What years did Tug McGraw play?

Tug McGraw played in Major League Baseball from 1965 to 1984.

Was Tug McGraw a pitcher?

Yes. Tug McGraw pitched in the major leagues, recording 96 wins and 1109 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tug McGraw hit?

Tug McGraw hit 1 career home runs with 39 hits.

Tug McGraw

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1965-1984)

W–L 96–92

ERA 3.14

WHIP 1.25

SO 1,109

Pitcher PIV 16151.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 170 lb
Born: 8/30/1944 in Martinez, CA, USA
Died: 1/5/2004 in Brentwood, TN, USA
MLB Debut: 1965-04-18
Last Game: 1984-09-25
Awards: 2× All-Star · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Frank Edwin McGraw

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
96	92	824	39	5	1	180	1514.7	1,318	528	108	582	1,109	3.14	16151.3

Career ERA 3.14 vs. league average 3.69 across their career seasons — 14.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1965	NYN	NL	2	7	37	9	2	0	1	97.7	88	36	48	57	3.32	3.50 (+5%)	-1178.2
1966	NYN	NL	2	9	15	12	1	0	0	62.3	72	37	25	34	5.34	3.52 (-52%)	-2244.7
1967	NYN	NL	0	3	4	4	0	0	0	17.3	13	15	13	18	7.79	3.30 (-136%)	-718.8
1969	NYN	NL	9	3	42	4	1	0	12	100.3	89	25	47	92	2.24	3.61 (+38%)	1933.9
1970	NYN	NL	4	6	57	0	0	0	10	90.7	77	33	49	81	3.28	3.89 (+16%)	1199.6
1971	NYN	NL	11	4	51	1	0	0	8	111.0	73	21	41	109	1.70	3.47 (+51%)	3757.7
1972	NYN	NL	8	6	54	0	0	0	27	106.0	71	20	40	92	1.70	3.26 (+48%)	2750.9
1973	NYN	NL	5	6	60	2	0	0	25	118.7	106	51	55	81	3.87	3.75 (-3%)	-373.3
1974	NYN	NL	6	11	41	4	1	1	3	88.7	96	41	32	54	4.16	3.63 (-15%)	-1274.5
1975	PHI	NL	9	6	56	0	0	0	14	102.7	84	34	36	55	2.98	3.71 (+20%)	775.0
1976	PHI	NL	7	6	58	0	0	0	11	97.3	81	27	42	76	2.50	3.51 (+29%)	1525.1
1977	PHI	NL	7	3	45	0	0	0	9	79.0	62	23	24	58	2.62	4.00 (+34%)	1589.9
1978	PHI	NL	8	7	55	1	0	0	9	89.7	82	32	23	63	3.21	3.69 (+13%)	1981.5
1979	PHI	NL	4	3	65	1	0	0	16	83.7	83	48	29	57	5.16	4.00 (-29%)	260.5
1980	PHI	NL	5	4	57	0	0	0	20	92.3	62	15	23	75	1.46	3.84 (+62%)	3479.7
1981	PHI	NL	2	4	34	0	0	0	10	44.0	35	13	14	26	2.66	3.58 (+26%)	687.8
1982	PHI	NL	3	3	34	0	0	0	5	39.7	50	19	12	25	4.31	3.86 (-12%)	440.4
1983	PHI	NL	2	1	34	1	0	0	0	55.7	58	22	19	30	3.56	3.87 (+8%)	333.7
1984	PHI	NL	2	0	25	0	0	0	0	38.0	36	16	10	26	3.79	3.81 (+1%)	1225.2
Career · 19 seasons			96	92	824	39	5	1	180	1,514.2	1,318	528	582	1,109	3.14	—	16,151

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
826	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	0

Career AVG .182 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 28.7% below league average.

Career OBP .221 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 31.2% below league average.

Career SLG .229 vs. league average .378 across their career seasons — 39.4% below league average.

Career OPS .450 vs. league average .699 across their career seasons — 35.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1965	NYN	NL	38	23	0	3	0	0	0	0	10	.130	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	NYN	NL	15	17	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	.235	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	NYN	NL	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	NYN	NL	43	24	1	4	1	0	3	1	6	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	NYN	NL	57	13	1	4	1	0	5	0	2	.308	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	NYN	NL	51	18	3	4	2	1	2	0	5	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	NYN	NL	54	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	4	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	NYN	NL	60	24	0	4	0	0	2	2	9	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1974	NYN	NL	41	14	2	1	1	0	3	2	5	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1975	PHI	NL	56	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1976	PHI	NL	58	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	PHI	NL	45	10	1	4	0	0	1	2	3	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	PHI	NL	55	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	PHI	NL	65	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	PHI	NL	57	8	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	PHI	NL	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	PHI	NL	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	PHI	NL	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	PHI	NL	25	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			826	214	14	39	7	1	18	10	57	.182	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
26	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG
1981	NEDIV	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	NLCS	PHI	5	1	0	0	0	.000
1980	WS	PHI	4	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	NLCS	PHI	3	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	NLCS	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	NLCS	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	NLCS	NYN	2	1	0	0	1	.000
1973	WS	NYN	5	3	1	1	1	.333
1969	NLCS	NYN	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	3	26	0	8	52.3	38	13	33	48	2.24

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1981	NEDIV	PHI	1	0	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
1980	NLCS	PHI	0	1	5	2	8.0	8	4	4	5	4.50
1980	WS	PHI	1	1	4	2	7.7	7	1	8	10	1.17
1978	NLCS	PHI	0	1	3	0	5.7	3	1	5	5	1.59
1977	NLCS	PHI	0	0	2	1	3.0	1	0	2	3	0.00
1976	NLCS	PHI	0	0	2	0	2.3	4	3	1	5	11.57
1973	NLCS	NYN	0	0	2	1	5.0	4	0	3	3	0.00
1973	WS	NYN	1	0	5	1	13.7	8	4	9	14	2.63
1969	NLCS	NYN	0	0	1	1	3.0	1	0	1	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	411	108	7	18	0	7	.167
Away	415	106	7	21	1	11	.198

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	409	796.1	655	257	284	600	2.90
Away	415	718.1	663	271	298	509	3.40

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
1984-09-25	PHI	NYN	L	0
1984-09-24	PHI	NYN	L	0
1984-09-22	PHI	PIT	L	0
1984-09-18	PHI	NYN	L	0
1984-09-12	PHI	STL	W	1
1984-09-09	PHI	WSN	W	0
1984-09-08	PHI	WSN	L	0
1984-09-04	PHI	CHC	L	0
1984-09-01	PHI	SFG	L	1
1984-08-27	PHI	SDP	W	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1984-09-25	PHI	NYN	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	0
1984-09-24	PHI	NYN	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1
1984-09-22	PHI	PIT	—	3.0	1	0	0	0	2
1984-09-18	PHI	NYN	—	1.1	2	0	0	0	1
1984-09-12	PHI	STL	W	2.1	3	1	1	0	2
1984-09-09	PHI	WSN	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	1
1984-09-08	PHI	WSN	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
1984-09-04	PHI	CHC	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
1984-09-01	PHI	SFG	—	2.1	4	0	0	2	3
1984-08-27	PHI	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	824	39	75	219	23	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1965	NYN	P	37	9	5	14	3	2
1966	NYN	P	15	12	3	9	0	0
1967	NYN	P	4	4	1	4	0	0
1969	NYN	P	42	4	6	19	4	2
1970	NYN	P	57	0	9	17	3	0
1971	NYN	P	51	1	2	12	1	2
1972	NYN	P	54	0	6	13	0	0
1973	NYN	P	60	2	8	19	1	1
1974	NYN	P	41	4	2	13	3	0
1975	PHI	P	56	0	4	15	1	2
1976	PHI	P	58	0	4	12	4	0
1977	PHI	P	45	0	2	13	0	2
1978	PHI	P	55	1	4	13	1	2
1979	PHI	P	65	1	6	4	0	0
1980	PHI	P	57	0	3	15	0	1
1981	PHI	P	34	0	3	4	0	0
1982	PHI	P	34	0	4	7	0	1
1983	PHI	P	34	1	1	10	1	1
1984	PHI	P	25	0	2	6	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	824

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1980	Babe Ruth Award	RP
1974	Player of the Week	Week of 1974-08-30
1973	Player of the Week	Week of 1973-09-14

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1980	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	1.0	120
1980	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	10.0	336
1977	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	2.0	336
1973	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	17.0	336
1972	Most Valuable Player	NL	25th	2.0	336

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