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John McGraw
Born: April 7, 1873 Truxton, New York
Died: February 25, 1934 (aged 60) New Rochelle, New York
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5’7″
Weight: 155 lbs.
Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Outfielder
Played For:
As player
Baltimore Orioles (AA/NL) (1891–1899)
St. Louis Cardinals (1900)
Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)
New York Giants (1902–1906)
As manager
Baltimore Orioles (NL) (1899)
Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902)
New York Giants (1902–1932)
Biography:
Nicknamed “Little Napoleon” and “Mugsy”, was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager of the New York Giants. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. While primarily a third baseman throughout his career, he also played shortstop and the outfield in the major leagues.
Much lauded as a player, McGraw was one of the standard-bearers of dead-ball era baseball. Known for his quick temper but also being a great baseball mind, scientifically as well as in bending the playing rules, especially in the days of fewer than four umpires, McGraw was a key player on the pennant-winning 1890s Baltimore Orioles, and later applied his talents and temper while a captain (playing)-manager, transitioning in 1902 to the New York Giants, with whom he became entirely a bench manager in 1907 until his retirement in 1932.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGraw
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgrajo01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fef5035f
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