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Tom Jenkins (baseball)

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Batting average
  
.259

Role
  
Baseball athlete

Name
  
Tom Jenkins

Runs batted in
  
44

Home runs
  
3


Died
  
May 3, 1979, Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Thomas Griffith Jenkins [Tut] (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 (1926) and St. Louis Browns (1929–1932). Jenkins batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Camden, Alabama.

In a six-season career, Jenkins was a .259 hitter (119-for-459) with three home runs and 44 RBI in 171 games, including 42 runs, 14 doubles, six triples, and one stolen base. He made 109 outfield appearances at right field (75), left (32) and center (2).

Jenkins died in Weymouth, Massachusetts at age 81.

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Tom Jenkins (baseball) Wikipedia