Thomas Griffith Jenkins
ut(April 10, 1898 – May 3, 1979) was a
reserve outfielder in
Major League Baseball who played for the
Boston Red Sox (1925–1926),
Philadelphia Athletics
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(1926) and
St. Louis Browns (1929–1932). Jenkins batted
left-handed and threw
right-handed. He was born in
Camden, Alabama
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History
What is now Camden was established on property donate ...
.
In a six-season career, Jenkins was a .259 hitter (119-for-459) with three
home runs and 44
RBI
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in 171 games, including 42
runs, 14
doubles, six
triples
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, and one
stolen base
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. He made 109 outfield appearances at
right field
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(75),
left
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Music
* ''Left'' (Hope of the States album), 2006
* ''Left'' (Monkey House album), 2016
* "Left", a song by Nickelback from the album ''Curb'', 1996
Direction
* Left (direction), the relative direction opposite of right
* L ...
(32) and
center (2).
Jenkins died in
Weymouth, Massachusetts at age 81.
Sources
Retrosheet
Boston Red Sox players
Philadelphia Athletics players
St. Louis Browns players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Baseball players from Alabama
People from Camden, Alabama
1898 births
1979 deaths
Paris Parisians (KITTY League) players
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