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.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	10	0	0	10	2	1B
2	2	Apr 8	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
5	5	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
6	6	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	18	0	0	18	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,10-11	GS	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
9	9	Apr 18	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
10	10	Apr 19	SFG		SDP	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
11	11	Apr 20	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
12	12	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 24	SFG		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
15	15	Apr 25	SFG		HOU	W,12-8	CG	59	13.0	19	0	0	19	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
17	17	Apr 27 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
18	18	Apr 27 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
19	19	Apr 28	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
20	20	Apr 29	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	53	13.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
21	21	Apr 30	SFG		LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	SFG		LAD	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
23	23	May 2	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
24	26 (2)	May 6	SFG	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
25	30 (3)	May 12	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	19	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
26	31	May 13	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
27	32	May 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
28	33	May 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
29	34	May 17	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS	22	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
30	35	May 18	SFG	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
31	36	May 20	SFG		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	37	May 21	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
33	38	May 22	SFG		STL	L,3-8	CG	45	11.0	11	3	1	15	2	1B
34	39	May 23	SFG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
35	40	May 24	SFG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
36	41	May 25 (1)	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
37	42	May 25 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
38	43	May 27	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
39	44	May 28	SFG		CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	8	2	1	11	1	1B
40	45	May 30	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
41	46	May 31	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	47	Jun 1	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	48	Jun 3	SFG	@	MON	W,9-3	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
44	49	Jun 4	SFG	@	MON	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
45	50	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
46	51	Jun 7	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
47	52	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	W,9-8	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
48	53	Jun 10	SFG		NYM	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
49	54	Jun 11	SFG		NYM	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
50	55	Jun 13	SFG		MON	W,4-2	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
51	57 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	SFG		MON	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
52	59 (1)	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
53	60	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,4-0	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	61	Jun 18	SFG		CIN	L,2-11	GS	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
55	62	Jun 19	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
56	63	Jun 20	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	43	11.1	14	0	0	14	3	1B
57	64	Jun 21	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	65	Jun 22 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
59	66	Jun 22 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
60	67	Jun 23	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-9	GS	27	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
61	68	Jun 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
62	69	Jun 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
63	70	Jun 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
64	71	Jun 27 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
65	72	Jun 27 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-9	GS	25	4.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
66	73	Jun 28	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5	GS	27	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	74	Jun 29	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	49	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
68	75	Jun 30	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	76	Jul 1	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
70	77	Jul 2	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
71	78	Jul 3	SFG		ATL	L,4-5	GS	21	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
72	79	Jul 4 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
73	82 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
74	83	Jul 6 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,5-0	GS	28	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
75	84	Jul 7	SFG		HOU	L,2-8	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
76	87 (2)	Jul 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
77	88	Jul 11	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
78	89	Jul 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	56	13.2	17	4	0	21	1	1B
79	90	Jul 13	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
80	91	Jul 15	SFG		SDP	L,3-10	GS	35	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
81	92	Jul 16	SFG		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
82	93	Jul 17	SFG		LAD	W,14-13	GS	34	6.1	6	1	1	8	1	1B
83	94	Jul 18	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
84	95	Jul 19	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	96	Jul 20	SFG		LAD	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
86	97	Jul 24	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	98	Jul 25	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
88	99	Jul 26	SFG	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	1	9	4	1B
89	100	Jul 27	SFG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
90	101	Jul 28	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
91	102	Jul 29	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
92	103	Jul 30	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
93	104	Jul 31	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-12	GS	28	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	105	Aug 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
95	106	Aug 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	19	4.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
96	107	Aug 3	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
97	108	Aug 5 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
98	109	Aug 5 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
99	110	Aug 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
100	111	Aug 8	SFG		STL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
101	112	Aug 9	SFG		STL	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
102	116 (3)	Aug 15	SFG		CHC	W,3-0	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
103	117	Aug 16	SFG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
104	118	Aug 17 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
105	119	Aug 17 (2)	SFG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	120	Aug 19	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	CG	46	13.1	13	0	0	13	0	1B
107	121	Aug 20	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	122	Aug 21	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	49	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
109	123	Aug 22 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
110	124	Aug 22 (2)	SFG	@	MON	W,10-2	GS	17	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
111	125	Aug 23	SFG	@	MON	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
112	126	Aug 24	SFG	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
113	127	Aug 26	SFG		PHI	W,13-4	GS	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
114	128	Aug 27	SFG		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
115	129	Aug 28	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
116	130	Aug 29	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
117	131	Aug 30	SFG		NYM	L,2-3	CG	40	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
118	132	Aug 31 (1)	SFG		NYM	L,0-8	GS	37	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
119	133	Aug 31 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134	Sep 1	SFG		MON	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
121	135	Sep 3	SFG		MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
122	136	Sep 5	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	34	8.1	11	0	0	11	1	1B
123	137	Sep 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
124	138	Sep 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
125	139	Sep 8 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
126	140	Sep 8 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	56	14.1	15	0	0	15	0	1B
127	141	Sep 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
128	142	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
129	143	Sep 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
130	144	Sep 12	SFG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
131	145	Sep 13	SFG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
132	146	Sep 14	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
133	147	Sep 15	SFG		ATL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
134	148	Sep 16	SFG		ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
135	149	Sep 17	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
136	150	Sep 18	SFG		HOU	W,9-3	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
137	151	Sep 19	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	15	0	1	16	1	1B
138	152	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
139	153	Sep 21	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
140	154	Sep 22	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
141	155	Sep 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	13	0	0	13	0	1B
142	156	Sep 24	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
143	157	Sep 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
144	158	Sep 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	40	10.1	12	2	0	14	1	1B
145	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
146	160	Sep 30	SFG		SDP	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
147	161	Oct 1	SFG		SDP	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
148	162	Oct 2	SFG		SDP	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
							148gm		1249.2	1392	79	12	1483	116