Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tare da Phillies, ya ci gaba da rawar da yake takawa a matsayin mai ba da taimako, yana samun aikinsa na biyu na All-Star nod a kakar wasa ta farko a Philadelphia, ko da yake bai bayyana a wasan ba. Bayan kammala na biyu ga Pirates a 1975, McGraw's Phillies sun lashe kambin rabon su na shekaru uku masu zuwa. Sun kasance, duk da haka, ba su iya kaiwa ga Wasannin Duniya ba kamar yadda "Big Red Machine" na Cincinnati suka shafe su a cikin
1976 NLCS, kuma ya fadi zuwa Los Angeles Dodgers na shekaru biyu masu zuwa.