Wayne Blackburn

Wayne Tennyson Blackburn (July 10, 1914 in

player-manager.^{[citation needed}

Blackburn was an

American Association with 114 runs, and the 1951 KITTY with 116 runs. He also led the 1948 Southern Association

Blackburn was briefly a player-manager at the end of the season in 1937 for the

, where he was a player-manager in the minors (1952–54, 1956), minor league manager (1958, 1965–66, 1968) and major league coach (1963–64). From 1968–1969, Wayne coached the Panamanian baseball team in the Caribbean Series while living in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, with his children and wife.

His

South Atlantic League

he took over in mid-1958. His teams also lost in the playoffs in 1953 and 1954.

Blackburn scouted for the Detroit Tigers into at least the mid-1980s.

He married Jeanne Anderson on October 14, 1939.^{[citation needed]} Together, they had six children: Joan Blackburn, Michael Blackburn, Rebecca Blackburn, Kevin Blackburn, Linda Marie Blackburn, and Timothy Blackburn. He served in the United States Army as a TEC 4 in 1945 during the World War II era.^{[citation needed]} He died at age 86 at Hillview Retirement Center in Portsmouth, Ohio and is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio.^{[citation needed]} His legacy lives on through his contribution to Portsmouth, Ohio's baseball history, and he is memorialized on the Portsmouth, Ohio floodwall.

Year-by-year managerial record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1937	Peoria Reds	Three-I League			Cincinnati Reds		replaced Ben Tincup

1951	Owensboro Oilers	KITTY League	71-48	2nd	none	Lost League Finals
1952	Kinston Eagles	Coastal Plain League	76-47	1st	Detroit Tigers	Lost in 1st round
1953	Wausau Timberjacks	Wisconsin State League	76-49	2nd	Detroit Tigers	Lost League Finals
1954	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League			Detroit Tigers		replaced Danny Litwhiler

1956	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League			Detroit Tigers		replaced Don Lund

1958	Augusta Tigers	South Atlantic League			Detroit Tigers		replaced Stan Charnofsky

1965	Montgomery Rebels	Southern League	63-74	6th	Detroit Tigers
1966	Montgomery Rebels	Southern League	66-72	5th	Detroit Tigers

1968	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	27-36	7th	Detroit Tigers	none

References

For a full Bibliography from SABR's The Baseball Index (TBI)
Gaunt, Robert (1997). We Would Have Played Forever: The Story of the Coastal Plain Baseball League. Baseball America, Inc.
ISBN 0-945164-02-5
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The Professional Baseball Players Database 5.0

All-time Tiger coaches

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