Hughie Jennings Type I Vintage Baseball Photo Hall Of Fame New York Yankees
Type 1 vintage baseball photo of HUGHIE JENNINGS IN NEW YORK YANKEES UNIFORM. MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 4 X 5 1/8 INCHES. Born: April 2, 1869 - Pittston, PA. Died: February 1, 1928 - Scranton, PA. Hughie "Ee-Yah" Jennings goes down as one of the most colorful players and managers who ever stepped onto the field. As a player, Jennings was an outstanding shortstop who had some incredible offensive seasons with the Orioles. 300 five straight seasons from 1894 to 1898, posting a sensational. That year the tough-as-they-come Jennings was hit by pitches 51 times, setting a National League record. Willing to do whatever it took to get on base, he led the league in HBP five seasons in a row, and his career 287 plunkings are still a Major League record. Also known for his speed, Jennings swiped 70 bases in 1896. Great with the glove, Jennings led the league in putouts on four occasions. As a manager of the Tigers, he was known for his antics while coaching at third base, and his famous shouts of "Ee-Yah" which soon became his nickname. Hughie Jennings was considered near or at the top of the list as a strategist and great teacher of fundamentals. He led the Tigers to the American League pennant three consecutive seasons from 1907 to 1909, but also had the challenging task of keeping the fiery Ty Cobb in check and running interference between Cobb and his archenemy and teammate, Sam Crawford. After 13 seasons in Detroit, Jennings moved on to coach and manage for John McGraw's Giants, winning the pennant in 1924.
During the offseason, Jennings was a practicing attorney. He had attended Cornell University and, although he never finished, he passed the bar exam and went into practice in 1905. After winning over 1,184 games as a manager, Jennings concentrated his attention on his thriving law practice. In 1926, Jennings was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He died in 1928 at age 58, just months after he was diagnosed with meningitis.
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1945. 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. 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] He died in 1928 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. Cornell Law School and an off-season law practice. A lifetime of tragic accidents.
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. [1] 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. Jennings played with the Orioles for parts of seven seasons and became a star during his years in Baltimore.The Baltimore Orioles teams of 1894, 1895, and 1896 are regarded as one of the greatest teams of all time. The teams featured Hall of Fame manager Ned Hanlon and a lineup with six future Hall of Famers: first baseman Dan Brouthers, second baseman John McGraw, shortstop Jennings, catcher Wilbert Robinson, right fielder "Wee Willie" Keeler, and left fielder Joe Kelley. Amidst all those great players, Jennings was appointed captain in 1894, his first full season with the team.
Baltimore Orioles' Hall of Fame players "Wee Willie" Keeler, Joe Kelley, John McGraw, and Hughie Jennings, circa 1894. During the Orioles' championship years, Jennings had some of the best seasons ever by a major league shortstop. 386, scored 159 runs, collected 204 hits, knocked in 125 runs, and stole 53 bases. In 1896, his performance was even better, as he hit. 401 (2nd best in the National League) with 209 hits, 121 RBIs, and 70 stolen bases.
The fiery Jennings was also known as one of the most fearless players of his time, allowing himself to be hit by pitches more than any other player. In one game, he was hit by a pitch three times. In 1896, he was hit by pitches 51 times-a Major League record that still stands. In just five seasons with the Orioles from 1894 to 1898, Jennings was hit by pitches an unprecedented 202 times. During one game, Jennings was hit in the head by a pitch from Amos Rusie in the 3rd inning, but managed to finish the game.
As soon as the game ended, Jennings collapsed and was unconscious for three days. Jennings was also one of the best fielding shortstops of the era. He led the National League in fielding percentage and putouts three times each. He had as many as 537 assists and 425 putouts in single seasons during his prime. His 425 putouts ties him with Donie Bush for the single season record for a shortstop.In 1895, he had a career-high range factor of 6.73-1.19 points higher than the league average (5.54) for shortstops that year. He once handled 20 chances in a game, and on another occasion had 10 assists in a game. In 1898, he threw his arm out, and his career as a shortstop came to an end. After that, Jennings was forced to move to first base.
In 1899, when manager Ned Hanlon moved to the Brooklyn Superbas, several of his star players, including Jennings, Joe Kelley, and Willie Keeler followed. While Jennings was never the same after the injury to his arm in 1898, he contributed to Brooklyn's National League pennants in 1899 and 1900. In 1901, Jennings was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. However, his failing arm cut his career short, as he never played in more than 82 games or hit above. 272 in two seasons with the Phillies. Jennings played 6 games for the Superbas in 1903, effectively ending his playing career, with the exception of 9 at bats during his tenure as the manager of the Detroit Tigers. While playing for the Orioles in the 1890s, Jennings and John McGraw both attended classes at St. After the 1899 season, Jennings was accepted to Cornell Law School. He managed the Cornell University baseball team while studying law and concluded that he was well-suited to being a manager. [4] While at Cornell, he joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity chapter there.Jennings continued as a scholar-athlete until the spring of 1904, when he left campus early to manage the Orioles. Though he never finished his law degree at Cornell, Jennings passed the Maryland bar exam in 1905 and started a law practice. [1][3] He continued to work at his law practice during the off-seasons through the remainder of his baseball career. As Detroit's third base coach, Jennings would shout Ee-yah!
And other loud sounds while throwing his arms up and lifting his right leg. Hughie Jennings with a bell in the Tigers dugout. In 1907, Jennings was hired as manager of a talented Detroit Tigers team that included future Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford. However, Jennings' teams lost the 1907 and 1908 World Series to the "Tinker to Evers to Chance" Chicago Cubs and the 1909 Series to Honus Wagner's Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jennings continued to manage the Tigers through the 1920 season, though his teams never won another pennant. During his years as Detroit's manager, Jennings became famous for his antics, mostly in the third base coaching box, which variously included shouts of "Ee-Yah", and other whoops, whistles, horns, gyrations, jigs, and grass-plucking. [1] In 1907, he was suspended for taunting opponents with a tin whistle. [2][4] (See also Jack Smile, Ee-yah: The Life And Times Of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall Of Famer). Hughie Jennings was honored alongside the retired numbers of the Detroit Tigers in 2000. Behind the antics was a great coaching mind.Connie Mack called Jennings one of the three greatest managers in history, along with John McGraw and Joe McCarthy. [2] One of his greatest challenges, and accomplishments, during his years in Detroit was to manage the unmanageable-Ty Cobb. Jennings recognized Cobb's talent and his complicated psychological makeup and concluded the best strategy would be to let Cobb be Cobb. Jennings reportedly called Cobb aside one day and said, There isn't anything about baseball I can teach you. Anything I might say to you would merely hinder you in your development.
The only thing for you to do is go ahead and do as you please. Do what you think is best and I'll back you up. In 1912, during a game in which "pick-ups" played for the Tigers when the regular team went on strike to protest the suspension of Cobb after an incident involving a fan in the stands whom Cobb assaulted, Jennings, who also sent his coaches in as substitute players, came to bat himself once as a pinch hitter. According to one source, when the umpire asked him for whom he was batting, Jennings answered, None of your business.
" The umpire noted on his lineup sheet, "Jennings--batted for exercise. While Jennings was fiery, hard-nosed, colorful, and even eccentric, he insisted he had always played the game honestly. When a scandal arose in 1926 concerning whether Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker had fixed a 1919 game between the Detroit and the Cleveland Indians while Jennings was the manager, Jennings initially spoke of how easy it would be to fix a game and issued a "no comment" on the specific game. After his "no comment" drew negative publicity, Jennings issued a statement to the press in December 1926 denying knowledge of the matter and adding, My slate has been clean base ball for 35 years... Whatever I have done in base ball has been of such a nature that I would be ready any time to go before anyone and place my case before them. [6] After the 1920 season, Jennings stepped down as the Tigers' manager. His 1,131 wins was the most in Tigers history until Sparky Anderson passed him in 1992. Jennings signed on as a coach with his old friend, John McGraw, who was managing the New York Giants. Jennings and McGraw, who met as teammates on the Orioles, became close friends. Jennings was the best man at McGraw's wedding and a pallbearer following the death of McGraw's 23-year-old wife in 1899. [7] McGraw and Jennings staged a reunion year after year on their birthdays. [1][4] Jennings won two World Series as a coach in 1921 and 1922. When McGraw became ill, Jennings filled in as the Giants' manager for parts of 1924 and 1925. His overall managing record was 1184-995.Jennings' life was filled with several tragic accidents. There was the beaning incident in Philadelphia that left him unconscious for three days.
While attending Cornell, he fractured his skull diving head-first into a swimming pool at night, only to find the pool had been emptied. [1][2] In December 1911, Jennings came close to death after an off-season automobile accident. While driving a car given to him by admirers, Jennings' car overturned while crossing a bridge over the Lehigh River near Gouldsboro, 23 miles southeast of Scranton.In the crash, Jennings again fractured his skull, suffered a concussion of the brain, and broke both legs and his left arm. For several days after the accident, doctors were unsure if Jennings would survive. The physical abuse and blows to the head undoubtedly took their toll. During the 1925 season, McGraw was ill, and Jennings was put in full charge of the Giants. The team finished in second place and the strain caught up with Jennings, who suffered a nervous breakdown when the season ended.
[1][4] According to his obituary, Jennings "was unable to report" to spring training in 1926 due to his condition. Jennings retired to the Winyah Sanatorium in Asheville, North Carolina. He did return home to Scranton, Pennsylvania, spending much of his time recuperating in the Pocono Mountains. [4] In early 1928, Jennings died from meningitis in Scranton, Pennsylvania at age 58. Jennings was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 as a player. "Jennings in his prime was the greatest shortstop in baseball, " said Joe Vila of the New York Sun. Inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player, Hughie Jennings was also a leader on the field, which propelled him to a successful career as a manager after his playing days were over. Over those three seasons, Jennings had 355 RBI and hit. In 1895, to go with his. 386 average, he had 204 hits, scored 159 runs, drove in 125 and stole 53 bases. During the following season, he had 209 hits and 70 stolen bases, also setting a major league record by being hit by a pitch 51 times. For his career, Jennings batted. 312 with 1,526 hits, scored 992 runs and stole 359 bases. He also led all shortstops in the league in fielding average three times. The shortstop was hit by a pitch an astounding 287 times in his career. In one game in particular, he was hit in the head by a pitch in the third inning and remarkably, he continued to play the rest of the game.But, as soon as it finished, he collapsed and remained unconscious for the three days that followed. After the 1899 season, in which he played for the pennant-winning Brooklyn Superbas, Jennings went to Cornell Law School and began his managerial career with the university baseball team while also completing his studies.
He left campus before finishing his degree in the 1904 season to manage the Eastern League Orioles, and was hired as the manager of the Detroit Tigers in 1907. He later passed the bar and enjoyed a long career practicing law.Jennings led the Tigers to three consecutive pennants in his first three seasons with the team, and stayed with them until 1920. He compiled 1,131 wins in his 14 years as Detroit's manager.
The Detroit manager became known for yelling Ee-yah! From the coaching box, as a form of encouragement for his players. It became his nickname, and fans would yell the word whenever he came on the field. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs".
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