John McGraw and Honus Wagner
John McGraw and Honus Wagner chatting sometime between 1915 AND 1917.
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John McGraw and Honus Wagner chatting sometime between 1915 AND 1917.
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John McGraw Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: R Weight: 155 Born: Year: 1873 in Truxton, NY USA Died: 2 25 1934 in New Rochelle, NY USA Debut: 1891-08-26 Last Game: 6/18/1907 Hall of Fame: Inducted as a Manager in 1937 by...
Read MoreJohn McGraw Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 69 Weight: 160 Born: 12 8, 1890 in Intercourse, PA USA Died: 4 27 1967 in Torrance, CA USA Debut: 7/29/1914 Last Game: 7/29/1914 Full Name: John...
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Tony La Russa moves past John McGraw into second place for the most games managed in major league history. With his 4,770 contests as a manager, the Cardinal skipper now trails only Connie Mack, who amassed a total of 7755 during his 53 years in the dugout.
Read MorePosted by Tom | Dec 7, 1937 | Hall of Fame | 0 |
Five of baseball’s pioneers are added to the Hall of Fame: Connie Mack‚ John McGraw‚ Morgan G. Bulkeley‚ Ban Johnson‚ and George Wright.
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On February 25, 1934 — At the age of 60, John McGraw dies at New Rochelle Hospital, two...
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On July 6, 1933, the first major league All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park. Babe Ruth hits a...
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On June 3, 1932, longtime New York Giants manager John McGraw resigns due to ill health. In 32...
Read MoreNational League President John Heydler’s designated hitter idea gets the backing of John McGraw, but the American League is against it.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Feb 9, 1927 | Podcast, Transactions | 0 |
1927 – The Giants send versatile George Kelly, along with cash, to the Reds for truculent holdout OF Edd Roush. The Giants sent Roush to the Reds in 1916.
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1925 – John McGraw arrives in Florida and is installed as president of a real estate development near Bradenton called Pennant Park. With streets named for early New York Giants heroes, and lots offered for $2,500 to $5,000, McGraw hires a fleet of salesmen and heads north. New York newspapers run a series of full-page ads featuring a picture of John McGraw with the bold caption “You’ve followed me, now follow me in real estate.” A year later, the boom will go bust, washed away by two hurricanes. McGraw will incur a loss of $100,000 after paying off close friends, players, and other investors, and will be hounded by creditors.
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On January 5, 1925, the French Baseball Federation presents medals to Giants’ manager John...
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1923 – While in Paris‚ John McGraw announces plans for a tour of Europe by the Giants and White Sox in 1924‚ as world interest in baseball grows. In Romania‚ Queen Marie will throw out the first ball to mark the game’s debut in July.
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Giant manager John McGraw trades outfielders Casey Stengel and Bill Cunningham along with shortstop Dave Bancroft to the Braves for pitchers Joe Oeschger and Bill Southworth. Although the deal will have little impact for Boston or New York, three of the five players involved in the transaction, Stengel, Bancroft, and Southworth, will become major league managers and will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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New York Giants pitcher Phil Douglas is suspended and fined $100 by John McGraw. He writes a letter to St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Les Mann which says in part “I want to leave here, but I want some inducement. I don’t want this guy (McGraw) to win the pennant and I feel if I stay here I win it for him”. Mann gives the letter to manager Branch Rickey who notifies Kenesaw Landis. In Pittsburgh on August 16th‚ Douglas will admit he wrote the letter‚ and Landis will bar him from baseball for life.
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1921 – The Cincinnati Reds trade Heinie Groh to the New York Giants for George Burns, Mike Gonzalez and cash.
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Following an all-night drinking bout and a fight at the Lamb’s Club in New York, John McGraw will be indicted for violating the Volstead (Prohibition) Act and charged with assault, but he will be acquitted. He will also be called to testify in Chicago hearings investigating gambling and bribery among players, including Hal Chase and Heinie Zimmerman.
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National League chief John Heydler dismisses charges against Cincinnati Reds star Hal Chase
Read More1919 – John McGraw, Charles A. Stoneham, and Tammany Hall politician Judge Francis X. McQuade buy controlling interest in the New York Giants from the John Brush estate. Having drawn just 265,000 fans in 1918, the club is sold at a bargain price. The three will spend many days in courtrooms fighting among themselves, and fending off government charges about Stoneham’s business practices.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jan 14, 1919 | Franchise News, Owners | 0 |
On January 14, 1919, a trio, led by Wall Street tycoon Charles A. Stoneham, buys the New York Giants. The other investors include manager John McGraw and politician Francis X. McQuade of New York. Stoneham rose from a job as a...
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Clarence “Pants” Rowland goes over the ground rules at Comiskey Park with Giants...
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The Braves and Giants play an A.M.-P.M. twin bill in Boston on Labor Day. To accommodate the crowds, the Braves have moved their home games to Fenway Park, courtesy of owner Joe Lannin: Fenway has triple the seating capacity of the South End Grounds. The two contests draw 74,163 on the day. The Braves, down 4 – 3 to Christy Mathewson in the 9th, storm back for two runs to win the opener. Josh Devore scratches a single, Herb Moran doubles into the crowd ringing the outfield, and Johnny Evers slaps a single that eludes George Burns to drive home the tying and winning runs. Jeff Tesreau wins the nitecap, 10 – 1, and the Giants pile on Lefty Tyler. In the Giants’ 4-run 6th, Fred Snodgrasstakes a pitch on the sleeve to reach first base, thumbing his nose at Tyler along the way. Lefty retaliates by acting out Fred’s 1912 World Series muff. When Snodgrass returns to CF, the crowd is merciless to the point that Boston Mayor James Michael Curley rushes on the field and demands the umpires eject the Giant player. McGraw, worried that Snodgrass might incur an injury, replaces him.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Aug 18, 1909 | Manager | 0 |
John McGraw names Arlie Latham as a coach
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Oct 8, 1908 | 100 Game Series, Pennant Winners | 0 |
On October 8, 1908 A special replay of a game infamously known as The “Merkle Boner” was replayed....
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On January 10, 1907, New York Giants manager John McGraw plays the role of off-the-field hero. McGraw stops a team of runaway horses, preventing injury to two young women.
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1906 – John McGraw and jockey Tod Sloan open a billiard parlour at 34th Street and Broadway, which soon becomes a popular and profitable hangout for New York City’s sporting life.
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1905 – The Beaneaters and Giants trade shutouts, with Boston beating Joe McGinnity in the opener, 1 – 0, and Christy Mathewson returning the favor, 3 – 0, in the nitecap. The game is scoreless until New York scores a run in the 7th off Vic Willis.
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John McGraw and John Brush say they have no intention of playing a post-season series with the American League champions. “The Giants will not play a post season series with the American League champions. Ban Johnson has not been on the level with me personally, and the American League management has been crooked more than once.” says McGraw. “When we clinch the National League pennant, we’ll be champions of the only real major league.” Ban Johnson fires back: “No thoughtful patron of baseball can weigh seriously the wild vaporings of this discredited player who was canned from the American League.” As the New York Highlanders battle for the AL pennant, local pressure mounts, but Brush, still angry over the inter-league peace treaty, and McGraw, who despises Ban Johnson, are adamant.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Jul 5, 1904 | team stolen bases, Team Streaks | 0 |
At Philadelphia’s Huntington Park, the Giants’ 18-game winning streak ends when the Phillies prevail, 6 – 5 in 10 innings. Rookie Bob Hall’s bloop single off reliever Dummy Taylor scores Red Dooin. The Giants’ record is now 53-18, effectively ending the National League race. By September 1, they will lead the Cubs by 15 games.
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Continuing efforts to build a winner in New York, John McGraw acquires 34-year-old SS Bill Dahlen from Brooklyn in exchange for pitcher Jack Cronin and iron-fingered SS Charlie Babb. McGraw says this is the trade that makes the Giants into winners. In 1904, Dahlen will top the National League with 80 RBI. When he retires in 1911, he will have fielded more chances than any other SS.
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On July 16, 1903, the New York Giants name future Hall of Famer John McGraw their manager. The...
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John McGraw, the team’s third skipper this season, begins his 30-year tenure as manager of the Giants, losing to Philadelphia at the Polo Grounds, 5-3. The fiery skipper left the fledgling American League Orioles midseason, bringing three key players from Baltimore, first baseman Dan McGann, catcher Roger Bresnahan, and right-hander Joe McGinnity, all who started in today’s game.
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Giants owner Andrew Freedman announces he has purchased controlling interest in the Baltimore club and releases Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin to sign with New York. Mike Donlin, Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to the Reds, where Kelley will take over as manager. At Cincinnati’s Palace of the Fans, John McGraw begins his 30-year tenure as manager of the Giants in another fallout from the takeover of the Orioles. “Little Napoleon”, the team’s third skipper of the season, loses his debut to the Reds, 7 – 2.
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On April 29, 1902, Baltimore Orioles infielder John McGraw is hit by pitches five times, but home...
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 25, 1901 | 100 Game Series, Debut, Franchise News | 0 |
On April 25, 1901, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Down 13-4 in the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers score 10 runs in their last at-bat to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 14-13. Frank Dillon drives in the game-winning run with a double.
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On March 11, 1901, Baltimore Orioles manager John McGraw announces that he has signed a Cherokee...
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1900 – John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign contracts with the Baltimore Orioles of the National League. When the long-rumored move by Baltimore to disband occurs, the two players are assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas, but they will refuse and sit out the first third of the season instead. Finally, McGraw and Robinson are sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Baltimore Orioles sell three of their stars – third baseman John McGraw, catcher Wilbert Robinson, and infielder Bill Keister
Read More1900 – Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park Ball Grounds in Baltimore. John McGraw’s men camp around a fire at third base. Ned Hanlon, his former manager in Baltimore in the 1890s, now manager of Brooklyn and still president of the Baltimore club in the National League, has forces camped around first base.
Read MorePosted by This Day in Baseball | Apr 18, 1899 | Manager | 0 |
On April 18, 1899, 26-year old John McGraw makes his managerial debut with the Baltimore Orioles of the National League, guiding the team to a 5-3 victory over the New York Giants. McGraw also plays third base for the club, not retiring as a player until several years later.
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1899 – Under a joint ownership arrangement, several Baltimore Orioles players are shifted to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, and that club transfers several to the Orioles. Manager Ned Hanlon takes Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Hughie Jennings, and others with him to Brooklyn, while John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson remain in Baltimore to stay close to their businesses there. The powerful new Brooklyn team is now sometimes called the “Superbas”, after a stage show in New York called “Superba” that is produced by the Hanlon brothers (unrelated to Ned Hanlon).
Read More1873 – John McGraw is born in Truxton, New York. A fiery third baseman for the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, McGraw will achieve much more recognition as an innovative, autocratic field manager. In his 31 years at the helm of the New York Giants, McGraw’s teams will gain 10 National League pennants, finish second 11 times and take home three World Series trophies. He ranks second all-time with 2,840 wins as a manager. In 1933, he will return from retirement to manage the National League in the very first major league All-Star Game. As a player, he was credited with helping to develop the hit-and-run, the squeeze play and other strategic moves. McGraw will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee in 1937.
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