Tug McGraw vs. Clarke Schmidt — Career Comparison

Tug McGraw
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Clarke Schmidt
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clarke Schmidt 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 3.82 and 1.276 for Clarke Schmidt. By the career numbers, Tug McGraw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tug McGraw and Clarke Schmidt

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.22
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.57
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.55
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.06
51.06
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.94
48.94
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.07
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
3.14
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
3.82
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4544
27
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514.2
9
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
7.83
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
8.24
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.24
8.24
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.64
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.08
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.46
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.18
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.76
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1109
6.59
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
8.79
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.116
1.116
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.37
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.59
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6313
37.51
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1670
38.21
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.21
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
3.55
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
4.28
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.48
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.48
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.69
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.269
1.269
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5592
33.23
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1485
33.98
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Tug McGraw and Clarke Schmidt

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.22
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4545
27
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1515
9
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.3
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.82
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
1.88
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.65
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
1.75
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.62
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.74
92.74
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tug McGraw and Clarke Schmidt

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826
2006.48
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
29100
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
519.84
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.512
0.512
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
94.74
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.05
26.83
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
119.03
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
121.46
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
34.01
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.72
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.34
25.11
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
24.29
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
138.46
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
51.01
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.86
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA