Dick Matthews vs. Tug McGraw — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tug McGraw
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dick Matthews 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. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 3.14 and 1.339 for Tug McGraw. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Tug McGraw

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.57
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.06
51.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.07
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
528
3.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.06
3.06
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4544
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
7.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.76
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1109
6.59
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6313
37.51
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.21
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
597
3.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.48
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.48
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5592
33.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Tug McGraw

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4545
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1515
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.88
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.75
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.74
92.74
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Tug McGraw

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
2006.48
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
519.84
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
94.74
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
75.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.05
26.83
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
119.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
146.67
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
121.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.33
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.72
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.34
25.11
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
24.29
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
57
138.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
51.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.86
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA