Hughie Jennings
[edit] Biography
Hughie Jennings (Hugh Ambrose Jennings) was born on April 2, 1869 in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on June 1, 1891 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1891, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 1 home run and 58 RBI. Jennings played for the Louisville Colonels, Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Superbas, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 16 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Hughie Jennings's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1895, when he stole 53 bases, hit for a .386 average and knocked in 125 runs. However, others believe that it was 1896, when he stole 70 bases, hit for a .401 average and knocked in 121 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1891
| LOU
| a
| 90
| 360
| 53
| 105
| 1
| 58
| .292
| .339
| .372
| 10
| 8
| 17
| 36
| 9
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| 152
| 594
| 65
| 132
| 2
| 61
| .222
| .270
| .273
| 16
| 4
| 30
| 30
| 9
| 0
| 28
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| 23
| 88
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 9
| .136
| .174
| .170
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| 16
| 55
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 6
| .255
| .339
| .309
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| 39
| 143
| 12
| 26
| 1
| 15
| .182
| .240
| .224
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| BAL
| N
| 128
| 501
| 134
| 168
| 4
| 109
| .335
| .411
| .479
| 28
| 16
| 37
| 17
| 27
| 18
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| BAL
| N
| 131
| 529
| 159
| 204
| 4
| 125
| .386
| .444
| .512
| 41
| 7
| 24
| 17
| 32
| 28
| 53
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| BAL
| N
| 130
| 521
| 125
| 209
| 0
| 121
| .401
| .472
| .488
| 27
| 9
| 19
| 11
| 51
| 11
| 70
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| 117
| 439
| 133
| 156
| 2
| 79
| .355
| .463
| .469
| 26
| 9
| 42
| 0
| 46
| 17
| 60
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| 143
| 534
| 135
| 175
| 1
| 87
| .328
| .454
| .421
| 25
| 11
| 78
| 0
| 46
| 7
| 28
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 51
| 175
| 35
| 57
| 0
| 34
| .326
| .410
| .434
| 3
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 12
| 8
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 16
| 41
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 6
| .171
| .404
| .268
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| 2
| 8
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .375
| .375
| .875
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 69
| 224
| 44
| 67
| 0
| 42
| .299
| .408
| .420
| 3
| 12
| 22
| 0
| 19
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 115
| 441
| 61
| 120
| 1
| 69
| .272
| .348
| .347
| 18
| 6
| 31
| 0
| 20
| 13
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| 82
| 302
| 38
| 79
| 1
| 39
| .262
| .342
| .354
| 21
| 2
| 25
| 0
| 12
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| 78
| 290
| 32
| 79
| 1
| 32
| .272
| .330
| .355
| 13
| 4
| 14
| 0
| 11
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| BRO
| N
| 6
| 17
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .235
| .316
| .235
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .250
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1190
| 4535
| 940
| 1419
| 17
| 780
| .313
| .394
| .408
| 221
| 80
| 330
| 81
| 278
| 119
| 347
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 6
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 2
| .333
| .333
| .444
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AA
|
| 90
| 360
| 53
| 105
| 1
| 58
| .292
| .339
| .372
| 10
| 8
| 17
| 36
| 9
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1286
| 4904
| 994
| 1527
| 18
| 840
| .311
| .390
| .406
| 232
| 88
| 347
| 117
| 287
| 119
| 359
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1891
| LOU
| a
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 174
| 5
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1891
| LOU
| a
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1891
| LOU
| a
| SS
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 187
| 225
| 49
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .894
|
| 1892
| LOU
| N
| SS
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 343
| 537
| 90
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .907
|
| 1893
| LOU
| N
| SS
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 90
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .899
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 36
| 9
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .886
|
| 1893
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1893
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 86
| 126
| 25
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1894
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 307
| 499
| 63
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1895
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 425
| 457
| 56
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| 1896
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 130
| 0
| 0
| 377
| 476
| 66
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .928
|
| 1897
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 335
| 425
| 55
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| SS
| 115
| 0
| 0
| 289
| 368
| 50
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1898
| BAL
| N
| 2B
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 75
| 72
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 424
| 22
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1899
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 22
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .825
|
| 1899
| BAL
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 1B
| 50
| 0
| 0
| 446
| 25
| 7
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1899
| TOT
| N
| SS
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 24
| 11
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .825
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 1B
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 1050
| 76
| 21
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1900
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .846
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 745
| 38
| 17
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1901
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| 1B
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 659
| 46
| 12
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1902
| PHI
| N
| SS
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .882
|
| 1903
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1907
| DET
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1909
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1918
| DET
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 331
| 0
| 0
| 3085
| 191
| 62
| 159
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 105
| 17
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 899
| 0
| 0
| 2390
| 3147
| 470
| 411
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .922
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Louisville Colonels (@May 30, 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, Jim 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).
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