Overview

• Jenks secured two saves during the White Sox’s 2005 postseason run and delivered the final pitch of Game 4 to end the franchise’s 88-year championship drought.
• Over a seven-season major league career, he recorded 173 saves with a 3.53 ERA, earned All-Star honors in 2006 and 2007, and closed out his final season with the Boston Red Sox in 2011.
• He publicly disclosed a stage 4 adenocarcinoma diagnosis in February 2025 and relocated to Sintra to undergo treatment near his wife’s family.
• Fans, former teammates and the White Sox organization held a final autograph-signing fundraiser in Sintra and issued tributes as the 20th anniversary of the 2005 title approached.
• Jenks is survived by his wife, Eleni Tzitzivacos, their two children and four from a previous marriage.