Moonlight Graham dies in Chisholm, MN. Graham played in one major league game, for the 1905 Giants, and did not get to bat. His character in W.P. Kinsella’s Field of Dreams, later played by Burt Lancaster in the movie of the same name, will eventually make him a baseball household name.

On August 25, 1965 — Moonlight Graham dies in Chisholm, MN. Graham played in one major league game, for the 1905 Giants, and did not get to bat. His character in W.P. Kinsella’s Field of Dreams, later played by Burt Lancaster in the movie of the same name, will eventually make him a baseball household name.


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