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Show John McGraw's Greatest Season Was Back in 1899 Going to bnt In 93 consecutive games and fulling In only one of them to reach first bnse Is the record held by John McGraw. . He made It back in lRfiO, when the now-famous manager of the Giants was playing third base for the Bnltlmore club, hi that number num-ber of games he was hit nine times and received 100 passes. ft was a grent season for McGraw. He batted .390, stole 73 bases, put over 140 runs, which gave him the leadership In the big 12-club circuit In base stealing and In ran getting. In fielding his position he ranked third and In batting stood fourth. . . |