Lena Blackburne
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| Infielder / Coach / Manager | |||
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Born: October 23, 1886 Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania |
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Died: February 29, 1968 (aged 81) Riverside Township, New Jersey |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 14, 1910, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 5, 1929, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .214 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 139 | ||
| Games managed | 232 | ||
| Managerial record | 99–133 | ||
| Winning % | .427 | ||
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Russell Aubrey "Lena" Blackburne (October 23, 1886 – February 29, 1968) was an American baseball infielder, manager, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Between 1910 and 1929, Blackburne played for the Chicago White Sox (1910, 1912, 1914–1915, 1927, 1929), Cincinnati Reds (1918), Boston Braves (1919) and Philadelphia Phillies (1919). He batted and threw right-handed. Following his playing career, Blackburne managed the White Sox (1928–29) and coached for the White Sox (1927–28), St. Louis Browns (1930) and Philadelphia Athletics (1933–38; 1940–45; 1947–48).
Blackburne was a native of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, and moved to Palmyra, New Jersey with his family at a very young age. While living in Palmyra, as a youth, Blackburne played football for the Palmyra Field Club in 1906. Blackburne is best remembered for his eponymous rubbing mud, used by umpires on new baseballs to remove their slippery finish.
Blackburne broke into the majors with the White Sox in 1910, appearing in part of five seasons, and split the 1919 season with the Braves and Phillies. In an eight-season playing career, Blackburne was a .214 hitter with four home runs and 139 runs batted in in 550 games played. As a fielder, he appeared in 539 games at shortstop (213), third base (180) and second (144) and first (2), and also relieved in one game.
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