Ernie Jenkins (baseball)

Ernest Lafayette "Lefty" Jenkins (December 26, 1906 – February 12, 1978) was a minor league baseball pitcher and manager.

As a pitcher, he spent 10 non-consecutive seasons playing from 1930 to 1946, going 77–51 in that time.

[1] He also managed for the first time that season, leading the Furnituremakers to the playoffs, though they lost the league finals.

[2] He managed the Utica Braves in 1940 and the Tigers again in 1941, getting replaced by Alton Biggs.

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