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 pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue (medical), fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection ...
who played for the
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...
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
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. He was born in
Portland, Oregon
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.
McGraw attended
Washington State University
Washington State University (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...
, where he pitched for the
Cougars
The cougar (''Puma concolor'') (, '' KOO-gər''), also called puma, mountain lion, catamount and panther is a large small cat native to the Americas. It inhabits North, Central and South America, making it the most widely distributed wild ...
baseball team from 1987 to 1990.
References
External links
Retrosheet
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
20th-century American sportsmen
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