Bernard W. "Bernie" Graham (February 10, 1863; October 30, 1886) was an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player who played one season in the Union Association

Union Association

The Union Association was a league in Major League Baseball which lasted for only one season in 1884. St. Louis won the pennant and joined the National League the following season...

. The Association lasted just one season, 1884, and Graham played one game for the Chicago Browns

Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies

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 and 41 for the Baltimore Monumentals

Baltimore Monumentals

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. He batted

Batting average

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 .267 for the year, scored 23 runs

Run (baseball)

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, and hit 11 doubles

Double (baseball)

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Graham died at the age of 23 in Mobile, Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

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 from typhoid fever

Typhoid fever

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, and is interred at Catholic Cemetery in Mobile / Catholic Cemetery, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin.

Death notice taken from the Beloit Weekly Free Press, from November 11, 1886, page 3

The remains of Mr. Barney Graham arrived in the city Thursday from Mobile, Alabama. Deceased was a professional baseball player in the South and died of a fever. His parents live four miles west of the city and came to Wisconsin from the East about two years ago. The remains will be buried in this city.

Rhode Island Birth Index, 1863.

Name: Graham, Bernard; Sex: Male; Birthdate: 02 10 63 [February 10, 1863]; Father: Thomas; Mother: Rose; Bk-Pg-Ct: 63-113-03.

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