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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
2	2	Apr 6	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-8	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
3	3	Apr 7	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
4	4	Apr 9	SDP		HOU	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
5	5	Apr 10	SDP		HOU	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	SDP		SFG	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
7	8	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
8	11 (2)	Apr 16	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	12	1	1	14	0	1B
9	12	Apr 17	SDP	@	ATL	W,6-1	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
10	13	Apr 18	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	14	Apr 19	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
12	16 (1)	Apr 21 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
13	21 (4)	Apr 26	SDP		PHI	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
14	22	Apr 27	SDP		PHI	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	23	Apr 28	SDP		PHI	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
16	24	Apr 30	SDP		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	25	May 1	SDP		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
18	26	May 4	SDP	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
19	27	May 5 (1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
20	29 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	22	6.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
21	30	May 7	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	33	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	31	May 8	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS	24	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
23	32	May 9	SDP		LAD	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
24	33	May 10	SDP		LAD	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
25	35 (1)	May 12	SDP		LAD	L,9-15	CG	64	13.0	16	0	1	17	1	1B
26	36	May 13	SDP		ATL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
27	37	May 14	SDP		ATL	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
28	38	May 15	SDP		ATL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
29	41 (2)	May 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
30	43 (1)	May 19 (2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,10-7	GS	23	6.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
31	44	May 20	SDP	@	HOU	W,8-6	GS	31	6.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
32	47 (2)	May 23	SDP		CIN	W,5-4	GS	41	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
33	48	May 24	SDP		CIN	L,3-6	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
34	49	May 25	SDP		CIN	L,4-12	GS	43	7.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
35	50	May 26	SDP		CIN	L,1-4	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
36	53 (2)	May 29	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	41	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
37	54	May 31	SDP	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	55	Jun 1	SDP	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
39	57 (1)	Jun 4	SDP		CHC	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
40	58	Jun 5	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	60 (1)	Jun 7	SDP		STL	W,1-0	GF	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
42	61	Jun 8	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	1B
43	62	Jun 9	SDP		STL	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
44	66 (3)	Jun 14	SDP	@	MON	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
45	67	Jun 15	SDP	@	MON	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
46	70 (2)	Jun 18	SDP	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
47	71	Jun 19	SDP	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
48	72	Jun 21	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
49	73	Jun 22	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
50	75 (1)	Jun 24	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
51	76	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,3-1	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
52	77	Jun 26	SDP		SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
53	78	Jun 27	SDP		SFG	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
54	81 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	SDP		HOU	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	83 (1)	Jul 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
56	85 (1)	Jul 4	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
57	87 (1)	Jul 6	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	88	Jul 7	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
59	89	Jul 8	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
60	91 (1)	Jul 10	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
61	92	Jul 12	SDP		MON	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
62	93	Jul 13	SDP		MON	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
63	94	Jul 14 (1)	SDP		MON	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
64	96 (1)	Jul 16	SDP		PHI	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
65	97	Jul 17	SDP		PHI	W,15-1	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
66	98	Jul 18	SDP		PHI	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	100 (1)	Jul 20	SDP		NYM	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
68	101	Jul 21	SDP		NYM	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
69	102	Jul 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	42	9.1	11	0	0	11	0	1B
70	103	Jul 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
71	104	Jul 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-14	GS	39	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
72	105	Jul 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	2	1B
73	106	Jul 30	SDP		LAD	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	109 (2)	Aug 2	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
75	111 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	SDP		CIN	W,1-0	GS	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
76	112	Aug 5	SDP		ATL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
77	113	Aug 6	SDP		ATL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
78	114	Aug 9	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
79	115	Aug 10	SDP	@	PIT	W,8-4	GS	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
80	116	Aug 11	SDP	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
81	119 (2)	Aug 14	SDP	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
82	121 (1)	Aug 17	SDP	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
83	122	Aug 18	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-14	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
84	123	Aug 19	SDP	@	MON	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
85	124	Aug 20	SDP	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
86	125	Aug 21	SDP	@	MON	L,7-8	CG	46	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
87	129 (3)	Aug 27	SDP		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
88	130	Aug 28	SDP		STL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
89	132 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	SDP		CHC	L,1-5	CG	46	12.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
90	133	Aug 30 (2)	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	134	Sep 1	SDP		CHC	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
92	135	Sep 2 (1)	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-8	GS	24	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
93	137 (1)	Sep 3	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
94	138	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
95	142 (3)	Sep 9	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
96	143	Sep 10	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
97	147 (3)	Sep 14	SDP		ATL	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
98	149 (1)	Sep 16	SDP		CIN	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
99	150	Sep 17	SDP		CIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
100	152 (1)	Sep 19	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
101	153	Sep 20	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
102	156 (2)	Sep 24	SDP		SFG	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
103	159 (2)	Sep 27	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
104	160	Sep 28	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
							104gm		841.0	815	47	11	873	59