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Tug
McGraw		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 30, 1944 in Usa, CA, MARTINEZ
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 STL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 21 STL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
1967 22 STL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
1968 23 STL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1969 24 STL NL $ 1,157,143 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1970 25 STL NL $ 1,157,143 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1971 26 STL NL $ 500,000 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7
1972 27 STL NL $ 500,000 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7
1973 28 STL NL $ 500,000 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7
1974 29 STL NL $ 500,000 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 8 8
1975 30 LAD NL $ 800,000 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1976 31 NYA AL $ 800,000 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 8 8 8
1977 32 NYA AL $ 800,000 6 7 6 7 6 5 6 8 7 8
1978 33 NYA AL $ 800,000 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7
1979 34 NYA AL $ 430,000 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 7 6 7
1980 35 NYA AL $ 430,000 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1981 36 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,157,143 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1966 21 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1967 22 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1968 23 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1969 24 STL NL $ 1,157,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1970 25 STL NL $ 1,157,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1971 26 STL NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1972 27 STL NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1973 28 STL NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1974 29 STL NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1975 30 LAD NL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1976 31 NYA AL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1977 32 NYA AL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1978 33 NYA AL $ 800,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1979 34 NYA AL $ 430,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1980 35 NYA AL $ 430,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1981 36 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,157,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1965 20 CLN NL 2 0 1.000 9 6 1 0 2 12.7 11 2 1 6 11 1.42 .234 .321 .362 .682 2.5
  STL NL 5 7 .417 17 11 2 0 0 115.3 102 56 13 43 76 4.37 .242 .310 .404 .714 3.8
  TOT   7 7 .500 26 17 3 0 2 128.0 113 58 14 49 87 4.08 .241 .311 .400 .711 6.4
    AAA   6 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 46.0 37 12 2 13 48 2.35 .219 .275 .296 .571  
1966 21 STL NL 15 6 .714 26 26 7 0 0 187.7 170 72 15 74 114 3.45 .243 .315 .369 .684 11.2
1967 22 STL NL 15 14 .517 34 34 12 3 0 251.0 269 134 36 87 160 4.80 .277 .336 .459 .795 8.4
1968 23 STL NL 12 21 .364 44 44 10 2 0 313.7 321 158 42 105 243 4.53 .262 .321 .426 .746 7.2
1969 24 STL NL 6 17 .261 34 34 6 1 0 241.0 269 145 35 85 175 5.41 .281 .339 .465 .804 3.8
1970 25 STL NL 11 14 .440 30 30 5 0 0 217.0 224 114 27 92 140 4.73 .268 .340 .428 .767 9.0
1971 26 STL NL 8 8 .500 29 22 1 0 2 179.3 167 70 14 59 108 3.51 .245 .304 .359 .663 13.8
1972 27 STL NL 11 13 .458 32 32 3 0 0 227.3 200 98 21 92 180 3.88 .233 .306 .362 .667 13.4
1973 28 STL NL 11 16 .407 33 33 5 1 0 235.0 231 136 27 113 153 5.21 .258 .341 .402 .743 5.9
1974 29 STL NL 5 18 .217 34 34 1 0 0 219.3 254 151 31 103 139 6.20 .292 .366 .458 .824 0.0
1975 30 LAD NL 14 7 .667 32 32 1 0 0 215.0 200 93 11 97 151 3.89 .244 .321 .328 .649 14.0
1976 31 LAD NL 6 3 .667 11 11 0 0 0 79.0 62 33 5 33 55 3.76 .218 .296 .323 .619 7.0
  NYA AL 7 6 .538 18 18 0 0 0 120.3 115 62 9 52 77 4.64 .253 .327 .371 .698 6.1
  TOT   13 9 .591 29 29 0 0 0 199.3 177 95 14 85 132 4.29 .239 .315 .353 .668 13.0
1977 32 NYA AL 13 14 .481 80 0 0 0 14 163.0 172 84 18 84 90 4.64 .273 .359 .417 .776 10.1
1978 33 NYA AL 7 9 .438 53 4 1 0 9 120.3 130 68 8 63 53 5.09 .278 .360 .387 .747 4.6
1979 34 NYA AL 5 4 .556 42 1 0 0 4 56.7 62 31 1 32 29 4.92 .278 .368 .350 .718 2.6
1980 35 NYA AL 0 3 .000 27 2 0 0 16 34.0 35 12 6 16 16 3.18 .276 .354 .472 .827 4.3
1981 36 MIN AL 3 1 .750 27 0 0 0 2 44.3 39 13 5 26 17 2.64 .236 .342 .352 .693 4.8
17 Years Sim 156 181 .463 612 374 55 7 49 3032.0 3033 1532 325 1262 1987 4.55 .261 .332 .404 .736 132.3
1 Years AAA 6 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 46.0 37 12 2 13 48 2.35 .219 .275 .296 .571  
Season Average 9 10 .474 36 22 3 0 2 178.4 178 90 19 74 116 4.55 .261 .332 .404 .736  
Career Highs 15 21 .750 80 44 12 3 16 313.7 321 158 42 113 243 6.20 .292 .368 .472 .827  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2365 1194 253 997 1501   .265 .339 .410 .750
vs LH   668 338 72 265 486   .245 .312 .382 .694
Home 72 90 .444 287 171 23 4 22 1439.0 1424 695 140 586 911 4.35 .259 .330 .397 .728
Away 84 91 .480 325 203 32 3 28 1593.0 1609 837 185 676 1076 4.73 .262 .335 .409 .745
Mar/Apr 25 23 .521 101 55 10 1 9 451.3 454 237 48 183 298 4.73 .263 .334 .404 .737
May 28 32 .467 120 60 11 1 12 529.3 507 253 51 238 345 4.30 .253 .332 .390 .722
June 23 32 .418 100 66 13 1 6 518.3 548 282 65 208 336 4.90 .271 .339 .429 .769
July 23 33 .411 108 61 9 3 10 501.6 509 259 52 215 318 4.65 .263 .337 .404 .741
August 34 27 .557 101 68 5 1 8 532.3 527 233 49 210 350 3.94 .258 .328 .384 .711
Sep/Oct 23 34 .404 82 64 9 1 5 498.9 488 268 60 208 340 4.83 .255 .329 .412 .740
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 20 CLN NL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  STL NL 17 38 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 13 .158 .171 .184 .355 0.7 0.0
  TOT   26 38 0 6 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 13 .158 .171 .184 .355 0.7 0.0
1966 21 STL NL 26 68 6 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .132 .145 .132 .277 -1.2 0.0
1967 22 STL NL 34 98 1 16 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 26 .163 .188 .173 .362 1.1 0.0
1968 23 STL NL 44 108 4 12 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 30 .111 .111 .148 .259 -2.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 130 312 11 43 3 0 1 22 0 0 4 90 .138 .150 .157 .308 -1.6 0.0
162 Game Average 388 13 53 3 0 1 27 0 0 4 112 .138 .150 .157 .308 -1.9  
Career Highs 44 108 6 16 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 30 .163 .188 .184 .362 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   195 8 28 1 0 1 13 0 0 3 53 .144 .161 .164 .325 0.1
vs LH   117 3 15 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 37 .128 .133 .145 .279 -1.5
Home 53 123 5 20 0 0 1 12 0 0 2 31 .163 .175 .187 .362 1.7
Away 77 189 6 23 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 59 .122 .135 .138 .272 -3.1
RISP   77 0 10 1 0 0 20 0 0 1 25 .130 .138 .143 .280 -0.9
Close/Late   24 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .083 .120 .083 .203 -1.1
Mar/Apr 15 41 1 11 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 .268 .268 .268 .537 2.6
May 20 54 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .111 .127 .111 .238 -1.6
June 21 55 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .055 .071 .055 .126 -3.2
July 20 54 2 8 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 17 .148 .148 .222 .370 0.7
August 22 59 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 16 .153 .180 .169 .350 0.6
Sep/Oct 23 49 2 6 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 16 .122 .135 .143 .277 -0.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 20 CLN NL P 9 6 12.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.84    
  STL NL P 17 11 115.3 7 24 0 2 1.000 2.42    
  TOT   P 26 17 128.0 8 27 0 2 1.000 2.46    
1966 21 STL NL P 26 26 187.7 12 29 1 4 .976 1.97    
1967 22 STL NL P 34 34 251.0 14 37 1 4 .981 1.83    
1968 23 STL NL P 44 44 313.7 23 55 1 2 .987 2.24    
1969 24 STL NL P 34 34 241.0 8 45 3 2 .946 1.98    
1970 25 STL NL P 30 30 217.0 10 38 1 4 .980 1.99    
1971 26 STL NL P 29 22 179.3 8 33 2 2 .953 2.06    
1972 27 STL NL P 32 32 227.3 9 35 2 2 .957 1.74    
1973 28 STL NL P 33 33 235.0 10 43 1 4 .981 2.03    
1974 29 STL NL P 34 34 219.3 12 37 2 1 .961 2.01    
1975 30 LAD NL P 32 32 215.0 10 40 1 0 .980 2.09    
1976 31 LAD NL P 11 11 79.0 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.59    
  NYA AL P 18 18 120.3 5 15 1 1 .952 1.50    
  TOT   P 29 29 199.3 9 25 1 2 .971 1.54    
1977 32 NYA AL P 80 0 163.0 11 28 2 1 .951 2.15    
1978 33 NYA AL P 53 4 120.3 8 20 2 3 .933 2.09    
1979 34 NYA AL P 42 1 56.7 2 12 1 0 .933 2.22    
1980 35 NYA AL P 27 2 34.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.12    
1981 36 MIN AL P 27 0 44.3 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.23    
Career Totals   612 374 3032.0 161 516 21 33 .970 2.01    
Career Highs   80 44 313.7 23 55 3 4 1.000 2.46    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 21 STL NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 10 7 3 3 5 9.95 .370 .433 .741 1.174
1971 26 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 23.0 23 12 1 10 13 4.70 .264 .340 .414 .754
1972 27 STL NL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 15.0 16 5 0 5 10 3.00 .276 .333 .310 .644
1976 31 NYA AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 4.0 4 1 0 1 4 2.25 .267 .313 .333 .646
1977 32 NYA AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 6 0 0 4 3 0.00 .273 .385 .273 .657
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 9 7 2 1 1 54.7 59 25 4 23 35 4.12 .282 .353 .407 .760
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1966 21 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1968-4-21
1969-5-17
1973-8-16
1974-4-18
CAR-50-181
 Winning Pct
1966-7-.714
 Saves
1977-4-14
1980-10-16
 Games Pitched
1977-1-80
 Games Started
1968-1-44
1974-8-34
 Complete Games
1967-10-12
Shutouts
1967-4-3
1968-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1968-10-313.7
 Hits Allowed
1968-4-321
 Homeruns Allowed
1967-4-36
1968-1-42
1969-2-35
1974-6-31
 Strikeouts
1968-7-243
1972-9-180
 Walks Allowed
1968-7-105
1970-9-92
1973-8-113
1974-10-103
Hits per 9IP
1972-10-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1968-7-7.0
1969-10-6.5
 OAVG
1972-9-.233
 OOBP
1971-9-.304
1972-10-.306
 OSLG
1975-7-.328
 OOPS
1975-8-.649
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 33    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Bob Gibson (918)
  4. Jim Maloney (904)
  5. Mickey Lolich (904)
  6. Billy McCool (902)
  7. Bill Singer (898)
  8. Ray Scarborough (897)
  9. Dick Selma (895)
  10. Cliff Fannin (895)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Luis Tiant (990)
  2. Don Sutton (989)
  3. Jack Russell (989)
  4. Hod Lisenbee (988)
  5. Paul Erickson (985)
  6. Don Rudolph (984)
  7. Pat Caraway (984)
  8. Howie Nunn (983)
  9. Virgil Trucks (982)
  10. Chris Short (982)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1965
Earned first career win on 5/20/1965
Traded from Cleveland (N) to St. Louis on 6/1/1965 (Going to STL: P Tug Mcgraw. Going to CLN: LF Leon Wagner)
Injured on 6/1/1965 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/7/1965, off Howie Koplitz (KCR)
Injured on 7/15/1965 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/10/1966 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 7/5/1968, off Phil Niekro (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1968, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,157,143 through salary arbitration
9/1/1970: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1973, winning 2 games with a 0.54 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1973, going 4-1, 2.30
10/22/1974: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $800,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from St. Louis to Los Angeles on 2/21/1975 (Going to STL: P Jim Maloney. Going to LAD: P Tug Mcgraw)
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (A) on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYA: CF Amos Otis, CF Mickey Rivers, P Tug Mcgraw. Going to LAD: P Mike Garman, 3B Art Shamsky)
Injured on 4/21/1977 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
6/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $430,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 8/29/1978 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/28/1979 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 6/16/1980 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/15/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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