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Oscar Marion Graham (July 20, 1878 – October 15, 1931) was a professional baseball pitcher. In a 17-year career, he won four games in Major League Baseball and 272 games in the minor leagues. Graham was 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds.〔("Oscar Graham Statistics and History" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 == Professional career== Graham was born in Plattsmouth, Nebraska〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oscar Graham )〕 in 1878. He started his professional baseball career in 1901. In 1902, he won 16 games in the class A Western League. Graham then went to the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks, and he put up some big numbers in the long PCL seasons. In 1903, he went 28-29 with a 3.44 earned run average, pitching 504.2 innings in 61 games.〔("Oscar Graham Minor League Statistics & History" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 He led the league in games pitched, innings pitched, losses, and earned runs (193).〔("1903 Pacific Coast League Pitching Leaders" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2011.〕 His 234 walks and 49 hit batters during that season are PCL records that have never been broken.〔Zingg, Paul J. and Medeiros, Mark D. (1994). ''(Runs, Hits, and an Era: The Pacific Coast League, 1903-58 )''. University of Illinois Press. pp. 20-21.〕 Graham was also a good hitter, as he had a batting average of .323 to finish sixth in the league in that category.〔("1903 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 In 1904, Graham had a slightly lesser workload, as he pitched 392.1 innings and went 19-23 with a 2.89 ERA.〔 Again, he hit well and finished ninth in the batting race at .305.〔("1904 Pacific Coast League Batting Leaders" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 Graham had one of his better seasons in 1905. He pitched over 500 innings for the second time and tied his career-high in wins with 28. His ERA dropped to 2.37, and he led the league with 56 games started.〔〔("1905 Pacific Coast League Pitching Leaders" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 The following year, he tossed another 432 innings for Oakland and went 25-23.〔 He was purchased by the American League's Washington Senators in August of that year.〔 Graham made his major league debut with the Senators on April 16, 1907. He ended up appearing in 20 games for them, including 14 starts, and he went 4-9 with a 3.98 ERA. His last MLB game was on August 5, and he then finished the season with the American Association's Minneapolis Millers.〔〔 Graham started 1908 with Minneapolis. He had a win–loss record of 8-5 before leaving to play for another team in Virginia, Minnesota, where he was paid a "whopping" $350 each month.〔〔Peterson, Todd (2010). ''(Early Black Baseball in Minnesota )''. McFarland. p. 83.〕 Graham returned to the American Association in 1909, this time with the Indianapolis Indians. In 40 games, he went 15-15. He started off 1910 with them, as well, but was released in July for "failure to keep in winning condition."〔〔("News Notes" ). ''Sporting Life''. July 30, 1910. p. 17.〕 For the next few years, Graham bounced around the minor leagues. He had his fifth, and final, 20-win season in 1916, when he went 23-12 with a 2.31 ERA in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League.〔 He tied for the league-lead in victories.〔("1916 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Pitching Leaders" ). baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar Graham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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