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Jennings was Cornell[apos]s first official head baseball coach, serving in that position from 1900 to 1904 and compiling an overall record of 65-61-1 during those five years. In addition to coaching the Big Red, he attended the Cornell Law School. His baseball career spanned three and a half decades and he rose to success n the sphere of professional athletics from a humble start as a worker in the coal fields of Scranton, Pa. During his professional baseball career in which he was considered one of the greatest shortstops of all time, he played with Louisville (1891-93), Baltimore (1894-98; 1903-06), Brooklyn (1899-1900) and Philadelphia (1901-02). He captained the Orioles and batted over .300 for six straight seasons from 1894-1899. During his major league career, he compiled a batting average of .312, with 1,531 hits, 235 doubles and 359 stolen bases. In 1907, he became manager of consecutive American League pennants (1907-08-09) and compiled an overall record of 1131-972 for a winning percentage of .538. He also coached one of the greatest players of al time, Ty Cobb. From 1920-25, he served as an assistant to John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants National League club. Jennings, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in 1945, died in 1928 in his native Scranton where he practiced law.