Jack Tighe
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| Detroit Tigers | |
| Catcher Manager |
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Born: August 9, 1913 Kearny, New Jersey |
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Died: August 1, 2002 (aged 88) Pompano Beach, Florida |
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| Middle Atlantic League debut | |
| 1936, for the Charleston Senators |
John Thomas Tighe (August 9, 1913 — August 1, 2002), pronounced "tie", was an American minor league baseball player, coach, manager and scout for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
Born in Kearny, New Jersey, Tighe joined the professional ranks in 1936 as a catcher with the Charleston Senators, a Detroit farm club in the Class C Middle Atlantic League. A right-handed batter, he rose no further as a player than Class A1, 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 Tiger farm club. 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. In 1948, Tighe was assigned to be the first manager of the Flint Arrows in the Central League.
He was again named to the Tigers' coaching staff in 1955–56, and replaced 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, but when Detroit faltered (21–28) early during the 1958 campaign, he was released in favor of Bill Norman. Tighe's career managing record: 99 wins, 104 defeats (.488).
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