Former White Sox, Red Sox Pitcher Battling Stage 4 Cancer: Report
February 15, 2025
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A hard-throwing closer who helped the White Sox win their win their most recent World Series appearance is battling Stage 4 stomach cancer.
According to Scott Merkin of MLB.com, Bobby Jenks is being treated for Stage 4 adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer, at a hospital near his wife’s family in Portugal.
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Merkin reports that Jenks also lost his Pacific Palisades home — and his personal baseball memorabilia — in the fire that burned through 23,707 acres in Southern California in January.
Jermaine Dye #23, Bobby Jenks #45 and Mark Kotsay #30 of the Chicago White Sox in the dugout before the game against the Oakland Athletics during the 1929-themed turn back the clock game at the… Jermaine Dye #23, Bobby Jenks #45 and Mark Kotsay #30 of the Chicago White Sox in the dugout before the game against the Oakland Athletics during the 1929-themed turn back the clock game at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on August 16, 2009.
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“You know, the s–t I was doing in my 20s and early 30s, no normal person would have survived,” Jenks told Merkin. “So, in one way, I’m grateful to be alive. In another way, I’m not surprised this happened. It goes to show you have to take care of yourself from top to bottom with nutrition and exercise and having a good daily plan.
“I’m not saying you need to turn yourself into a Greek god, but you need to watch what you put into your body. Unfortunately, in my 20s, it was the last thing on my mind, being worried about what was going in. I’m not saying that’s 100 percent the factor of what happened here.”
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Jenks had a brief but memorable seven-year career. He debuted in July 2005 with the White Sox and by October of that year, was hoisting a World Series trophy as the team’s closer.
Over the next five seasons, Jenks made two All-Star teams and averaged 33 saves a season.
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The White Sox non-tendered Jenks after a 2010 season in which he posted a career-high 4.44 ERA. Prior to the 2011 season, Boston signed Jenks to a two-year, $12 million contract, but saw him pitch only 19 games in a Red Sox uniform before he was released in July 2012 with a 6.32 ERA.
That would mark the end of Jenks’ major league playing career.
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Jenks won the Pioneer League championship in 2022 as the manager of the Grand Junction Rockies. In 2024, he managed the independent Windy City Thunderbolts, and told Merkin his goal is to return to manage the team in 2025.
The White Sox have also scheduled a 20-year World Series reunion for the weekend of July 11 which Jenks would like to attend in person.
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