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Posted By: john/z28jd

That an actual picture of him in a Giants unifrom and the part about him becoming a doctor is also true,in Chisolm,Minnesota.The game mentioned below was an 11-1 Giants win,with Christy Mathewson being the starting pitcher.Not at the end of the season like mentioned in the movie tho


Heres a short boigraphy on him;
Following a highly successful minor league career with the Charlotte Hornets of North Carolina League, Archibald Wright Graham made his major league debut on June 29, 1905, with the New York Giants. It was the same day he retired from professional baseball. With a ten run lead over the Brooklyn Dodgers after eight innings, Giant manager John McGraw made a defensive change, replacing George Brown with "Moonlight" Graham in right field. In less than -FlVE-minutes, three quick infield outs by the Dodgers ended the game, along with Graham's only chance to face a big league pitcher.

While the Giants went on to defeat the Philadelphia Athletics four games to one in the 1905 World Series, Graham left baseball to fulfill his dream of becoming a medical doctor, eventually pursuing his life's work in Chisholm, Minnesota, the year following the Great Chisholm fire of 1908. "Doc" Graham spent his first six years practicing medicine at Chisholm's Rood Hospital and the next 44(!) years as physician for the Chisholm schools, where he gained national recognition for his thirteen year study of children's blood pressure, as well as the love and respect of the entire Chisholm community.