# Milt Graff

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{{short description|American baseball player (1930-2005)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Milt Graff
|image=
|caption=
|position=[Second baseman](/source/Second_baseman)
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|12|30|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Jefferson Center, Pennsylvania](/source/Jefferson_Township%2C_Butler_County%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2005|8|2|1930|12|30}}
|death_place=[Rockdale, Texas](/source/Rockdale%2C_Texas), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 16
|debutyear=1957
|debutteam=Kansas City Athletics
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 21
|finalyear=1958
|finalteam=Kansas City Athletics
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.179
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=10
|teams=
*[Kansas City Athletics](/source/Kansas_City_Athletics) (1957–1958)
}}
'''Milton Edward Graff''' (December 30, 1930 - August 2, 2005) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [second baseman](/source/second_baseman). He was born on Tuesday, December 30, 1930 in [Jefferson Center, Pennsylvania](/source/Jefferson_Township%2C_Butler_County%2C_Pennsylvania). He was listed at a height of {{height|ft=5|in=7}} and a weight of 158 pounds. Graff attended [Butler Senior High School](/source/Butler_Senior_High_School)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meyer |first=Paul |date=2005-08-25 |title=Obituary: Milton E. Graff / Former Pirates player, scout and front-office man {{!}} Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2005/08/25/Obituary-Milton-E-Graff-Former-Pirates-player-scout-and-fron |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123171301/https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2005/08/25/Obituary-Milton-E-Graff-Former-Pirates-player-scout-and-front-office-man/stories/200508250444 |archive-date=2020-11-23 |access-date=2020-11-23 |website=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)}}</ref> and then attended [Pennsylvania State University](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University) and [Lycoming College](/source/Lycoming_College). At Lycoming, he got a degree in accounting. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

==Playing career==
Around 1949, Graff was signed by the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) as an amateur free agent. Around eight years later, during which his baseball career was interrupted when he enlisted in the Army to fight in the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War), Graff made his major league debut on April 16, 1957 at the age of 26 with the [Kansas City Athletics](/source/Kansas_City_Athletics) (he was sent to the Athletics from the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees), by whom he'd been drafted in 1955). He wore the number 4.

In 61 major league games, Graff batted .179 with 4 doubles, 3 triples and 0 home runs. He showed a good eye at the plate by [walking](/source/base_on_balls) 15 times and [striking out](/source/strikeout) only 10 times. In the field, Graff committed 3 errors for a .988 [fielding percentage](/source/fielding_percentage). He also was involved in 36 [double play](/source/double_play)s.

Graff played his final game on September 21, 1958.

*On February 19, 1957, the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) sent Graff, [Rip Coleman](/source/Rip_Coleman), [Billy Hunter](/source/Billy_Hunter_(baseball)), [Mickey McDermott](/source/Mickey_McDermott), [Tom Morgan](/source/Tom_Morgan_(baseball)) and [Irv Noren](/source/Irv_Noren) to the Kansas City Athletics for [Art Ditmar](/source/Art_Ditmar), [Bobby Shantz](/source/Bobby_Shantz), [Jack McMahan](/source/Jack_McMahan) and [Wayne Belardi](/source/Wayne_Belardi).<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/02/20/84909402.html?pageNumber=39 Yankees obtain Ditmar and Shantz in thirteen-player deal with Athletics]</ref>

==Life after baseball==
After baseball, Graff held several jobs in the field of accounting and was involved in baseball as scouting director and infield coach for the Pirates and director of stadium operations for [Three Rivers Stadium](/source/Three_Rivers_Stadium). He was involved in the building of Three Rivers Stadium. He also was a scout for the Pirates, [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) and [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds). He also held multiple front office jobs.

In 1987, Lycoming honored Graff with a distinguished alumni award.

On August 2, 2005, Graff died in [Rockdale, Texas](/source/Rockdale%2C_Texas) of complications from [Alzheimers](/source/Alzheimers). He chose to be [cremated](/source/cremation).

==References==
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==External links==
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