Cup of Coffee: Moonlight Graham

 

Moonlight Graham

• Moonlight Graham is the epitome of Cup of Coffee Players. His brief baseball career consisted of two innings only in the field, he never got the opportunity to bat.
• However those 2 innings were celebrated in fiction and on screen though the WP Kinsella novel "Shoeless Joe" and the film adaptation "Field of Dreams"
• The canvas for this Cup is the 1908-09 Rose Company Postcards (PC760). A set that Archie "Moonlight" Graham appeared in as a minor leaguer
• The Caduceus symbol is present to represent Graham's career as a Physician.
• Moon appears top right for Moonlight
• A. Graham for Archibald
• Figure in the bottom left is to show that Graham only played in the field.

Sources and Links

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 This is an Index of our #CupOfCoffee Postings

Phungo Original: 1908-09 Rose Company Postcards (PC760) Archibald "Moonlight" Graham

Archie "Moonlight" Graham: the epitome of Cup of Coffee Players.(1908-09 Rose Company Postcards - PC760)

Jeremy Brown: Catching prospect from "Moneyball" (2007 Topps)
Ginger Clark: - Pitcher for one game and went 2-4 scoring 2 runs at the plate  (T205)
Eleanor Engle: Signed a contract to play for the 1952 Harrisburg Senators (1953 Topps)
Eddie Gaedel: 3' 7" pinch hitter for the St Louis Browns (1951 Topps)  

Ralph Gagliano: Pinch Ran once prior to being drafted into the Army (1965 Topps Rookie Stars)
Elmer Gedeon: Killed in Action World War II (1953 Topps Fighting Marines) 
Bill Greason: Negro League Player that served at Iwo Jima (1954 Topps)

John Kennedy: Integrated the Phillies (1957 Topps)
Harry O'Neill: Killed in Action World War II (1953 Topps Fighting Marines) 
John Paciorek: Perfect Hitting Day in only Major League Game (1963 Topps) 

Sidd Finch: Fictional Character from 1985 Sports Illustrated (1985 Topps)
Ted Turner: Owner of the Atlanta Braves who Managed One Game (1977 Topps)
Cy Twombly: Athletic Director Washington & Lee University, father of pop artist Cy Twombly (1920s Tobacco) 

Other #CupOfCoffee that have been created but not yet documented

Joe Cleary
Erskine Thomason 
Doc Daugherty
Larry Colton
Dick Thoeren
John Carden
Lino Urdaneta
Sam Hairston
Johnny Hairston
Rafael Quiricos
Lariel Gonzalez
Al Lamacchia
Tom Chism

Jim Rittwage

Cleveland(SABR54) Index

Phungo Artwork Index

Books & Other CupOfCoffee resources

Once Around the Bases (1998) - Richard Tellis 

Cup of Coffee (2003) - Rob Trucks

Bitter Cup of Coffee (2019) - Douglas J Gladstone

Baseball's Untold History The People (2015) - Michael Lynch 

One Shining Season (1991) - Michael W Fedo

Our Game (column)- John Thorn