Tug McGraw  
Relief Pitcher | Texas Rangers

Pitching
He can get groundballs when he needs them in a jam. He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. McGraw also has a decent changeup. McGraw also throws a screwball. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
McGraw does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. McGraw is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but McGraw has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2007 TEX 75 29 80 75 49 52 49 56 49 80 65 0 0 0 65 0 21 0 Overhand Low Minors 5 9 42 50 389
2008 TEX 80 29 83 75 49 52 49 56 49 80 65 0 0 0 65 0 22 0 Overhand Active 1 0 8 51 401
2009 TEX 80 29 83 75 49 52 49 56 49 80 67 0 0 0 65 0 23 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 402
2010 TEX 80 29 83 75 49 52 49 56 49 80 68 0 0 0 65 0 23 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 404
Ratings Delta                       +1             +1             +2
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.