#john mcgraw

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Today In 1932: Legendary manager John McGraw steps down as the skipper of the New York Giants and retires from baseball. He finishes his career with an amazing 2,763 wins!

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John McGraw

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March 11, 1901

John McGraw, manager of new American League’s Orioles, signs Charlie Grant, trying to pass off the black infielder as a Cherokee Indian named Tokohoma. McGraw’s scheme to secretly integrate the major leagues unravels in Chicago when White Sox president Charles Comiskey objects to Baltimore’s new second baseman after recognizing his true identity.

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On This Day in Baseball History February 25, 1934: Legendary New York Giants manager and the man known as the "Little Napoleon of the baseball diamond,” John J. McGraw (April 7, 1873 - February 25, 1934) dies from an internal hemorrhage due to uremia at New Rochelle Hospital. McGraw was 61-years old.

Here are a few of his achievements as a manager:

33 years as a MLB manager of which 31 seasons with the Giants

2,763 regular season wins (Second behind Connie Mack)

.586 winning percentage for third best (with 2,000+ games managed)

Three World Series Championships (1905, 1921 and 1922) and 10 National League Pennants

Hall of Fame Inductee in 1937

For Further Reading:

The John McGraw page from the National Baseball Hall of fame website

John McGraw by Don Jensen for SABR; The Society for American Baseball Research

THROWBACK THURSDAY: JOHN MCGRAW, THE MODEL OF THE MODERN SPORTS COACH by Jack Moore from Vice Sports dated July 16, 2015

Giants Among Men: Exactly 100 years ago, Christy Mathewson and John McGraw rescued the woeful New York Giants and helped make baseball the true national pastime from Si.com by Frank Deford dated August 25, 2003

John McGraw Played Hardball To Win Pennants And World Series by Michael Mink from the Investors Business Daily dated April 4, 2016

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Today In 1932: Bill Terry replaces John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants! (Polo Grounds, NYC)

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Today In 1933: Connie Mack & John McGraw look dapper as they pose before managing the first Major League All-Star Game at Comiskey Park, Chicago!

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Review: The Old Ball Game

The Old Ball Game The Old Ball Game, Frank Deford. Grove Press (ISBN: 9780802142474) 2006. Summary: A dual biography of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants and their partnership in elevating the game. Muggsy and Mattie. Those are the nicknames of the subjects of this dual biography of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson. Two men could not be more different. McGraw grew up in…

Review: The Old Ball Game