John McGraw (baseball player)
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| Infielder , manager | |
| Born: April 7th, 1873 Truxton , United States 
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| Died on: February 25, 1934 New Rochelle , United States
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| Suggested: Left | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| August 26, 1891 with the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| September 12, 1906 with the New York Giants | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 334 |
| Stolen Bases | 436 |
| Runs | 1,024 |
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As a player
As a manager
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| member of | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Recorded | 1937 |
| Special selection | Veterans Committee |
John Joseph McGraw (born April 7, 1873 in Truxton , New York , † February 25, 1934 in New Rochelle , New York) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball . His nicknames were Mugsy and Little Napoleon .
biography
John McGraw began his professional baseball career on August 26, 1891 with the Baltimore Orioles in the American Association . In 1892 he moved with his team to the National League . At the beginning McGraw played shortstop , second baseman or as an outfielder before he established himself in the position of third baseman . He stayed in Baltimore until 1899, then moved to the St. Louis Cardinals for a year . In 1901 and 1902 he played with the Baltimore Orioles in the American League , the later New York Yankees, before moving to the New York Giants in July 1902 , whose image he was to determine for the next 30 years.
At the Giants, as before in Baltimore, he also took on the duties of a manager. He was to hold this position until 1932. During this time, the Giants won ten times the title in the National League and three times the World Series . As early as 1904, the Giants won 106 games and thus sovereignly the title in the National League. McGraw and the owner of the Giants John T. Brush refused their team to participate in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox , which was first played in 1903. This was the only failure of the Fall Classics until the players strike in 1994. In 1905 the Giants repeated the title win in the NL and went to the finals against the Philadelphia Athletics and won thanks to three shutout victories by Christy Mathewson in five games.
Due to McGraw's impulsive nature, he always messed with the opposing teams, managers, spectators and the referees, making the Giants one of the most unpopular teams. Often stones and bottles were thrown at the players in strange stadiums. This is how McGraw got his nickname Little Napoleon . On the other hand, he was good at dealing with difficult characters and bringing players back to good performance who had been abandoned on other teams. From 1911 to 1913, the Giants won the National League championship three times in a row, but lost three times in the World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics (twice) and the Boston Red Sox . In 1917 the Giants were defeated by the Chicago White Sox in the World Series . From 1921 to 1924 the Giants won the National League championship four times in a row, in 1921 and 1922 they defeated their city rivals Yankees, who then took their first World Series title in 1923. With this victory of the Yankees, the dominance of the Giants in New York ended and the Yankees took over the supremacy in New York baseball. In the last World Series under John McGraw, the Giants were defeated by the Washington Senators in 1924 in seven games. In 1932 John McGraw ended his career as a manager at the Giants with 2763 wins and 1948 losses. With a total of 2,840 victories, he is still in second place on the all-time list behind Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics.
McGraw died in New Rochelle at the age of 60. In 1937 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .
His stations as a player
- 1891 Baltimore Orioles (American Association)
- 1892–1899 Baltimore Orioles (National League)
- 1900 St. Louis Cardinals
- 1901–1902 Baltimore Orioles
- 1902-1906 New York Giants
His stations as a manager
- 1899 Baltimore Orioles (National League)
- 1901–1902 Baltimore Orioles
- 1902-1932 New York Giants
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Data as a manager (English)
- Biography of John McGraw (English)
- John McGraw in the Hall of Fame (English)
- John McGraw in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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| SURNAME | McGraw, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McGraw, John Joseph (full name); Little Napoleon (nickname); Muggsy (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Truxton , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1934 |
| Place of death | New Rochelle , New York |