Right-handed pitcher Kyle Hendricks is retiring , putting a bow on a major-league career that spanned parts of 12 seasons, mostly with the Chicago Cubs .

Hendricks finishes with a 105-91 record, 3.79 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 1,373 strikeouts in 1,745 innings. He might make the Hall of Fame ballot in a decade, but he won't receive more than a token vote or two. The final stat line doesn't really matter, though. What does matter is the lasting impact that Hendricks had on the Cubs and their fan base.

Zero in on 2016, when the Cubs won the World Series, and take note that Hendricks finished third in NL Cy Young voting that season. It's so much more than that though. Let's take a stroll through Hendricks' professional career.

An eighth-round pick out of Dartmouth, Hendricks started with the

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