John McGraw
Legendary manager of the New York Giants for nearly 30 years.
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Over nearly three decades managing the Giants, McGraw's teams secured ten pennants and three World Series championships.[1] With 2,763 wins as a manager, McGraw's total is the third-highest in MLB history, and his 31 seasons managing are an NL record.[1]
Life and work
A diphtheria epidemic in 1885 killed his mother and four of his siblings, leading to conflict with his father over baseball.[2] After breaking a window, McGraw ran away to neighbor Mary Goddard, who persuaded his father to let him stay with her.[2] As a player for the Orioles, he helped develop innovations such as the Baltimore chop and the squeeze play.[3][4] After the National League eliminated the Baltimore franchise, he was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals for the 1900 season.[5]
In 1902, McGraw left the Baltimore club to become manager and part-owner of the New York Giants.[6][7]
What the cited sources add
As part of the peace agreement between the leagues, the NL permitted Johnson to move the Orioles to New York for the 1903 season, a team that later became the Yankees.[6] McGraw and his team later allowed the Highlanders to use the rebuilt Polo Grounds as their home field.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "List of all baseball managers in the major leagues", Baseball-Reference.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Klein 2016, p. 110–111 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon 2000, p. 44–45; Klein 2016, p. 110–111 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon 2000, p. 44–45; Voigt 1998, p. 182 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon 2000, p. 44–45; Alexander 1995, p. 9–10 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Calcaterra, "Today in Baseball History: the Yankees become the Yankees", NBC Sports, April 10, 2020. facts only, no text reused. mlb.nbcsports.com
- Wikipedia, "John McGraw" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Alexander 1995, p. 9–10; Solomon 2000, p. 44–45 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: John McGraw (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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