Born in Martinez, California, on August 30, 1944, Frank McGraw attended high school at St. Vincent Ferrer High School in nearby Vallejo, California. Though he was only 4’11” and weighed 100-pounds soaking wet as a freshman, he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Hank, and began playing baseball. Two years his senior, Hank had a strong enough bat and good enough defensive chops to be scouted by professionals and signed with the Mets in 1961. Frank, who had grown by this point and was now 5’9” and weighed 160-pounds., garnered no such attention, and after graduating went on to attend Solano Community College, a junior college in Fairfield, California.
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