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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	SFG		PIT	L,7-8	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
2	2	Apr 12	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 13	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
4	4	Apr 14	SFG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
5	5	Apr 15	SFG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	SFG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
7	7	Apr 18	SFG		CIN	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
8	8	Apr 19	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	10 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	SFG		STL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	13	1	1	15	3	1B
10	11	Apr 23 (2)	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
11	12	Apr 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
12	13	Apr 26	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
13	14	Apr 28	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
14	15	Apr 29	SFG	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
15	16	Apr 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,14-4	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
17	18	May 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
18	19	May 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
19	20	May 5	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
20	21	May 7	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
21	23 (1)	May 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
22	25 (1)	May 13	SFG		MLN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
23	26	May 14	SFG		MLN	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
24	30 (3)	May 19	SFG		LAD	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
25	31	May 20	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
26	36 (4)	May 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	50	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
27	37	May 27	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
28	38	May 28	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
29	39	May 29	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
30	40	May 30 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	43 (2)	Jun 1	SFG		STL	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
32	44	Jun 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	41	9.1	12	1	1	14	2	1B
33	46 (1)	Jun 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
34	47	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
35	48	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	L,9-13	CG	46	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
36	49	Jun 7	SFG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
37	50	Jun 8	SFG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	53 (2)	Jun 11	SFG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	54	Jun 12	SFG		LAD	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
40	55	Jun 13	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
41	56	Jun 14	SFG		MLN	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
42	57	Jun 15	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
43	58	Jun 16	SFG		CHC	L,6-12	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
44	61 (2)	Jun 20	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	62	Jun 21	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
46	63	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
47	65 (1)	Jun 24	SFG	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
48	66	Jun 25 (1)	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	68 (1)	Jun 26	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
50	69	Jun 27	SFG	@	PHI	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
51	71 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	10.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
52	72	Jun 29 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	73	Jun 30	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	74	Jul 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
55	75	Jul 2 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
56	77 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,19-3	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
57	79 (1)	Jul 5	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
58	81 (1)	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
59	82	Jul 8	SFG		STL	L,7-9	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
60	83	Jul 9 (1)	SFG		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
61	84	Jul 9 (2)	SFG		STL	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
62	85	Jul 13	SFG		PIT	W,2-1		19	5.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
63	98 (12)	Jul 28 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-5		12	3.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	115 (16)	Aug 18	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
65	116	Aug 19	SFG		LAD	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
66	117	Aug 20	SFG		LAD	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
67	118	Aug 22 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
68	119	Aug 22 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
69	120	Aug 23	SFG	@	CIN	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
70	121	Aug 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
71	122	Aug 25	SFG	@	STL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
72	123	Aug 26	SFG	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
73	124	Aug 27	SFG	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
74	125	Aug 29	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-7	CG	57	12.1	11	2	0	13	1	1B
75	126	Aug 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
76	127	Aug 31	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	128	Sep 1	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
78	129	Sep 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
79	131 (1)	Sep 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
80	132	Sep 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
81	135 (2)	Sep 9	SFG		LAD	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
82	147 (11)	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-0	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
83	152 (4)	Sep 28	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
84	155 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-3	GF	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							84gm		710.1	669	55	11	735	55