Alamazoo Jennings

It was during his one game for the Grays, that he is most remembered. He committed four errors, and allowed ten passed balls. His performance earned him his nickname of Alamazoo by sportswriter O. P. Caylor, with which he was referred to for the remainder of his life. Although he was born in Kentucky, he grew up in Cincinnati, and worked in various trades during times that didn\'t involve baseball games. Among these were as a laborer, driver, and a police officer. When he left baseball, he began an owner operated roasted corn business in Cincinnati, that was later expanded into Kentucky. He died at the age of 43 in 1894.\n', '

Alfred Gorden Jennings was born in Newport, Kentucky on November 30, 1850, but grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was not around during his life, and his mother (whose name is only described as L. A.) had remarried a man named Snead by 1860, but was not livin…