- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrank Edwin McGraw Jr.
- Nicknames
- Tugboat
- Tuggy Bear
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Tug McGraw was born on August 30, 1944 in Martinez, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), 1976 National League Championship Series (1976) and 1978 National League Championship Series (1978). He was married to Diane Hovenkamp and Phyllis Ann Kline. He died on January 5, 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesDiane Hovenkamp(November 25, 1995 - 2003) (divorced, 1 child)Phyllis Ann Kline(June 1968 - 1988) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- Children: Matthew by ex-wife Diane; Mark McGraw and Cari Lynn by ex-wife Phyllis. McGraw was not married to Phyllis when he met Elizabeth d'Agostino; their son, Tim McGraw, was 11 when he learned of his paternity. McGraw knew of the possibility of Tim at the time, but refused to fully acknowledge the boy and wasn't interested in being a part of his life. The two eventually became close, and Tim took the surname McGraw.
- Pitched in major leagues for the New York Mets (1965-1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (1975-1984)
- Father of country music superstar Tim McGraw.
- Inducted into the [Philadelphia] Phillies Wall of Fame in 1999.
- Coined the phrase "You Gotta Believe" while with the Mets in 1973. The Mets, who had been in last place much of the season, ended up going to the World Series.
- When asked what he will do with his share of the World Series money "I'm going to spend 90% of it on good times, women, and Irish whiskey. The other 10% I'm going to waste."
- "Ten million years from now, when the sun burns out and the earth is just a frozen snowball hurling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out." (On the Mets losing the 1973 World Series to the Oakland A's; This became one of his famous quotes, known as the Frozen Snowball Theory)
- When asked if he liked the artificial grass in the Houston Astrodome. "I don't know, I never smoked the stuff."
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