How Tug McGraw's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Tug McGraw posted a career Games Started % of 4.73, well above the relief pitcher average of .061 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1967, posting 100.0, well above the relief pitcher average of .062 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .000, well below the relief pitcher average of .054 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1982 to 2.94 in 1983 and .000 in 1984. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 100.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Tug McGraw Lifetime Games Started %

Stats similar to Games Started % for Tug McGraw
Tug McGraw
Games Started %
Career4.73
Season Avg.4.73
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Tug McGraw Games Started % Per Season

Tug McGraw's Games Started % for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tug McGraw Games Started % per season line chart

Tug McGraw Games Started % by Team

Tug McGraw's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tug McGraw career Games Started % by team bar chart

Tug McGraw Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tug McGraw's career Games Started % shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Tug McGraw Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Tug McGraw Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tug McGraw's seasonal Games Started % alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Tug McGraw Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tug McGraw Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tug McGraw's MLB career with Games Started % alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Tug McGraw Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table