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 living with him by the 1860 United States Census. Jennings began playing for local baseball clubs in 1868, first for the Red Oaks, and later for the Cincinnati Buckeyes.\n', '

By 1870, he was living with his brother John, and had listed his occupation as a corn laborer. On December 24, 1871, he married Letitia Booth in Henry County, Kentucky. Throughout the 1870s, he living in various addresses, and worked one time as an expressman. In the 1880 census, he was again living with his mother, and both were categorized as widows/widowers, and his occupation was listed as a farmer.\n', '

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