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Tug McGraw
Frank Edwin McGraw Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 30, 1944 in Martinez, CA
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1965
Final Game: September 25, 1984
Died: January 5, 2004 in Brentwood, TN
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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 ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1965 20 NYM NL 2 7 .222 3.32 37 9 17 2 0 1 97.2 88 47 36 8 48 2 57 3 0 7 416 106 1.392 8.1 0.7 4.4 5.3 1.19
1966 21 NYM NL 2 9 .182 5.34 15 12 0 1 0 0 62.1 72 38 37 11 25 2 34 0 0 4 276 67 1.556 10.4 1.6 3.6 4.9 1.36
1967 22 NYM NL 0 3 .000 7.79 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.1 13 16 15 3 13 2 18 0 0 4 78 43 1.500 6.8 1.6 6.8 9.3 1.38
1969 24 NYM NL 9 3 .750 2.24 42 4 26 1 0 12 100.1 89 31 25 6 47 7 92 0 0 8 424 162 1.355 8.0 0.5 4.2 8.3 1.96
1970 25 NYM NL 4 6 .400 3.28 57 0 32 0 0 10 90.2 77 40 33 6 49 17 81 1 2 2 398 123 1.390 7.6 0.6 4.9 8.0 1.65
1971 26 NYM NL 11 4 .733 1.70 51 1 34 0 0 8 111.0 73 22 21 4 41 11 109 3 0 6 441 200 1.027 5.9 0.3 3.3 8.8 2.66
1972 27 NYM NL 8 6 .571 1.70 54 0 47 0 0 27 106.0 71 26 20 3 40 11 92 3 0 2 419 197 1.047 6.0 0.3 3.4 7.8 2.30 AS,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 5 6 .455 3.87 60 2 46 0 0 25 118.2 106 53 51 11 55 9 81 3 0 7 503 94 1.357 8.0 0.8 4.2 6.1 1.47 MVP-15
1974 29 NYM NL 6 11 .353 4.16 41 4 26 1 1 3 88.2 96 43 41 12 32 6 54 0 0 4 390 86 1.444 9.7 1.2 3.2 5.5 1.69
1975 30 PHI NL 9 6 .600 2.98 56 0 37 0 0 14 102.2 84 38 34 6 36 6 55 3 1 5 419 126 1.169 7.4 0.5 3.2 4.8 1.53 AS
1976 31 PHI NL 7 6 .538 2.50 58 0 39 0 0 11 97.1 81 34 27 4 42 10 76 0 0 4 408 143 1.264 7.5 0.4 3.9 7.0 1.81
1977 32 PHI NL 7 3 .700 2.62 45 0 31 0 0 9 79.0 62 25 23 6 24 5 58 1 0 1 311 154 1.089 7.1 0.7 2.7 6.6 2.42 MVP-24
1978 33 PHI NL 8 7 .533 3.21 55 1 39 0 0 9 89.2 82 39 32 6 23 7 63 0 0 1 363 111 1.171 8.2 0.6 2.3 6.3 2.74
1979 34 PHI NL 4 3 .571 5.16 65 1 43 0 0 16 83.2 83 56 48 9 29 7 57 2 0 2 357 74 1.339 8.9 1.0 3.1 6.1 1.97
1980 35 PHI NL 5 4 .556 1.46 57 0 48 0 0 20 92.1 62 16 15 3 23 9 75 2 0 1 355 259 0.921 6.0 0.3 2.2 7.3 3.26 CYA-5,MVP-16
1981 36 PHI NL 2 4 .333 2.66 34 0 31 0 0 10 44.0 35 13 13 2 14 3 26 0 0 2 178 137 1.114 7.2 0.4 2.9 5.3 1.86
1982 37 PHI NL 3 3 .500 4.31 34 0 25 0 0 5 39.2 50 19 19 3 12 6 25 1 0 2 181 85 1.563 11.3 0.7 2.7 5.7 2.08
1983 38 PHI NL 2 1 .667 3.56 34 1 9 0 0 0 55.2 58 24 22 4 19 4 30 0 0 0 236 101 1.383 9.4 0.6 3.1 4.9 1.58
1984 39 PHI NL 2 0 1.000 3.79 25 0 11 0 0 0 38.0 36 17 16 1 10 4 26 0 1 1 160 96 1.211 8.5 0.2 2.4 6.2 2.60
19 Seasons 96 92 .511 3.14 824 39 541 5 1 180 1514.2 1318 597 528 108 582 128 1109 22 4 63 6313 116 1.254 7.8 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.91
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .511 3.14 65 3 43 0 0 14 119 104 47 42 9 46 10 87 2 0 5 497 116 1.254 7.8 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.91
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 Awards
PHI (10 yrs) 49 37 .570 3.10 463 3 313 0 0 94 722.0 633 281 249 44 232 61 491 9 2 19 2968 120 1.198 7.9 0.5 2.9 6.1 2.12
NYM (9 yrs) 47 55 .461 3.17 361 36 228 5 1 86 792.2 685 316 279 64 350 67 618 13 2 44 3345 113 1.306 7.8 0.7 4.0 7.0 1.77

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
1969 24 NYM NL NLCS W ATL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1973 28 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 23 1.400 7.2 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1973 28 NYM NL WS L OAK 1 0 1.000 2.63 5 0 3 0 0 1 13.2 8 5 4 0 9 2 14 1 0 0 58 1.244 5.3 0.0 5.9 9.2 1.56
1976 31 PHI NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 11.57 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 3 3 0 1 0 5 0 0 2 12 2.143 15.4 0.0 3.9 19.3 5.00
1977 32 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1978 33 PHI NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 1.59 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 3 2 1 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 25 1.412 4.8 1.6 7.9 7.9 1.00
1980 35 PHI NL NLCS W HOU 0 1 .000 4.50 5 0 3 0 0 2 8.0 8 4 4 0 4 3 5 0 0 0 34 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 5.6 1.25
1980 35 PHI NL WS W KCR 1 1 .500 1.17 4 0 4 0 0 2 7.2 7 1 1 0 8 2 10 0 0 0 36 1.957 8.2 0.0 9.4 11.7 1.25
1981 36 PHI NL NLDS L MON 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
7 Seasons (9 Series) 3 3 .500 2.24 26 0 19 0 0 6 52.1 38 15 13 1 33 9 48 1 0 3 223 1.357 6.5 0.2 5.7 8.3 1.45
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
6 NLCS 0 2 .000 2.67 15 0 10 0 0 3 27.0 21 9 8 1 16 5 22 0 0 3 117 1.370 7.0 0.3 5.3 7.3 1.38
2 WS 2 1 .667 2.11 9 0 7 0 0 3 21.1 15 6 5 0 17 4 24 1 0 0 94 1.500 6.3 0.0 7.2 10.1 1.41

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1965 20 NYM NL 38 23 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .130 .130 .130 .261 -25 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1966 21 NYM NL 15 20 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .235 .513 47 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1967 22 NYM NL 4 5 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 112 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1969 24 NYM NL 43 25 24 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .167 .200 .208 .408 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 25 NYM NL 57 14 13 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .308 .286 .385 .670 78 5 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 26 NYM NL 51 20 18 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .500 .722 101 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1972 27 NYM NL 54 24 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-25
1973 28 NYM NL 60 30 24 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .167 .259 .167 .426 22 4 0 1 3 0 0 1 MVP-15
1974 29 NYM NL 41 17 14 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .071 .188 .143 .330 -6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 30 PHI NL 56 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1976 31 PHI NL 58 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 32 PHI NL 45 12 10 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .400 .500 .400 .900 141 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 MVP-24
1978 33 PHI NL 55 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1979 34 PHI NL 65 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -10 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1980 35 PHI NL 57 11 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 38 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 CYA-5,MVP-16
1981 36 PHI NL 34 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1982 37 PHI NL 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 38 PHI NL 34 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1984 39 PHI NL 25 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Seasons 826 247 214 14 39 7 0 1 18 0 0 10 57 .182 .221 .229 .450 26 49 2 1 21 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 48 42 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .182 .221 .229 .450 26 10 0 0 4 0 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (10 yrs) 463 69 57 2 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .211 .237 .228 .465 28 13 0 0 10 0 0
NYM (9 yrs) 363 178 157 12 27 6 0 1 15 0 0 8 43 .172 .216 .229 .445 26 36 2 1 11 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 28 NYM NL WS OAK L 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
1976 31 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 32 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 33 PHI NL NLCS LAD L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 35 PHI NL NLCS HOU W 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 36 PHI NL NLDS MON L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (8 Series) 22 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 NLCS 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYM NL 20 P 37 9 97.2 22 5 14 3 2 .864 1.75 0.51 .959 2.08 0.81
1966 NYM NL 21 P 15 12 62.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.80 .942 1.96 0.74
1967 NYM NL 22 P 4 4 17.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.60 1.25 .960 1.97 0.78
1969 NYM NL 24 P 42 4 100.1 29 6 19 4 2 .862 2.24 0.60 .962 1.95 0.78
1970 NYM NL 25 P 57 0 90.2 29 9 17 3 0 .897 2.58 0.46 .955 1.85 0.71
1971 NYM NL 26 P 51 1 111.0 15 2 12 1 2 .933 1.14 0.27 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 NYM NL 27 P 54 0 106.0 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.35 .947 1.78 0.73 AS,MVP-25
1973 NYM NL 28 P 60 2 118.2 28 8 19 1 1 .964 2.05 0.45 .950 1.88 0.73 MVP-15
1974 NYM NL 29 P 41 4 88.2 18 2 13 3 0 .833 1.52 0.37 .950 1.88 0.71
1975 PHI NL 30 P 56 0 102.2 20 4 15 1 2 .950 1.67 0.34 .945 1.86 0.72 AS
1976 PHI NL 31 P 58 0 97.1 20 4 12 4 0 .800 1.48 0.28 .960 1.88 0.72
1977 PHI NL 32 P 45 0 79.0 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.71 0.33 .947 1.85 0.67 MVP-24
1978 PHI NL 33 P 55 1 89.2 18 4 13 1 2 .944 1.71 0.31 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 PHI NL 34 P 65 1 83.2 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.15 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 PHI NL 35 P 57 0 92.1 18 3 15 0 1 1.000 1.75 0.32 .950 1.91 0.69 CYA-5,MVP-16
1981 PHI NL 36 P 34 0 44.0 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.43 0.21 .957 1.96 0.68
1982 PHI NL 37 P 34 0 39.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.50 0.32 .945 1.95 0.70
1983 PHI NL 38 P 34 1 55.2 12 1 10 1 1 .917 1.78 0.32 .950 1.92 0.68
1984 PHI NL 39 P 25 0 38.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.89 0.32 .956 1.87 0.67
19 Seasons P 824 39 1514.2 317 75 219 23 16 .927 1.75 0.36 .952 1.90 0.72
19 Seasons TOT 824 39 1514.2 317 75 219 23 16 .927 1.75 0.36 .880 1.90 0.72
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972 *
1975

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1980-NL-Babe Ruth Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1972-NL-25-1%
1973-NL-15-5%
1977-NL-24-1%
1980-NL-16-3%
0.10 Career Shares (893rd)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-NL--5--1%
0.01 Career Shares (260th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
Career--3.137--219th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--7.831--71st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--6.590--133rd

Games Played s c a p y
1972 NL--54--5th
1973 NL--60--7th
1979 NL--65--7th
Career--824--39th

Saves s c a p y
1969 NL--12--8th
1972 NL--27--2nd
1973 NL--25--2nd
1975 NL--14--6th
1979 NL--16--8th
1980 NL--20--7th
1981 NL--10--7th
Career--180--52nd

Games Finished s c a p y
1971 NL--34--10th
1972 NL--47--3rd
1973 NL--46--3rd
1975 NL--37--10th
1976 NL--39--10th
1979 NL--43--6th
1980 NL--48--3rd
1981 NL--31--9th
Career--541--28th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
Career--116--176th

Oldest s c a p y
1984 NL--born 1944-08-30--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (548), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 27 (874), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 50 (258), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 12, 1964: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1974: Traded by the New York Mets with Don Hahn and Dave Schneck to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mac Scarce, John Stearns and Del Unser.

November 5, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1980: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

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