Jack Graney

Infobox MLB retired
name=Jack Graney
position=Outfielder

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bgcolor1=#023465
bgcolor2=#990000
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=June 10, 1886
city-state|St. Thomas|Ontario
deathdate=death date and age|1978|4|20|1886|6|10
city-state|Louisiana|Missouri
debutdate= April 30
debutyear= 1908
debutteam= Cleveland Naps
finaldate=June 28
finalyear=1922
finalteam=Cleveland Indians
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.250
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=1178
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=420
teams=
* Cleveland Naps/Indians (1908, 1910-1922)
highlights=
* World Series champion: 1920

John Gladstone Graney (June 10 1886 – April 20 1978) was a Canadian left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Cleveland Indians (1908, 1910-1922). He was born in St. Thomas, Ontario.

On June 26, by|1916, the Cleveland Indians used numbers on their uniforms on an experimental basis in a home game against the White Sox. The numbers, which were worn on the players' uniform sleeves, corresponded with information in the scorecards. Jack Graney was the first major league player to appear in a game with a number on his uniform.

After retiring from playing, Graney became a play-by-play broadcaster for the team, thus being the first former major league player to become a broadcaster in the United States. He died at age 91 in Louisiana, Missouri. He has been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

In the 1980s, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame instituted an award in Graney's name, presented periodically to journalists deemed to have made notable contributions to promoting baseball in Canada.

ee also

* List of Major League Baseball players from Canada
* List of Major League Baseball doubles champions

External links

*baseball-reference|id=g/graneja01