Alamazoo Jennings

Infobox MLB retired
name = Alamazoo Jennings
position = Catcher
bats = Unknown
throws = Unknown
birthdate = birth date|1850|11|30
deathdate = death date and age|1894|11|2|1850|11|30
debutdate = August 15
debutyear = 1878
debutteam = Milwaukee Grays
finaldate = August 15
finalyear = 1878
finalteam = Milwaukee Grays
stat1label = At-bats
stat1value = 2
stat2label = Batting average
stat2value = .000
stat3label = Walks
stat3value = 1
teams =
* Milwaukee Grays (1878)

Alfred Gorden "Alamazoo" Jennings (November 30, 1850 – November 2, 1894) was an American Major League Baseball player who played in one Major League game, as catcher, for the Milwaukee Grays on August 15, by|1878.cite web| title = Alamazoo Jennings' Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjenna101.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-08 ]

In that one game he played, he did not have a hit in two at bats, but did receive one base on balls. As catcher, he did have one assist, and two putouts, but he also was charged with 4 errors, and 10 passed balls. The 10 passed balls was the record until Alex Gardner had 12 in by|1884.cite web| title = Baseball Record Book | work = sportingnews.com | url=http://www.sportingnews.com/books/baseball/2007baseballrecordbook/007-095.regular.season.pdf | accessdate = 2008-04-08 ]

Born in Newport, Kentucky, Jennings died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 43, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate, Kentucky.

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