Born: April 7, 1873
1890: Minor Leagues
Debut: August 26, 1891 for Baltimore Orioles
1892: Baltimore moved to the National League
1897: Led league in OBP
1898: Led league in runs and walks
1899: Led league in runs, walks, and OBP
1899: Managed Baltimore Orioles (86-62 record)
1900: Played for the Cardinals and led league in OBP
1901-02: Managed and played for AL Baltimore Orioles (94-96 record)
1902: Moved to New York Giants and played very few games until 1906
1902: Began managing New York Giants (2583-1790 record)
1904: Giants win Pennant; McGraw refused to play in the World Series. McGraw declared the Giants World Champions.
1905: Won World Series. Pitcher Christy Mathewson threw three complete game shutouts for the Giants.
Final Game as a player: September 12, 1906
1911-1913: Won NL Pennant, but lost the World Series each time.
1917: Won NL Pennant; Lost World Series to the White Sox
1921: Won World Series
1922: Won World Series
1923: Won NL Pennant, but lost World Series to the Yankees
1924: Won NL Pennant, but lost World Series to Washington
1932: Retired. His retirement dominated the news and pushed Lou Gehrig’s four home run game off the front page.
1933: Managed NL team in first All Star Game
Died: February 25, 1934
1937: Elected to Hall of Fame
Sometime after his death, his wife discovered a list of black players McGraw wanted to sign, but was blocked by the institutional racism within Major League Baseball.
Accomplishments:
3x OBP leader
2x Runs scored leader
2x Walk leader
10 Pennants
3x World Champion
4x 100-win seasons as a manager
2763-1948 career win-loss
2763 wins were first all time when he retired. Today, they are second all time behind Connie Mack. Tony LaRussa is on the verge of passing McGraw.
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