Hugh Jennings
| Hughie Jennings | |
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| Infielder / Manager | |
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Born: April 2, 1869 Pittston, Pennsylvania |
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Died: February 1, 1928 (aged 58) Scranton, Pennsylvania |
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| 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 runs | 18 |
| Runs batted in | 840 |
| Managerial record | 1,184–995 |
| Winning % | .543 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the National | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1945 |
| Election Method | Veteran's Committee |
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As manager
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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. He died in 1928 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
Born in Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings was the son of Irish immigrants, James and Nora, who according to Jack Smiles's biography of Jennings, Ee-yah: The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer (page 7), arrived in Pittston in 1851.
Jennings worked as a breaker boy (young boys who separated the coal from the slate) in the local anthracite coal mines. He drew attention playing shortstop for a semi-professional baseball team in Lehighton, Pennsylvania in 1890. He was signed by the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1891. He stayed with the Colonels when they joined the National League in 1892 and was traded on June 7, 1893 to the Baltimore Orioles.
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