John Hiller vs Tug McGraw

John Hiller Tug McGraw

John Hiller and Tug McGraw compared on their MLB careers: John Hiller played 15 seasons, 1965 to 1980, Tug McGraw 19 seasons, 1965 to 1984. John Hiller has 87 wins to Tug McGraw's 96. John Hiller won 1 title, Tug McGraw won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Hiller and Tug McGraw career totals

545	GP	824
87	W	96
76	L	92
2.8	ERA	3.1
1,242	IP	1514.2
1,036	K	1,109
535	BB	582
1.3	WHIP	1.3
125	SV	180

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Hiller and Tug McGraw postseason

5	GP	26
0	R	0
7	H	38

Where each stands all time

John Hiller and Tug McGraw all-time places
John Hiller	All-time rank	Tug McGraw
126th (125)	Saves	68th (180)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

John Hiller: 1 championship; none on file
Tug McGraw: 2 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

John Hiller and Tug McGraw season by season

1st	1965	0	0	0.00	1965	2	7	3.32
2nd	1966	0	0	9.00	1966	2	9	5.34
3rd	1967	4	3	2.63	1967	0	3	7.79
4th	1968	9	6	2.39	1969	9	3	2.24
5th	1969	4	4	3.99	1970	4	6	3.28
6th	1970	6	6	3.03	1971	11	4	1.70
7th	1972	1	2	2.03	1972	8	6	1.70
8th	1973	10	5	1.44	1973	5	6	3.87
9th	1974	17	14	2.64	1974	6	11	4.16
10th	1975	2	3	2.17	1975	9	6	2.98
11th	1976	12	8	2.38	1976	7	6	2.50
12th	1977	8	14	3.56	1977	7	3	2.62
13th	1978	9	4	2.34	1978	8	7	3.21
14th	1979	4	7	5.22	1979	4	3	5.16
15th	1980	1	0	4.40	1980	5	4	1.46
16th	—	—	—	—	1981	2	4	2.66
17th	—	—	—	—	1982	3	3	4.31
18th	—	—	—	—	1983	2	1	3.56
19th	—	—	—	—	1984	2	0	3.79

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA