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Hughie Jennings

Full name Hugh Ambrose Jennings
Born April 2, 1869, Pittston, Pennsylvania
Died February 1, 1928, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Buried at St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, Pennsylvania (Section C)
First Game: June 1, 1891; Final Game: September 2, 1918
Managed First Game: April 11, 1907; Managed Final Game: June 8, 1925
Umpired First Game: July 22, 1893; Umpired Final Game: September 15, 1900
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8.5" Weight: 165
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1945
Ejections as player: 1895 (1), 1896 (1), 1897 (1), 1898 (1). Total: 4
Ejections as manager: 1907 (7), 1908 (3), 1910 (1), 1911 (5), 1912 (2), 1913 (2), 1915 (1), 1916 (2), 1918 (1), 1919 (2), 1920 (2). Total: 28
SABR Biography
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1891 LOU a                   88   351   51  103  10   8   1   58   17   35   9           12  .293  .342  .376   0.6 1891 LOU a
1892 LOU N                  152   594   65  133  16   4   2   61   30   30   9           28  .224  .272  .274   0.1 1892 LOU N
1893 LOU N                   23    88    6   12   3   0   0    9    3    3   1            0  .136  .174  .170  -0.8 1893 LOU N
1893 BAL N                   16    55    6   14   0   0   1    6    4    3   3            0  .255  .339  .309  -0.4 1893 BAL N
1893 TOT N                   39   143   12   26   3   0   1   15    7    6   4            0  .182  .240  .224  -1.2 1893 TOT N
1894 BAL N                  128   501  134  168  28  16   4  109   37   17  27  18       37  .335  .411  .479   3.5 1894 BAL N
1895 BAL N                  131   529  159  204  41   7   4  125   24   17  32  28       53  .386  .444  .512   6.3 1895 BAL N
1896 BAL N                  130   521  125  209  27   9   0  121   19   11  51  11       70  .401  .472  .488   6.7 1896 BAL N
1897 BAL N                  117   439  133  156  26   9   2   79   42    9  46  17       60  .355  .463  .469   5.5 1897 BAL N
1898 BAL N                  143   534  135  175  25  11   1   87   78   20  46   7       28  .328  .454  .421   4.9 1898 BAL N
1899 BRO N                   16    41    7    7   0   2   0    6    9    2   2   3        4  .171  .346  .268  -0.5 1899 BRO N
1899 BAL N                    2     8    2    3   0   2   0    2    0    1   0   0        0  .375  .375  .875   0.1 1899 BAL N
1899 BRO N                   51   175   35   57   3   8   0   34   13    7  17   7       14  .326  .424  .434   0.8 1899 BRO N
1899 TOT N                   69   224   44   67   3  12   0   42   22   10  19  10       18  .299  .408  .420   0.4 1899 TOT N
1900 BRO N                  115   441   61  120  18   6   1   69   31   29  20  13       31  .272  .348  .347  -0.2 1900 BRO N
1901 PHI N    Daily Splits   82   302   38   79  21   2   1   39   25   29  12   8   0   13  .262  .342  .354  -0.3 1901 PHI N
1902 PHI N    Daily Splits   78   290   32   79  13   4   1   32   14   19  11   7   0    8  .272  .330  .355   0.5 1902 PHI N
1903 BRO N    Daily Splits    6    17    2    4   0   0   0    1    1    1   1   0   0    1  .235  .316  .235  -0.1 1903 BRO N
1907 DET A    Daily Splits    1     4    0    1   1   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0  .250  .250  .500  -0.1 1907 DET A
1909 DET A    Daily Splits    2     4    1    2   0   0   0    2    0    0   0   0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0.1 1909 DET A
1910 DET A    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0     -     -     -   0.0 1910 DET A
1912 DET A    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1   0   0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1912 DET A
1918 DET A    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0        0     -     -     -   0.0 1918 DET A
Total NL (12 Years)        1190  4535  940 1420 221  80  17  780  330  198 278 119i  0i 347  .313  .394  .408  26.1 Total NL
Total AA ( 1 Year )          88   351   51  103  10   8   1   58   17   35   9           12  .293  .342  .376   0.6 Total AA
Total AL ( 5 Years)           6     9    1    3   1   0   0    2    0    1   0   0   0i   0  .333  .333  .444   0.0 Total AL
Total    (18 Years) Splits 1284  4895  992 1526 232  88  18  840  347  234 287 119i  0i 359  .312  .391  .406  26.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1891 LOU a               SS   68                     181  221   49   28   0  .891
1891 LOU a               1B   17                     174    5    5   10   0  .973
1891 LOU a               3B    3                       3    6    3    0      .750
1892 LOU N               SS  152                     343  537   90   59   0  .907
1893 LOU N               SS   23                      52   90   16   11   0  .899
1893 BAL N               SS   15                      34   36    9    4   0  .886
1893 BAL N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0         -     0    0    1 
1893 TOT N               SS   38                      86  126   25   15   0  .895
1894 BAL N               SS  128                     307  499   63   69   1  .928
1895 BAL N               SS  131                     425  457   56   71   0  .940
1896 BAL N               SS  130                     377  476   66   70   0  .928
1897 BAL N               SS  116                     335  425   55   54   1  .933
1898 BAL N               SS  115                     289  368   50   41   0  .929
1898 BAL N               2B   27                      75   72   12   10   0  .925
1898 BAL N               OF    1                       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    1 
1899 BRO N               SS   11                      25   22   10    3   0  .825
1899 BRO N               1B    4                      22    3    1    1   0  .962
1899 BAL N               2B    2                       3    5    0    0   0 1.000
1899 BRO N               1B   46                     424   22    6   23   0  .987
1899 BRO N               SS    1                       3    2    1    1   0  .833
1899 BRO N               2B    1                       3    2    1    0   0  .833
1899 TOT N               1B   50                     446   25    7   24   0  .985
1899 TOT N               2B    3                       6    7    1    0   0  .929
1899 TOT N               SS   12                      28   24   11    4   0  .825
1900 BRO N               1B  112                    1050   76   21   71   0  .982
1900 BRO N               2B    2                       3    8    2    0   0  .846
1901 PHI N Daily Splits  1B   80   80   78   702  i  745   38   17   20   0  .979
1901 PHI N               SS    1    1    1     8       4    2    1    0   0  .857
1901 PHI N               2B    1    1    1     9       1    6    0    1   0 1.000
1902 PHI N Daily Splits  1B   69   69   68   595.2i  659   46   12   32   0  .983
1902 PHI N               SS    5    4    4    32  i    8    7    2    0   0  .882
1902 PHI N               2B    4    4    4    35      10   10    1    1   0  .952
1903 BRO N Daily Splits  OF    4    3    3    27       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    3 
1903 BRO N               RF    3    3    3    27       6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1903 BRO N               LF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1907 DET A Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0             1    2    1    0   0  .750
1907 DET A               SS    1    1    0             1    1    2    0   0  .500
1909 DET A Daily Splits  1B    2    1    1     8  i    9    1    0    2   0 1.000
1918 DET A Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0             2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total (12 Years) Splits  SS  897    6i   5i   40  i 2384 3143  470  411   2  .922
Total ( 7 Years)         1B  331  150i 147i 1305.2i 3085  191   62  159   0  .981
Total ( 6 Years)         2B   38    5i   5i   44  i   96  105   17   12   0  .922
Total ( 3 Years)         OF    6    3i   3i   27  i    8    0    0    0   0i1.000     1    0    5 
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    3                       3    6    3    0      .750
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    3i   3i   3i   27  i    6i   0i   0i   0i  0i1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    0    0             1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1907 DET A        153   92   58  .613   693   531                  1
1908 DET A        154   90   63  .588   647   547                  1
1909 DET A        158   98   54  .645   666   493                  1
1910 DET A        155   86   68  .558   679   584                  3
1911 DET A        154   89   65  .578   831   777                  2
1912 DET A        154   69   84  .451   720   777                  6
1913 DET A        153   66   87  .431   625   716                  6
1914 DET A        157   80   73  .523   615   618                  4
1915 DET A        156  100   54  .649   778   597                  2
1916 DET A        155   87   67  .565   670   595                  3
1917 DET A        154   78   75  .510   639   577                  4
1918 DET A        128   55   71  .437   476   557                  7
1919 DET A        140   80   60  .571   618   578                  4
1920 DET A        155   61   93  .396   652   832                  7
1924 NY  N         44   32   12  .727   238   163   5-21   7- 6    3  1  1
1925 NY  N         32   21   11  .656   189   145   5- 4   6- 8    1  1  2
Total (16 Years) 2202 1184  995  .543  9736  9087
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1907 DET A          5    0    4  .000     6    19
1908 DET A          5    1    4  .200    15    24
1909 DET A          7    3    4  .429    28    34
Total ( 3 Years)   17    4   12  .250    49    77
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1921 NY  N   4-13  10-13
1922 NY  N   4-12  10- 8
1923 NY  N   4-17  10-15
1924 NY  N   4-15   5-20
1924 NY  N   7- 7  10-10
1925 NY  N   4-14   5- 3
1925 NY  N   6- 9  10- 3
Total ( 5 Years) 

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1893 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
1900 NL Daily       2    1    1    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)    3    1    2    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-23-1895          BAL N  Tim Keefe           Balls and strikes
 8-22-1896          BAL N  Tim Hurst           Call at 1B (Grabbed umpire)
 5-30-1897          BAL N  Tim Hurst           Call at 1B
 7-30-1898(2)       BAL N  Tom Lynch           Foul ball call

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 4-13-1907     BOX  DET A  Jack Stafford       Call on the bases
 5-22-1907     BOX  DET A  Billy Evans         Call at 3B (Appeal play)
 6-26-1907     BOX  DET A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at 2B
 7-24-1907     BOX  DET A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at 2B
 7-25-1907(1)  BOX  DET A  Silk O'Loughlin     Blowing whistle
 7-27-1907     BOX  DET A  Silk O'Loughlin     Blowing whistle
10- 9-1907     BOX  DET A  Hank O'Day          Call at 2B
 5-16-1908     BOX  DET A  Billy Evans         Call at HP
 5-18-1908     BOX  DET A  Tim Hurst           Balls and strikes
 6- 6-1908     BOX  DET A  Jack Sheridan       Coaching batter from bench
 8-10-1910     BOX  DET A  John Kerin          Balls and strikes
 5-23-1911     BOX  DET A  Bill Dinneen        HBP non-call
 7- 4-1911(2)  BOX  DET A  John Mullin         Fair/foul call
 7-21-1911     BOX  DET A  Tommy Connolly      Bench jockeying
 8-25-1911(1)  BOX  DET A  Bill Dinneen        Balls and strikes
10- 2-1911     BOX  DET A  Bull Perrine        Call at 2B
 7-28-1912     BOX  DET A  Tommy Connolly      Cobb stepping out of box
 9-11-1912     BOX  DET A  Tommy Connolly      Interference call
 5- 3-1913     BOX  DET A  George Hildebrand   Call at HP
 6- 4-1913     BOX  DET A  Charlie Ferguson    Unknown reason
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-12-1915     BOX  DET A  George Hildebrand   Interference call
 7- 2-1916     BOX  DET A  Dick Nallin         Called third strike
 7-23-1916     BOX  DET A  Dick Nallin         Balls and strikes
 6-26-1918     BOX  DET A  Dick Nallin         Balls and strikes
 6- 6-1919     BOX  DET A  Ollie Chill         Call at HP
 9-17-1919(2)  BOX  DET A  George Moriarty     Balls and strikes
 5-11-1920     BOX  DET A  Barry Evans         Bench jockeying
 8- 6-1920     BOX  DET A  Brick Owens         Call at 3B

Transaction Information

Signed as a free agent by Louisville Colonels (May 17, 1891).

Traded by Louisville Colonels with Harry Taylor to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for
Tim O'Rourke (June 7, 1893).

Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Dahlen, Mike Heydon,
Jay Hughes, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Al Maul, Dan McGann and Doc McJames (March
11, 1899).

Traded by Brooklyn Superbas to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Gene DeMontreville
and Jerry Nops (August 3, 1899); Gene DeMontreville returned to Baltimore Orioles
and Jerry Nops returned to Baltimore Orioles and Hughie Jennings returned to
Brooklyn Superbas (@August 8, 1899).

Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to Philadelphia Phillies for $3000 (June 20, 1901).

Traded by Brooklyn Superbas with Hughie Hearne, Judge McCredie and Bill Pounds to
Baltimore (Eastern) in exchange for Jack Hayden (July 3, 1903).

Selected by Detroit Tigers from Baltimore (Eastern) in the major league draft (September 1, 1906).
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