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Lena Blackburne

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Full Name: Russell Aubrey Blackburne Primary Position: 3B,SS,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/160 First Game: April 14, 1910
Birthdate: October 23, 1886 Final Game: June 5, 1929
Birthplace: Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: February 29, 1968
Deathplace: Riverside, New Jersey
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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  • 1 Statistics
    • 1.1 Batting Stats
    • 1.2 Fielding Stats
    • 1.3 Pitching Stats
  • 2 Transactions
  • 3 Trivia
  • 4 Video Gallery
  • 5 Picture Gallery
  • 6 See Also
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==Biography==Russell Aubrey "Lena" Blackburne (October 23, 1886 - February 29, 1968) was an American infielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball.

Lena Blackburne (center) with Eddie Collins (left) and Ty Cobb (right).Between 1910 and 1927, Blackburne played for the Chicago White Sox (1910, 1912, 1914-1915, 1927), 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 Philadelphia Athletics (1933-1954).

A native of Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, 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 RBI 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.

After playing, managing and coaching the White Sox from 1927-32, he went on to become a coach in 1933 with the Philadelphia Athletics of Connie Mack. Blackburne stayed with the Athletics as a scout when the club moved to Kansas City. As a manager in the major leagues, he posted a 99-133 record for a .427 winning percentage. He managed the Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League for parts of three seasons: 1916, 1921, and 1932. In each case he was hired as a mid-season replacement.

Blackburne died in Riverside, New Jersey at age 81.

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Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1910 CHI A 75 242 16 42 0 10 .174 .245 .194 3 1 19 0 4 10 4 0 0
1912 CHI A 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1914 CHI A 144 474 52 105 1 35 .222 .324 .270 10 5 66 58 6 31 25 0 0
1915 CHI A 96 283 33 61 0 25 .216 .304 .240 5 1 35 34 1 23 13 0 0
1918 CIN N 125 435 34 99 1 45 .228 .271 .299 8 10 25 30 1 11 6 0 0
1919 PHI N 72 291 32 58 2 19 .199 .228 .289 10 5 10 22 1 23 2 0 0
1919 BOS N 31 80 5 21 0 4 .262 .322 .325 3 1 6 7 1 5 3 0 0
1919 TOT N 103 371 37 79 2 23 .213 .249 .296 13 6 16 29 2 28 5 0 0
1927 CHI A 1 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 CHI A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 228 806 71 178 3 68 .221 .261 .298 21 16 41 59 3 39 11 0 0
Total AL 322 1001 102 209 1 71 .209 .301 .244 18 7 121 92 11 64 43 0 0
Total 550 1807 173 387 4 139 .214 .284 .268 39 23 162 151 14 103 54 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1910 CHI A SS 74 0 0 173 265 43 29 0 0 0 0 0 .911
1912 CHI A SS 4 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .800
1912 CHI A 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1914 CHI A 2B 143 0 0 239 433 26 28 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1915 CHI A 3B 83 0 0 88 134 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 .949
1915 CHI A SS 9 0 0 11 19 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1918 CIN N SS 125 0 0 319 413 48 69 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1919 PHI N 3B 72 0 0 85 167 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1919 PHI N 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 BOS N 3B 24 0 0 34 39 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .948
1919 BOS N 2B 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 BOS N SS 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 BOS N 1B 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 TOT N 1B 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1919 TOT N 3B 96 0 0 119 206 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1929 CHI A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 180 0 0 207 341 34 26 0 0 0 0 0 .942
Total 1B 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 2B 144 0 0 241 437 26 29 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total SS 213 0 0 511 700 95 102 0 0 0 0 0 .927

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Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1929 CHI A 1 0 0 0 .00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Providence (Eastern) to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Mike Welday, $6500 and a player to be named later (August 18, 1909); Providence (Eastern) received John Atz (February 18, 1910).
  • Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bruno Block, cash and 2 players to be named later to Milwaukee (American Association) in exchange for Ray Schalk (August 9, 1912); Milwaukee (American Association) received Matty McIntyre (August 24, 1912) and Mutz Ens (January 30, 1913).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Boston Braves in exchange for Wally Rehg (February, 1919).
  • Sold by Boston Braves to Philadelphia Phillies (July 9, 1919).

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