March 11, 1901

On This Day in Baseball History February 25, 1934: Legendary New York Giants manager and the man known as the "Little Napoleon of the baseball diamond,” John J. McGraw (April 7, 1873 - February 25, 1934) dies from an internal hemorrhage due to uremia at New Rochelle Hospital. McGraw was 61-years old.

Here are a few of his achievements as a manager:

33 years as a MLB manager of which 31 seasons with the Giants

2,763 regular season wins (Second behind Connie Mack)

.586 winning percentage for third best (with 2,000+ games managed)

Three World Series Championships (1905, 1921 and 1922) and 10 National League Pennants

Hall of Fame Inductee in 1937

For Further Reading:

The John McGraw page from the National Baseball Hall of fame website

John McGraw by Don Jensen for SABR; The Society for American Baseball Research

THROWBACK THURSDAY: JOHN MCGRAW, THE MODEL OF THE MODERN SPORTS COACH by Jack Moore from Vice Sports dated July 16, 2015

Giants Among Men: Exactly 100 years ago, Christy Mathewson and John McGraw rescued the woeful New York Giants and helped make baseball the true national pastime from Si.com by Frank Deford dated August 25, 2003