JOHN MCGRAW

John McGraw (nicknamed "Little Napoleon" and "Muggsy") was a Major League Baseball player and long-time manager of the New York Giants from the 1890s to the 1930s. He was well-known for taking advantage of the single umpire in the early years of professional baseball, becoming notorious for tripping, blocking and impeding a baserunner in any way he could while the umpire was distracted (this eventually led to additional umpires in games). McGraw is widely held to be "the best player to become a great manager" in the history of baseball and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937. He passed away in 1934 at the age of 60.