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  John McGraw (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 - February 25, 1934), nicknamed "Little Napoleon", was a Major League Baseball player and manager.
McGraw died of an internal hemorrhage in New Rochelle, New York at age 60.
McGraw was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937.
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 John McGraw (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John McGraw on a 1909–1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card.
John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873–February 25, 1934), nicknamed "Little Napoleon", was a Major League Baseball player and manager.
Born in Truxton, New York, McGraw made his major league debut in 1891 with the National League's Baltimore Orioles, where he remained until 1899.
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 TheDeadballEra.com :: BAD TO THE BONE: JOHN McGRAW
John McGraw was a fiery, hard-hitting third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1890's, one of the most notorious teams in Major League history.
McGraw to his players and "Mugsy" to his enemies, he applied the tactics of the old Orioles, the tactics of inside baseball, the hit-and-run, the stolen base, the scientific game to achieve success.
John Joseph McGraw died as a result of uremia complicated by cancer on February 25, 1934.
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 John McGraw (baseball) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873–February 25, 1934), nicknamed "Little Napoleon", was a (additional info and facts about Major League Baseball) Major League Baseball player and ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team) manager.
McGraw died of an internal hemorrhage in (additional info and facts about New Rochelle, New York) New Rochelle, New York at age 60.
McGraw was inducted into the (additional info and facts about Baseball Hall of Fame) Baseball Hall of Fame in (additional info and facts about 1937) 1937.
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 John McGraw (baseball)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 - February 25, 1934),nicknamed "Little Napoleon", was a Major League Baseball player and manager.
Born in Truxton, New York, McGraw made his major leaguedebut in 1891 with the National League's BaltimoreOrioles, a team for which he would play through 1899.
McGraw died of an internal hemorrhage in New Rochelle,New York at age 60.
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 Living in Dryden: The McGraws of Irish Settlement
These young men were Joseph, Jr., and John McGraw, who afterwards became men of prominence and influence in the business and social affairs of their native town of Dryden, afterwards becoming residents of Ithaca, where both resided when they died.
Their father, Joseph McGraw, Sr., had emigrated in the year 1806 from Armagh, in the north of Ireland, a locality inhabited by a race of Scotch people who came there from Scotland at or before the time of Cromwell.
John McGraw, the youngest and most noted of the children who reached maturity, was in some respects different from the other members of the family.
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 Legends of the Game
McGraw's stormy managerial career was characterized by his dictatorial and abrasive manner with his rivals, the umpires and even his own players.
As manager of the NY Giants, McGraw' authority was never questioned when he once fined one of his players, Red Murray, $100 for missing a bunt sign.
McGraw had a compassionate side as demonstrated by his unwavering support for Fred Merkle even after the famous 'Merkle Incident".
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 AllRefer.com - John Joseph McGraw (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John Joseph McGraw[mugrO´] Pronunciation Key, 1873–1934, American baseball manager, b.
McGraw managed the Orioles in 1899, and after the team was dropped (1900) by the National League, he helped organize (1900) the American League.
As manager (1902–32) of the New York Giants of the National League, the fiery, efficient John J. McGraw became one of the outstanding figures of baseball.
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 Ithaca Times - Front Page - 03/17/2004 - Green Heritage
John McGraw, Joseph's son, was born in 1815 and turned out to be a savvy businessman.
McGraw was delighted by the proposal, but her father was vehemently opposed to the union.
John must have been a rather strong-headed type, for he admitted that it was not Fiske that he found objectionable as much as the idea of giving up his only remaining earthly tie while he was still alive.
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 John McGraw --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The enmity between McGraw and Johnson was so great that, when the Giants won the National League championship in 1904, they refused to play against the American League team in the newly organized World Series.
McGraw was a tyrant of a manger; he was abusive and difficult with umpires and put winning ahead of nearly all other considerations.
McGraw retired in 1932; in his 33 years of managing, his teams won 2,840 games, a total exceeded only by that of one other manager, Connie Mack.
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 John McGraw Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
John McGraw was born on Monday, April 7 1873, in Truxton, New York.
McGraw was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 26, 1891, with the Baltimore Orioles.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive John McGraw baseball stats page.
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 John McGraw --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Known as Little Napoleon, John McGraw led the New York Giants to ten National League pennants and three championships as team manager from 1902 to 1932.
Two of the greatest, John J. McGraw of the New York Giants and Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics, managed from the players' bench (the dugout).
McGraw's successor, Bill Terry, and Detroit's Mickey Cochrane were among several successful player-managers.
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 McGraw, John Joseph --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Though a failure as a starter, McGraw learned to pitch a screwball and then became a reliever in 1969, the year that the “Miracle Mets” won their first world championship;...
He was a staunch foe of abortion, a defender of the poor and the working class, an opponent of capital punishment, and an outspoken critic of racism and anti-Semitism.
The English painter Joseph Severn is remembered chiefly for his relationship with John Keats.
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 Amazon.com: John McGraw: Books: Charles C. Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
McGraw was so outsized, flamboyant, fiery, and, at times, sentimental, that it would be easy to caricature him; Alexander's remarkable achievement here is that he doesn't (nor does he succumb to hero worship or bubble bursting).
McGraw's career is a story of two baseball eras: its rowdy early days and the cool, corporate operations of post-World War I. McGraw's constant umpire baiting, penchant for inspiring either hatred or loyalty, and bond with star pitcher Christy Mathewson through many championship years, reveal a fiery, dictatorial, and brilliant man. Highly recommended.
McGraw was not only a very complex individual, but a great study into the inside workings of a man who just hated to lose.
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 WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL
John B. Mapstone of Highbridge, who was killed in a crash of a combat training plane near Faceville, Ga., Sunday night...Surviving besides his parents, is a brother, Franklin, who is training with the radio division of the Army Air Corps at Sioux Falls, S. D., and several aunts and uncles," The Eagle-Bulletin, 3/17/1944, age 21.
Joseph Marko of Minoa are home on furlo and aren't envying the boys still over there...Joseph Marko, after 31 months overseas, has no qualms as to the numbers 'three' and 'one,' in any combination, be it 13 or 31.
Merle Meagher are the parents of a son, John Joseph, born at the Memorial hospital in Syracuse Jan. 13.
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 John McGraw : Hall of Famer : HistoricBaseball.com
Managers in uniform used to coach regularly at first base and third, and for decades into the 20th century, McGraw was the greatest model of a successful manager in uniform.
The greatest contrast to McGraw, who as manager became known as the ''Little Napoleon,'' is Connie Mack, who always sat in civilian clothes while managing the Philadelphia Athletics.
McGraw, while having a hugely successful career as both a player and manager, stands without equal in having made it seem okay for players to associate with gamblers.
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 John McGraw (baseball) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 PBS Video Database: Baseball: Bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
One of the most gifted, principled and frequently overlooked players in the history of baseball, Roberto Clemente (1934-1972) was a role model for the Puerto Rican community and the idol of millions by the end of his outstanding career.
One of baseball's most belligerent and inspiring managers, John Joseph McGraw (1873-1934) is synonymous with the roudy days of old-school baseball.
McGraw's "iron fist" approach to management wielded excellent results and many deem him the best manager to emerge from baseball's pre-war era.
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 McGraw, John Joseph --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
U.S. dance critic and author John Joseph Martin, dance critic of The New York Times from 1927 to 1962, championed the modern dance movement.
Biography of this British scientist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1906, for research on the conduction of electricity by gases.
This is a summary of the political philosophy of John Locke.
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 John McGraw | National Baseball Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
John McGraw was the fiery third baseman of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1890s, but he achieved much more recognition as an innovative, autocratic field manager.
As a player, he was credited with helping to develop the hit-and-run, the Baltimore chop, the squeeze play and other strategic moves.
Tell someone about John McGraw by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
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 Mcgraw Family Genealogy Forum
John McGraw listed on 1800 US Census, Half Moon, Saratoga Co. NY - J.
John McGraw buried 1883 Amsterdam, Montgomery Co. NY - J.
John McGraw listed on 1835 State Census, Montgomery Co. NY - J.
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 Barnes & Noble.com - Old Ball Game: How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created ...
When McGraw came to New York (after wearing out his welcome elsewhere), though, the two became so close that they moved in together along with their wives.
At his side on the New York Giants was McGraw: pugnacious, hardscrabble, shanty Irish, tough, field-smart, and as rude as any ballplayer ever was, but a winner who was adored despite his old-school ways.
Mathewson and McGraw may be the star attractions,but it's Deford's reach of baseball knowledge, its color and historical circumstance-all the minutiae that pile up into a grand and recognizable edifice-that sets this one apart.
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 John Joseph McGraw
McGraw, John Joseph - McGraw, John Joseph baseball Birthplace: Truxton, N.Y. Born: 1873 Died: 1934 Information...
Marketing is the message at McGraw-Hill; chief executive Joseph Dionne aims to put the old-line publishing empire on-line by selling statistics and editorial services to almost anyone who has a computer.
Giants Among Men: Exactly 100 years ago, Christy Mathewson and John McGraw rescued the woeful New York Giants and helped make baseball the true national pastime.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - McGraw John Joseph   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Evers, John Joseph (1883?-1947), American professional baseball player, famous for a double-play combination with Joseph Tinker and Frank Chance,...
Pershing, John Joseph : World War I: speech of Pershing during World War I
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 John Merrick, the Elephant Man
Varney, a blatantly true-life monstrosity was indeed walking the streets of London in the person of John Merrick, the Elephant Man. Merrick, subject of the modern play and film The Elephant Man, is nearly as well known to us as to the Victorians.
Exhibited in side-shows because of his hideous growths and shape, he was eventually rescued by Dr. Frederick Treves, who described his patient as "deformed in body, face, head and limbs.
vested with Victorian projections of goodness and divested of all taint of the demonic or bestial, John Merrick had become a symbol of perseverance in the face of affliction.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: McGraw, John Joseph @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
MCGRAW, JOHN JOSEPH [McGraw, John Joseph], 1873-1934, American baseball manager, b.
As manager (1902-32) of the New York Giants of the National League, the fiery, efficient John J. McGraw became one of the outstanding figures of baseball.
Our archive contains millions of documents from thousands of sources and goes back over 23 years.
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 John McGraw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
McGraw-Hill Home Interactive appoints John Koronaios as new vice president of sales; Koronaios builds strong sales force as children's multimedia titles near fall ship dates.
John Skeehan from Logitech and Marty Matthews from McGraw-Hill/Osborne featured on this week's Let's Talk Computers -- Interviews online now.
Statement by Harold McGraw III Chairman, President and CEO The McGraw-Hill Companies On U.N. Ambassador-designate John Negroponte.
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 Fame's Fifth Cousin
Since the Hall of Famer had a stranglehold on the job, Pat spent a lot of time on the bench observing manager John Joseph McGraw.
The old Baltimore Oriole had been guiding Giant fortunes for about a quarter century and was, by all accounts, not an easy man for whom to play.
By August, he was hitting in the.370's, and one night Stengel sat down on the end of Crawford's pullman bunk.
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 My Thirty Years in Baseball: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
One of the most colorful, fiery, and pugnacious men ever to wear a uniform, McGraw was a terror both on the field as star third baseman of the old Baltimore Orioles and particularly in the dugout as manager of the Giants and architect of their dynasty.
Yet this is a sanitized memoir for an era that wasn't interested in peeking behind closed doors and exposing human foibles; the McGraw flame is held to, at most, a low burn.
As Charles C. Alexander, who penned the introduction here, made clear in his scrupulous biography, John McGraw, a master strategist and showman like McGraw needs a lot more room to maneuver.
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