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Mets History: Meet Joe Hietpas the Moonlight Graham of Queens

In the classic baseball film Field of Dreams, one of the characters featured is based on a real baseball player named Moonlight Graham. His role in the film is based on the fact that Graham played only one inning in Major League Baseball in the final game of the 1905 season for the New York Giants. A member in New York Mets history had a similar career.

Graham played the field and never had a chance to bat. Unfortunately, he was on deck for the final out of the game. He famously became a doctor once he hung up his cleats.