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: 12-14

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1969	NLCS g2	Oct 5	NYM	@	ATL	W,11-6	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.84	11					3	5	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	.35	0.035	10.07	0.67%	1.37	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	1973	NLCS g4	Oct 9	NYM		CIN	L,1-2	7-11		7	4.1	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	3.26	21					6	6	0	3	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.41	0.524	131.54	11.23%	2.02	7t 1-- 2 out tie	11t 3 out tie
3	1973	NLCS g5	Oct 10	NYM		CIN	W,7-2	9-GF	S(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.17	2					1	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.031	57.50	1.44%	1.51	9t 123 1 out a5	9t end a 5
4	1973	WS g1	Oct 13	NYM	@	OAK	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.14	8					6	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.60	0.066	31.09	1.91%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
5	1973	WS g2	Oct 14	NYM	@	OAK	W,10-7	6-12	BW(1-0)	0	6.0	5	4	4	3	8	0	1	2.77	2.57	27					9	1	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.123	101.14	-5.40%	-1.61	6b --- 0 out a3	12b 1-3 0 out a4
6	1973	WS g3	Oct 16	NYM		OAK	L,2-3	9-10		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.40	2.63	8					2	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.66	0.454	229.41	16.93%	1.87	9t 12- 0 out tie	10t 3 out tie
7	1973	WS g5	Oct 18	NYM		OAK	W,2-0	7-GF	S(2)	1	2.2	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.04	2.79	11					1	4	2	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	0.337	162.54	15.54%	2.25	7t -23 1 out a2	9t end a 2
8	1973	WS g6	Oct 20	NYM	@	OAK	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.93	2.83	4					0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.058	42.25	-2.88%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
1976 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
9	1976	NLCS g1	Oct 9	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	8-GF		6	2.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.50	0.13	8					0	1	1	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.064	8.56	-1.28%	-1.12	8t 12- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
10	1976	NLCS g2	Oct 10	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	7-7		0	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.57	-0.37	4					1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.101	21.02	-1.86%	-1.69	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 1-3 1 out d3
1977 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
11	1977	NLCS g1	Oct 4	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.74	3	8	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.088	36.25	1.77%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
12	1977	NLCS g4	Oct 8	PHI		LAD	L,1-4	7-8		3	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.74	9	44	29	4	10	0	3	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.39	0.037	17.59	1.08%	1.03	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
1978 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
13	1978	NLCS g1	Oct 4	PHI		LAD	L,5-9	7-GF		3	3.0	2	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.00	7.92	13	53	33	7	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	2.84	0.20%	0.35	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
14	1978	NLCS g2	Oct 5	PHI		LAD	L,0-4	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.25	7.34	4	13	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	1.14	0.05%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
15	1978	NLCS g4	Oct 7	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	1	1.2	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.59	5.76	8	25	14	4	4	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.10	-0.249	80.62	-5.28%	-0.52	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
1980 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
16	1980	NLCS g1	Oct 7	PHI		HOU	W,3-1	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.25	7	26	15	2	2	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.139	46.02	2.39%	0.94	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
17	1980	NLCS g2	Oct 8	PHI		HOU	L,4-7	8-8		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.09	4	11	9	2	1	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.209	49.79	-4.54%	-0.53	8t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
18	1980	NLCS g3	Oct 10	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-1	8-GF(11)	L(0-1)	1	3.0	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.00	4.09	13	51	25	6	3	2	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	9	0	1	3	0	1	0	2.21	0.002	91.43	0.04%	0.03	8b -2- 1 out tie	11b end d 1
19	1980	NLCS g4	Oct 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-3	10-GF(10)	S(2)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.57	3.61	3	12	8	4	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.072	38.25	1.78%	0.41	10b --- 0 out a2	10b end a 2
20	1980	NLCS g5	Oct 12	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-7	8-8	BS(1)	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.00	7	24	18	5	3	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	-0.367	266.67	-19.88%	-1.59	8b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out tie
21	1980	WS g1	Oct 14	PHI		KCR	W,7-6	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	2.55	6	27	17	3	2	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	0.272	111.73	7.84%	0.94	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
22	1980	WS g3	Oct 17	PHI	@	KCR	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	L(0-2)	2	0.2	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.22	2.94	5	18	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	-0.362	131.72	-8.31%	-0.94	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
23	1980	WS g5	Oct 19	PHI	@	KCR	W,4-3	7-GF	W(1-2)	1	3.0	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.29	3.04	14	47	25	5	8	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.16	0.275	261.51	14.17%	1.51	7b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
24	1980	WS g6	Oct 21	PHI		KCR	W,4-1	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.87	3.13	11	48	29	10	1	2	4	1	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.94	0.103	148.63	4.35%	0.92	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 3
1981 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
25	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI	@	MON	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.60	3					1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.011	3.99	0.10%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
26	1981	NLDS g4	Oct 10	PHI		MON	W,6-5	8-GF(10)	W(1-0)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.60	9					1	5	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.81	0.357	40.82	4.44%	1.36	8t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
											52.1	38	15	13	33	48	1	1	2.24		223																			9

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