Thurman Jennings (August 16, 1890 – January 23, 1978) was an American
Negro league second baseman between 1914 and 1921.
Early life and career
A native of
Ripley, Tennessee, Jennings made his Negro leagues debut in 1914 for the
Chicago Giants
The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921.
History
The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Giant ...
. He went on to play six seasons for the club through 1921.
Jennings died in
Chicago, Illinois in 1978 at age 87.
References
Further reading
* Defender staff (Oct 12, 1918)
"Baseball Shrapnel" ''The Chicago Defender''. p. 9. "'Puss' Greene is perhaps the most prominent third baseman before the public today, while Jennings is an ''out''fielder of rare skill."
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External links
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Baseball-Reference Black Baseball statsan
Seamheads
1890 births
1978 deaths
Chicago Giants players
Baseball second basemen
Baseball players from Tennessee
People from Ripley, Tennessee
20th-century African-American sportspeople
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