John McGraw
As a player
- Baltimore Orioles (1891-1899)
- St. Louis Cardinals (1900)
- Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902)
- New York Giants (1902-1906)
As a manager
- Baltimore Orioles (1899 )
- Baltimore Orioles (AL ) ( 1901-1902 )
- New York Giants (1902-1932)
- World Series champion: 1905, 1921, 1922
- Manager Balance: 2763-1948 ( 58.6 %)
John Joseph McGraw ( born April 7, 1873 in Truxton, New York, † February 25, 1934 in New Rochelle, New York) was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. His nicknames were Mugsy and Little Napoleon.
Biography
John McGraw began his professional baseball career on August 26, 1891 at the Baltimore Orioles in the American Association. In 1892 he moved with his team in the National League. At the beginning McGraw played shortstop, second baseman or outfielder, before he established himself in the position of the third baseman. Until 1899 he remained in Baltimore, then spent a year with the St. Louis Cardinals. 1901 and 1902 he played with the Baltimore Orioles in the American League, later the New York Yankees, before moving in July 1902 to the New York Giants, whose image he should determine in the next 30 years.
With the Giants, he took over as before in Baltimore, the tasks of a manager. This position he was to keep until the year 1932. During this time the Giants won the title ten times in the National League three times and the World Series. In 1904, the Giants won 106 games and therefore easily the title in the National League. McGraw and the owner of the Giants John T. Brush refused her team, but to participate in the World Series against the Boston Red Sox, which was first played in 1903. This was the only case of failure of the Classics to the players strike 1994. 1905 repeated the Giants winning the title in the NL, and stood in to the playoffs against the Philadelphia Athletics and won thanks to three shutout victories by Christy Mathewson in five games.
He put through McGraw's impulsive nature always with the opposing team, managers, spectators and referees, so that the Giants one of the most disliked teams were. Often, stones and bottles were thrown in foreign stadiums on the players. This type McGraw came to his nickname Little Napoleon. On the other hand, he could deal well with difficult characters and angry players who had been placed with other teams back to back good performances. From 1911 to 1913, the Giants won three times in a row the championship in the National League, but were subject to three times in the World Series against the Philadelphia Athletics ( twice) and the Boston Red Sox. 1917 subject to the Giants in the World Series to the Chicago White Sox. From 1921 to 1924, the Giants won four times in a row the championship of the National League in 1921 and 1922, they defeated their city rivals Yankees, in 1923 then picked up their first World Series title. With the win, the Yankees ended the dominance of the Giants in New York and the Yankees took over the hegemony in the New York baseball. In the last World Series under John McGraw, the Giants the Washington Senators were subject in 1924 in seven games. 1932 ended with John McGraw in 2763 and 1948 victories defeats his career as a manager at the Giants. With a total of 2840 victories, he is still the number two -time list behind Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics.
McGraw died at the age of 60 in New Rochelle. In 1937 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.