Joe Grahe

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1967)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Joe Grahe

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1967|8|14}}

|birth_place=West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 4

|debutyear=1990

|debutteam=California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1999

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=22–30

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.41

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=204

|stat4label=Saves

|stat4value=45

|teams=

• California Angels ({{mlby|1990}}–{{mlby|1994}})
• Colorado Rockies ({{mlby|1995}})
• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1999}})

}}

Joseph Milton Grahe (born August 14, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the California Angels, Colorado Rockies, and Philadelphia Phillies. His best seasons were {{by|1992}}, {{by|1993}}, and {{by|1994}} when he totaled 45 saves for the Angels, including 21 in 1992.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/grahejo01.shtml|title=Joe Grahe Stats|date=2007|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=August 21, 2007}}

A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Grahe played college baseball for the University of Miami. In his MLB debut against the Oakland Athletics, he struck out Jose Canseco for his first big league strikeout.