Charlie Graham

Catcher

Born: April 24, 1878
Santa Clara, California

Died: August 29, 1948 (aged 70)
San Francisco, California

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 16, 1906, for the Boston Americans

Last MLB appearance

May 29, 1906, for the Boston Americans

MLB statistics

Batting average

.233

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Boston Americans (1906)

Charles Henry Graham [Uncle Charlie] (April 24, 1878 – August 29, 1948) was an American baseball catcher, manager and team owner. Listed at 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m), 190 lb., Graham batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Santa Clara, California.

A baseball card depicting Graham

Graham played and coached for Santa Clara College before entering Major League Baseball during the 1906 season with the Boston Americans. In one season career, he was a .233 hitter (21-for-90) with one home run and 12 RBI in 30 games, including 10 runs, one double, and one stolen base. Following his majors career, he played and coached in the minor leagues.

In 1918, Graham became manager and part owner of the PCL San Francisco Seals. He managed until 1921 and eventually took control of front office. Under his management the Seals moved to their own park, Seals Stadium, in 1931. The Seals won pennants in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1946, to become one of the most successful teams in PCL history. Their rosters included several future major league stars, such as Earl Averill, Joe DiMaggio, Smead Jolley and Paul Waner, as well as Lefty O'Doul as the team's manager. In 1946 the Seals had a new co-owner, Paul Fagan, who eventually bought the team outright from Graham.

Graham died in San Francisco, California, at age 70. A dormitory at Santa Clara University is named in his honor. One of his sons, Robert A. Graham joined the Jesuits and became a leading authority on the Vatican's World War II history.

References

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Retrosheet

Santa Clara Broncos head baseball coaches

Unknown (1883)
No team (1884–1888)
Unknown (1889)
No team (1890)
Unknown (1891–1896)
Billy Hulen (1897)
Joseph Corbett (1898)
Joseph Corbett & Jay Hughes (1899)
Billy Hulen (1900)
Charlie Graham (1901)
Unknown (1902)
Joseph Corbett & Charlie Graham (1903)
Nick Williams (1904)
Wallace Bray (1905)
Unknown (1906)
Jimmy Byrnes (1907)
Unknown (1908)
Tom Kelly (1909–1910)
Bob McHale (1911)
Unknown (1912)
Patsy O'Rourke (1913)
Harry Wolter (1914–1915)
Mike Fitzgerald (1916)
Tubby Spencer (1917–1918)
Joe Aurrecoechea (1919–1920)
Robert E. Harmon (1921)
Joe Aurrecoechea (1922–1923)
Eddie Kienholz (1924)
Sam Agnew & Charley Scherf (1925)
Sam Agnew (1926)
Mike Fitzgerald (1927–1929)
Marv Owen (1930)
Walter Mails (1931–1933)
Mike Fitzgerald (1935–1939)
Len Casanova (1940–1942)
Neil Reese (1943)
No team (1944–1945)
John J. Cottrell (1946–1951)
Bill Prentice (1952–1953)
Chuck Bedolla (1954–1957)
Bill Leonard (1958–1960)
John J. Cottrell (1961–1964)
Sal Taormina (1965–1979)
Al Endriss (1980)
Jerry McClain (1981–1984)
John Oldman (1985–1997)
Mike Cummins (1998–2001)
Mark O'Brien (2002–2011)
Dan O'Brien (2012–2017)

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