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John McGraw
John Joseph McGraw (Mugsy and Little Napoleon)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: April 7, 1873 in Truxton, NY
School: St. Bonaventure University (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1891
Final Game: September 12, 1906
Died: February 25, 1934 in New Rochelle, NY
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1937.
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1891 18 BAL AA 33 131 115 17 31 3 5 0 14 4 12 17 .270 .359 .383 .741 111 44 4 6/O4
1892 19 BLN NL 79 324 286 41 77 13 2 1 26 15 32 21 .269 .355 .339 .694 107 97 6 4O/65
1893 20 BLN NL 127 597 480 123 154 9 10 5 64 38 101 11 .321 .454 .413 .866 129 198 16 *6O
1894 21 BLN NL 124 616 512 156 174 18 14 1 92 78 91 12 .340 .451 .436 .887 111 223 13 *5/4
1895 22 BLN NL 96 459 388 110 143 13 6 2 48 61 60 9 .369 .459 .448 .908 132 174 5 6 *5/4
1896 23 BLN NL 23 90 77 20 25 2 2 0 14 13 11 4 .325 .422 .403 .825 116 31 2 0 5/3
1897 24 BLN NL 106 507 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 44 99 .325 .471 .379 .849 125 148 9 8 *5
1898 25 BLN NL 143 652 515 143 176 8 10 0 53 43 112 .342 .475 .396 .871 148 204 19 6 *5/O
1899 26 BLN NL 117 539 399 140 156 13 3 1 33 73 124 .391 .547 .446 .994 168 178 14 2 *5
1900 27 STL NL 99 447 334 84 115 10 4 2 33 29 85 .344 .505 .416 .921 156 139 23 5 *5
1901 28 BLA AL 73 308 232 71 81 14 9 0 28 24 61 .349 .508 .487 .995 172 113 14 1 5
1902 29 TOT MLB 55 223 170 27 43 3 2 1 8 12 43 .253 .420 .312 .732 116 53 6 4 65
1902 29 BLA AL 20 84 63 14 18 3 2 1 3 5 17 .286 .451 .444 .896 144 28 2 2 5
1902 29 NYG NL 35 139 107 13 25 0 0 0 5 7 26 .234 .401 .234 .635 97 25 4 2 6
1903 30 NYG NL 12 15 11 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .273 .467 .273 .739 109 3 3 0 /4O56
1904 31 NYG NL 5 15 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .467 .333 .800 144 4 0 0 /46
1905 32 NYG NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 /O
1906 33 NYG NL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 /5
16 Seasons 1099 4926 3924 1024 1309 121 70 13 462 436 836 74 .334 .466 .410 .876 135 1609 134 32
162 Game Avg. 162 726 578 151 193 18 10 2 68 64 123 .334 .466 .410 .876 135 237 20
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
BLN (9 yrs) 848 3915 3163 840 1063 94 55 10 392 369 642 74 .336 .461 .410 .871 131 1297 88 22
NYG (5 yrs) 59 172 132 15 32 0 0 0 6 9 31 .242 .412 .242 .654 101 32 7 2
BLA (2 yrs) 93 392 295 85 99 17 11 1 31 29 78 .336 .496 .478 .974 166 141 16 3
STL (1 yr) 99 447 334 84 115 10 4 2 33 29 85 .344 .505 .416 .921 156 139 23 5
NL (14 yrs) 973 4403 3514 922 1179 101 54 12 417 403 746 57 .336 .466 .405 .871 133 1424 114 29
AL (2 yrs) 93 392 295 85 99 17 11 1 31 29 78 .336 .496 .478 .974 166 141 16 3
AA (1 yr) 33 131 115 17 31 3 5 0 14 4 12 17 .270 .359 .383 .741 111 44 4

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1891 BAL AA 18 SS 21 90 32 41 17 6 .811 3.48 .889 5.04
1891 BAL AA 18 OF 9 10 7 0 3 0 .700 0.78 .930 1.83 0-0-9
1891 BAL AA 18 2B 3 19 8 10 1 1 .947 6.00 .911 5.27
1892 BLN NL 19 2B 34 213 96 101 16 12 .925 5.79 .929 5.59
1892 BLN NL 19 OF 34 58 45 7 6 1 .897 1.53 .914 1.86 8-6-20
1892 BLN NL 19 SS 8 50 19 28 3 3 .940 5.88 .892 5.32
1892 BLN NL 19 3B 3 16 5 8 3 0 .813 4.33 .888 3.53
1893 BLN NL 20 SS 117 635 218 350 67 40 .894 4.85 .897 5.47
1893 BLN NL 20 OF 11 17 16 0 1 0 .941 1.45 .912 2.14 10-0-1
1894 BLN NL 21 3B 118 424 131 247 46 17 .892 3.20 .877 3.41
1894 BLN NL 21 2B 6 32 12 18 2 0 .938 5.00 .928 5.72
1895 BLN NL 22 3B 95 386 100 239 47 19 .878 3.57 .871 3.38
1895 BLN NL 22 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.60
1896 BLN NL 23 3B 18 72 22 38 12 4 .833 3.33 .899 3.41
1896 BLN NL 23 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .980 10.20
1897 BLN NL 24 3B 105 332 112 182 38 16 .886 2.80 .893 3.29
1898 BLN NL 25 3B 137 459 142 271 46 16 .900 3.01 .902 3.42
1898 BLN NL 25 OF 3 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00 .943 2.03 0-3-0
1899 BLN NL 26 3B 117 436 142 270 24 14 .945 3.52 .898 3.52
1900 STL NL 27 3B 99 351 106 213 32 7 .909 3.22 .893 3.74
1901 BLA AL 28 3B 69 210 80 107 23 5 .890 2.71 .900 3.51
1902 BLA AL 29 3B 19 59 26 25 8 6 .864 2.68 .917 3.52
1902 NYG NL 29 SS 34 188 59 115 14 12 .926 5.12 .912 5.35
1903 NYG NL 30 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1903 NYG NL 30 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 2-0-0
1903 NYG NL 30 3B 1 3 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 .933 3.40
1903 NYG NL 30 SS 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 5.40
1904 NYG NL 31 2B 2 19 6 12 1 3 .947 9.00 .942 5.25
1904 NYG NL 31 SS 2 12 6 5 1 0 .917 5.50 .917 5.30
1905 NYG NL 32 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 1-0-0
1906 NYG NL 33 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.20
12 Seasons 3B 782 2748 868 1600 280 104 .898 3.16 .891 3.46
6 Seasons SS 183 976 334 540 102 61 .895 4.78 .899 5.39
6 Seasons OF 60 92 74 7 11 1 .880 1.35 .917 1.92 21-9-30
6 Seasons 2B 48 283 122 141 20 16 .929 5.48 .929 5.55
1 Season 1B 1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 .980 10.20
16 Seasons TOT 1074 4109 1408 2288 413 182 .899 3.44 .796 3.80 21-9-30
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ( 1.8%)
1936 Veterans (21.8%)
1937 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1937 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1937 by Veteran's Committee

Batting Average s c a p y
1895 NL  .369 (10th)
1898 NL  .342 (3rd)
1899 NL  .391 (3rd)
1900 NL  .344 (5th)
Career  .334 (25th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1893 NL  .454 (4th)
1895 NL  .459 (4th)
1897 NL  .471 (1st)
1898 NL  .475 (2nd)
1899 NL  .547 (1st)
1900 NL  .505 (1st)
Career  .466 (3rd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1898 NL  .871 (5th)
1899 NL  .994 (2nd)
1900 NL  .921 (3rd)
Career  .876 (105th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1894 NL  616 (6th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1893 NL  123 (10th)
1894 NL  156 (6th)
1898 NL  143 (1st)
1899 NL  140 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1893 NL  101 (4th)
1894 NL  91 (4th)
1897 NL  99 (2nd)
1898 NL  112 (1st)
1899 NL  124 (1st)
1900 NL  85 (3rd)
1901 AL  61 (5th)
Career  836 (209th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1894 NL  78 (2nd)
1895 NL  61 (3rd)
1898 NL  43 (5th)
1899 NL  73 (2nd)
Career  436 (54th)

Singles s c a p y
1894 NL  141 (10th)
1898 NL  158 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1898 NL  148 (5th)
1899 NL  168 (2nd)
1900 NL  156 (3rd)
Career  135 (109th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1898 NL  94 (8th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1893 NL  28 (8th)
1898 NL  45 (2nd)
1899 NL  56 (2nd)
1900 NL  38 (5th)
1901 AL  31 (3rd)
Career  278 (140th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1893 NL  2.6 (8th)
1898 NL  4.6 (2nd)
1899 NL  5.5 (2nd)
1900 NL  3.8 (5th)
1901 AL  3.0 (3rd)
Career  26.9 (148th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1893 NL  271 (5th)
1894 NL  278 (5th)
1898 NL  307 (1st)
1899 NL  294 (3rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1898 NL  .745 (4th)
1899 NL  .824 (2nd)
1900 NL  .746 (4th)
Career  .693 (83rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1893 NL  16 (4th)
1894 NL  13 (5th)
1898 NL  19 (5th)
1900 NL  23 (2nd)
1901 AL  14 (1st)
Career  134 (30th)

Youngest s c a p y
1891 AA  born 1873-04-07 (4th)
1892 NL  born 1873-04-07 (6th)
1893 NL  born 1873-04-07 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 10 (230), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 50 (502), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 60 (319), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 41 (145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August, 1891: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from Cedar Rapids (Illinois-Iowa).

March 9, 1900: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

March 10, 1900: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Brooklyn Superbas.

Before 1901 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

July 7, 1902: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 7, 1902: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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