Bernard W. Graham (February 10, 1863 October 30, 1886) was an American
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
player who played one season in the
Union Association
The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for just the 1884 season. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season.
Seven of the twelve teams who were in the Association at some poi ...
. The Association lasted just one season, 1884, and Graham played one game for the
Chicago Browns and 41 for the
Baltimore Monumentals
The Baltimore Monumentals were an American baseball team in the short-lived Union Association. In their lone season of 1884, they finished fourth in the UA with a 58–47 record.
History
The team was managed by Bill Henderson. Their top-hitting ...
. He
batted .267 for the year, scored 23
runs, and hit 11
doubles.
Graham died at the age of 23 in
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile ( , ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population within the city limits was 187,041 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 195,111 at the 2010 United States census, 2010 cens ...
from
typhoid fever
Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella'' serotype Typhi bacteria. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several ...
,
and is interred at Catholic Cemetery in Mobile / Catholic Cemetery, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.
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Death
Death notice taken from the Beloit Weekly Free Press, from November 11, 1886, page 3
The remains of Mr. Barney Graham arrived in the city Thursday from Mobile, Alabama. Deceased was a professional baseball player in the South and died of a fever. His parents live four miles west of the city and came to Wisconsin from the East about two years ago. The remains will be buried in this city.
Grave
Rhode Island Birth Index, 1863.
Name: Graham, Bernard; Sex: Male; Birthdate: 02 10 63 ebruary 10, 1863 Father: Thomas; Mother: Rose; Bk-Pg-Ct: 63-113-03.
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Baseball players from Wisconsin
19th-century baseball players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies players
Baltimore Monumentals players
Sportspeople from Beloit, Wisconsin
Deaths from typhoid fever in the United States
1863 births
1886 deaths
Worcester (minor league baseball) players
Memphis Reds players
Omaha Omahogs players
Keokuk Hawkeyes players
Mobile (minor league baseball) players
Chattanooga Lookouts players
Memphis Grays players
Catholics from Wisconsin