Carlos Frias vs. Tug McGraw — Career Comparison

Carlos Frias
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tug McGraw
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Carlos Frias built a career as a starting pitcher and Tug McGraw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tug McGraw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.339 compared to 4.5 and 1.395 for Carlos Frias. By the career numbers, Tug McGraw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carlos Frias and Tug McGraw

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.18
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.47
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.57
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.47
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.06
51.06
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.07
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
4.5
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
3.14
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4544
27
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514.2
9
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
9.71
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
7.83
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.71
9.71
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.87
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.64
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.68
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.46
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.76
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
5.92
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1109
6.59
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.37
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
38.29
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6313
37.51
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.71
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.21
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.74
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
3.55
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.48
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.87
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.48
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.377
1.377
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
34.74
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5592
33.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.29
38.29
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Carlos Frias and Tug McGraw

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.61
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.18
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4545
27
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1515
9
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.42
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.03
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.3
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.45
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.88
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.45
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.75
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.74
92.74
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carlos Frias and Tug McGraw

Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
33
618.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
2006.48
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
543.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
519.84
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
94.74
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
2.13
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.05
26.83
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
119.03
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
121.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.01
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.72
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.75
-32.72
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
25.11
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.43
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
24.29
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
318.75
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
138.46
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1.88
1.88
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
51.01
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Carlos Frias
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.86
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Frias
Career
Per 600 PA
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA