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Tug McGraw

Item added by irishgit. Added on 03/24/2004
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mtbmlb
09/11/2005

Tug McGraw 4

I only know about him from the '69 and '80 World Series, since I was too young to see him play. His performances in the final two games of the '80 Series was enough for me to give him a 4.

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alpepper
02/17/2005

Tug McGraw 5

Maybe his stats are not quite Hall of Fame material. But based on anecdotal evidence (i.e., when I saw him in a big game, he seemed to always get the save), he has my vote as one of the best releivers. He made it to 8 post-seasons. He was one of the mainstays of the 1980 Phillies winning their only World Series. In the regular season that year, he had 5 wins, 20 saves and a miniscule 1.46 ERA. In the World Series, he won a game and saved 2 others (including the dramatic 9th inning strikeout of Willie Wilson to end the '80 Series); his WS ERA was an incredibly low 1.17. Tug also gained lots of notoriety by virtue of his comical on-field antics, a comic strip called Scroogie (frankly, it was kind of lame), his famous country music son, and his brave fight against brain cancer. Thanks, Tugger.

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Thechangshakid
10/19/2004

Tug McGraw 3

Tugger! Threw the screw for strikes. Had all kinds of names for all kinds of odd pitches (Cutty Sark, his sailing fastball, etc...) A Philly legend, got 2 rings with the '80 Phils and Was also on the 1969 Mets where he and Nolan Ryan were set up men.

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