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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
2	2	Apr 9	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
3	3	Apr 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	6	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 15	SFG		LAD	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
8	8	Apr 16	SFG		LAD	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
9	9	Apr 17	SFG		LAD	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
10	10	Apr 19	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-4	GS	25	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
11	11	Apr 20	SFG	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
12	12	Apr 22	SFG	@	MON	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
13	13	Apr 23	SFG	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	14	Apr 24	SFG	@	MON	W,6-5	GS	32	7.1	8	0	0	8	0	1B
15	15	Apr 26	SFG		HOU	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
16	16	Apr 27	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
17	17	Apr 28	SFG		HOU	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
18	18	Apr 29	SFG		PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20 (1)	May 1	SFG		PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
20	21	May 3	SFG		MON	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
21	22	May 4	SFG		MON	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	23	May 5	SFG		MON	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
23	24	May 6	SFG		NYM	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
24	25	May 7	SFG		NYM	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
25	26	May 8 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
26	27	May 8 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,10-0	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	28	May 10	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
28	29	May 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	30	May 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
30	31	May 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	32	May 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
32	33	May 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
33	34	May 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
34	35	May 18	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS	24	7.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
35	36	May 19	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS	37	7.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B
36	38 (1)	May 21	SFG	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
37	39	May 22	SFG	@	STL	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
38	40	May 23	SFG	@	STL	W,7-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
39	41	May 25	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	4	1B
40	42	May 26	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
41	43	May 27	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
42	44	May 28	SFG		ATL	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
43	48 (3)	May 31	SFG		SDP	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	49	Jun 1	SFG		SDP	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	50	Jun 3 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
46	51	Jun 3 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,7-8	CG	45	8.2	7	1	0	8	0	1B
47	52	Jun 4	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
48	54 (1)	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	46	12.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
49	55	Jun 7	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
50	57 (1)	Jun 9	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-1	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	58	Jun 10	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
52	59	Jun 11	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
53	60	Jun 12	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
54	61	Jun 14	SFG		STL	W,7-1	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
55	62	Jun 15	SFG		STL	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
56	63	Jun 16	SFG		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
57	64	Jun 17	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	2	10	1	1B
58	65	Jun 18	SFG		PIT	W,7-5	GS	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
59	66	Jun 19 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
60	67	Jun 19 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
61	68	Jun 20	SFG		CHC	L,9-10	GS	29	7.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
62	69	Jun 21	SFG		CHC	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
63	71 (1)	Jun 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	48	10.1	16	1	0	17	1	1B
64	72	Jun 25 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
65	73	Jun 25 (2)	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
66	75 (1)	Jun 27	SFG	@	CIN	W,14-9	GS	31	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
67	76	Jun 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS	33	6.0	4	0	2	6	0	1B
68	77	Jun 29	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	49	10.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	79 (1)	Jul 1	SFG		LAD	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	80	Jul 2	SFG		LAD	L,3-10	GS	31	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
71	81	Jul 3	SFG		LAD	L,7-10	GS	31	5.2	7	0	0	7	1	1B
72	83 (1)	Jul 6	SFG		SDP	L,5-7	GS	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
73	84	Jul 7	SFG		SDP	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
74	87 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
75	88	Jul 10 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,12-5	GS	29	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
76	89	Jul 11	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
77	90	Jul 12	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
78	91	Jul 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	92	Jul 15	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
80	93	Jul 16	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
81	94	Jul 17	SFG	@	ATL	L,10-11	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	95	Jul 21	SFG		PHI	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
83	96	Jul 22	SFG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
84	97	Jul 23	SFG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	3	1B
85	98	Jul 24 (1)	SFG		MON	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
86	100 (1)	Jul 25	SFG		MON	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
87	101	Jul 26	SFG		NYM	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
88	103 (1)	Jul 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-0	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
89	104	Jul 30	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	106 (1)	Aug 1	SFG	@	MON	W,9-2	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
91	107	Aug 2	SFG	@	MON	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
92	108	Aug 3	SFG	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
93	109	Aug 5	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
94	110	Aug 6	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-3	GS	22	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
95	112 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
96	114 (1)	Aug 10	SFG		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
97	115	Aug 11	SFG		HOU	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
98	116	Aug 12	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
99	117	Aug 13	SFG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
100	118	Aug 14 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	4	1B
101	120 (1)	Aug 15	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
102	123 (2)	Aug 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS	34	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
103	124	Aug 20	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
104	125	Aug 21	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
105	126	Aug 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
106	127	Aug 23	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
107	128	Aug 24	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
108	129	Aug 25	SFG	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
109	130	Aug 26	SFG		CHC	L,2-5	GS	37	8.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
110	132 (1)	Aug 28	SFG		CHC	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
111	133	Aug 30	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
112	134	Aug 31	SFG		PIT	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	135	Sep 2	SFG		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
114	137 (1)	Sep 4	SFG		STL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
115	138	Sep 5	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
116	139	Sep 6	SFG	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	13	3.2	5	0	0	5	1	1B
117	140	Sep 7	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
118	141	Sep 8	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	13	0	1	14	0	1B
119	142	Sep 9	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
120	143	Sep 10	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
121	144	Sep 11	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
122	146 (1)	Sep 13	SFG		ATL	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
123	147	Sep 14	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS	27	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
124	148	Sep 15	SFG		HOU	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
125	149	Sep 16	SFG		CIN	L,3-5	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
126	151 (1)	Sep 18	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
127	152	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
128	154 (1)	Sep 23	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-4	GS	21	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
129	155	Sep 24	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
130	156	Sep 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
131	157	Sep 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
132	158	Sep 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
133	159	Sep 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
134	160	Sep 30	SFG		SDP	W,7-5	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
135	161	Oct 1	SFG		SDP	W,13-4	GS	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
136	162	Oct 2	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	GS	16	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
							136gm		1080.1	1072	60	13	1145	93