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Tug McGraw
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 1993
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 8 of 1233 players

Frank Edwin McGraw
Born: August 30, 1944 at Martinez, Cal.
Died: January 5, 2004 at Nashville, Tenn. Obituary
Throws: Left Bats: Right
Height: 6.01 Weight: 185

Tug McGraw has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 430 times, most recently on January 25, 2024.

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First Mets game: April 18, 1965
Last Mets game: September 28, 1974

Brother of Henry McGraw

Winner of National League Player of the Week award, June 17, 1973, September 1, 1974. (New York Mets)

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
45	April 18, 1965	May 18, 1966
45	August 13, 1966	September 30, 1967
45	April 7, 1969	October 2, 1974

Tug McGraw also played for the following team:

Philadelphia Phillies 1975 - 1984

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on June 12, 1964.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies with Don Hahn and Dave Schneck in exchange for John Stearns, Del Unser and Mac Scarce on December 3, 1974.

On disabled list:

from May 16, 1974 to June 10, 1974 (strained back muscle)

Established a Mets season record for Saves in 1972 with 27. Broken by Jesse Orosco in 1984 with 31.

Click the icon to see a graph of Tug McGraw's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1965 38 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 .130 .130 .130

1966 15 17 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 .235 .235 .278

1967 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .500 .250

1969 43 24 1 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .208 .200

1970 57 13 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 .308 .385 .286

1971 51 18 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 9 .222 .500 .222

1972 54 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 .100 .100 .182

1973 60 24 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 4 .167 .167 .259

1974 41 14 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 .071 .143 .188

9 years 363 157 12 27 6 0 1 15 8 0 43 1 0 0 11 1 36 .172 .229 .216

League Championship Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1973 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

2 years 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1973 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333

1 year 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333

All-Star Game Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1972 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1 year 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

1971 Tug McGraw

1971 Tug McGraw

The Sporting News TUG McGRAW Maturity At Last?

The Sporting News
April 26, 1969

The Sporting News METS' RESCUE TEAM

The Sporting News
July 1, 1972

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