5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁California , ▁aged ▁ 7 1 . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Baseball ▁player ▁Jenkins ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Gast onia , ▁North ▁Carolina . ▁As ▁a ▁pitch er , ▁he ▁spent ▁ 1 0 ▁non - con sec utive ▁seasons ▁playing ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁going ▁ 7 7 – 5 1 ▁in ▁that ▁time . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁with ▁the ▁Bass ett ▁F urn iture m akers , ▁he ▁went ▁ 2 1 – 9 ▁in ▁ 4 4 ▁appearances . ▁He ▁also ▁managed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁season , ▁leading ▁the ▁F urn iture m akers ▁to ▁the ▁play offs , ▁though ▁they ▁lost ▁the ▁league ▁final s . ▁At ▁the ▁hel m ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁he ▁led ▁the ▁F urn iture m akers ▁to ▁a ▁league ▁championship ▁- ▁the ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁four ▁in ▁a ▁row ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁led ▁his ▁team ▁to ▁the ▁championship . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Butler ▁Yan ke es ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁August a ▁Tig ers . ▁ ▁Baseball ▁manager ▁He ▁managed ▁the ▁Ut ica ▁Bra ves ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁and ▁the ▁Tig ers ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁getting ▁replaced ▁by ▁Al ton ▁Big gs . ▁His ▁last ▁manager ial ▁st int ▁was