Tug McGraw vs. Randy Tomlin — Career Comparison

Tug McGraw
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Randy Tomlin
Gen XMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Randy Tomlin 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. Randy Tomlin led in home run suppression (HR9+ 148 vs 72), walk avoidance (BB%+ 135 vs 102), and run prevention (ERA+ 114 vs 84). Tug McGraw held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 93 vs 82). Role difference aside, Randy Tomlin holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Tug McGraw and Randy Tomlin

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.64
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.46
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.57
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.47
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.55
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.48
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.06
51.06
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.18
49.18
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.68
88.68
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
1.07
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
3.14
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
3.43
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4544
27
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1741
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1514.2
9
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
580.1
9
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1318
7.83
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
9.15
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.64
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.57
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
3.46
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
2.06
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.76
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1109
6.59
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
4.61
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.59
6.59
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.116
1.116
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.37
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.22
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6313
37.51
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2399
37.2
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541
3.21
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
3.55
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250
3.88
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.48
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.43
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.26
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.48
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.91
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.254
1.254
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5592
33.23
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2204
34.18
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.51
37.51
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.2
37.2

Fielding Stats for Tug McGraw and Randy Tomlin

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
4.9
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.64
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.23
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.46
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4545
27
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1741
27
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1515
9
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
580.1
9
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.3
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.99
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.14
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.88
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.54
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.75
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.48
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.74
92.74
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.56
97.56
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
0.357
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.509
1.509
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.68
88.68
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tug McGraw and Randy Tomlin

Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826
2006.48
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
107
302.83
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
600
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
212
600
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
214
519.84
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
181
512.26
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
94.74
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
29
82.08
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
75.3
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
76.42
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
17
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.66
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.43
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.66
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.05
26.83
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
13.71
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
119.03
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
31
87.74
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
121.46
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
36
101.89
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
34.01
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.79
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
43.72
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
75.3
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
18
50.94
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
25.11
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
8.58
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
24.29
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
19.81
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
57
138.46
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
130.19
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
4.33
4.33
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.61
4.61
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
21
51.01
Randy Tomlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
67.92
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.43
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.86
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tug McGraw
Career
Per 600 PA
Randy Tomlin
Career
Per 600 PA