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Hughie Jennings
Hugh Ambrose Jennings (Ee-Yah)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Debut June 1, 1891
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born April 2, 1869 in Pittston, PA
Died February 1, 1928 in Scranton, PA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels in 1891. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1891 22 LOU AA  90  360   53  105  10  8   1   58  12     17  36  .292  .339  .372  106  134               9    
 1892 23 LOU NL 152  594   65  132  16  4   2   61  28     30  30  .222  .270  .273   71  162               9    
 1893 24 TOT NL  39  143   12   26   3  0   1   15   0      7   6  .182  .240  .224   26   32               4    
         LOU NL  23   88    6   12   3  0   0    9   0      3   3  .136  .174  .170   -5   15               1    
         BLN NL  16   55    6   14   0  0   1    6   0      4   3  .255  .339  .309   71   17               3    
 1894 25 BLN NL 128  501  134  168  28 16   4  109  37     37  17  .335  .411  .479  110  240              27    
 1895 26 BLN NL 131  529  159  204  41  7   4  125  53     24  17  .386  .444  .512  143  271  28          32    
 1896 27 BLN NL 130  521  125  209  27  9   0  121  70     19  11  .401  .472  .488  151  254  11          51    
 1897 28 BLN NL 117  439  133  156  26  9   2   79  60     42      .355  .463  .469  146  206  17          46    
 1898 29 BLN NL 143  534  135  175  25 11   1   87  28     78      .328  .454  .421  149  225   7          46    
 1899 30 TOT NL  69  224   44   67   3 12   0   42  18  0  22      .299  .408  .420  125   94  10       0  19    
         BRO NL  16   41    7    7   0  2   0    6   4  0   9      .171  .346  .268   68   11   3       0   2    
         BLN NL   2    8    2    3   0  2   0    2   0      0      .375  .375  .875  231    7   0           0    
         BRO NL  51  175   35   57   3  8   0   34  14     13      .326  .424  .434  134   76   7          17    
 1900 31 BRO NL 115  441   61  120  18  6   1   69  31     31      .272  .348  .347   87  153  13          20    
 1901 32 PHI NL  82  302   38   79  21  2   1   39  13     25      .262  .342  .354  100  107   8          12    
 1902 33 PHI NL  78  290   32   79  13  4   1   32   8     14      .272  .330  .355  108  103   7          11    
 1903 34 BRO NL   6   17    2    4   0  0   0    1   1      1      .235  .316  .235   60    4   0           1    
 1907 38 DET AL   1    4    0    1   1  0   0    0   0      0      .250  .250  .500  135    2   0           0    
 1909 40 DET AL   2    4    1    2   0  0   0    2   0      0      .500  .500  .500  210    2   0           0    
 1912 43 DET AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 49 DET AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1285 4904  994 1527 232 88  18  840 359  0 347 117  .311  .390  .406  117 1989 101   0   0 287   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        618  125  193  29 11   2  106  45  0  44  15  .311  .390  .406  117  251  13   0   0  36   0
 Career High    152  594  159  209  41 16   4  125  70  0  78  36  .401  .472  .512  151  271  28   0   0  51   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1891 22 LOU AA  386  255   43   4.4    89| .292  .259| .339  .342| .372  .350| .711  .692| 106  .540   0.8   0.1     
 1892 23 LOU NL  633  462   42   2.4    74| .222  .241| .270  .313| .273  .323| .543  .636|  71  .315 -21.1  -2.3     
 1893 24 TOT NL  154  117    7   1.6   102| .182  .281| .240  .358| .224  .382| .464  .740|  26  .112 -15.4  -1.5     
         LOU NL   92   76    2   0.7    99| .136  .276| .174  .352| .170  .375| .344  .728|  -5  .028 -13.1  -1.3     
         BLN NL   62   41    5   3.2   108| .255  .288| .339  .367| .309  .393| .648  .760|  71  .317  -2.3  -0.2     
 1894 25 BLN NL  565  333   91   7.1   130| .335  .321| .411  .393| .479  .452| .890  .845| 110  .579   8.7   0.7     
 1895 26 BLN NL  613  353  112   8.2   115| .386  .306| .444  .373| .512  .413| .956  .786| 143  .701  36.7   3.3     
 1896 27 BLN NL  602  323  107   8.6   109| .401  .300| .472  .365| .488  .400| .960  .765| 151  .742  43.7   4.1     
 1897 28 BLN NL  544  300   85   7.3   107| .355  .298| .463  .363| .469  .397| .932  .759| 146  .686  36.1   3.4     
 1898 29 BLN NL  665  366   93   6.6    93| .328  .280| .454  .345| .421  .360| .875  .704| 149  .720  44.4   4.6     
 1899 30 TOT NL  275  167   35   5.4   101| .299  .293| .408  .355| .420  .381| .828  .736| 125  .604   8.6   0.8 100%
         BRO NL   55   37    4   2.8   101| .171  .292| .346  .355| .268  .381| .614  .736|  68  .312  -1.5  -0.2 100%
         BLN NL    8    5    3  15.5   104| .375  .296| .375  .359| .875  .385|1.250  .745| 231  .912   1.1   0.1     
         BRO NL  212  125   28   5.8   101| .326  .292| .424  .355| .434  .381| .858  .736| 134  .632   9.1   0.9     
 1900 31 BRO NL  505  334   49   3.8   103| .272  .294| .348  .356| .347  .388| .695  .744|  87  .450  -7.1  -0.7     
 1901 32 PHI NL  347  231   34   3.9    90| .262  .278| .342  .333| .354  .363| .696  .696| 100  .495   1.9   0.2     
 1902 33 PHI NL  322  218   32   3.9    81| .272  .271| .330  .327| .355  .334| .685  .660| 108  .557   2.6   0.3     
 1903 34 BRO NL   19   13    1   2.0    90| .235  .274| .316  .337| .235  .357| .551  .693|  60  .227  -0.8  -0.1     
 1907 38 DET AL    4    3    1   8.9    74| .250  .258| .250  .313| .500  .322| .750  .635| 135  .872   0.2   0.0     
 1909 40 DET AL    4    2    1  13.3    76| .500  .257| .500  .318| .500  .326|1.000  .644| 210  .937   0.5   0.1     
 1912 43 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    89| .000  .269| .000  .337| .000  .354| .000  .691|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
 1918 49 DET AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     5639 3478  733   5.5   100| .311  .286| .390  .353| .406  .380| .796  .733| 117  .594 139.6  13.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1891 22 LOU AA  SS   70    187  225   49   28  .894  .879  5.89  5.04            
                 1B   17    174    5    5   10  .973  .976 10.53 10.14            
                 3B    3      3    6    3    0  .750  .874  3.00  3.57            
 1892 23 LOU NL  SS  152    343  537   90   59  .907  .898  5.79  5.33            
 1893 24 TOT NL  SS   38     86  126   25   15  .895  .897  5.58  5.47            
         LOU NL  SS   23     52   90   16   11  .899  .897  6.17  5.47            
         BLN NL  SS   15     34   36    9    4  .886  .897  4.67  5.47            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    0    1
 1894 25 BLN NL  SS  128    307  499   63   69  .928  .898  6.30  5.59            
 1895 26 BLN NL  SS  131    425  457   56   71  .940  .899  6.73  5.54            
 1896 27 BLN NL  SS  130    377  476   66   70  .928  .903  6.56  5.52            
 1897 28 BLN NL  SS  116    335  425   55   54  .933  .908  6.55  5.67            
 1898 29 BLN NL  SS  115    289  368   50   41  .929  .913  5.71  5.56            
                 2B   27     75   72   12   10  .925  .943  5.44  5.53            
                 OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.00                0    0    1
 1899 30 TOT NL  1B   50    446   25    7   24  .985  .977  9.42 10.21            
         TOT NL  SS   12     28   24   11    4  .825  .911  4.33  5.52            
         TOT NL  2B    3      6    7    1    0  .929  .942  4.33  5.47            
         BRO NL  SS   11     25   22   10    3  .825  .911  4.27  5.53            
                 1B    4     22    3    1    1  .962  .977  6.25 10.20            
         BLN NL  2B    2      3    5    0    0 1.000  .941  4.00  5.45            
         BRO NL  1B   46    424   22    6   23  .987  .977  9.70 10.21            
                 2B    1      3    2    1    0  .833  .943  5.00  5.50            
                 SS    1      3    2    1    1  .833  .909  5.00  5.50            
 1900 31 BRO NL  1B  112   1050   76   21   71  .982  .979 10.05  8.93            
                 2B    2      3    8    2    0  .846  .940  5.50  5.20            
 1901 32 PHI NL  1B   80    745   38   17   20  .979  .978  9.79 10.05            
                 SS    1      4    2    1    0  .857  .923  6.00  5.70            
                 2B    1      1    6    0    1 1.000  .946  7.00  5.10            
 1902 33 PHI NL  1B   69    659   46   12   32  .983  .981 10.22 10.42            
                 SS    5      8    7    2    0  .882  .915  3.00  5.36            
                 2B    4     10   10    1    1  .952  .948  5.00  5.35            
 1903 34 BRO NL  OF    4      7    0    0    0 1.000  .946  1.75  1.90                1    0    3
 1907 38 DET AL  2B    1      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  3.00  5.30            
                 SS    1      1    1    2    0  .500  .952  2.00  5.40            
 1909 40 DET AL  1B    2      9    1    0    2 1.000  .980  5.00 10.80            
 1918 49 DET AL  1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00 10.90            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1891 22 LOU AA  1B   17    174    5    5   10  .973  .976 10.53 10.14            
 1899 30 TOT NL  1B   50    446   25    7   24  .985  .977  9.42 10.21            
         BRO NL  1B    4     22    3    1    1  .962  .977  6.25 10.20            
                 1B   46    424   22    6   23  .987  .977  9.70 10.21            
 1900 31 BRO NL  1B  112   1050   76   21   71  .982  .979 10.05  8.93            
 1901 32 PHI NL  1B   80    745   38   17   20  .979  .978  9.79 10.05            
 1902 33 PHI NL  1B   69    659   46   12   32  .983  .981 10.22 10.42            
 1909 40 DET AL  1B    2      9    1    0    2 1.000  .980  5.00 10.80            
 1918 49 DET AL  1B    1      2    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  2.00 10.90            

 1898 29 BLN NL  2B   27     75   72   12   10  .925  .943  5.44  5.53            
 1899 30 TOT NL  2B    3      6    7    1    0  .929  .942  4.33  5.47            
         BLN NL  2B    2      3    5    0    0 1.000  .941  4.00  5.45            
         BRO NL  2B    1      3    2    1    0  .833  .943  5.00  5.50            
 1900 31 BRO NL  2B    2      3    8    2    0  .846  .940  5.50  5.20            
 1901 32 PHI NL  2B    1      1    6    0    1 1.000  .946  7.00  5.10            
 1902 33 PHI NL  2B    4     10   10    1    1  .952  .948  5.00  5.35            
 1907 38 DET AL  2B    1      1    2    1    0  .750  .968  3.00  5.30            

 1891 22 LOU AA  3B    3      3    6    3    0  .750  .874  3.00  3.57            

 1893 24 BLN NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.10                0    0    1
 1898 29 BLN NL  OF    1      1    0    0    0 1.000  .909  1.00  2.00                0    0    1
 1903 34 BRO NL  OF    4      7    0    0    0 1.000  .946  1.75  1.90                1    0    3

 1891 22 LOU AA  SS   70    187  225   49   28  .894  .879  5.89  5.04            
 1892 23 LOU NL  SS  152    343  537   90   59  .907  .898  5.79  5.33            
 1893 24 TOT NL  SS   38     86  126   25   15  .895  .897  5.58  5.47            
         LOU NL  SS   23     52   90   16   11  .899  .897  6.17  5.47            
         BLN NL  SS   15     34   36    9    4  .886  .897  4.67  5.47            
 1894 25 BLN NL  SS  128    307  499   63   69  .928  .898  6.30  5.59            
 1895 26 BLN NL  SS  131    425  457   56   71  .940  .899  6.73  5.54            
 1896 27 BLN NL  SS  130    377  476   66   70  .928  .903  6.56  5.52            
 1897 28 BLN NL  SS  116    335  425   55   54  .933  .908  6.55  5.67            
 1898 29 BLN NL  SS  115    289  368   50   41  .929  .913  5.71  5.56            
 1899 30 TOT NL  SS   12     28   24   11    4  .825  .911  4.33  5.52            
         BRO NL  SS   11     25   22   10    3  .825  .911  4.27  5.53            
                 SS    1      3    2    1    1  .833  .909  5.00  5.50            
 1901 32 PHI NL  SS    1      4    2    1    0  .857  .923  6.00  5.70            
 1902 33 PHI NL  SS    5      8    7    2    0  .882  .915  3.00  5.36            
 1907 38 DET AL  SS    1      1    1    2    0  .500  .952  2.00  5.40            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  SS  899   2390 3147  470  411  .922  .901  6.16  5.48            
                 1B  331   3085  191   62  159  .981  .979  9.90  9.78            
                 2B   38     96  105   17   12  .922  .944  5.29  5.47            
                 OF    6      8    0    0    0 1.000  .941  1.33  1.95                1    0    5
                 3B    3      3    6    3    0  .750  .874  3.00  3.57            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1277   5582 3449  552  582  .942  .929  7.07  6.58
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1895 NL-.386-7
1896 NL-.401-2
1897 NL-.355-7
1898 NL-.328-10
Car-.311-92

On-base %
1895 NL-.444-9
1896 NL-.472-2
1897 NL-.463-4
1898 NL-.454-3
Car-.390-98

Slugging %
1895 NL-.512-10
1896 NL-.488-10

OPS
1895 NL-.957-10
1896 NL-.960-7
1897 NL-.932-7
1898 NL-.876-4

Games
1892 NL-152-5
1895 NL-131-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1895 NL-613-9
1896 NL-602-10
1898 NL-665-9

Runs
1895 NL-159-3
1896 NL-125-10
1897 NL-133-5
1898 NL-135-2

Hits
1895 NL-204-4
1896 NL-209-3

Total Bases
1895 NL-271-9
1896 NL-254-9

Doubles
1895 NL-41-3
1896 NL-27-8

RBI
1895 NL-125-4
1896 NL-121-2

Bases on Balls
1898 NL-78-5

Stolen Bases
1895 NL-53-5
1896 NL-70-6
1897 NL-60-7
Car-359-96

Singles
1895 NL-152-7
1896 NL-173-2

Adjusted OPS+
1896 NL-151-9
1897 NL-146-6
1898 NL-149-4

Runs Created
1895 NL-112-9
1898 NL-93-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1895 NL-37-10
1896 NL-44-6
1897 NL-36-7
1898 NL-44-3

Batting Wins
1895 NL-3.3-10
1896 NL-4.1-6
1897 NL-3.4-6
1898 NL-4.6-1

Times on Base
1895 NL-260-7
1896 NL-279-6
1897 NL-244-9
1898 NL-299-2

Offensive Win%
1896 NL-.742-10
1898 NL-.720-9

Hit By Pitch
1892 NL-9-7
1894 NL-27-1
1895 NL-32-1
1896 NL-51-1
1897 NL-46-1
1898 NL-46-1
1899 NL-19-3
1900 NL-20-3
1901 NL-12-3
1902 NL-11-5
Car-287-1

Sac. Hits
1895 NL-28-1
1897 NL-17-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1896 NL-47.4-4

Outs
1892 NL-462-10

Oldest Player
1907 AL-38-6
1909 AL-40-2
1912 AL-43-4
1918 AL-49-1

          

Gray Ink: Batting - 62 (397) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 33.9 (208) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 73.0 (245) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 30, 1891: Signed as a Free Agent with the Louisville Colonels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 7, 1893: Traded by the Louisville Colonels with Harry Taylor to the Baltimore Orioles for Tim O'Rourke.

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

August 3, 1899: Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene DeMontreville and Jerry Nops. Gene DeMontreville, Hughie Jennings, and Jerry Nops returned to original teams on August 8, 1899.

August 8, 1899: Sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the Brooklyn Superbas to complete an earlier deal made on August 3, 1899. The Baltimore Orioles sent Gene DeMontreville and Jerry Nops to the Brooklyn Superbas for Hughie Jennings. Gene DeMontreville, Hughie Jennings, and Jerry Nops returned to original teams on August 8, 1899. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 20, 1901: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Brooklyn Superbas for $3,000.

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

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