Tom McGraw

Thomas Virgil McGraw

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 8, 1967 in Portland, OR
High School: Battle Ground HS (Battle Ground, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 7, 1997
Team: Cardinals 1997

Final Game: May 9, 1997
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1990	22	MIL-min	A	7	3	.700	1.93	12	12	0	1	1	0	70.0	49	33	15	1	34	0	61	2	4	4		1.186	6.3	0.1	4.4	7.8	1.79	BEL · MIDW
1991	23	MIL-min	A+,AA	4	1	.800	3.81	20	14	3	0	0	1	82.2	78	43	35	3	34	0	67	3	1	3	346	1.355	8.5	0.3	3.7	7.3	1.97	STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1992	24	MIL-min	A+,AA	12	4	.750	2.70	26	25	1	2	0	0	166.2	172	68	50	3	57	6	123	2	0	7	713	1.374	9.3	0.2	3.1	6.6	2.16	STK,ELP · CALL,TL
1993	25	FLA-min	A+,AAA	4	3	.571	3.97	11	8	1	1	0	0	47.2	50	24	21	4	11	0	39	1	0	2	198	1.280	9.4	0.8	2.1	7.4	3.55	HDS,EDM · CALL,PCL
1994	26	FLA-min	AA	3	5	.375	4.62	37	7	11	0	0	2	74.0	81	44	38	9	35	3	56	5	0	6	327	1.568	9.9	1.1	4.3	6.8	1.60	PRT · EL
1995	27	FLA-min	AA	5	0	1.000	1.81	51	0	11	0	0	2	74.2	69	21	15	2	31	3	60	4	0	4	322	1.339	8.3	0.2	3.7	7.2	1.94	PRT · EL
1996	28	BOS-min	AA	3	4	.429	3.18	30	0	12	0	0	1	34.0	34	15	12	1	19	7	32	0	0	1	149	1.559	9.0	0.3	5.0	8.5	1.68	TRE · EL
1997	29	STL-min	AAA	1	4	.200	5.33	45	0	18	0	0	0	49.0	55	34	29	3	26	2	39	0	0	3	226	1.653	10.1	0.6	4.8	7.2	1.50	LOU · AA
1997	29	STL	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
1998	30	WSN-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.73	32	10	8	0	0	2	82.0	79	38	34	6	36	2	43	3	0	2	358	1.402	8.7	0.7	4.0	4.7	1.19	OTT · IL
1 Yr				0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
162 Game Avg.				0	0		0.00	68	0	68	0	0	0	58	68	0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	272	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00

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	Awards
1997	29	STL	NL	1.2	2	0	0	0.00	4.55	0.51	-0.35	98.0	3.62	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.535	.500	$
1 Season				1.2	2	0	0	0.00	4.55	0.51	-0.35	98.0	3.62	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.535	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1997	29	STL	NL	2	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.375	.500	.875	.286	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
1 Yr				2	8	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.375	.500	.875	.286	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	272	204	0	68	34	0	0	0	0	34	0	.333	.375	.500	.875	.286	102	0	0	0	34	0	0
MLB Averages																.267	.337	.419	.756	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1997	29	STL	NL	1.0	0.1	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	0.0	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.02	-0.3	0	0	2
1 Yr				1.0	0.1	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	0.0	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.02	-0.3	0	0	2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1997	29	STL	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%	9	.024	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	15
1 Yr				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	3	100%		.024	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.5	15

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1997	29	STL	NL	8	25%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	0.75	0.67	88%	14%	0.0%	25%	2	0	0%
1 Yr				8	25%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	0.75	0.67	88%	14%	0.0%	25%	2	0	0%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	17.1%	8.9%	7.7%	33%	0.84	1.11	70%	21%	8.3%	17%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	29	STL	NL	8	29	3.63	19	66%	26%	5%	32%	37%	74%	0%	48%	93%	63%	13%	1	0	38%	3	2	1		0	1	0	0	0
1 Yr				8	29	3.63	19	66%	26%	5%	32%	37%	74%	0%	48%	93%	63%	13%	1	0	38%	3	2	1		0	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	79%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1997	29	STL	NL	8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1 Yr				8	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1997	29	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8		1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1997	29	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
1 Yr		0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.500	9.0		0.0	0.00	0.0	2

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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