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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	12 (11)	Apr 17	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
2	14 (1)	Apr 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,14-10	GF	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
3	15	Apr 20	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
4	16	Apr 21	SFG		LAD	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	24 (7)	May 1	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
6	25	May 3	SFG		NYM	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
7	26	May 4	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
8	29 (2)	May 8	SFG		MON	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
9	31 (1)	May 10	SFG		MON	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	11	0	1	12	3	1B
10	32	May 11	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
11	33	May 12	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
12	34	May 13	SFG		PHI	L,3-12	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
13	35	May 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
14	36	May 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
15	37	May 17	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	39 (1)	May 19 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
17	41 (1)	May 20	SFG	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
18	42	May 22	SFG		CIN	W,12-2	GS	32	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
19	43	May 23	SFG		CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
20	45 (1)	May 25	SFG		ATL	W,6-4	GS	31	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
21	47 (1)	May 27	SFG		ATL	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
22	49 (1)	May 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	1B
23	51 (1)	May 31	SFG	@	LAD	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	53 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
25	54	Jun 3	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
26	55	Jun 5	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
27	57 (1)	Jun 7	SFG	@	STL	W,12-10	GS	29	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
28	58	Jun 8	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	1	1B
29	60 (1)	Jun 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
30	62 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
31	63	Jun 14	SFG		CHC	L,6-8	GS	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
32	64	Jun 15	SFG		STL	W,9-6	CG	53	13.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
33	65	Jun 16	SFG		STL	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
34	66	Jun 17	SFG		STL	W,7-4	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
35	67	Jun 19	SFG		PIT	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
36	69 (1)	Jun 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
37	71 (1)	Jun 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
38	72	Jun 25	SFG		ATL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	1B
39	74 (1)	Jun 27	SFG		HOU	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	75	Jun 28	SFG		HOU	L,5-6	GS	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
41	76	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	GS	35	7.0	4	3	0	7	1	1B
42	77	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	78	Jul 1 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
44	80 (1)	Jul 3	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
45	81	Jul 4	SFG	@	ATL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
46	82	Jul 5	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	83	Jul 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
48	86 (2)	Jul 9	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
49	87	Jul 10	SFG	@	MON	W,11-7	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
50	89 (1)	Jul 12	SFG	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
51	90	Jul 13 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
52	91	Jul 13 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
53	92	Jul 14	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
54	94 (1)	Jul 19	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
55	101 (6)	Jul 25	SFG		NYM	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	102	Jul 26	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-2	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
57	104 (1)	Jul 28	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	13	0	0	13	0	1B
58	106 (1)	Jul 30	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
59	107	Jul 31	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	108	Aug 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
61	109	Aug 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-11	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
62	110	Aug 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	17	1	0	18	2	1B
63	111	Aug 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-8	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
64	113 (1)	Aug 7	SFG		SDP	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	114	Aug 8	SFG		SDP	W,10-7	GS	19	5.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
66	115	Aug 9	SFG		SDP	L,0-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
67	116	Aug 10	SFG		LAD	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	120 (3)	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	10	0	1	11	3	1B
69	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-14	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
70	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
71	123	Aug 18	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	6	2	0	8	1	1B
72	124	Aug 19	SFG	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	1	12	1	1B
73	125	Aug 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
74	126	Aug 21	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
75	127	Aug 22	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
76	128	Aug 24	SFG		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	129	Aug 25	SFG		CHC	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
78	130	Aug 26	SFG		CHC	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
79	131	Aug 28	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	13	1	1	15	1	1B
80	132	Aug 29	SFG		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	146 (13)	Sep 12	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
82	147	Sep 13	SFG		ATL	L,1-4	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
83	148	Sep 14	SFG		HOU	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
84	149	Sep 15	SFG		HOU	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	154 (4)	Sep 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
86	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
87	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	ATL	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
88	159 (2)	Sep 27	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
89	161 (1)	Sep 29	SFG		SDP	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
							89gm		721.1	740	48	10	798	60