Jack Graham/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(Minor automated formatting edits)
(cleanup)
Line 6: Line 6:
=== Personal ===
=== Personal ===
-
* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
+
* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952 and 1954.
* Was an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
* Was an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
* Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
* Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
 +
* Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.
=== Pre-professional career ===
=== Pre-professional career ===
Line 15: Line 16:
=== Achievements ===
=== Achievements ===
-
* Holds the club record for most home runs for a Montreal player with 31 in 1941.
+
* Was beaned by Red Adams and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still hit 48 home runs.
-
* Holds the club record for most home runs for a Jersey City player with 34 in 1937.
+
-
* Holds the club record for most home runs for a San Diego player with 48 in 1948 and it was later tied by Max West with 48 home runs in 1949.
+
-
* Was beaned by Red Adams and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still banged out 48 homers.
+
* Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
* Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
-
 
-
=== Career notes ===
 
-
* 1943 (part), 1944, 1945,  Shows "Armed Forces-Air Force"
 
-
 
-
=== Contract signing ===
 
-
* Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher Bob Savage for Jack Tobin and Don White in December, 1950.
 
-
 
-
=== Relatives ===
 
-
* His father is deceased but was a former big league player.
 
-
 
-
= Source ==
 
-
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
== Profile ==
 
-
 
-
=== Personal ===
 
-
* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1954.
 
-
* Listed hobby as flying, holds a pilot's license.
 
-
 
-
=== Pre-professional career ===
 
-
* Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.
 
-
* Played baseball in high school.
 
-
 
-
=== Achievements ===
 
-
* Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
 
-
* Led the 1948 Pacific Coast League in home runs with 48.
 
* Voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1948 Pacific Coast League.
* Voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1948 Pacific Coast League.
=== Outside of baseball ===
=== Outside of baseball ===
-
* Served 31 months in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
+
* 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches showed him as having been in the Air Force for part of 1943 and all of 1944 and 1945.
 +
* Served a total of 31 months in the Air Corps.
=== Contract signing ===
=== Contract signing ===
* Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
* Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
 +
* Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher Bob Savage for Jack Tobin and Don White in December, 1950.
== Sources ==
== Sources ==
 +
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}
* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}}

Revision as of 17:23, 26 April 2010


Contents

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952 and 1954.
  • Was an expert on flying, having a pilot's license.
  • Says his greatest thrill in baseball was winning the 1947 International League championship on the final day of the season playing for Jersey City.
  • Graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1936.

Pre-professional career

  • Was captain of the baseball team one year in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball before turning professional.

Achievements

  • Was beaned by Red Adams and was out of action for a month in 1948 but still hit 48 home runs.
  • Led the 1939 Eastern League in runs batted in with 94, home runs with 29 and triples with 16.
  • Led the 1940 Eastern League in home runs with 20.
  • Voted the Most Valuable Player in the 1948 Pacific Coast League.

Outside of baseball

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches showed him as having been in the Air Force for part of 1943 and all of 1944 and 1945.
  • Served a total of 31 months in the Air Corps.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by the late Bill Essick of the New York Yankees.
  • Was obtained by San Francisco along with pitcher Bob Savage for Jack Tobin and Don White in December, 1950.

Sources

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
Retrieved from "http://encyclopedia.sabr.org/wiki/Jack_Graham_(910f)/pagetext"
Personal tools