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| Full name John Joseph McGraw |
| Born April 7, 1873, Truxton, New York |
| Died February 25, 1934, New Rochelle, New York |
| Buried at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland (Section L Mausoleum Lot 187) |
| First Game: August 26, 1891; Final Game: June 18, 1907 |
| Managed First Game: April 15, 1899; Managed Final Game: June 1, 1932 |
| Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 7" Weight: 155 |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1937 |
| Ejections as player: 1893 (2), 1895 (2), 1896 (1), 1897 (2), 1898 (4), 1900 (4). Total: 15 |
| Ejections as manager: 1899 (5), 1901 (4), 1902 (4), 1903 (4), 1904 (7), 1905 (11), 1906 (11), 1907 (4), 1908 (8), 1909 (5), 1910 (11), 1911 (7), 1912 (3), 1913 (3), 1914 (9), 1915 (10), 1916 (7), 1917 (2), 1918 (1), 1919 (1), 1920 (1), 1921 (1), 1922 (1), 1927 (1), 1929 (1), 1931 (2). Total: 124 |
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Batting Record Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1891 BAL a 33 115 17 31 3 5 0 14 12 17 4 4 .270 .359 .383 -0.8 1891 BAL a 1892 BAL N 79 286 41 77 13 2 1 26 32 21 6 15 .269 .355 .339 0.6 1892 BAL N 1893 BAL N 127 480 123 154 9 10 5 64 101 11 16 38 .321 .454 .413 1.3 1893 BAL N 1894 BAL N 124 512 156 174 18 14 1 92 91 12 13 14 78 .340 .451 .436 1.2 1894 BAL N 1895 BAL N 96 388 110 143 13 6 2 48 60 9 5 6 61 .369 .459 .448 2.5 1895 BAL N 1896 BAL N 23 77 20 25 2 2 0 14 11 4 2 0 13 .325 .422 .403 0.0 1896 BAL N 1897 BAL N 106 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 99 15 9 8 44 .325 .471 .379 1.3 1897 BAL N 1898 BAL N 143 515 143 176 8 10 0 53 112 13 19 6 43 .342 .475 .396 3.5 1898 BAL N 1899 BAL N 117 399 140 156 13 3 1 33 124 21 14 2 73 .391 .547 .446 4.9 1899 BAL N 1900 STL N 99 334 84 115 10 4 2 33 85 9 23 5 29 .344 .505 .416 3.1 1900 STL N 1901 BAL A Daily Splits 73 232 71 81 14 9 0 28 61 6 14 1 0 24 .349 .508 .487 1.5 1901 BAL A 1902 BAL A Daily Splits 20 63 14 18 3 2 1 3 17 6 2 2 0 5 .286 .451 .444 0.0 1902 BAL A 1902 NY N Daily Splits 35 107 13 25 0 0 0 5 26 11 4 2 0 7 .234 .401 .234 0.2 1902 NY N 1902 Total 55 170 27 43 3 2 1 8 43 17 6 4 0 12 .253 .420 .312 0.2 1902 Total 1903 NY N Daily Splits 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 .273 .467 .273 -0.1 1903 NY N 1904 NY N Daily Splits 5 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .467 .333 0.3 1904 NY N 1905 NY N Daily Splits 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - - 0.0 1905 NY N 1906 NY N Daily Splits 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0.0 1906 NY N 1907 NY N Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1907 NY N Total NL (15 Years) 974 3514 922 1179 101 54 12 417 746 126 114 43i 0i 403 .336 .466 .405 18.8 Total NL Total AA ( 1 Year ) 33 115 17 31 3 5 0 14 12 17 4 4 .270 .359 .383 -0.8 Total AA Total AL ( 2 Years) 93 295 85 99 17 11 1 31 78 12 16 3 0 29 .336 .496 .478 1.5 Total AL Total (17 Years) Splits 1100 3924 1024 1309 121 70 13 462 836 155 134 46i 0i 436 .334 .466 .410 19.5 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH XI SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1891 BAL a SS 21 32 41 17 6 0 .811 1891 BAL a OF 9 7 0 3 0 .700 0 0 9 1891 BAL a 2B 3 8 10 1 1 0 .947 1892 BAL N OF 34 45 7 6 1 .897 8 6 20 1892 BAL N 2B 34 96 101 16 12 .925 1892 BAL N SS 8 19 28 3 3 0 .940 1892 BAL N 3B 3 5 8 3 0 0 .813 1893 BAL N SS 117 218 350 67 40 0 .894 1893 BAL N OF 11 16 0 1 0 .941 10 0 1 1894 BAL N 3B 118 131 247 46 17 1 .892 1894 BAL N 2B 6 12 18 2 0 0 .938 1895 BAL N 3B 95 100 239 47 19 0 .878 1895 BAL N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1896 BAL N 3B 18 22 38 12 4 0 .833 1896 BAL N 1B 1 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 1897 BAL N 3B 105 112 182 38 16 .886 1898 BAL N 3B 137 142 271 46 16 0 .900 1898 BAL N OF 3 6 0 1 0 0 .857 0 3 0 1899 BAL N 3B 117 142 270 24 14 0 .945 1900 STL N 3B 99 106 213 32 7 .909 1901 BAL A Daily Splits 3B 69 68 58 502.2i 80 107 23 5 0 .890 1902 BAL A Daily Splits 3B 19 19 17 148 i 26 25 8 6 0 .864 1902 NY N Daily Splits SS 34 34 34 302 59 115 14 12 0 .926 1903 NY N Daily Splits OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1903 NY N LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1903 NY N 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1903 NY N SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1903 NY N 3B 1 1 1 9 2 0 1 0 0 .667 1904 NY N Daily Splits 2B 2 2 2 24 6 12 1 3 0 .947 1904 NY N SS 2 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 .917 1905 NY N Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 1905 NY N LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1906 NY N Daily Splits 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total (12 Years) Splits 3B 782 88i 76i 659.2i 868 1600 280 104 1i .898 Total ( 6 Years) SS 183 34i 34i 303 i 334 540 102 61 0 .895 Total ( 6 Years) OF 60 0i 0i 74 7 11 1 0i .880 21 9 30 Total ( 6 Years) 2B 48 2i 2i 24 i 122 141 20 16 0i .929 Total ( 2 Years) LF 3i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i 0i - Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 1 10 0 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1899 BAL N 152 86 62 .581 827 691 4 1901 BAL A 135 68 65 .511 760 750 5 1902 BAL A 8 4 4 .500 45 42 5- 2 4 8 1902 BAL A 24 14 10 .583 146 113 5- 9 6- 5 7 5 8 1902 BAL A 5 2 3 .400 26 30 6-24 6-28 6 7 8 1902 NY N 65 25 38 .397 193 239 7-19 8 8 1903 NY N 142 84 55 .604 729 567 2 1904 NY N 158 106 47 .693 744 474 1 1905 NY N 155 105 48 .686 780 505 1 1906 NY N 153 96 56 .632 625 509 2 1907 NY N 154 82 70 .539 574 507 4-15 5 4 1908 NY N 157 98 56 .636 651 455 2 1909 NY N 158 92 61 .601 623 546 3 1910 NY N 155 91 63 .591 715 567 2 1911 NY N 154 99 54 .647 756 542 1 1912 NY N 154 103 48 .682 823 571 1 1913 NY N 156 101 51 .664 684 515 1 1914 NY N 156 84 70 .545 672 576 2 1915 NY N 155 69 83 .454 582 628 8 1916 NY N 155 86 66 .566 597 504 4 1917 NY N 158 98 56 .636 635 457 1 1918 NY N 124 71 53 .573 480 415 2 1919 NY N 140 87 53 .621 605 470 2 1920 NY N 155 86 68 .558 682 543 2 1921 NY N 153 94 59 .614 840 637 1 1922 NY N 156 93 61 .604 852 658 1 1923 NY N 153 95 58 .621 854 679 1 1924 NY N 29 16 13 .552 148 119 5-20 3 1 1924 NY N 81 45 35 .563 471 359 7- 8 1 1 1925 NY N 14 10 4 .714 72 57 5- 2 1 2 1925 NY N 106 55 51 .519 475 500 6- 9 1 2 1926 NY N 10 7 3 .700 51 34 4-25 1 5 1926 NY N 62 31 31 .500 287 277 5- 6 7-11 4 6 5 1926 NY N 37 16 21 .432 128 174 7-17 8-27 6 5 5 1926 NY N 29 15 14 .517 126 117 8-29 5 5 1927 NY N 122 70 52 .574 637 576 8-30 4 3 1928 NY N 23 13 10 .565 132 102 5-14 4 2 1928 NY N 54 31 23 .574 268 261 6-30 8-26 2 2 2 1928 NY N 34 25 9 .735 186 111 8-31 3 2 1929 NY N 152 84 67 .556 897 709 3 1930 NY N 154 87 67 .565 959 814 3 1931 NY N 153 87 65 .572 768 599 2 1932 NY N 40 17 23 .425 218 217 6- 1 8 6 Total (33 Years) 4690 2728 1906 .589 22323 18216 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1905 NY N 5 4 1 .800 15 3 1911 NY N 6 2 4 .333 13 27 1912 NY N 8 3 4 .429 31 25 1913 NY N 5 1 4 .200 15 23 1917 NY N 6 2 4 .333 17 21 1921 NY N 8 5 3 .625 29 22 1922 NY N 5 4 0 1.000 18 11 1923 NY N 6 2 4 .333 17 30 1924 NY N 7 3 4 .429 27 26 Total ( 9 Years) 56 26 28 .481 182 188 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1933 NL 1 0 1 .000 2 4
Ejection Information As player: Date Team Umpire Reason 7- 5-1893 BAL N Mike McLaughlin Interference call 7-26-1893 BAL N Pop Snyder HBP non-call 6-22-1895 BAL N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 7-16-1895(2) BAL N Ed Andrews Appeal play 9- 7-1896(1) BAL N Bud Lally Bench jockeying 5-20-1897 BAL N Jack Sheridan Obstruction call 5-21-1897 BAL N Jack Sheridan Obstruction call 6-10-1898 BAL N Ed Andrews Call at 2B 6-30-1898 BAL N Hank O'Day Interference non-call 9-20-1898 BAL N Tom Brown Unknown reason 9-29-1898 BAL N John Hunt Balls and strikes 6- 2-1900 STL N Bob Emslie Call at 1B 7-19-1900 STL N Adonis Terry Call at 1B 9- 8-1900 STL N John Gaffney Balls and strikes 9-19-1900 STL N John Gaffney Call at HP As manager: Date Team Umpire Reason 6- 5-1899 BAL N Ed Swartwood Balls and strikes 7- 4-1899(1) BAL N Jim McDonald Call at HP 7-18-1899 BAL N Tom Lynch Fighting 7-27-1899(2) BAL N Pop Snyder Call at 3B 8-26-1899 BAL N John Hunt Call at 3B 5- 7-1901 BOX BAL A Jack Haskell Balls and strikes 5-15-1901 BOX BAL A Joe Cantillon Balls and strikes 5-27-1901 BOX BAL A Al Mannassau Balls and strikes 8-15-1901 BOX BAL A Tommy Connolly Interference call 4-19-1902 BOX BAL A Tommy Connolly Call at 2B 5- 1-1902 BOX BAL A Jack Sheridan HBP non-call 5-23-1902 BOX BAL A Silk O'Loughlin Interference call 6-28-1902 BOX BAL A Tommy Connolly Call at 2B (Appeal play) (Game forfeited) 5-19-1903 BOX NY N Bob Emslie HBP non-call 6- 6-1903 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Balls and strikes 8-26-1903(1) BOX NY N Augie Moran Call at HP 9-18-1903 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Unknown reason 5-14-1904 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 3B 6- 2-1904 BOX NY N mpire,Unknown reason 6-10-1904 BOX NY N Chief Zimmer Bench jockeying Date Team Umpire Reason 7- 6-1904 BOX NY N Bill Carpenter Unknown reason 8-12-1904(2) BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 2B 8-26-1904 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Fair/foul call 8-29-1904 BOX NY N Chief Zimmer Bench jockeying 4-27-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 5-15-1905 BOX NY N Bill Klem Balk non-call 5-19-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Abusing opposition owner 5-20-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Bench jockeying 7- 3-1905 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Bench jockeying 7-12-1905 BOX NY N mpire,Unknown reason 8-21-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Balls and strikes 8-22-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at 1B 8-24-1905(2) BOX NY N George Bausewine Balls and strikes 8-29-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at HP 9- 1-1905 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Unknown reason 4-26-1906 BOX NY N John Conway Bench jockeying 5- 1-1906 BOX NY N John Conway Bench jockeying 5-12-1906 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at 2B 6-21-1906 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Balls and strikes 6-30-1906 BOX NY N John Conway Call at 2B Date Team Umpire Reason 7-10-1906 BOX NY N Bill Carpenter Balls and strikes 7-18-1906 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at HP 7-26-1906 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at 1B 8- 6-1906 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at HP 8-16-1906(1) BOX NY N Hank O'Day Unknown reason 9- 4-1906 BOX NY N Bill Carpenter Bench jockeying 5-11-1907 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Bench jockeying 8- 5-1907 BOX NY N Bill Klem Call at HP 9- 4-1907(2) BOX NY N Hank O'Day Interference call 9-23-1907 BOX NY N Bill Klem Fair/foul call 5- 5-1908 BOX NY N mpire,Fight after hit by pitch 5-25-1908 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Balls and strikes 7- 2-1908 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at HP 8-11-1908 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Bench jockeying 8-25-1908 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Balls and strikes 9- 3-1908(2) BOX NY N Bill Klem Call at 1B 9-16-1908 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Call at 1B 9-21-1908 BOX NY N Bill Klem Call at 1B 6- 5-1909 BOX NY N Harry Truby Call at 1B 7-16-1909 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Fair/foul call Date Team Umpire Reason 9- 3-1909 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 3B 9- 8-1909(1) BOX NY N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes 9-11-1909(2) BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at 2B 4-25-1910 BOX NY N Bill Klem Balk non-call 4-26-1910 BOX NY N Bill Klem Unknown reason 5- 4-1910 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at 3B 5-10-1910 BOX NY N Augie Moran Call at 1B 7-17-1910 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Bench jockeying 7-28-1910 BOX NY N Mal Eason Call at 2B 8-15-1910(1) BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at HP 8-26-1910 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Coach's position on field 9- 3-1910 BOX NY N Bill Brennan Call at 1B 9- 8-1910 BOX NY N Bill Klem Called third strike 9-16-1910 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Called third strike 5- 6-1911 BOX NY N Bill Klem Called third strike 5-12-1911 BOX NY N Hank O'Day Balls and strikes 5-15-1911 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Fan interference (Runner placement) 5-16-1911 BOX NY N Bill Finneran Balls and strikes 7-13-1911 BOX NY N Bill Finneran Call at 3B 7-25-1911 BOX NY N Jim Johnstone Call at HP Date Team Umpire Reason 8-21-1911 BOX NY N Bill Klem Called third strike 4-13-1912 BOX NY N Garnet Bush Call at 3B 4-19-1912 BOX NY N Bill Finneran Call at 3B 5- 3-1912 BOX NY N Bill Klem Balls and strikes 4-30-1913 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes 5-14-1913 BOX NY N Bill Klem Call at 3B 9- 6-1913 BOX NY N Mal Eason HBP non-call 6-18-1914 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 3B 7-18-1914(1) BOX NY N Lord Byron Fair/foul call 7-27-1914 BOX NY N Mal Eason Call at HP 7-30-1914 BOX NY N Steamboat Johnson Bench jockeying 7-31-1914 BOX NY N Steamboat Johnson Call at 2B 8- 3-1914(2) BOX NY N Lord Byron Bench jockeying 9- 7-1914(1) BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 3B 9-26-1914(2) BOX NY N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes (Foul tip) 9-28-1914(1) BOX NY N Bill Hart Called third strike 4-20-1915 BOX NY N Lord Byron Bench jockeying 5-25-1915 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at HP 5-28-1915 BOX NY N Mal Eason Balk non-call 6-26-1915 BOX NY N Lord Byron Balls and strikes Date Team Umpire Reason 7- 2-1915 BOX NY N Mal Eason Call at 3B 7-12-1915 BOX NY N Lord Byron Called third strike 7-15-1915 BOX NY N Mal Eason Bench jockeying 7-17-1915(1) BOX NY N Ernie Quigley Balls and strikes 7-23-1915(2) BOX NY N Bill Klem Balls and strikes 9-17-1915(2) BOX NY N Cy Rigler Bench jockeying 4-25-1916 BOX NY N Bill Klem Spiking at 1B 4-27-1916 BOX NY N Bill Klem Offensive language 6- 2-1916 BOX NY N Mal Eason Call at 1B 6-22-1916 BOX NY N Ernie Quigley Call at 1B 7-18-1916 BOX NY N Bob Emslie Call at 3B 8-11-1916(1) BOX NY N Ernie Quigley Call at 1B 9- 2-1916(2) BOX NY N Lord Byron Balls and strikes 6- 5-1917 BOX NY N Lord Byron Interference non-call 6- 8-1917 BOX NY N Lord Byron Interference non-call (Punched umpire) 6- 8-1918(2) BOX NY N Lord Byron Catch/No catch call 6-19-1919 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Balls and strikes 5-18-1920 BOX NY N Charlie Moran Call at 2B 7-26-1921 BOX NY N Bill Klem Bench jockeying 8- 8-1922 BOX NY N Cy Rigler Call at 1B Date Team Umpire Reason 7-21-1927 BOX NY N Frank Wilson Balls and strikes 7- 6-1929 BOX NY N George Magerkurth Called third strike 6-22-1931 BOX NY N Dolly Stark Balls and strikes 7-18-1931 BOX NY N Bob Clarke Call at 1B
Transaction Information Sold by Cedar Rapids (Illinois-Iowa) to Baltimore Orioles (August, 1891). Assigned to Brooklyn Superbas by Baltimore Orioles with Bill Keister and Wilbert Robinson (March 9, 1900). Sold by Brooklyn Superbas to St. Louis Cardinals with Bill Keister and Wilbert Robinson for $19000 (March 10, 1900). Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1901). Released by Baltimore Orioles (July 7, 1902). Signed by New York Giants (@July 7, 1902).
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