Hughie Jennings

Hughie Jennings
Shortstop / First baseman / Manager
Born: (1869-04-02)April 2, 1869
Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: February 1, 1928(1928-02-01) (aged 58)
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
MLB debut
June 1, 1891, for the Louisville Colonels
Last MLB appearance
September 2, 1918, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average.311
Home runs18
Runs batted in840
Managerial record1,184–995
Winning %.543
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Teams
As player

As manager

Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1945
Election methodOld-Timers Committee

Hugh Ambrose Jennings (April 2, 1869 – February 1, 1928) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager from 1891 to 1925. Jennings was a leader, both as a batter and as a shortstop, with the Baltimore Orioles teams that won National League championships in 1894, 1895, and 1896. During those three seasons, Jennings had 355 runs batted in and hit .335, .386, and .401.

Jennings was a fiery, hard-nosed player who was not afraid to be hit by a pitch to get on base. In 1896, he was hit by pitches 51 times – a major league record that has never been broken. Jennings also holds the career record for being hit by pitches with 287, with Craig Biggio (who retired in 2007) holding the modern-day career record of 285. Jennings also played on the Brooklyn Superbas teams that won National League pennants in 1899 and 1900. From 1907 to 1920, Jennings was the manager of the Detroit Tigers, where he was known for his colorful antics, hoots, whistles, and his famous shouts of "Ee-Yah!" from the third base coaching box. Jennings suffered a nervous breakdown in 1925 that forced him to leave Major League Baseball.[1] In 1945, Jennings was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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