How Tug McGraw's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Tug McGraw posted a career Range Factor of .357, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1967, posting 1.25, well below the league average of 3.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1979 at .154, well below the league average of 3.27 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .324 in 1982 to .324 in 1983 and .320 in 1984. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Range Factor profile — ranging from .154 to 1.25 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tug McGraw Lifetime Range Factor

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Tug McGraw Range Factor Per Season

Tug McGraw's Range Factor 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 Range Factor per season line chart

Tug McGraw Range Factor by Team

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

Tug McGraw Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tug McGraw's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Tug McGraw Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tug McGraw's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tug McGraw Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tug McGraw's MLB career with Range Factor 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 Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table