How Tug McGraw's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Tug McGraw posted a career WHIP of 1.25, near the relief pitcher average of 1.38 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest WHIP season came in 1980, posting .921, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.36 that year. The highest point came in 1982 at 1.56, above the relief pitcher average of 1.33 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.56 in 1982 to 1.38 in 1983 and 1.21 in 1984. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 19 seasons.

Tug McGraw Lifetime WHIP

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Tug McGraw
WHIP
Career1.254
Season Avg.1.254
162 Game Avg.1.254
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Tug McGraw WHIP Per Season

Tug McGraw's WHIP 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 WHIP per season line chart

Tug McGraw WHIP by Team

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

Tug McGraw WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

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

Tug McGraw WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Tug McGraw WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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