J. McGraw Glove-hip

John Joseph "Little Napoleon" McGraw (1873–1934) is captured here in the T206 White Border Glove at Hip pose, one of four T206 McGraw variations — alongside the No-Cap, the Portrait Hands on Hips, and the Finger in Air — making the McGraw T206 quartet a popular sub-collection for Giants partisans. Born April 7, 1873 in Truxton, New York, McGraw was the snarling third baseman of the 1890s Baltimore Orioles, a left-handed hitter who threw right and batted over .320 nine times. As a manager he ran the New York Giants from mid-1902 through 1932 — thirty consecutive seasons — winning ten National League pennants and three World Series titles. The Glove at Hip pose plays against type, showing him in playing posture though by the time the T206 series ran in 1909–11 he hadn't taken the field as a regular in years. He died February 25, 1934 in New Rochelle, New York and is buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore. The Hall of Fame elected him in 1937 in the second class.