| Jack Tighe | |
|---|---|
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| Detroit Tigers | |
| Catcher / Manager | |
| Born: August 9, 1913 Kearny, New Jersey, U.S. | |
| Died: August 1, 2002 (aged 88) Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. | |
| Middle Atlantic League debut | |
| 1936, for the Charleston Senators | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 99–104 |
| Winning % | .488 |
| Teams | |
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John Thomas Tighe (August 9, 1913 – August 1, 2002), pronounced "tie", was an American minor league baseball player and a coach, manager and scout for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
Biography
Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Tighe joined the professional ranks in 1936 as a catcher with the Charleston Senators, [1] a Detroit farm club in the Class C Middle Atlantic League. A right-handed batter listed as 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg), he rose no further as a player than Class A-1 (now Double-A), two levels below the major leagues, with the Beaumont Exporters of the Texas League in 1938–39.
The following season, Tighe became a manager in the minor leagues.
In 1940 and 1941, Tighe was player-manager of the Muskegon Clippers, a Michigan State League Tigers farm club. [1]
He was a Detroit coach for the latter half of the 1942 American League season, then resumed his minor league managerial career from 1944 to 1953. [2]
In 1948, Tighe was assigned to be the first manager of the Flint Arrows in the Central League. [3]
He was again named to the coaching staff of the Tigers for 1955–56, replacing his boss, Bucky Harris, as Detroit's manager following the 1956 season. Tighe led the Tigers to a 78–76, fourth-place finish in 1957, although when Detroit faltered (21–28) early on during the 1958 campaign, he was released in favor of Bill Norman. [1] Tighe's career managing record: 99 wins, 104 defeats (.488).
He later managed and scouted in the Milwaukee Braves organization before returning to the Tigers' farm system, winning the 1967 Governors' Cup championship [4] and the 1968 International League regular season championship at the helm of the Toledo Mud Hens. [1] He served full-time with the Detroit Tigers system until 1982 then under various capacities until 1990. [1]
Jack Tighe died at age 88 on August 1, 2002, eight days short of his 89th birthday, in Pompano Beach, Florida. [1]
Managerial record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| DET | 1957 | 154 | 78 | 76 | .506 | 4th in AL | – | – | – | |
| DET | 1958 | 49 | 21 | 28 | .429 | 8th in AL Fired June 9 |
– | – | – | |
| Total | 203 | 99 | 104 | .488 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Former Tigers' Manager Jack Tighe Dead at 88". The Bryan Times. AP. August 3, 2002. p. 10. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ^ Spink, J.G. Taylor, Rickart, Paul A., and Abramovich, Joe, Official 1956 Baseball Register. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1956, page 287
- ^ Adams, Dominic (May 1, 2015). "1 comment Flint joins Baltimore on list of pro baseball games with single-digit attendance". The Flint Journal. Mlive Media Group. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1913 births
- 2002 deaths
- Batavia Clippers players
- Baseball coaches from New Jersey
- Beaumont Exporters players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) managers
- Charleston Senators players
- Detroit Tigers coaches
- Detroit Tigers managers
- Detroit Tigers scouts
- Hartford Bees players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) managers
- Milwaukee Braves scouts
- Minor league baseball managers
- Muskegon Reds players
- People from Kearny, New Jersey
- Baseball players from Hudson County, New Jersey
- Toledo Mud Hens managers
- Winston-Salem Twins players