Willie McCovey

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 198lb (193cm, 89kg)

Born: January 10, 1938 in Mobile, AL us

Died: October 31, 2018 in Palo Alto, CA

Buried: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

High School: Central HS (Mobile, AL)

Debut: July 30, 1959 (Age 21-201d, 11,659th in major league history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 6, 1980 (Age 42-178d)
vs. LAD 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1986. (Voted by BBWAA on 346/425 ballots)
View Willie McCovey's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Willie Lee McCovey

Nicknames: Stretch, Mac or Big Mac

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

64.4

8197

2211

521

.270

1229

RBI

1555

OBP

.374

SLG

.515

OPS

.889

OPS+

147

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SFG		MLN	W,8-4	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	SFG		MLN	W,10-8	GS	45	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF 1B
3	3	Apr 16	SFG		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 17	SFG		STL	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 18	SFG		STL	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 19	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
7	7	Apr 20	SFG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 22	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
9	9	Apr 24	SFG	@	CIN	W,15-5	GS	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 25	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 29	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-7	GS	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B LF
13	13	May 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
14	14	May 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	15	May 4	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS	52	12.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B LF
16	16	May 5	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
17	17	May 6	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
18	18	May 7	SFG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
19	19	May 8	SFG		LAD	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
20	21 (1)	May 10	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	CG	41	9.0	8	2	2	12	0	1B
21	22	May 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	23	May 12	SFG	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
23	25 (1)	May 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	26	May 15	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	27	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,6-4	CG	59	15.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	28	May 17 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
27	29	May 17 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	30	May 18	SFG		NYM	L,2-4	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
29	31	May 19	SFG		PHI	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	32	May 20	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	33	May 21	SFG		PHI	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	34	May 22	SFG		PIT	W,8-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	35	May 23	SFG		PIT	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
34	37 (1)	May 24 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	38	May 27	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	40 (1)	May 29	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	44 (3)	Jun 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
38	45	Jun 3	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	46	Jun 4	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	47	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	51 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	SFG		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	52	Jun 10 (2)	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	53	Jun 11	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	55 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		MLN	W,6-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	56	Jun 14	SFG		CIN	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	57	Jun 15	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	58	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	61 (2)	Jun 19	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
49	64 (2)	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
50	65	Jun 23 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	68 (2)	Jun 25	SFG		LAD	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	75 (6)	Jul 2	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	76	Jul 3	SFG		PHI	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	77	Jul 4	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	79 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	80	Jul 8 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
57	81	Jul 9	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	82	Jul 10	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-3	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
59	83	Jul 11	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	84	Jul 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	85	Jul 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	86	Jul 14	SFG	@	MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	87	Jul 15	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
64	88	Jul 16	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	89	Jul 17	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	90	Jul 18	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
67	91	Jul 19 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	92	Jul 19 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	93	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	L,4-6	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	96 (2)	Jul 23	SFG		CHC	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	97	Jul 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-3	GS	18	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
72	98	Jul 25	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	100 (1)	Jul 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF
74	101	Jul 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	15	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	PH 1B
75	102	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
76	103	Jul 31	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	104	Aug 1	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS	26	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
78	105	Aug 2	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
79	106	Aug 3	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
80	107	Aug 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
81	108	Aug 5	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	109	Aug 7	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	110	Aug 8	SFG	@	CIN	W,1-0	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
84	111	Aug 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
85	112	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	114 (1)	Aug 12	SFG	@	STL	L,4-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	115	Aug 14	SFG		MLN	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	116	Aug 15	SFG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	117	Aug 16 (1)	SFG		MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	118	Aug 16 (2)	SFG		MLN	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	119	Aug 18	SFG		CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	120	Aug 19	SFG		CIN	L,1-7	GS	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	127 (6)	Aug 26	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
94	128	Aug 27	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-13	GS	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	130 (1)	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-2	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	134 (3)	Sep 2	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	137 (2)	Sep 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	142 (4)	Sep 10	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
99	144 (1)	Sep 12	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	146 (1)	Sep 15	SFG		NYM	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	147	Sep 16	SFG		NYM	L,0-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	157 (9)	Sep 29	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	159 (1)	Oct 1	SFG		HOU	W,6-3	GS	21	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
104	161 (1)	Oct 3	SFG		CHC	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	12	1	1	14	2	1B
							109gm		817.2	270	19	14	303	20