Show HUGH JENNINGS JENN INGy PLAYING CAREER CAREM ia HUSTLING OF THE DE TROIT TEAM A WONDERFUL FIELDER IN HIS DAY ERRORS NEVER BOTHERED HIM HM in twelve years he averaged chances per game garne As a bi batter he was fearless and was often H t by pitched balls H 9 record as a 3 hitter hugh jennings was a wonderful fielder in his day one particular point about his work Is that he neer neier cared when he made errors he ile COO coi ered moie more ground than any other shortstop in the business alerman long not excel ted no shortstop of his day or of this had bad the great number of cl ances that jennings ob bained his major and minor league record showing that in 12 years he av enraged 6 43 chances per game ills earnest hustling and absolute lack of fear finally put an end to his career as a shortstop for his arm arni went back on him and he be had to move to second base and then to first in both theae these jennings played his usual superb game and made a name for himself As showing how much ground jennings covered when he was a shortstop terry turner av enraged G 07 chances per game last season wagner 62 and bed red doolin 6 11 in three 4 successive sea sons jennings averaged more than seven chances to a game his ills corn cont as a shortstop follows ave year clubs 0 G POA PO A P F pit pct cl ci 1891 1 68 37 12 1 T IS 84 9 1893 lou bait 38 84 10 1 0 23 95 1894 baltimore 62 67 6 7 isa baltimore 40 40 63 7 IS 1896 baltimore 46 4 6 68 ax W sa baltimore 64 isas 1808 baltimore 4 49 6 1901 1903 baltimore 32 51 aa 9 7 91 9 I 1 4 48 1904 baltimore 15 31 86 36 6 5 1905 balti baltimore more 66 37 W 6 83 1901 Dalt baltimore imore 51 1 10 totals 1019 24 ft 6 43 1 astern league As a batter jennings v ft as easy tot for the he pitchers until hanlon showed him bow how the old used to hit then hugh began to be a most dangerous man for the pitchers and one season tie he tell fell only three points shy of reach ing the mark he ile was nas absolutely fearless in his stand at the plate and got ot hit by pitchers oftener than any other man in the business he ile used to 0 o wear heavy pads on his left hip aut but in spite of this protection his hi body was generally completely cov coy ered red with blue and black spots from the he day the season opened until it closed jennings decline as a batter dated from the day amos rusle almost killed him at the polo grounds by hit ting him in the head with a pitched ball an accident similar to dresna bresna t ban s but he gave up the playing end at of baseball with a grand average tor for 16 years ot of stealing bases in that time and making sacrifice hits ills complete batting record follows yar year club a G ab R II 11 pet bh sl st Lou laville 87 SA 34 62 52 14 00 lopo lot Is ille lo 10 IP 65 66 2324 48 lots 1892 lion rou bait 38 15 1 5 12 25 19 1 11 baltimore altimore 33 X 36 IS 39 balta nore 28 1 60 S 18 baltimore 1 5 73 it 11 1 baldimor Bal timor 11 1 4 2 SM 60 17 isis baltimore 49 3 32 31 7 18 1819 brooklyn Bio oklyn 63 IM 44 67 lg 18 10 1400 1900 brooklyn 1 69 6 2 9 0 ag 17 MI philadel 1 81 38 M 13 8 1901 philadel thi ladel 8 89 31 SO in 77 S 8 7 1903 bait balt 39 6 40 3 9 5 1904 balt 90 ca 97 29 03 3 1 balt 5 56 1 9 24 aa 40 21 3 5 IG balt 70 7 24 24 go 2 10 1 totals 1512 57 70 0 1131 VI 10 29 2 9 1 astern league |