Jack Tighe

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John Thomas Tighe (August 9, 1913 — August 1, 2002), pronounced "tie", was an American 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.

Jack Tighe as Detroit Tigers manager in 1957

The following season, Tighe became a manager in the minor leagues. He was a Detroit coach for the latter half of the 1942 American League season, then resumed his minor league managerial career from 1944–53.

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 early during the 1958 campaign, he was released in favor of Bill Norman. 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 and the 1968 International League regular season pennant at the helm of the Toledo Mud Hens.

Jack Tighe died at age 88, eight days short of his 89th birthday in Pompano Beach, Florida.

External links

http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/tigheja99.shtml

Detroit Tigers managers

Bob Glenalvin (1894)
Con Strouthers (1895–1896)
George Stallings (1896)
Bob Allen (1897)
Frank Graves (1897–1898)
Ollie Beard (1898)
Tony Mullane (1898)
George Stallings (1898-1901)
Frank Dwyer (1902)
Ed Barrow (1903–1904)
Bobby Lowe (1904)
Bill Armour (1905–1906)
Hughie Jennings (1907–1920)
Ty Cobb (1921–1926)
George Moriarty (1927–1928)
Bucky Harris (1929–1933)
Del Baker (1933)
Mickey Cochrane (1934–1937)
Del Baker (1936)
Cy Perkins (1937)
Del Baker (1937)
Mickey Cochrane (1938)
Del Baker (1938–1942)
Steve O'Neill (1943–1948)
Red Rolfe (1949–1952)
Fred Hutchinson (1952–1954)
Bucky Harris (1955–1956)
Jack Tighe (1957–1958)
Bill Norman (1958–1959)
Jimmy Dykes (1959–1960)
Billy Hitchcock (1960)
Joe Gordon (1960)
Bob Scheffing (1961–1963)
Chuck Dressen (1963–1964)
Bob Swift (1965)
Chuck Dressen (1965–1966)
Frank Skaff (1966)
Bob Swift (1966)
Mayo Smith (1967–1970)
Billy Martin (1971–1973)
Joe Schultz (1973)
Ralph Houk (1974–1978)
Les Moss (1979)
Dick Tracewski (1979)
Sparky Anderson (1979–1995)
Buddy Bell (1996–1998)
Larry Parrish (1998–1999)
Phil Garner (2000–2002)
Luis Pujols (2002)
Alan Trammell (2003–2005)
Jim Leyland (2006–2013)
Brad Ausmus (2014–)

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Name	Tighe, Jack
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Short description	American baseball player and coach
Date of birth	1913
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Date of death	2002
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