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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
2	2	Apr 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 17	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	49 (44)	Jun 3	SFG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
6	51 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
7	52	Jun 6	SFG		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
8	53	Jun 7	SFG		STL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
9	54	Jun 8	SFG		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
10	55	Jun 10	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
11	56	Jun 11 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
12	58 (1)	Jun 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
13	59	Jun 15 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	61 (1)	Jun 16	SFG	@	STL	W,6-1	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
15	62	Jun 17	SFG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	46	10.2	11	1	0	12	2	1B
16	63	Jun 18	SFG	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
17	64	Jun 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
18	65	Jun 20	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-15	GS	28	4.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
19	66	Jun 21	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	67	Jun 23	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
21	71 (3)	Jun 27	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
22	72	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
23	73	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
24	74	Jun 30	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	75	Jul 1	SFG		LAD	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
26	76	Jul 2	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
27	77	Jul 3	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	78	Jul 4	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
29	79	Jul 6	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
30	80	Jul 7	SFG	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
31	81	Jul 8	SFG	@	MON	W,12-1	GS	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
32	83 (1)	Jul 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	4	1B
33	84	Jul 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-1	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
34	85	Jul 12	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
35	86	Jul 14	SFG		PHI	W,8-1	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
36	88 (1)	Jul 16	SFG		PHI	W,10-7	GF	16	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	PH 1B
37	89	Jul 18	SFG		MON	W,3-0	GS	18	5.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
38	91 (1)	Jul 21	SFG		NYM	L,1-3	GS	33	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
39	94 (2)	Jul 28	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	99 (4)	Aug 1	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
41	100	Aug 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,11-12	GS	35	7.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
42	102 (1)	Aug 4	SFG		HOU	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
43	103	Aug 5	SFG		HOU	L,3-4	GS	36	8.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
44	104	Aug 6 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
45	106 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,15-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
46	108 (1)	Aug 9	SFG		SDP	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
47	109	Aug 11	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
48	110	Aug 12	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
49	111	Aug 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	16	2	1	19	0	1B
50	112	Aug 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	113	Aug 15	SFG		CHC	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
52	114	Aug 16	SFG		CHC	W,14-9	GS	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
53	115	Aug 17	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
54	116	Aug 18	SFG		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
55	117	Aug 19	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
56	118	Aug 20	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
57	119	Aug 22	SFG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
58	120	Aug 23	SFG		PIT	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
59	121	Aug 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
60	122	Aug 26	SFG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	51	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B
61	123	Aug 27	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
62	124	Aug 28	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	128 (3)	Sep 2	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
64	129	Sep 3	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	130	Sep 4	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
66	131	Sep 5	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
67	133 (1)	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	L,1-5	CG	57	13.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
68	134	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	137 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,8-2	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
70	139 (1)	Sep 13	SFG		LAD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
71	140	Sep 16 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
72	146 (5)	Sep 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	43	10.2	14	0	0	14	0	1B
73	147	Sep 23	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS	36	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
74	150 (2)	Sep 27	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
							74gm		598.1	617	32	9	658	52