Hughie Jennings

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Hughie Jennings was an American Hall of Fame shortstop and fiery longtime manager, best known for leading the powerhouse Detroit Tigers teams of the early 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
baseball manager
baseball player
human
member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
bats right
battingAverage .312
battingSide right-handed
championshipWonAsManager American League pennant 1907
American League pennant 1908
American League pennant 1909
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
era dead-ball era
fieldingPosition infield
givenName Hugh
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameInductionYear 1945
isInHallOfFame true
league Major League Baseball
managerialStyle fiery
nickname Ee-Yah
Hughie
notableAchievement set single-season hit-by-pitch record in Major League Baseball
notableFor frequent on-field shouting of the cry "Ee-Yah"
managing the Detroit Tigers to three consecutive American League pennants
notablePlayerManaged Donie Bush
Sam Crawford
Ty Cobb
notableTeammate John McGraw
occupation baseball manager
shortstop
positionPlayed shortstop
sexOrGender male
sport baseball
sportingDiscipline professional baseball
styleOfPlay aggressive
teamManaged Baltimore Orioles (AL, early 1900s)
Detroit Tigers
New York Giants
teamPlayedFor Baltimore Orioles (NL)
Brooklyn Superbas
Louisville Colonels
Philadelphia Phillies
throwingSide right-handed
throws right

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1907 World Series
1908 World Series
1909 World Series
losingManager

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