Thomas Virgil McGraw (born December 8, 1967) is an American former
relief pitcher
In baseball and softball, a relief pitcher or reliever is a pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed because of fatigue (medical), fatigue, ineffectiveness, injury, or ejection (sports), ejection, or for other strategic ...
who played for the
St. Louis Cardinals of
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) during their
1997 season. Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb., McGraw batted and threw
left-handed. He was born in
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...
.
McGraw attended
Washington State University
Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...
, where he pitched for the
Cougars
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large cat native to the Americas. Its range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. I ...
baseball team from 1987 to 1990.
References
External links
RetrosheetThe Baseball GaugeVenezuela Winter League
1967 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Portland, Oregon
Beloit Brewers players
Edmonton Trappers players
El Paso Diablos players
High Desert Mavericks players
Leones del Caracas players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Louisville Redbirds players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Ottawa Lynx players
Portland Sea Dogs players
St. Louis Cardinals players
Stockton Ports players
Trenton Thunder players
Washington State Cougars baseball players
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