Bob McGraw

Robert Emmett McGraw

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 10, 1895 in La Veta, CO
Schools: University of Colorado (Boulder, CO), Georgetown University (Washington, DC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1917
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Robins/Yankees/Cardinals/RedSox 1917-1929

Final Game: September 28, 1929
Died: June 2, 1978 in Seal Beach, CA
Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1917	22	NWK	AA	8	9	.471	3.16	30						182.0	162		64		94							1.407	8.0		4.6			NWK · IL
1917	22	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	0.82	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	9	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	2	38	342	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
1918	23	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	4						0.00
1919	24	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	5.44	16	1	9	0	0	0	43.0	44	29	26	1	27	9	4	1	4	177	58	1.651	9.2	0.2	5.7	1.9	0.33
1919	24	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	3.31	6	0	4	0	0	0	16.1	11	6	6	1	10	3	1	0	2	62	99	1.286	6.1	0.6	5.5	1.7	0.30
1919	24	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	6.75	10	1	5	0	0	0	26.2	33	23	20	0	17	6	3	1	2	115	46	1.875	11.1	0.0	5.7	2.0	0.35
1920	25	NYY	AL	0	0		4.67	15	0	13	0	0	0	27.0	24	18	14	1	20	11	1	0	1	121	83	1.630	8.0	0.3	6.7	3.7	0.55

1921	26	VER	AA	10	13	.435	3.94	43						233.0	255	124	102		79							1.433	9.8		3.1			VER · PCL
1922	27	MNE	AA	16	11	.593	4.21	41						248.0	252	148	116		121							1.504	9.1		4.4			MNE · AA
1923	28	MNE	AA	15	12	.556	4.38	40						226.0	244	137	110		94							1.496	9.7		3.7			MNE · AA
1924	29	MNE	AA	6	6	.500	3.85	25						110.0	125	65	47		49							1.582	10.2		4.0			MNE · AA
1925	30	MNE	AA	22	13	.629	4.40	49						282.0	286	160	138		113							1.415	9.1		3.6			MNE · AA
1925	30	BRO	NL	0	2	.000	3.20	2	2	0	2	0	0	19.2	14	9	7	0	13	3	0	0	0	80	132	1.373	6.4	0.0	5.9	1.4	0.23
1926	31	BRO	NL	9	13	.409	4.59	33	21	9	10	0	1	174.1	197	104	89	12	67	49	2	1	2	776	83	1.514	10.2	0.6	3.5	2.5	0.73
1927	32	TOT	NL	4	6	.400	5.23	19	13	3	4	1	0	98.0	126	70	57	4	32	39	0	0	2	441	78	1.612	11.6	0.4	2.9	3.6	1.22
1927	32	BRO	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	19	48	1.750	11.3	2.3	4.5	4.5	1.00
1927	32	STL	NL	4	5	.444	5.07	18	12	3	4	1	0	94.0	121	65	53	3	30	37	0	0	2	422	80	1.606	11.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23
1928	33	PHI	NL	7	8	.467	5.18	39	3	20	0	0	1	120.0	148	86	69	7	56	28	2	0	3	556	84	1.700	11.1	0.5	4.2	2.1	0.50
1929	34	PHI	NL	5	5	.500	5.73	41	4	24	0	0	4	86.1	113	68	55	6	43	22	2	0	0	413	91	1.807	11.8	0.6	4.5	2.3	0.51
1930	35	STL-min	AA	10	8	.556	4.05	24						129.0	143	68	58		54							1.527	10.0		3.8			ROC · IL
1931	36	SLE	AA	3	7	.300	5.59	16						74.0	100	58	46		34							1.811	12.2		4.1			SLE · PCL
9 Yrs				26	38	.406	5.00	168	47	78	17	1	6	579.1	675	393	322	31	265	164	11	2	14	2606	82	1.623	10.5	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.62
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.406	5.00	53	15	25	5	0	2	183	213	124	102	10	84	52	3	1	4	824	82	1.623	10.5	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.62

NYY (4 yrs)				1	2	.333	4.14	24	3	17	1	0	0	54.1	44	33	25	2	37	17	2	0	5	225	85	1.491	7.3	0.3	6.1	2.8	0.46
BRO (3 yrs)				9	16	.360	4.55	36	24	9	12	0	1	198.0	216	118	100	13	82	54	2	1	2	875	85	1.505	9.8	0.6	3.7	2.5	0.66
PHI (2 yrs)				12	13	.480	5.41	80	7	44	0	0	5	206.1	261	154	124	13	99	50	4	0	3	969	87	1.745	11.4	0.6	4.3	2.2	0.51
STL (1 yr)				4	5	.444	5.07	18	12	3	4	1	0	94.0	121	65	53	3	30	37	0	0	2	422	80	1.606	11.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.23
BOS (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.75	10	1	5	0	0	0	26.2	33	23	20	0	17	6	3	1	2	115	46	1.875	11.1	0.0	5.7	2.0	0.35

NL (5 yrs)				25	34	.424	5.00	134	43	56	16	1	6	498.1	598	337	277	29	211	141	6	1	7	2266	85	1.623	10.8	0.5	3.8	2.5	0.67
AL (4 yrs)				1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1917	22	NYY	AL	11.0	2	2	5	4.09	3.69	-0.01	0.00	100.0	3.69	-1	-0.1		-0.0	0.0	0	.470	.500	$
1918	23	NYY	AL	0.0	1	1	4					102.0					0.0					$
1919	24	NYY	AL	16.1	6	0	6	3.31	3.99	0.36	0.00	97.1	3.52	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.504	.500	$
1919	24	BOS	AL	26.2	10	1	23	7.76	4.25	0.12	0.00	94.7	3.92	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.384	.493	$
1920	25	NYY	AL	26.2	15	0	18	6.08	4.84	0.20	0.00	100.2	4.65	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.472	.497	$

1925	30	BRO	NL	18.2	2	2	9	4.34	4.78	-0.27	0.00	106.0	5.35	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	4	.605	.501	$
1926	31	BRO	NL	174.1	33	21	104	5.37	4.77	-0.26	0.00	100.2	5.04	-6	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.7	11	.481	.496	$
1927	32	BRO	NL	4.0	1	1	5	11.25	4.60	-0.01	0.00	100.0	4.62	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.267	.499	$
1927	32	STL	NL	94.0	18	12	65	6.22	4.50	0.37	0.00	104.0	4.30	-20	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.2	-11	.396	.488	$
1928	33	PHI	NL	119.0	39	3	86	6.50	4.79	-0.35	0.00	109.5	5.63	-11	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.2	0	.471	.493	$
1929	34	PHI	NL	86.1	41	4	68	7.09	5.34	-0.32	0.00	105.5	5.96	-11	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-1	.476	.494	$
9 Seasons				577.0	168	47	393	6.13	4.75	-0.12	0.00	103.4	5.05	-66	-6.2	1.0	-0.3	-1.8	-7	.460	.496	$

NYY (4 yrs)				54.0	24	3	33	5.50	4.37	0.20	0.00	99.2	4.12	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.460	.499	$
BRO (3 yrs)				197.0	36	24	118	5.39	4.77	-0.26	0.00	100.8	5.06	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.1	0.8	12	.482	.499	$
PHI (2 yrs)				205.1	80	7	154	6.75	5.02	-0.33	0.00	107.8	5.77	-22	-2.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-1	.474	.494	$
STL (1 yr)				94.0	18	12	65	6.22	4.50	0.37	0.00	104.0	4.30	-20	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.2	-11	.396	.488	$
BOS (1 yr)				26.2	10	1	23	7.76	4.25	0.12	0.00	94.7	3.92	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.384	.493	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	23	NYY	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%			0%
1919	24	TOT	AL	179	0.6%	5.0%	15.1%			76%
1919	24	NYY	AL	63	1.6%	4.8%	15.9%			75%
1919	24	BOS	AL	116	0.0%	5.2%	14.7%			77%
1920	25	NYY	AL	120	0.8%	9.2%	16.7%			71%

1925	30	BRO	NL	80	0.0%	3.8%	16.3%	2.5%	14%	75%
1926	31	BRO	NL	776	1.6%	6.3%	8.6%	3.2%	13%	79%
1927	32	TOT	NL	441	0.9%	8.8%	7.3%	1.4%	5%	79%
1927	32	BRO	NL	19	5.3%	10.5%	10.5%			68%
1927	32	STL	NL	422	0.7%	8.8%	7.1%	1.2%	4%	79%
1928	33	PHI	NL	556	1.3%	5.0%	10.1%			78%
1929	34	PHI	NL	413	1.5%	5.3%	10.4%			77%
8 Yrs				2569	1.2%	6.3%	10.2%	1.3%	5%	78%
MLB Averages					1.0%	7.4%	7.7%	2.9%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1917	22	0	1	.000	0.82	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	9	5	1	0	3	3	0	0	2	38	342	1.091	7.4	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	342
1918	23	0	2	.000	4.09	3	3	0	1	0	0	11.0	9	9	5	0	7	3	0	0	2	42	72	1.455	7.4	0.0	5.7	2.5	0.43	72
1919	24	1	4	.200	5.17	19	4	9	1	0	0	54.0	53	38	31	1	34	12	4	1	6	219	60	1.611	8.8	0.2	5.7	2.0	0.35	60
1920	25	1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43	67
1921	26	1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43	67
1922	27	1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43	67
1923	28	1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43	67
1924	29	1	4	.200	5.00	34	4	22	1	0	0	81.0	77	56	45	2	54	23	5	1	7	340	67	1.617	8.6	0.2	6.0	2.6	0.43	67
1925	30	1	6	.143	4.65	36	6	22	3	0	0	100.2	91	65	52	2	67	26	5	1	7	420	76	1.570	8.1	0.2	6.0	2.3	0.39	76
1926	31	10	19	.345	4.61	69	27	31	13	0	1	275.0	288	169	141	14	134	75	7	2	9	1196	80	1.535	9.4	0.5	4.4	2.5	0.56	80
1927	32	14	25	.359	4.78	88	40	34	17	1	1	373.0	414	239	198	18	166	114	7	2	11	1637	79	1.555	10.0	0.4	4.0	2.8	0.69	79
1928	33	21	33	.389	4.87	127	43	54	17	1	2	493.0	562	325	267	25	222	142	9	2	14	2193	81	1.590	10.3	0.5	4.1	2.6	0.64	81
1929	34	26	38	.406	5.00	168	47	78	17	1	6	579.1	675	393	322	31	265	164	11	2	14	2606	82	1.623	10.5	0.5	4.1	2.5	0.62	82

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1917	22	0	0		1.00	9.0	10	1	1	0	3	2	0	1.444	10.0	3.0	2.0	0.67	0.0	2

1919	24	1	3	.250	8.05	38.0	54	38	34	1	33	8	5	2.289	12.8	7.8	1.9	0.24	0.2	16
1920	25	1	2	.333	4.33	27.0	24	14	13	1	20	11	1	1.630	8.0	6.7	3.7	0.55	0.3	15

1925	30	1	1	.500	2.84	19.0	14	7	6	0	13	3	0	1.421	6.6	6.2	1.4	0.23	0.0	2
1926	31	8	11	.421	4.58	179.0	204	101	91	12	69	50	2	1.525	10.3	3.5	2.5	0.72	0.6	33
1927	32	4	7	.364	5.08	101.0	129	63	57	4	33	40	0	1.604	11.5	2.9	3.6	1.21	0.4	19
1928	33	6	8	.429	4.36	128.0	144	69	62	7	54	30	2	1.547	10.1	3.8	2.1	0.56	0.5	39
1929	34	5	5	.500	3.99	97.0	103	48	43	5	39	25	2	1.464	9.6	3.6	2.3	0.64	0.5	41
8 Yrs		26	37	.413	4.62	598.0	682	341	307	30	264	169	12	1.582	10.3		2.5	0.64	0.5	167

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1929 NL 41 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1929 NL 4 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1926 NL 12 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1926 NL 13 (10th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1920 AL 13 (9th) 1928 NL 20 (1st) 1929 NL 24 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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