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Charlie Graham played and coached for Santa Clara College before entering Major League Baseball during the 1906 season with the Boston Americans. In one season career, he was a .233 hitter (21-for-90) with one home run and 12 RBI in 30 games, including 10 runs, one double, and one stolen base. Following his majors career, he played and coached in the minor leagues.

In 1918, Graham became manager and part owner of the PCL San Francisco Seals. He managed until 1921 and eventually took control of front office. Under his management the Seals moved to their own park, Seals Stadium, in 1931. The Seals won pennants in 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935 and 1946, to become one of the most successful teams in PCL history. "Through his long association with the game, Graham had attained a position on the [West] Coast comparable to that enjoyed by Connie Mack in the East." - San Francisco writer Jim McGhee, discussing Charlie Graham's impact on the game in connection with the San Francisco Seals. - Wikipedia and the bRef Bullpen wiki

Two additional excerpts from an extended article on his life from Santa Clara magazine that I enjoyed:

1. "Fran recalls overhearing one conversation his grandfather had in detail. A former ballplayer wanted to hear some stories from Boston and the big leagues.

“I just had a cup of coffee,” Charlie Graham said.

The friend pressed for more information. What happened up there? What was it like?

“Just a cup of coffee,” Charlie Graham said, his tone implying there was nothing else to say about the subject."

2. "Years later, [Charlie's great-granddaughter] Michelle would see the all-time Yankees great (and native of Martinez, California) Joe DiMaggio, who played his first organized baseball with the Seals, at a restaurant in Moraga, CA where she worked.

When she finally coaxed up the nerve to introduce herself to DiMaggio as Charlie Graham’s great-granddaughter, the sullen and famously introverted DiMaggio looked up at her.

“He was a good baseball man,” DiMaggio said."