H. Jennings Both

Hugh Ambrose "Hughie" Jennings (1869–1928) appears in the T206 White Border tobacco set under a card identification that reflects two distinct pose variations — "Both Hands Near Head" being one of the recognized Jennings poses produced by American Tobacco. By the 1909 issue cycle, the right-handed hitting and throwing Jennings was no longer the slashing Baltimore Orioles shortstop of the 1890s but the manager of the Detroit Tigers — and managing them to American League pennants in 1907, 1908, and 1909, the run that put him on every collector's list. His coaching style was unmistakable: the famous "Eee-yah!" howl from the third-base coaching box and a tendency to pluck grass and toss it skyward to needle opposing pitchers. T206 captured him in the dugout pose appropriate to that role rather than as a fielding shortstop, since by 1909 his playing days were essentially behind him. Jennings stayed with Detroit through 1920 and finished his managerial line with John McGraw's Giants. He died February 1, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania at age 58, his last years troubled by ill health following a serious automobile accident. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 by the Old Timers Committee — recognition for both the .400-flirting shortstop he had been in the 1890s and the pennant-winning skipper he became in Detroit.