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: 38-16

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 30

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	207	1	Apr 15	NYM		PIT	W,4-0	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.40	9	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.051	.37	0.05%	1.26	7t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
2	208	3	Apr 18	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1.65	4	1	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	1.25	8b 123 0 out d4	8b end d 5
3	209	6	Apr 23(2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-6	7-11		4	5.0	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.00	2.07	20	5	10	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.313	2.61	0.30%	1.09	7t --- 0 out d1	11t 3 out tie
4	210	9	Apr 27	NYM	@	SDP	W,4-3	8-GF	S(2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.82	1.76	7	2	2	2	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.46	0.256	6.02	0.27%	0.40	8b -2- 0 out a2	9b 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
5	211	13	May 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-4	7-GF	S(3)	3	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.68	1.65	9	2	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.123	1.86	0.13%	1.29	7b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 3
6	212	15	May 3	NYM	@	SFG	W,8-5	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.64	1.68	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.07	0.095	3.86	0.11%	0.50	9b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 3
7	213	18	May 7	NYM		SDP	W,8-6	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	3	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.56	1.40	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.149	1.86	0.16%	0.84	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
8	214	19	May 10	NYM		LAD	W,4-3	10-GF(14)	W(2-0)	2	5.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.43	1.45	17	6	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.04	0.601	3.69	0.65%	2.09	10t --- 0 out tie	14t end tie
9	215	23	May 13	NYM		SFG	W,1-0	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.41	1.22	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.98	0.143	3.97	0.17%	0.42	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
10	216	28	May 18	NYM		MON	W,2-1	7-GF	S(6)	4	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.36	1.20	11	4	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	0.341	5.98	0.55%	1.26	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
11	217	31	May 20(2)	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(7)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.35	1.17	3	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04	0.312	14.41	0.54%	0.81	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
12	218	33	May 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-GF(8)	L(2-1)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.67	1.14	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.240	3.25	-0.39%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 1
13	219	35	May 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	9-13	W(3-1)	1	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.56	1.56	20	8	6	0	4	2		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.29	0.841	9.82	1.51%	3.36	9b 12- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
14	220	39	May 29	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	6-8	BS(1)	3	2.2	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	1.30	1.76	17	4	3	1	1	5		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	2.15	-0.540	5.30	-0.80%	-3.53	6b -2- 1 out a2	8b 3 out d3
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	221	43	Jun 3	NYM		ATL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(8)	4	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.24	1.77	8	2	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.033	1.96	0.04%	-0.13	8t 1-- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
16	222	45	Jun 6	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	S(9)	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.17	1.77	7	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.252	4.13	0.35%	0.84	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
17	223	48	Jun 9	NYM		HOU	L,2-4	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.34	1.66	9	3	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.048	1.46	-0.07%	-0.16	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	224	51	Jun 12	NYM	@	ATL	L,7-8	7-GF(8)	BL(3-2)	2	1.2	5	4	1	0	2	0	0	1.50	1.59	11	4	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	2.21	-0.840	5.18	-1.18%	-4.65	7b 12- 1 out a3	8b end d 1
19	225	53	Jun 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,8-3	8-GF	S(10)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	1.57	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.001	3.29	0.00%	-0.11	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 5
20	226	54	Jun 16	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	9-GF	S(11)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	1.59	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.167	5.45	0.23%	0.41	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
21	227	59	Jun 21	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-4	8-GF	S(12)	4	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.55	1.73	8	0	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.149	4.18	0.20%	-0.15	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
22	228	63	Jun 26	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	9-GF	S(13)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	1.73	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	0.066	9.46	0.14%	0.39	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
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
23	229	69	Jul 2	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	7-8		5	2.0	3	2	2	3	2	0	1	1.85	1.93	13	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.104	1.77	-0.16%	-1.13	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out d3
24	230	72	Jul 6	NYM		SDP	L,0-1	11-GF(14)	L(3-3)	3	4.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.88	1.94	18	6	6	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.032	6.91	0.05%	0.68	11t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 1
25	231	76	Jul 10	NYM		SFG	L,4-5	8-GF	BL(3-4)	3	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.98	1.89	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.384	4.25	-0.47%	-0.80	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
26	232	80	Jul 15	NYM	@	SDP	W,2-1	8-GF	S(14)	4	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2.06	2.19	8	4	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.154	3.93	0.21%	-0.20	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
27	233	85	Jul 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,3-1	8-GF	S(15)	5	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.01	2.09	5	1	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.55	0.366	4.47	0.39%	1.94	8b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
28	234	90	Jul 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.12	2.15	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.058	1.25	-0.12%	-0.58	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
29	235	92	Jul 30	NYM		MON	W,3-1	7-GF	W(4-4)	1	3.0	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.02	2.24	13	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.251	2.88	0.21%	1.26	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 2
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
30	236	94	Aug 1(1)	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	9-15		1	6.1	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	1.83	2.12	21	4	6	0	0	4		1	0	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.21	0.778	3.08	0.65%	2.71	9t 1-- 2 out tie	15t 3 out tie
31	237	101	Aug 7	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF(13)	L(4-5)	5	4.0	1	1	1	1	6	1	0	1.86	2.19	14	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.87	0.111	1.82	0.07%	0.71	9b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
32	238	105	Aug 12	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-1	10-GF(10)	S(16)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	2.20	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	0.579	3.45	0.23%	1.39	10b --3 0 out a1	10b end a 1
33	239	106	Aug 13	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-7	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.90	2.23	10	3	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	-0.038	.79	-0.02%	-0.05	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
34	240	107	Aug 15	NYM		ATL	W,5-0	8-GF	S(17)	1	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.86	2.27	7	1	4	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.145	.55	0.04%	1.24	8t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 5
35	241	109	Aug 17	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(18)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	2.31	3	1	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.48	0.439	3.29	0.12%	1.32	9t -23 1 out a1	9t end a 1
36	242	115	Aug 23	NYM		HOU	L,4-7	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	2.31	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
37	243	116	Aug 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	2.35	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.028	.09	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
38	244	120	Aug 29	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-0	9-GF	S(19)	3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.79	2.39	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	0.037	.29	0.00%	0.44	9b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
Sep/Oct				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
39	245	123	Sep 2	NYM	@	HOU	W,11-8	8-GF	W(5-5)	3	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.76	2.34	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.054	.01	0.00%	0.82	8b 12- 2 out d1	9b end a 3
40	246	124	Sep 3	NYM	@	HOU	W,2-1	8-GF	W(6-5)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.73	2.35	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.11	0.449	.05	0.01%	1.74	8b -23 1 out tie	9b end a 1
41	247	126	Sep 4(2)	NYM		CHC	W,7-2	9-GF	S(20)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.81	2.33	5	0	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.07	0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.58	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 5
42	248	128	Sep 6	NYM		MON	L,3-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.79	2.40	6	3	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	.68	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-1.62	9t 12- 0 out d1	9t end d 4
43	249	130	Sep 8(1)	NYM		STL	W,8-2	8-GF	S(21)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.75	2.35	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.95	0.336	.00	0.00%	1.80	8t 12- 0 out a1	9t end a 6
44	250	131	Sep 8(2)	NYM		STL	L,4-9	8-9	BS(4)	-1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.71	2.31	8	1	3	0	1	2		2	2	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.17	8t 1-3 0 out a2	9t 3 out tie
45	251	132	Sep 9	NYM		STL	W,3-1	8-GF	S(22)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	2.31	4	3	1	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	0.188	.00	0.00%	1.13	8t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
46	252	134	Sep 11	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	8-GF	S(23)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.65	2.25	6	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.232	.00	0.00%	1.25	8b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
47	253	136	Sep 13	NYM	@	PHI	W,11-6	6-GF	W(7-5)	1	3.1	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1.69	2.33	13	5	2	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	.56	0.153	.00	0.00%	1.05	6b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 5
48	254	139	Sep 17	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.86	2.37	6	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-1.53	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
49	255	144	Sep 22	NYM		PHI	L,4-5	7-GF(11)	L(7-6)	4	4.2	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	1.77	2.36	19	6	4	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.26	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.29	7t -2- 1 out tie	11t end d 1
50	256	146	Sep 24	NYM		PHI	W,2-1	9-GF	S(24)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.76	2.32	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.22	9t --- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
51	257	147	Sep 26	NYM	@	STL	W,3-1	9-GF	S(25)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.75	2.30	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.20	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
52	258	153	Oct 2(2)	NYM	@	MON	W,2-1	8-GF	BW(8-6)	5	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.73	2.26	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	0.152	.00	0.00%	0.56	8b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
53	259	155	Oct 3(2)	NYM	@	MON	W,4-3	12-GF(12)	S(26)	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	2.27	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	0.178	.00	0.00%	0.44	12b --- 0 out a1	12b end a 1
54	260	156	Oct 4	NYM	@	MON	W,3-1	9-GF	S(27)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	2.25	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b 1-- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
							38-16		W-L:8-6,Sv:27,BSv:5	2.2	106.0	71	26	20	40	92	3	3	1.70	2.25	419	1.23		7%	7%	58		54	26%	1	6	0	361	9	3	11	13	5	7	1.90	6.519	2.90	4.16%	24.14

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