A tribute thread to one of the greatest managers in history. Rank McGraw, both as a player and manager, and share your McGraw stories!
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Historical, Archival Photographs---Pre-1900---Negro L.---Vintage Panoramic Pictures---Members' Gallery---Runningshoes Presents: Photo Op---Meet The Sports Writers
Photos of the following individual players---Hank Aaron---Pete Alexander---Ty Cobb---Eddie Collins---Sam Crawford---Jimmy Foxx---Lou Gehrig---Rickey Henderson---Rogers Hornsby---Joe Jackson---Walter Johnson---Nap Lajoie---Connie Mack---John McGraw---Mickey Mantle---Christy Mathewson---Willie Mays---Mel Ott---Babe Ruth---George Sisler---Tris Speaker---Pie Traynor---Rube Waddell--- Honus Wagner---Ted Williams---Zack Wheat---Rare Ty Cobb ---Rare Babe Ruth---Bill's Babe Ruth---Rare Ted Williams---Bill's Rare Finds ---Babefan's Fantastic Vintage Baseball photos---GaryL's Boston Public Library Baseball Photo Project
We also have some very nice, attractive team photo collections---New York Yankees---New York Giants---Detroit Tigers---Pittsburgh Pirates---Brooklyn Dodgers
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John Joseph McGraw:
Born: April 7, 1873, Truxton, NY
Died: February 25, 1934, New Rochelle, NY, age 60
Manager:
Baltimore Orioles, 1899, 1901 - 1902
New York Giants, 1902 - 1932
ML 3B, 1891-06: W/Connie Mack, greatest manager all time.
From 1903 - 31, 28 yrs., came in lower than 3rd only 5 times! Almost impossible record to beat!
Came 1st 12 times, 2nd 10 times. Abrasive, colorful, dictatorial. New Cathedral Cem., Baltimore, MD.
---Managing Record---Wikipedia: John McGraw----------------------------------------McGraw/Mathewson, 1911 World Series.

--- John J. shakes with Connie Mack before the 1911 World Series.

Source: Top: American Baseball: Volume 1, by David Quentin Voigt, 1990, pp. 240. (New York Public Library)
Source: Bottom: Pitching In A Pinch, by Christy Mathewson, 1912, republished 1994, pp. 107.
Source: Baseball: Hall of Fame: Stories of Champions, by Sam/Beryl Epstein, 1966, pp. 31.
-----------John J. McGraw, Giants' Mgr., 1908, age 35


-----------------1908-11.

Source: Left: The Last Days of Mr. McGraw, by Joseph Durso, 1969, page (Introduction)
Source: Right: Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon, by Neal McCabe/Constance McCabe, 1993, pp. 188.
Source: Bottom: The Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection: by Richard Cahan/Mark Jacob, 1996, pp. 26-27.
John McGraw/Babe Ruth, October 5, 1922, World Series----------similar shot, but not quite.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1922 (Bain Collection)

--------------------------1911 World Series

------------------------1909.
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If you enjoy this photo gallery, you might also like our other ones, too.
Historical, Archival Photographs---Pre-1900---Negro L.---Vintage Panoramic Pictures---Members' Gallery---Runningshoes Presents: Photo Op---Meet The Sports Writers
Photos of the following individual players---Hank Aaron---Pete Alexander---Ty Cobb---Eddie Collins---Sam Crawford---Jimmy Foxx---Lou Gehrig---Rickey Henderson---Rogers Hornsby---Joe Jackson---Walter Johnson---Nap Lajoie---Connie Mack---John McGraw---Mickey Mantle---Christy Mathewson---Willie Mays---Mel Ott---Babe Ruth---George Sisler---Tris Speaker---Pie Traynor---Rube Waddell--- Honus Wagner---Ted Williams---Zack Wheat---Rare Ty Cobb ---Rare Babe Ruth---Bill's Babe Ruth---Rare Ted Williams---Bill's Rare Finds ---Babefan's Fantastic Vintage Baseball photos---GaryL's Boston Public Library Baseball Photo Project
We also have some very nice, attractive team photo collections---New York Yankees---New York Giants---Detroit Tigers---Pittsburgh Pirates---Brooklyn Dodgers
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John Joseph McGraw:
Born: April 7, 1873, Truxton, NY
Died: February 25, 1934, New Rochelle, NY, age 60
Manager:
Baltimore Orioles, 1899, 1901 - 1902
New York Giants, 1902 - 1932
ML 3B, 1891-06: W/Connie Mack, greatest manager all time.
From 1903 - 31, 28 yrs., came in lower than 3rd only 5 times! Almost impossible record to beat!
Came 1st 12 times, 2nd 10 times. Abrasive, colorful, dictatorial. New Cathedral Cem., Baltimore, MD.
---Managing Record---Wikipedia: John McGraw----------------------------------------McGraw/Mathewson, 1911 World Series.

--- John J. shakes with Connie Mack before the 1911 World Series.

Source: Top: American Baseball: Volume 1, by David Quentin Voigt, 1990, pp. 240. (New York Public Library)
Source: Bottom: Pitching In A Pinch, by Christy Mathewson, 1912, republished 1994, pp. 107.
Source: Baseball: Hall of Fame: Stories of Champions, by Sam/Beryl Epstein, 1966, pp. 31.
-----------John J. McGraw, Giants' Mgr., 1908, age 35


-----------------1908-11.

Source: Left: The Last Days of Mr. McGraw, by Joseph Durso, 1969, page (Introduction)
Source: Right: Baseball's Golden Age: The Photographs of Charles M. Conlon, by Neal McCabe/Constance McCabe, 1993, pp. 188.
Source: Bottom: The Game That Was: The George Brace Baseball Photo Collection: by Richard Cahan/Mark Jacob, 1996, pp. 26-27.
John McGraw/Babe Ruth, October 5, 1922, World Series----------similar shot, but not quite.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1922 (Bain Collection)

--------------------------1911 World Series

------------------------1909.

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