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: 24-27 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 14

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	156	2	Apr 8	NYM		MON	L,2-6	8-GF		99	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.45	10	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.17	0.01%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
2	157	4	Apr 11	NYM		CIN	W,1-0	10-GF(11)	W(1-0)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.45	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.243	2.72	0.20%	0.85	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
3	158	5	Apr 13	NYM	@	MON	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.45	8	3	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.19	-0.016	.33	-0.02%	-0.14	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
4	159	9	Apr 18(2)	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	8-GF	L(1-1)	4	2.0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.13	1.70	10	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.87	-0.229	3.54	-0.26%	-0.15	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
5	160	11	Apr 21	NYM	@	CIN	W,5-2	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.93	2.14	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.143	1.35	0.11%	1.52	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 3
6	161	12	Apr 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-6	7-10		1	4.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.66	2.52	17	6	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.79	0.464	4.38	0.44%	1.96	7b --- 0 out tie	10b 3 out tie
7	162	19	Apr 30	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	W(2-1)	6	4.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.51	2.39	16	3	5	0	4	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.20	0.534	5.63	0.57%	1.68	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 1
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	163	22	May 3	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	9-GF(11)	W(3-1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.44	2.26	12	4	4	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.52	0.447	7.14	0.54%	1.64	9t 1-- 0 out tie	11t end tie
9	164	27	May 10	NYM		HOU	W,2-1	8-GF	S(2)	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.40	2.10	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	0.255	3.71	0.30%	0.85	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	165	32	May 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.14	2.16	6	0	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.45	-0.095	1.27	-0.16%	-1.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
11	166	35	May 19	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	2.21	5	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.22	0.01%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
12	167	38	May 22	NYM		ATL	W,8-7	8-9	H(1)	2	0.1	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.16	2.25	4	0	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.06	-0.392	7.54	-0.44%	-1.41	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t 123 0 out a1
13	168	41	May 26	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	11-GF(12)	L(3-2)	3	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.33	2.12	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.204	5.24	-0.27%	-0.15	11t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 1
14	169	44	May 30	NYM	@	SDP	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	2.17	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.010	.56	0.01%	0.40	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
15	170	46	Jun 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-4	8-GF	S(3)	1	1.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.12	1.91	6	0	1	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	0.568	8.76	0.63%	1.91	8b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 1
16	171	50	Jun 6	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.99	1.76	6	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.027	.47	0.03%	0.82	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	172	52	Jun 9	NYM		SDP	W,4-2	9-GF	S(4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	1.72	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.062	1.68	0.07%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
18	173	54	Jun 11	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(3-3)	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.14	1.68	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.326	5.12	-0.42%	-0.58	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 1
19	174	55	Jun 12	NYM		SFG	L,1-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.08	1.59	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
20	175	56	Jun 13	NYM		SFG	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	W(4-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.02	1.58	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.85	0.122	5.47	0.14%	0.43	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
21	176	59	Jun 16	NYM		LAD	W,7-2	8-GF	S(5)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	1.57	5	0	4	1	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.055	.74	0.06%	1.54	8t 1-3 1 out a4	9t end a 5
22	177	61	Jun 19	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	7-11		2	5.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.70	1.65	17	5	7	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.73	0.543	3.47	0.66%	2.13	7t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
23	178	62	Jun 20(1)	NYM		PHI	W,7-6	9-GF	W(5-3)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	1.67	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.013	.51	0.02%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	179	66	Jun 23	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-6	5-6		2	2.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	1.99	1.59	11	0	2	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.097	1.30	-0.21%	-1.11	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
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
25	180	75	Jul 1	NYM		PIT	L,0-3	8-GF		7	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	2.09	1.65	9	1	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.008	.99	-0.02%	-0.15	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
26	181	77	Jul 3	NYM		ATL	L,1-7	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.01	1.82	9	2	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.026	.63	0.03%	0.85	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
27	182	79	Jul 5(1)	NYM		MON	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.97	1.76	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.35	0.02%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
28	183	81	Jul 6	NYM		MON	L,1-5	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.89	1.84	8	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.13	0.01%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
29	184	83	Jul 9	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-6	4-6		2	3.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.95	2.13	11	3	5	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.004	.86	0.00%	0.60	4b 1-- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
30	185	86	Jul 11(2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	8-8	H(2)	1	0.1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.10	2.18	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.011	1.67	-0.01%	-0.04	8b --- 0 out a1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
31	186	87	Jul 15	NYM	@	HOU	W,9-4	4-GF	W(6-3)	3	6.0	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	1.90	2.05	21	5	5	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.65	0.210	.46	0.09%	2.53	4b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 5
32	187	92	Jul 20	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-4	6-6		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	2.05	4	2	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.046	.38	-0.01%	-0.13	6b 1-- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d2
33	188	93	Jul 21	NYM	@	CHC	L,7-11	6-6		0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.12	2.26	7	1	4	3	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.095	.10	-0.02%	-1.51	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d4
34	189	96	Jul 24	NYM		HOU	W,9-3	5-GF	W(7-3)	2	4.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.99	2.22	16	5	5	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.078	.08	0.01%	2.10	5t 12- 2 out a3	9t end a 6
35	190	100	Jul 28	NYM		STL	L,3-6	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	2.27	7	3	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.034	.09	0.01%	0.85	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
36	191	103	Jul 31	NYM		CHC	W,5-2	9-GF	S(6)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	2.27	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.027	.12	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
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
37	192	109	Aug 5	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	11-15		4	5.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.78	2.28	19	6	7	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.67	0.646	.44	0.06%	2.30	11b --- 0 out tie	15b 3 out tie
38	193	113	Aug 10	NYM	@	SDP	W,6-4	6-GF	W(8-3)	4	4.0	2	1	1	1	9	1	0	1.80	2.26	15	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.178	.27	0.02%	0.62	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
39	194	117	Aug 14	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	7-10	BL(8-4)	3	3.0	4	2	2	3	5	1	0	1.95	2.41	16	3	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.64	-0.405	.37	-0.04%	-1.04	7b --- 0 out a1	10b 1-3 0 out tie
40	195	120	Aug 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-4	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.91	2.39	7	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.011	.02	0.00%	0.82	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
41	196	124	Aug 22	NYM		SDP	W,4-2	9-GF	S(7)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	2.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.033	.15	0.00%	0.29	9t -2- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
42	197	126	Aug 24	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.85	2.38	7	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.072	.05	0.00%	0.85	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
43	198	129	Aug 28(2)	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	9-GF	W(9-4)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	2.38	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.122	.10	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
44	199	130	Aug 29	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	8-GF	W(10-4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	2.36	5	1	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.291	.24	0.02%	1.26	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
45	200	132	Aug 31	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	2.36	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	-0.193	.16	-0.01%	-1.00	9b 12- 0 out tie	9b 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
46	201	136	Sep 4(1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,6-5	6-GF(10)	BW(11-4)	3	5.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	0	1.80	2.25	19	7	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.377	.10	0.01%	1.78	6b -2- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
47	202	141	Sep 8	NYM	@	MON	L,2-10	5-7		3	2.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.76	2.28	9	4	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.26	5b 12- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d4
48	203	144	Sep 12	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	6-7		3	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.73	2.24	7	3	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.083	.01	0.00%	-0.12	6t 1-- 1 out tie	7t 3 out d1
49	204	149	Sep 15(2)	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	GS-6		2	6.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	0	1.80	2.11	24	6	6	2	0	2	60			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
50	205	156	Sep 23	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	9-GF	S(8)	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.78	2.09	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	0.197	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
51	206	158	Sep 25	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	9-13		1	5.0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	1.70	2.14	21	3	8	2	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	17	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.84	0.609	.00	0.00%	2.13	9t --- 0 out tie	13t 3 out tie
							24-27		W-L:11-4,Sv:8,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.4	111.0	73	22	21	41	109	4	3	1.70	2.14	441	0.99		7%	10%	60	60	23	13%	1	0	0	387	14	2	11	9	1	1	1.51	4.240	1.54	2.23%	30.60

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