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Moonlight Graham, born on November 12, 1877 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States, was a baseball player. Death is recorded on August 25, 1965, at the age of 87. Moonlight Graham studied at University of Maryland, Baltimore.
My Take
Moonlight Graham is one of baseball's most quietly poetic figures, and I mean that in the best possible way. He played exactly one major league game for the New York Giants in 1905 — stepped onto the field in right field, never once got to bat, and that was it for his big-league career. Most people would call that a footnote, a footnote so small you'd need a magnifying glass to find it. But Graham walked away, earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland, and spent decades as a beloved physician in Chisholm, Minnesota, taking care of kids who couldn't afford to pay him. W. P. Kinsella immortalized him in Shoeless Joe, and the movie Field of Dreams turned him into a symbol of roads not taken and dreams quietly, gracefully surrendered. There's something genuinely moving about a man who loved baseball enough to show up once and loved people enough to choose medicine over chasing the game.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Moonlight Graham
- Name (Japanese)
- ムーンライト・グラハム
- Reading
- むーんらいと・ぐらはむ
- Born
- November 12, 1877 – August 25, 1965
- Origin
- Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
2. Background
- University
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
3. Links
4. About this entry
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- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Moonlight Graham born?
Moonlight Graham was born on November 12, 1877.
When did Moonlight Graham die?
Moonlight Graham died on August 25, 1965, aged 87.
Where was Moonlight Graham from?
Moonlight Graham was from Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
What did Moonlight Graham do?
Moonlight Graham worked as baseball player.
Where did Moonlight Graham study?
Moonlight Graham attended University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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