How Tug McGraw's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Tug McGraw posted a career Total Average of .339, well below the league average of .673 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Total Average season came in 1977, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .672 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at .000, well below the league average of .645 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1982 to .500 in 1983 and .500 in 1984. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tug McGraw Lifetime Total Average

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Tug McGraw Total Average Per Season

Tug McGraw's Total Average 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 Total Average per season line chart

Tug McGraw Total Average by Team

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

Tug McGraw Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tug McGraw's career Total Average 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 Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Tug McGraw Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tug McGraw's seasonal Total Average 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 Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tug McGraw Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tug McGraw's MLB career with Total Average 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 Total Average season-by-season breakdown table