1901 DMB World Series-Game #1

NOTE: There was no World Series played in 1901.

Clark Griffith vs Deacon Phillippe 10/8/1901, @, Exposition Park

William Edward “Kitty” Bransfield initially had the nickname of “Kid”, but a reporter misheard it as Kitty, and the name stuck.

KITTY BRANSFIELD WINS EXTRA INNING THRILLER FOR PIRATES.

After Honus Wagner was intentionally walked to load the bases, Kitty Bransfield laced a game winning single to center to give the Pirates a 7-6 win in 10 innings.

The White Sox had taken a 6-0 lead into the 8th inning off Deacon Phillippe, but White Sox starter Clarke Griffith could not get out of the 8th as the Pirates scored 6 to tie the game. Griffith struggled all game, allowing 11 hits, all singles through 7 innings, but he still managed to take a shutout into the ill-fated 8th. Claude Ritchey walked to start the inning and promptly scored on Tommy Leach’s triple. Lefty Davis’ bases loaded double would score 3 runs, and Honus Wagner’s sac fly would knot the score at 6. Ed Doheny would pitch 2 scoreless innings to pick up the win.

Coincidentally, Tommy Leach would hit the 1st triple in the 1st actual World Series in 1903

10/8/1901, ChA01-Pit01, Exposition Park
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10     R  H  E   LOB DP
1901 White Sox         0  1  0  0  2  0  2  1  0  0     6 10  2     8  1
1901 Pirates           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  6  0  1     7 17  2    15  0

White Sox            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Pirates              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Hoy               cf  5  2  2  0  .400    Clarke            lf  6  2  2  0  .333
Jones,F           rf  4  0  1  1  .250    Beaumont          cf  5  1  2  0  .400
Mertes            2b  4  0  1  2  .250    Davis             rf  4  1  3  2  .750
Isbell            1b  5  0  0  1  .000    Wagner            ss  4  0  4  1 1.000
Hartman           3b  5  1  1  0  .200    Bransfield        1b  6  0  1  1  .167
Shugart           ss  4  1  0  0  .000    Ritchey           2b  4  1  2  0  .500
McFarland         lf  5  0  2  0  .400    Leach             3b  5  1  1  1  .200
Sullivan          c   4  0  1  2  .250    Zimmer            c   4  0  1  0  .250
Griffith          p   4  2  2  0  .500    Phillippe         p   3  0  0  0  .000
Katoll           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Yeager           ph  1  1  1  1 1.000
                     40  6 10  6           Doheny           p   1  0  0  0  .000
                                                               43  7 17  6
White Sox                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Griffith                         7.1 15  6  3  2  0 128  80  3.68
Katoll           BS 1, L 0-1     2.0  2  1  1  3  0  36  14  4.50
                                 9.1 17  7  4  5  0 164  94
Pirates                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Phillippe                        8.0  9  6  4  2  0 112  69  4.50
Doheny           W 1-0           2.0  1  0  0  0  0  22  15  0.00
                                10.0 10  6  4  2  0 134  84
Pit: Yeager batted for Phillippe in the 8th

E-Hoy, McFarland, Bransfield, Leach. 2B-Hartman, Clarke, Davis. 3B-Leach.
SB-Wagner(1). BB-Mertes, Shugart, Beaumont, Davis, Wagner, Ritchey, Zimmer.
SH-Jones,F, Sullivan, Davis. SF-Wagner.
GWRBI: Bransfield
Temperature: 48, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 10 MPH.

DMB World Series Hall of Famer- Ban Johnson

Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937                  Image provided by Dick Perez

BYRON BANCROFT JOHNSON

ORGANIZER OF THE AMERICAN

LEAGUE AND ITS PRESIDENT FROM

ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1900 UNTIL

HIS RESIGNATION BECAUSE OF

ILL HEALTH IN 1927.

A GREAT EXECUTIVE

A former sports editor in Cincinnati, he was elected President of the Western League in 1893. The Western League became the American League in 1900, and began playing as a major league in 1901.

"He was the most brilliant man the game has ever known. He was more responsible for making baseball the national game than anyone in the history of the sport". – William Harridge

1901 DMB World Series Poll

 

Please take a second to participate in the 1st DMB World Series Poll. Click the team you think will win and the # games that it will take.

The poll will close on Tuesday 2/9. I’ll play the 1st game of this series that night.

Will it be the Pittsburgh Pirates winners of the NL Pennant, or the Chicago White Sox winners of the AL pennant?

NOTE: There was no actual World Series played in 1901.

PIRATES: 90-49

Manager: Fred Clarke

Team Batting: .286(2)

Team ERA: 2.58(1)

Key Players: Honus Wagner-.353-6-126

                        Fred Clarke- .324-6-60

                       Ginger Beaumont- .332-8-72

                       Deacon Phillippe:  22-12, 2.22

                       Jack Chesbro:  21-10, 2.38

                       Jesse Tannehill: 18-19, 2.18

 WHITE SOX: 83-53

Manager: Clark Griffith

Team Batting: .276(5)

Team Pitching: 2.98(1)

Key Players:  Fielder Jones- .311-2-65

                         Sam Mertes- .277-5-98

                         Dummy Hoy- .294-2-60

                         Roy Patterson:  20-16, 3.37

                         Clark Griffith:  24-7, 2.67

                         Nixey Callahan:  15-8, 2.42

DMB World Series Replay-Baseball Card Reminiscing

Doc Bushong

File this card in the things I didn’t know pile.  Being a catcher in the late 19th Century, I wasn’t surprised to see his catcher’s mask in this card, or the fact that he’s as skinny as a 16 year old vegetarian, or the fact that he’s using a glove. But Doc Bushong is wearing a glove on both hands. I wasn’t aware that this was a common practice, but after a little online research it seems that catchers commonly used 2 gloves to catch with, altering the glove on the throwing hand for better flexibility. With the early gloves being not much more than a piece of leather, it does make sense. Some fielders also utilized the 2 glove system as well.

DMB World Series Biography-Dummy Hoy

 

William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy

Born: 5/23/1862 Houcktown, Ohio

Died: 12/15/1961 Cincinnati, Ohio

William Ellsworth Hoy was born during the Civil War in a small town in Ohio. He contracted meningitis at the age of 3, leaving him permanently deaf. His parents sent him to the Ohio School for the Deaf when he was 10 years old. It was here that William learned sign language, a trade as a cobbler, graduated valedictorian in his class; and got his 1st taste of the game of baseball.

After graduation he got a job doing shoe repair, and began playing baseball with the local teams. Despite being deaf, and small of stature( he is listed as 5’4” or 5’6” and approx 150 lbs) he was spotted by a scout, and after some tough financial wrangling from William, he eventually ended up playing for Osh Kosh of the Northwestern League. It was here he got the nickname Dummy, a name that he would fully embrace the rest of his life, correcting anyone who would call him William.

While batting, Dummy would have to turn to the umpire after every pitch to determine whether a pitch was a ball or a strike. When the opposing pitchers realized this, they began to quick pitch him causing him to struggle with his hitting. Here is where legend and reality come together. As far as I could determine he did eventually have the 3d base coach signal to him after each pitch to let him know whether the pitch was a ball or a strike. It has been written in many different sources that Dummy eventually had the umpires start signaling with the current hand gestures on whether a pitch was a ball or a strike, as well as the safe and out call. But there are conflicting reports, with Dummy himself never claiming this to be the case, so I tend to lean toward the evolution of the umpiring hand gestures taking place without Dummy Hoy’s involvement.

Either way, Dummy started to hit, and you combine that with his blazing speed, and a rifle-like arm in the outfield and he eventually moved up to the majors, making his debut with the Washington Nationals in 1888. He played the entire season hitting .274 with 82 stolen bases. Dummy spent one year in the Players League, and one year in the American Association before returning to the National league, playing 2 years with the Senators, 4 years with Reds, and 2 with the Louisville Colonels. He played 1 season with the American League Chicago White Sox. He was a member of their 1901 American League pennant winning team. Thus the reason he was chosen for this biography. This would be Dummy’s 4th Major League that he would play for, making him one of only a handful of players to do so.

He would play 1 final season in Cincinnati in 1902, and would finish his career with a .288 average, 2048 hits, 1429 runs and 596 stolen bases.Dummy would hit everywhere he went, hitting .290 or better in 9 of his 14 seasons. He would score over 100 runs in a season 9x.

Defensively he used his speed and arm to become one of the better outfielders in the late 19th Century. He would retire at or near the top in games played in the outfield, chances, putouts, and assists. On June 19, 1889 Dummy threw out 3 base runners at the plate from centerfield, a feat that has never been topped. His catcher that day was a guy named Connie Mack.

In his last season with the Reds he batted against Luther”Dummy” Taylor of the Giants and got 2 hits, The significance of this match-up is that it is the only time 2 deaf players ever faced each other in a major league game.

After being released by the Reds in 1902, Dummy played one season in the Pacific Coast League. At the age of 41 he would play in all 212 games that season, helping the Los Angeles Loo Loos to the league title.

Upon retiring he would run a dairy farm with his wife Anna Maria for 20 years. He would have 3 children, Carson, Carmen and Clover.

He would be enshrined in the American Athletic Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame in 1951, as well as the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2003.

In 1961 he would be invited by the Reds to throw out the 1st pitch of the 3rd game of the World Series against the Yankees. He would get sick shortly after that and would die just 6 months shy of his 100th birthday.

This small biography does not come close to telling everything there is to know about Dummy Hoy. I recommend checking out his website, as well as this 50 minute documentary to get a better understanding of not only the ball player but the life of an incredible human being.

Batting Record
Year Team            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1888 WAS N         136   503   77  138  10   8   2   29   69   48  11       82  .274  .374  .338   2.9 1888 WAS N
1889 WAS N         127   507   98  139  11   6   0   39   75   30   6       35  .274  .374  .320  -0.3 1889 WAS N
1890 BUF P         122   493  107  147  17   8   1   53   94   36   8       39  .298  .418  .371   2.0 1890 BUF P
1891 STL a         139   559  134  163  13   5   5   64  117   25  12       59  .292  .424  .360   0.3 1891 STL a
1892 WAS N         152   593  108  167  19   8   3   75   86   23   4       60  .282  .376  .356  -0.2 1892 WAS N
1893 WAS N         130   564  106  138  12   6   0   45   66    9  13       48  .245  .337  .287  -2.9 1893 WAS N
1894 CIN N         128   503  118  153  23  13   5   71   90   19  12  11   28  .304  .421  .431  -0.2 1894 CIN N
1895 CIN N         107   429   93  119  21  12   3   55   52    8   6   3   50  .277  .363  .403  -1.4 1895 CIN N
1896 CIN N         121   443  120  132  23   7   4   57   65   13  13  33   50  .298  .403  .409   0.2 1896 CIN N
1897 CIN N         128   497   87  145  24   6   2   42   54       12  23   37  .292  .375  .376  -0.6 1897 CIN N
1898 LOU N         148   582  104  177  15  16   6   66   49        9  19   37  .304  .367  .416   1.0 1898 LOU N
1899 LOU N         155   636  117  194  17  13   5   49   62       10  15   33  .305  .376  .396  -0.9 1899 LOU N
1901 CHI A         132   527  112  155  28  11   2   60   86       14  14   27  .294  .407  .400   1.6 1901 CHI A
1902 CIN N          72   279   48   81  15   2   2   20   41        4  12   11  .290  .389  .380   0.3 1902 CIN N
Total NL(11 Years)1404  5536 1076 1583 190  97  32  548  709  150i100 116i 471  .286  .377  .373  -2.1 Total NL
Total AA ( 1 Year )139   559  134  163  13   5   5   64  117   25  12       59  .292  .424  .360   0.3 Total AA
Total PL ( 1 Year )122   493  107  147  17   8   1   53   94   36   8       39  .298  .418  .371   2.0 Total PL
Total AL ( 1 Year )132   527  112  155  28  11   2   60   86       14  14   27  .294  .407  .400   1.6 Total AL
Total   (14 Years)1797  7115 1429 2048 248 121  40  725 1006  211i134 130i 596  .288  .386  .374   1.8 Total
Year Team            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

DMB World Series Replay-1901 Chicago White Sox

Unfortunately I don’t have a specific name to go with the above players, but the distinguished gentleman in the suit is the infamous owner of the Chicago White Sox, Charlie Comiskey. Members of the 1901 White Sox were Billy Sullivan-C, Frank Isbell-1B,              Sam Mertes-2B, Fred Hartman-3B, Frank Shugart-SS, Fielder Jones-RF, Dummy Hoy-CF, Herm McFarland-LF, Joe Sugden-SUB          Roy Patterson-P, Clark Griffith-P, Nixey Callahan-P, Jack Kotoll-P John Skopec-P, Wiley Piatt-P, Zaza Harvey-P

 

The White Sox won the American League pennant by 4 games over the Boston Americans. This is questionably considered the 1st pennant won by the Major American League. There was no  acknowledgment of the National Agreement by the American League until 1903, but the players, owners, and fans all considered it a Major League, so the DMB World Series replay will do the same. 

Charles Comiskey was able to coax pitcher Clark Griffith away from the NL Cubs, and Griffith responded with a 24-7 record with a 2.67 ERA. Roy Patterson also joined the 20 win club, amassing a 20-16 record with a 3.37 ERA. Rounding out the top 4 pitchers are Nixie Callahan(15-8, 2.42), and Jack Katoll(11-10, 2.81).

Offensively the White Sox were led by Fielder Jones and his .311 average, as well as Sam Mertes and his 5 HRs and 98 rbis. CFer Dummy Hoy hit .294, and 1st baseman Frank Isbell stole 46 bases.

DMB World Series Replay-Baseball Card Reminiscing

This 1888-1889 Old Judge Cigarette card always intrigued me. It features Buck Ewing standing next to Mascot, dressed in an exact miniature NY Giant uniform, while standing on what looks like a chair made of tree limbs. Who is this proud little baseball player merely identified as mascot? Turns out his name is Willie Breslin and he was the NY Giants mascot for a couple of seasons and was very popular with not only the Giant players but the fans as well.

So popular that he actually had his own baseball card.

Still identified as the anonymous New York Mascot, Willie stands proudly in his NY uniform ready to throw another 90 mph heater. I wonder how well putting a child on a cigarette insert would go over today?

Coincidentally this card is currently available on Ebay for the asking price of just  $9,500. Now where did I put my checkbook?

DMB World Series Replay-1901 Pittsburgh Pirates

1. Jack Chesbro-P, 2. Chief Zimmer-C, 3. George Merritt-SUB, 4. Deacon Phillippe-P, 5. Ed Poole-P

6. Honus Wagner-SS/OF, 7. George Yeager-C, 8. Jimmy Burke-3B, 9. Ed Doheny-P

MGR-Fred Clarke, 10. Jack O’Connor, 11. Kitty Bransfield-1B, 12. Lefty Davis-RF, 13. Tommy Leach-3B

14. Jesse Tannehill-P, 15. Ginger Beaumont-CF, 16. Claude Ritchey-2B

Not pictured: Bones Ely, Sam Leever, and the non venomous Snake Wiltse

Honus Wagner looks so young, just like his famous tobacco card.

I always thought of the Pirates of the early 1900’s as a hitters team. When you think Pirates you automatically think Honus Wagner, one of the greatest hitters of all time. But this 1901 team was dominant not just because they had good hitters, but because they had  4 of the best pitchers in the league that season.

Jesse Tannehill went 18-10 with a league leading 2.18 ERA. Deacon Phillippe was 22-12 with the 2nd best ERA in the league at 2.22. Jack Chesbro won 22 games with a 2.28 ERA, while Sam Leever went 14-5 with a 2.86 ERA. This all added up to a league best 2.58 team ERA. Not with the Pirates is Rube Waddell. He was sold to the Cubs after appearing in just 2 games this season.

The Pirates also hit the ball pretty good too. Honus Wagner played half his games at shortstop this season and hit .353 with 126 rbis, and 49 stolen bases. Ginger Beaumont(.332), Lefty Davis(.313), and Fred Clarke(.324) put together a pretty good hitting outfield. With Wagner playing 60 games in the outfield as well, this would make the 1901 Pirates outfield one of the best of all time.

Rookie Kitty Bransfield hit .295 while playing 1st, Claude Ritchey hit .296 at 2nd, and Tommy Leach hit .305 while playing 3rd. Bones Ely hit just .208 while playing 65 games at short, but Honus Wagner proved to be a competent back up.

As a team they hit .286 good for 2nd in the league behind Brooklyn’s .287 average.

The Pirates moved into 1st place after a June 16th win, and never looked back, finishing 7.5 games up on the late charging Phillies.

The Pirates will face the American League champion Chicago White Sox in the 1st modern DMB World Series.

DMB World Series Replay Year In Review-1901

 

1901

When Ban Johnson changed the name of his minor Western League to the American League in 1900 he immediately petitioned the National League for major league status. He was summarily ignored by the NL owners, and without much ado he went about the business of making the American league stronger. When the NL owners scheduled a meeting with him and then left him hanging out in the waiting room for several hours,  this made Johnson furious and he redoubled his efforts to challenge the National league.

With the help of Charles Comiskey he was able to field teams in Washington, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee and Boston. They were also able to recruit some of the big name stars of the NL which included, John McGraw, Cy Young, Joe McGinnity, Nap Lajoie, and Willie Keeler. All totaled, approximately 110 of the 180 American League players had some National League experience. The NL did not recognize the AL as a major league, but as far as Ban Johnson, the players, owners, and fans, the AL was a full fledged major league. At seasons end the AL representatives in both Chicago and Boston out drew their NL rivals, while drawing a league total of 1.7 million fans, just behind the NL’s 1.9 million. This would make the NL owners stand up and take notice before the 1902 season.

In the NL the defending champion Superbas would lose several stars to the AL, including Fielder Jones, Lave Cross, and Joe McGinnity, and would finish in 3rd place. The Phillies led by Ed Delahanty would finish 2nd, while the Pirates would take over 1st place on June 16th and never look back to win the NL crown by 7.5 games. Ginger Beaumont, Honus Wagner, and Fred Clarke would lead the offense, while Deacon Phillippe, Jack Chesbro, and Jesse Tannehill would lead the pitchers.

In the American League Cy Young would win 33 games for Boston on his way to the pitcher’s triple crown, while Nap Lajoie would win the 1st AL triple crown with a league record .426 average for Philadelphia. The A’s would finish 4th 9 games back, while Boston would finish 2nd, 4 games behind the Chicago White Stockings.  Fielder Jones hit .311, while Same Mertes paced the team with 5 hrs and 98 rbis. The league leading pitching staff was led by Clark Griffin(24-7, 2.67), Roy Patterson(20-15, 3.37) and Nixey Callahan(15-8, 2.42). The irrepressible Zaza Harvey fashioned a 3-7 record. I was unable to find out why Ervin King Harvey was given the moniker of Zaza, but that ranks as one cool nickname.

Some rule changes of note: A foul ball not caught on the fly would now be counted as a strike if the batter had less than 2 strikes. Catchers were now obligated by rule to remain within 10 feet of the batter at all times. The infield fly rule was amended to now apply with no outs as well as one out.

Some noteworthy events:

3/11- John McGraw tried to sign a Cherokee Indian by the name of Tokohoma to an AL contract. It was disallowed when it was determined that he was actually an African-American by the name of Charlie Black.

4/24- The 1st American League game is won by the Chicago White Stockings over the Cleveland Blues by a score of 8-2.

4/25- Erve Beck(Cleveland) would hit the 1st AL home run.

5/9- Earl Moore(Cleveland) would pitch 9 innings of no-hit ball only to lose 4-2 to the White Stockings in 10 innings.

7/15- Christy Mathewson(Giants) would toss a 5-0 no-hitter vs St. Louis.

1901 Final Standings

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Pittsburgh Pirates             140   90   49    1  .647     -   776  534
Philadelphia Phillies          140   83   57    0  .593   7.5   668  543
Brooklyn Superbas              137   79   57    1  .581   9.5   744  600
St. Louis Cardinals            142   76   64    2  .543  14.5   792  689
Boston Beaneaters              140   69   69    2  .500  20.5   531  556
Chicago Orphans                140   53   86    1  .381  37.0   578  699
New York Giants                141   52   85    4  .380  37.0   544  755
Cincinnati Reds                142   52   87    3  .374  38.0   561  818

AL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Chicago White Sox              137   83   53    1  .610     -   819  631
Boston Americans               138   79   57    2  .581   4.0   759  608
Detroit Tigers                 136   74   61    1  .548   8.5   741  694
Philadelphia Athletics         137   74   62    1  .544   9.0   805  760
Baltimore Orioles              135   68   65    2  .511  13.5   760  750
Washington Senators            138   61   72    5  .459  20.5   682  771
Cleveland Blues                138   54   82    2  .397  29.0   666  831
Milwaukee Brewers              139   48   89    2  .350  35.5   641  828

NATIONAL LEAGUE	AMERICAN LEAGUE
AVG:Jesse Burkett(STL)-.376          Ed Delahanty(Phil)- .354	AVG:Nap Lajoie(Phil)- .426          Mike Donlin(Bal)- .340
HRS:Sam Crawford(Cinc)- 16         Jimmy Sheckard(Bro)- 11	HRS:Nap Lajoie(Phil)- 14         Buck Freeman(Bos)-12
RBI:Honus Wagner(Pitt)- 126        Ed Delahanty(Phil)- 108	RBI:Nap Lajoie(Phil)- 125        Buck Freeman(Bos)- 114
WINS:Bill Donovan(Bro)- 25            Jack Harper(Stl)- 23	WINS:Cy Young(Bos)-33            Joe McGinnity(Bal)- 26
KS:Noodles Hahn(Cin)- 239       Bill Donovan(Bro)- 226	KS:Cy Young(Bos)- 158       Roy Patterson(Chi)- 127
ERA:Jesse Tannehill(Pitt)- 2.18      Deacon Phillippe(Pitt)- 2.22	ERA:Cy Young(Bos)- 1.62         Nixie Callahan(Chi)- 2.42

WORLD EVENTS

   

      Queen Victoria                             Walt Disney                      Annie Taylor and her barrel

BORN:

1/9- Chic Young-The original artist of the Blondie comic strip

1/16- Frank Zamboni- I wonder what he invented?

1/24- Flint Rhem

2/1- Clark Gable

2/28- Linus Pauling-Multi Nobel Prize winner

4/22- Taylor Douthit

4/29- Emperor Hirohito-124th Emperor of Japan

5/7- Gary Cooper-Winner of 2 Academy Awards for best actor

5/8- Turkey Stearns-Inducted o the Hall of Fame in 2000

7/20- Heinie Manush

7/28- Freddie Fitzsimmons

8/23- Guy Bush

8/24- Louis Armstrong

9/28- Ed Sullivan

9/29- Enrico Fermi-Another Nobel Prize winner

12/5- Walt Disney-Won 26 Academy Awards, the all-time record

DIED:

1/22- Queen Victoria

1/27- Giuseppe Verdi

3/13- Benjamin Harrison

4/30- Dude Esterbrook

9/14-William McKinley

EVENTS:

1/1/1901- The 20th Century starts

1/22- Queen Victoria dies after reigning for 63 years. Her son Prince Edward become King Edward VII

4/25- New York becomes the 1st state to require license plates

9/6- Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley, he would die 8 fays later

9/14- Teddy Roosevelt is sworn in as President

10/24- Annie Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel, she survives

10/29- Leon Czolgosz is electrocuted

 

DMB World Series Hall of Famer-John McGraw

JOHN J. McGRAW 

STAR THIRD – BASEMAN OF THE 
GREAT BALTIMORE ORIOLES, NATIONAL
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN THE ‘90′S. FOR 
30 YEARS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK 
GIANTS STARTING IN 1902. 
UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THE 
GIANTS WON 10 PENNANTS AND 3 
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

John McGraw retired after the 1932 season. He did however come out of retirement to manage the NL in the inaugural 1933 All Star Game. Muggsy, as he was adorably called, spent 41 seasons in baseball, both as a player and a manager. He hit .334 and stole 436 bases during his playing career. He won 2,763 games as a manager, winning World Series championships in 1905, 1921 and 1922.

"I have seen McGraw go onto ball fields where he is as welcome as a man with the black smallpox. I have seen him take all sorts of personal changes. He doesn’t know what fear is." -                                                                                                            Christy Mathewson