• Date inscribed on negative: 7/10/13. - Wystan

[John McGraw, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

[John McGraw, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)]

[1914]

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

Notes:
 Original data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards: McGraw, Giants.
Corrected title and date based on research by the Pictorial History Committee, Society for American Baseball Research, 2006.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13535

Call Number: LC-B2- 2755-14

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    ibison4 and chris koperski added this photo to their favorites.

  2. Cynthia Wenslow (43 months ago | reply)

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McGraw_(baseball_p layer)

    Went on to succeed as a baseball manager.

  3. WhoRU08 (42 months ago | reply)

    Mentor to the young Casey Stengel (as a player), who went on to manage the Yankees from 1949-60 in his Hall of Fame career.

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    manypixors added this photo to his favorites. (42 months ago)

  5. Wystan (42 months ago | reply)

    Date inscribed on negative (in reverse) is July 10, 1913.

  6. rjones0856 (42 months ago | reply)

    McGraw was already a manager in 1913. Must have been hitting balls for fielding practice.

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    yankeefan1959 added this photo to his favorites. (38 months ago)

  8. mr.thalweg (22 months ago | reply)

    John McGraw was a Baseball pioneer in many ways. He developed many of the fundamentals of the game that are second nature today. As a player and manager he developed many of the strategies of the game still in use, such as the ‘squeeze-bunt’ and the ‘hit-and-run’. John McGraw asked that the pitchers and catchers report first to spring training, weeks ahead of other players, as they always seem to be the most ‘out-of-shape.’ and when once asked about a substitute hitter in a game, he described the man as “good in the pinch,” leading to use of the term ‘pinch-hitter.’ His New York Giants teams won 10 National League pennants, 3 World Series, and finished second 11 times. His record for most wins as a National League manager still stands at 2,669 victories. He was an incredible judge of baseball talent, and his player development program made the Giants perennial contenders. Health issues forced John McGraw into retirement mid-way through the 1932 season, yet he was able to manage the National League team in the first-ever All-Star Game in 1933.

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    skillfull added this photo to his favorites. (21 months ago)

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