Tug McGraw
Frank Edwin McGraw
Batted: Right
Threw: Left
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: August 30, 1944 in Martinez, CA
Signed: 1964 by the Mets
Departed: traded to the Philadelphia Phillies with Don Hahn and Dave
Schneck for Del Unser, John
Stearns, and Mac Scarce,
December 1974
Died: January 5, 2004 in Nashville, TN
Tug was the toast of New York; his best
pitch was called a screwball, and so was he sometimes! His battle cry of
"Ya Gotta Believe!" in 1973 led the Mets to an improbable World
Series appearance, and is still invoked over 30 years later on a regular basis
by the Met faithful. His courageous battle with brain cancer before he died in
2004 was well known, and he was mourned by thousands in both New York and
Philadelphia—actually, throughout all of baseball, where he was venerated for
his continuous, contagious good cheer. He's shown here on his 1974 Topps card,
and there are twenty-one more cards pictured below, as well as two other pieces
of Tug memorabilia.
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PITCHING RECORD (team-leading
totals in red) YEAR CLUB G GS
CG IP W L PCT
H R ER SO BB ShO SV ERA |
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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards
listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final
deal. Items listed in green I kept out
of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are
cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a
certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the
top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is struck through, it has
also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved.
Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.
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1965 Topps |
1966 Topps |
1967 Topps |
1968 Topps |
1969 Topps |
1965 Topps #533 (Mets Rookie Stars; with
Dan Napoleon, Ron Swoboda, and Jim Bethke)
1966 Topps #124
1967 Topps #348
1968 Topps #236
1969 The News Portfolio of Stars by Stark reprint
1969 Topps #601
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1970 Topps |
1971 Dell MLB Stamps |
1972 Topps |
1976 SSPC |
1977 O-Pee-Chee |
1970 Topps #26
1971 Dell MLB
Official Photostamps
1971 Topps #618
1972
Topps #163
1972 Topps #164 (In Action)
1973 Kellogg's
#211973 Topps #30
1974
Topps #265
1975 Hostess #149
1975 Hostess #149 (uncut panel)
1975 Topps #67
1976 SSPC #457
1976 Topps #565
1977 O-Pee-Chee
#142
1977 Topps #164
1978 Topps #446
1979 Burger King
Philadelphia Phillies #10
1979 O-Pee-Chee #176
1979 Topps #345
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1981 Coca-Cola |
1981 Kellogg's |
1981 Topps |
1981 Topps Stickers |
1985 Topps |
1980 Burger King
Philadelphia Phillies #20
1980 Topps #655
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1984 Donruss Champions |
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1994 Ron Lewis Postcards |
1981 Coca-Cola
Philadelphia Phillies #7
1981 Donruss #273
1981 Fleer #7b ("Pitcher" on
front)
1981 Fleer #657
1981 Fleer Star Stickers #83
1981 Kellogg's #37
1981 Topps #40
1981 Topps #404 (World Series)
1981 Topps Stickers #2051981 Topps Stickers #262 (All-Star; foil)
1982 Donruss #420
1982 Fleer #2511982 Fleer Stamps #55
1982 Topps #250
1983 Donruss #371
1983 Fleer #166
1983 Fleer Stickers #171
1983 Topps #510
1983 Topps #511 (Super Veteran)
1984 Donruss #547
1984 Donruss Champions #53
1984 Fleer #42
1984 Nestlé #709 (Active Save
Leaders)
1984 Nestlé #728
1984 O-Pee-Chee #161
1984 Topps #709 (Active Save Leaders)1984 Topps #728
1984 Topps Tiffany #709 (Active Save Leaders)
1985 Fleer #261
1985 Topps #157
1985 Topps Tiffany #157
1987 TCMA Baseball's Greatest Teams 1969 Mets
#6-1969
1988 Pacific
Baseball Legends #96
1988 Pacific Baseball Legends #96 (autographed)
1989 Susan Rini 1969 Mets Postcards #21
1989 Swell (CMC) Baseball Greats #96
1991
Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #260
1992 Upper Deck Philadelphia Phillies Heroes
Stadium Giveaway Sheets (with Larry Bowa; 37732/44,000)
1994 Ron Lewis '69 Mets 25th Anniversary
Postcards #25 (02767 of 25,000)
1994 Spectrum Miracle of '69 #12, #40
1994 Ted Williams #58
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1988 Pacific (autographed) |
1994 Mr. Turkey |
2001 Topps American Pie |
2002 Topps American Pie |
1995 Mr. Turkey
Baseball Greats
1999 Fleer Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game
#75
2000 Danbury Mint
22K Gold Card #151
2001 Sunoco Dream Team #10 (with Gary Carter)
2001 Topps American Pie #87(reprint
of 1965 Topps #533)
2001 Topps Archives #247
2001 Topps Archives #355 (reprint of 1985 Topps #157)2001 Topps Archives Reserve #52 (reprint
of 1965 Topps #533)
2001 Topps Team Topps Legends Reprints #TT37F (reprint
of 1985 Topps #157; autographed)
2001 Upper Deck Decade
1970's #83
2001 Upper Deck Decade 1970's Game-Used Jersey #J-TM (game-used
jersey)
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1967 Coca-Cola cap |
2002 Topps American Pie #45 (Perseverance)
2002 Topps Archives #36 (reprint of 1971 Topps #618)
2002 Topps Super Teams #STA-TM (autographed)
2002 Topps Super Teams Retrofractor #98 (0089/1969)
2003 Topps Shoe
Box Collection #32 (partial reprint of 1965 Topps #533)
2006 Hero Decks
Mets Heroes (queen of clubs)
2013 Caesars 1973
Mets (ace of spades)
2013 Hero Decks Mets
Heroes (queen of clubs)
Other Tug McGraw memorabilia in my
collection:
1967 Coca-Cola bottle cap #V33
1970s New York News (I think) caricature
portrait
1978 Royal Crown Cola commemorative
can #85
1978 7-Eleven cup
1979 Canada Dry Ginger Ale commemorative
can
45YGB bracelet
supporting the Tug McGraw Foundation to fund brain cancer research
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