John J. McGraw

John J. McGraw
Historical Figure
Nationality:	United States
Year of Birth:	1873
Year of Death:	1934
Cause of Death:	Natural causes (Uremic Poisoning)
Religion:	Catholicism
Occupation:	Baseball Player and Manager
Spouse:	Minnie Doyle (married 1897, died 1899) Blanche Sindall (married 1902)
Sports Team:	Baltimore Orioles (AA/NL) (1891–1899) St. Louis Cardinals (1900) Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902) New York Giants (1902–1906)
Fictional Appearances:

John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 - February 25, 1934) was a professional baseball player and manager for 39 years and was one of the pioneers of Major League Baseball in the early 20th century. He was a player with the Baltimore Orioles (1891-1899) and manager (also a player until 1906) of the New York Giants (1902-1932). McGraw retired from baseball at the end of the 1932 season and died at age 60 a little over a year later. He was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1937.

John J. McGraw in "Under Coogan's Bluff"

"Under Coogan's Bluff" Time-travel
Type of Appearance:	Direct

In 1905, John McGraw's Giants faced off against the Los Angeles Angels who were visiting from 2040. Angel Joshua Kaplan noted McGraw as a stumpy, mean man who had put on weight but might still be a formidable player.

McGraw was briefly amused by Kaplan's initial difficulty adapting to 1905-era gloves. However, the Angels proved adaptable, and dominated the last four innings of the game. While McGraw benched pitcher Christy Mathewson in the ninth inning, it didn't do any good. The Angels won 3-0. McGraw proved a sore loser, forbidding the Giants from congratulating the Angels.

John J. McGraw in The War That Came Early

The War That Came Early POD: July 20, 1936; Relevant POD: September 29, 1938
Appearance(s):	Hitler's War
Type of Appearance:	Posthumous reference

On July 4, 1937, an amateur baseball team made up of United States Marines stationed in Peking challenged another amateur team of their Japanese counterparts to a double-header. The two teams split the games, which Pete McGill remembered as being "rougher than any John McGraw's Orioles had played back in the '90s."

John J. McGraw in Joe Steele

Joe Steele POD: 1878; Relevant POD: July, 1932
Novel or Story?:	Novel only
Type of Appearance:	Contemporary reference

As a consequence of the New York Giants' poor season in 1932, their manager John McGraw finally resigned after 30 years at the helm.

In the hours before an arson fire at the New York Executive Mansion killed Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1932, reporter Mike Sullivan attended a minor league game between the New Haven Profs and the Albany Senators. Sullivan reflected on McGraw's recent resignation when he realized that the crowd at the game was probably larger than the ones attending New York Giants games.