Tug McGraw

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: August 30, 1944 in Martinez, CA us

Died: January 5, 2004 in Brentwood, TN

Buried: Cremated

High School: St. Vincent's HS (Vallejo, CA)

School: Solano Community College (Fairfield, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1965 (Age 20-231d, 12,343rd in major league history)
vs. SFG 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 40-026d)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Frank Edwin McGraw

Nicknames: Tug, Tugger or The Barber

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.8

ERA

3.14

824

180

1514.2

1109

WHIP

1.254

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-31 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 8

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	521	1	Apr 7	PHI		STL	L,1-5	8-GF		99	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	1.59	9	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.010	.14	-0.01%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
2	522	5	Apr 14	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	1.92	3	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.45	0.180	5.65	0.18%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
3	523	6	Apr 15	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	1.79	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.306	3.72	0.33%	0.88	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
4	524	8	Apr 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	1.59	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.35	0.02%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
5	525	10	Apr 22(2)	PHI	@	MON	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	1.44	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.32	0.011	.58	0.01%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
6	526	14	Apr 26	PHI		CHC	L,2-4	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	1.34	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	0.014	.58	0.02%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
7	527	17	Apr 30	PHI		SDP	W,11-4	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	1.25	4	0	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.05	0.00%	0.45	8t --- 0 out a7	8t 3 out a7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	528	20	May 5	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	8-GF	S(2)	4	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.84	1.09	6	1	2	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	0.091	1.33	0.10%	1.31	8t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 5
9	529	22	May 7	PHI		NYM	W,8-5	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.77	1.56	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.029	2.25	0.04%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
10	530	27	May 13	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF	BL(1-1)	5	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.13	2.11	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	-0.666	7.49	-0.79%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
11	531	30	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.63	3.10	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.005	.05	-0.01%	-0.59	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
12	532	33	May 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-4	8-GF	BL(1-2)	2	1.1	6	4	2	2	2	0	0	3.60	3.19	13	4	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.93	-0.809	6.94	-1.15%	-4.63	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end d 1
13	533	34	May 20	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-4	9-10	W(2-2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.11	6	3	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.245	3.84	0.33%	0.86	9b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
14	534	35	May 21	PHI	@	NYM	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	L(2-3)	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.09	4	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.378	4.24	-0.53%	-0.86	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
15	535	39	May 27	PHI	@	ATL	W,6-5	7-8	W(3-3)	5	2.0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.20	3.20	11	5	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.232	2.41	-0.23%	-1.00	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out d2
16	536	41	May 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	9-9		1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.10	3.22	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.75	0.188	6.69	0.20%	0.64	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t 3 out tie
17	537	43	May 31	PHI		PIT	L,1-2	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.82	3.12	8	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	0.078	1.57	0.10%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	538	45	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	9-GF	W(4-3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	3.10	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.127	3.22	0.14%	0.45	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
19	539	48	Jun 6	PHI		SFG	W,7-6	8-GF	W(5-3)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.49	2.90	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.027	.49	0.03%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
20	540	49	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	W,5-4	7-GF	W(6-3)	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.54	2.80	11	2	5	0	2	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.83	-0.100	3.56	-0.12%	0.35	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
21	541	56	Jun 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-6	6-GF(8)		7	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.30	2.65	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.007	.08	0.01%	1.29	6b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
22	542	59	Jun 18	PHI	@	SDP	L,1-4	5-6		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	2.65	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.027	.35	0.03%	0.81	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
23	543	60	Jun 20	PHI		STL	L,2-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.10	2.53	3	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.16	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	544	62	Jun 23(1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	2.56	6	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.015	.56	0.03%	0.90	8t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
25	545	63	Jun 23(2)	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	8-GF		-1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.11	2.59	9	2	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.007	.46	0.01%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 5
26	546	68	Jun 28	PHI	@	MON	W,7-5	7-GF	S(4)	4	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.20	2.44	10	1	3	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.064	4.35	0.13%	-0.50	7b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
27	547	69	Jun 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-3	8-GF	S(5)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.09	2.40	8	2	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.054	2.05	0.13%	0.99	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 6
28	548	71	Jun 30(2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	8-GF	W(7-3)	0	2.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.40	2.50	11	5	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.50	-0.143	9.89	-0.34%	-1.01	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	549	73	Jul 2	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	9-GF	S(6)	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.56	2.50	4	1	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	0.044	8.07	0.10%	-1.48	9b 1-- 1 out a3	9b end a 1
30	550	76	Jul 5	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-5	8-GF	S(7)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.50	6	2	3	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.151	4.47	0.25%	0.86	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
31	551	80	Jul 8(2)	PHI		MON	L,1-8	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.36	2.59	8	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.009	.21	0.02%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d5
32	552	81	Jul 9	PHI		MON	W,8-7	9-GF	W(8-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.31	2.60	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.68	0.033	2.25	0.07%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
33	553	83	Jul 15	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.26	2.57	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.26	0.01%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
34	554	85	Jul 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	8-9		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.18	2.53	6	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	0.213	4.69	0.34%	0.82	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
35	555	87	Jul 19	PHI		CIN	L,2-7	8-8		1	0.1	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.67	2.60	4	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.086	2.98	-0.15%	-1.06	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 123 1 out d1
36	556	88	Jul 20	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	7-GF	S(8)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.53	2.50	10	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.199	3.11	0.35%	1.35	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
37	557	94	Jul 25	PHI		ATL	L,0-4	7-8		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.44	2.43	8	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.015	.35	0.03%	0.90	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
38	558	102	Aug 2	PHI		NYM	W,8-6	9-GF	S(9)	7	1.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	2.44	5	1	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.066	5.12	0.12%	0.45	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
39	559	107	Aug 7	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	7-8		4	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.51	2.44	7	2	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.240	2.27	-0.37%	-2.56	7b 1-3 1 out tie	8b 1-3 1 out d3
40	560	109	Aug 8(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.47	2.41	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.09	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
41	561	114	Aug 13	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	8-GF		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	2.38	6	2	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.14	0.01%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
42	562	116	Aug 16	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	2.32	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.12	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
43	563	117	Aug 17	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	8-GF	L(8-4)	0	2.0	1	4	3	3	1	0	0	2.69	2.44	10	3	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.65	-0.462	5.24	-0.88%	-3.10	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 4
44	564	118	Aug 18	PHI		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF	L(8-5)	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.91	2.63	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.420	6.54	-0.86%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
45	565	120	Aug 20	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	6-7	H(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.83	2.60	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.142	3.21	0.28%	0.90	6t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out a2
46	566	121	Aug 21	PHI		SDP	L,3-7	8-GF		0	1.1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.03	2.80	7	1	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.018	1.21	-0.04%	-0.82	8t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 4
47	567	123	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	L,5-6	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	2.79	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.044	5.98	0.09%	0.41	6t 12- 2 out d1	6t 3 out d1
48	568	124	Aug 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	2.79	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.203	4.23	-0.43%	-0.37	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
49	569	133	Sep 3(1)	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		9	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.07	2.94	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.025	.32	-0.05%	-0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
50	570	142	Sep 10	PHI		STL	L,6-8	8-9		6	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.99	2.92	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.078	1.42	0.12%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
51	571	144	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.18	3.03	6	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.051	.57	-0.12%	-1.55	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
52	572	147	Sep 15	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(8-6)	2	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.22	2.94	8	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.37	-0.284	3.88	-0.48%	-0.10	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 1
53	573	157	Sep 26(2)	PHI		MON	L,0-3	GS-7	L(8-7)	10	7.0	6	2	1	0	6	1	0	3.06	2.92	25	4	9	1	1	6	65			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	.91	0.065	1.25	0.05%	1.16	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
54	574	159	Sep 29(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.99	2.87	6	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.188	.00	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
55	575	161	Sep 30	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-8	7-9	H(2)	0	2.1	5	4	3	0	2	0	0	3.21	2.82	12	3	3	0	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.040	11.44	0.54%	-2.25	7b --- 0 out a2	9b -2- 1 out a3
							24-31		W-L:8-7,Sv:9,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.1	89.2	82	39	32	23	63	6	0	3.21	2.82	363	1.09		10%	7%	72	65	13	38%	1	3	0	335	16	4	7	5	1	5	1.07	-1.331	2.97	-2.35%	0.04

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