer spent six of his seven major league seasons with the White Sox.
In 2007, Jenks tied the major league record previously held by Jim Barr (1972) with 41 consecutive batters retired. Two years later, his teammate Mark Buehrle would break that record with 45.
Jenks was a rookie standout for the White Sox during their World Series run, throwing a no-hit, one-inning shutout in his big-league debut on July 6, 2005.
He went on to make the final out of the 2005 World Series as a rookie - marking the White Sox's first championship in 88 years.
The following two seasons were history in the making for Jenks in a White Sox uniform.
His 41 saves in 2006 and 40 in 2007 would go on to be the third and fourth most saves in a single season throughout White Sox History, also marking the only two years he would be selected to the American League All-Star team.
After seven years in the MLB, with his final season being a rough one for the Boston Red Sox, Jenks finished his career with a 3.53 earned run average, 351 strikeouts in 357.1 innings pitched, and 173 total saves (averaging 34 per season for his career).
Jenks' stuff may have been ahead of his time. He could throw a fastball as fast (102 mph) as Aroldis Chapman and could buckle any batter's knees with a curveball the likes of which we've seen from pitchers such as Clayton Kershaw.
But above all else, he was a down-to-earth player who the fans of Chicago and all around baseball loved watching on the mound.
"We have lost an iconic member of the White Sox family today," said White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. "He and his family knew cancer would be his toughest battle and he will be missed as a husband, father, friend, and teammate. He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts."
All of us at Flashscore offer our sincere condolences to Banks' family and friends during this difficult time.
