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.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG		HOU	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
3	3	Apr 9	SFG		HOU	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
4	4	Apr 10	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
5	5	Apr 11	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
6	6	Apr 12 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
7	7	Apr 12 (2)	SFG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 13	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-9	GS	25	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 14	SFG	@	ATL	W,15-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	HOU	L,6-7	CG	45	9.1	11	0	0	11	2	1B
11	11	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,11-9	CG	48	10.0	9	4	0	13	3	1B
12	12	Apr 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	40	8.1	6	0	0	6	1	1B
13	13	Apr 18	SFG	@	CIN	W,16-9	GS	37	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
14	14	Apr 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	15	Apr 22	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
16	16	Apr 24	SFG		MON	W,12-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
17	17	Apr 25	SFG		MON	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
18	18	Apr 26 (1)	SFG		MON	W,11-1	GS	29	8.2	13	0	0	13	2	1B
19	19	Apr 26 (2)	SFG		MON	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
20	20	Apr 28	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
21	21	Apr 29	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
22	22	Apr 30	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	23	May 1	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
24	24	May 2	SFG		PHI	W,7-1	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	3	1B
25	25	May 3 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,6-8	CG	57	13.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
26	26	May 3 (2)	SFG		PHI	L,6-13	GS	43	7.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
27	27	May 5	SFG	@	MON	W,4-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
28	28	May 7	SFG	@	MON	L,8-15	GS	41	6.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
29	29	May 8	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
30	30	May 9	SFG	@	NYM	L,5-14	CG	49	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
31	31	May 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
32	32	May 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-5	CG	57	14.0	18	2	0	20	2	1B
33	33	May 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
34	34	May 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
35	37 (2)	May 16	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
36	38	May 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
37	39	May 19	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
38	40	May 20	SFG		ATL	L,1-6	CG	47	11.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
39	41	May 22	SFG		SDP	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
40	42	May 23	SFG		SDP	L,16-17	CG	79	15.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
41	43	May 24 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
42	44	May 24 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
43	45	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,3-19	GS	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
44	49 (3)	May 30	SFG	@	PIT	W,13-11	GS	23	4.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
45	50	May 31	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	51	Jun 2	SFG	@	STL	L,1-12	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
47	52	Jun 3	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
48	53	Jun 5	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
49	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
50	55	Jun 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
51	56	Jun 9	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
52	57	Jun 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
53	58	Jun 12	SFG		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	59	Jun 13	SFG		STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
55	60	Jun 14	SFG		STL	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
56	61	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
57	62	Jun 17	SFG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
58	63	Jun 18	SFG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
59	64	Jun 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
60	65	Jun 20	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
61	66	Jun 21	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	16	1	1	18	1	1B
62	67	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
63	68	Jun 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
64	69	Jun 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
65	70	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
66	71	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
67	72	Jun 28 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
68	73	Jun 28 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
69	74	Jun 30	SFG		SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	75	Jul 1	SFG		SDP	W,12-7	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
71	76	Jul 3	SFG		LAD	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
72	77	Jul 4	SFG		LAD	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
73	78	Jul 5	SFG		LAD	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
74	80 (1)	Jul 7	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
75	81	Jul 8	SFG	@	ATL	W,13-0	GS	17	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
76	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
77	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
78	84	Jul 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
79	86 (1)	Jul 17	SFG		MON	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
80	87	Jul 18	SFG		MON	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
81	88	Jul 19 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,5-3	GS	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
82	93 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	SFG	@	MON	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
83	94	Jul 24 (2)	SFG	@	MON	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
84	95	Jul 25	SFG	@	MON	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
85	96	Jul 26	SFG	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
86	97	Jul 27	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
87	98	Jul 28	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
88	100 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	102 (1)	Aug 1 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	9	1	0	10	4	1B
90	103	Aug 1 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS	31	6.0	2	1	1	4	0	1B
91	104	Aug 2	SFG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
92	105	Aug 3	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
93	106	Aug 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
94	107	Aug 5	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
95	108	Aug 6	SFG		CIN	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
96	109	Aug 7	SFG		HOU	L,2-11	GS	38	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
97	110	Aug 8	SFG		HOU	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
98	111	Aug 9 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,5-7	CG	49	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
99	112	Aug 9 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
100	113	Aug 11	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
101	114	Aug 12	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
102	115	Aug 13	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	2	1	10	2	1B
103	116	Aug 14 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	48	12.0	12	3	0	15	0	1B
104	117	Aug 14 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
105	118	Aug 15	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
106	119	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
107	120	Aug 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
108	121	Aug 18	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
109	122	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
110	123	Aug 21	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	GS	25	6.0	5	2	1	8	0	1B
111	124	Aug 22	SFG		CHC	L,0-15	GS	32	5.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
112	125	Aug 23	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
113	126	Aug 25	SFG		STL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
114	127	Aug 26	SFG		STL	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
115	128	Aug 27	SFG		STL	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
116	129	Aug 28	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
117	131 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
118	132	Aug 30 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	133	Sep 1	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
120	134	Sep 2	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
121	135	Sep 3	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
122	136	Sep 5 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
123	138 (1)	Sep 6	SFG	@	ATL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
124	139	Sep 7 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	1B
125	140	Sep 7 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	141	Sep 8	SFG		CIN	L,2-5	GS	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
127	143 (1)	Sep 10	SFG		HOU	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
128	144	Sep 11	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
129	145	Sep 12	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	GS	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
130	146	Sep 13	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	41	10.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
131	147	Sep 14	SFG		ATL	W,7-5	GS	20	4.0	3	2	0	5	1	1B
132	148	Sep 15	SFG		ATL	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
133	149	Sep 16	SFG		ATL	L,7-10	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
134	150	Sep 17	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
135	151	Sep 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
136	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
137	153	Sep 21	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
138	154	Sep 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
139	155	Sep 23	SFG	@	LAD	W,14-10	GS	20	4.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
140	156	Sep 25	SFG		SDP	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	5	3	1	9	0	1B
141	157	Sep 26	SFG		SDP	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
142	158	Sep 27	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
143	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
144	160	Sep 29	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
145	161	Sep 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	12	1	0	13	1	1B
146	162	Oct 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	11	1	0	12	1	1B
							146gm		1241.1	1217	134	15	1366	117