finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofmethod hofdate death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1918 1 february 1928 1891 .311 18 1,527 359 287 detroit tigers 2 april 1869 veteran 's committee 1945 scranton , pennsylvania september 2 hughie jennings -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpeg batting pitches average home runs hits stolen bases hit by louisville colonels hughie jennings right pittston , pennsylvania june 1 right infielder / manager hughie jennings

hughie jennings

hugh ambrose jennings -lrb- april 2 , 1869 -- february 1 , 1928 -rrb- was a major league baseball player 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 the three championship seasons , jennings had 355 rbis 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 a pitch 51 times -- a major league record that has never been broken .
jennings also holds the career record for being hit by a pitch with 287 , with craig biggio -lrb- who retired in 2007 -rrb- 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 1907-1920 , 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 .
