Trivia

Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1937. Induction ceremony was held in 1939 for the first four classes.

Probably the best all-around third baseman during the 1890s.

Managed in the majors for 34 years (31 years with the New York Giants from 1902 to 1932).

He won pennants in 1904, 1911-1913, 1917, 1923-1924, plus won the World Series in 1905, 1921 and 1922. His ten pennants

Holds the highest lifetime batting average for a third baseman in the major league (.334). Holds the National League record for most wins (2840).

National League manager in the first major league All-Star game in 1933.

Played for the AA Baltimore Orioles (1891), the NL Baltimore Orioles (1892-1899), St. Louis Cardinals (1900), the AL Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) and New York Giants (1902-1906).

Refused to meet the Boston Red Sox for the 1904 World Series, so there wasn't one for that year.

Tied with Casey Stengel for the major league record for most pennants (10).

Made major league debut (as a player) on 26 August 1891.

McGraw once tried to hire a black Second Baseman for his team named Charlie Grant and tried to pass him off as a Cherokee Indian named Chief Tokahoma. When the ruse was discovered, McGraw withdrew the offer.

Found among McGraw's personal effects, after his death in 1934, was a list of all the black players he wished he could have hired.

Was so popular with fans during his only season in St. Louis (1900) that he was presented with a bouquet of flowers on Opening Day. He led the National League in On Base Perecentage with a mark of .505. This, despite a nasty spiking incident that kept him out of action until June. After the 1900 Season ended, he left St. Louis via train and supposedly threw his Cardinals' uniform out the window and into the Mississippi River.

The wedding party at McGraw's first marriage to Minnie Doyle in 1897, including the groom (McGraw), featured 6 future Hall of Famers. The others were "Foxy" Ned Hanlon, Hughie Jennings, "Wee" Willie Keeler, Joe Kelly, and Wilbert Robinson.

Billiard hall partner of Arnold Rothstein.

Wash honored with an NY symbol by the Giants in 1986.