How Tug McGraw's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Tug McGraw totaled 108 career Home Runs, well above the relief pitcher average of 26.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Home Runs season came in 1984, posting 1, well below the relief pitcher average of 5.4 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at 12, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.3 that year. The Home Runs trended upward through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 3 in 1982 to 4 in 1983 and 1 in 1984, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Home Runs profile — ranging from 1 to 12 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tug McGraw Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Tug McGraw Home Runs Per Season

Tug McGraw's Home Runs 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 Home Runs per season line chart

Tug McGraw Home Runs by Team

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

Tug McGraw Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Tug McGraw's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Tug McGraw Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Tug McGraw Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tug McGraw's seasonal Home Runs 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 Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tug McGraw Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tug McGraw's MLB career with Home Runs 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 Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table