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Willie McCovey
Willie Lee McCovey (Stretch, Mac, or Big Mac)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut July 30, 1959
  vs. PHI 4 AB, 4 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 6, 1980
Born January 10, 1938 in Mobile, AL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986.

Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)

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        Hit 521 home runs in his career. Went 4 for 4 in his Major League debut against Robin Roberts. A true gentleman on and off the field. Thanks for all the memories at Candlestick from a long time Giants fan!

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 21 SFG NL  52  192   32   68   9  5  13   38   2  0  22  35  .354  .429  .656  187  126   0   1   1   4   7 MVP-22,RoY-1
 1960 22 SFG NL 101  260   37   62  15  3  13   51   1  1  45  53  .238  .349  .469  127  122   0   2   4   0   3
 1961 23 SFG NL 106  328   59   89  12  3  18   50   1  2  37  60  .271  .350  .491  124  161   0   4   3   5   8
 1962 24 SFG NL  91  229   41   67   6  1  20   54   3  3  29  35  .293  .368  .590  154  135   0   3   1   0   6
 1963 25 SFG NL 152  564  103  158  19  5  44  102   1  1  50 119  .280  .350  .566  161  319   1   1   5  11  10 MVP-17,AS
 1964 26 SFG NL 130  364   55   80  14  1  18   54   2  1  61  73  .220  .336  .412  108  150   0   4   5   5   9
 1965 27 SFG NL 160  540   93  149  17  4  39   92   0  4  88 118  .276  .381  .539  153  291   2   3   5   6   8 MVP-10
 1966 28 SFG NL 150  502   85  148  26  6  36   96   2  1  76 100  .295  .391  .586  164  294   0   4  10   6   8 MVP-17,AS
 1967 29 SFG NL 135  456   73  126  17  4  31   91   3  3  71 110  .276  .378  .535  159  244   2   4  17   6   8 MVP-29
 1968 30 SFG NL 148  523   81  153  16  4  36  105   4  2  72  71  .293  .378  .545  174  285   0   8  20   5  10 MVP-3,AS
 1969 31 SFG NL 149  491  101  157  26  2  45  126   0  0 121  66  .320  .453  .656  209  322   0   7  45   4  11 MVP-1,AS
 1970 32 SFG NL 152  495   98  143  39  2  39  126   0  0 137  75  .289  .444  .612  181  303   0   3  40   3  13 MVP-9,AS
 1971 33 SFG NL 105  329   45   91  13  0  18   70   0  2  64  57  .277  .396  .480  149  158   0   5  21   4   6 MVP-15,AS
 1972 34 SFG NL  81  263   30   56   8  0  14   35   0  0  38  45  .213  .316  .403  102  106   0   1   5   2   3
 1973 35 SFG NL 130  383   52  102  14  3  29   75   1  0 105  78  .266  .420  .546  161  209   0   6  25   1   6
 1974 36 SDP NL 128  344   53   87  19  1  22   63   1  0  96  76  .253  .416  .506  164  174   0   1   9   1   8
 1975 37 SDP NL 122  413   43  104  17  0  23   68   1  0  57  80  .252  .345  .460  129  190   0   2   8   3  10
 1976 38 TOT     82  226   20   46   9  0   7   36   0  0  24  43  .204  .283  .336   82   76   0   0   8   1   4
         SDP NL  71  202   20   41   9  0   7   36   0  0  21  39  .203  .281  .351   86   71   0   0   7   1   4
         OAK AL  11   24    0    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   4  .208  .296  .208   54    5   0   0   1   0   0
 1977 39 SFG NL 141  478   54  134  21  0  28   86   3  0  67 106  .280  .367  .500  132  239   0   3  16   0  16 MVP-20
 1978 40 SFG NL 108  351   32   80  19  2  12   64   1  0  36  57  .228  .298  .396   97  139   0   2   8   0  12
 1979 41 SFG NL 117  353   34   88   9  0  15   57   0  2  36  70  .249  .318  .402  102  142   0   3   2   1   7
 1980 42 SFG NL  48  113    8   23   8  0   1   16   0  0  13  23  .204  .285  .301   66   34   0   3   2   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 22 Seasons         8197      2211     46     1555     22    1550  .270  .374  .515  147        5  70 260  69 176
               2588      1229      353    521       26   1345                            4219
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        513   77  138  22  3  33   97   2  1  84  97  .270  .374  .515  147  264   0   4  16   4  11
 Career High    160  564  103  158  39  6  45  126   4  4 137 119  .320  .453  .656  209  322   2   8  45  11  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1959 21 SFG NL  219  132   53  10.7   103| .354  .268| .429  .333| .656  .414|1.085  .748| 187  .824  23.8   2.3 100%
 1960 22 SFG NL  307  204   45   5.9    95| .238  .257| .349  .322| .469  .395| .818  .717| 127  .637  10.7   1.1  50%
 1961 23 SFG NL  374  253   56   5.9   103| .271  .266| .350  .332| .491  .415| .841  .747| 124  .607  11.2   1.1  33%
 1962 24 SFG NL  261  174   48   7.4   102| .293  .269| .368  .336| .590  .408| .958  .744| 154  .707  16.9   1.7  50%
 1963 25 SFG NL  627  419  111   7.1    88| .280  .253| .350  .315| .566  .378| .916  .693| 161  .750  41.8   4.4  50%
 1964 26 SFG NL  434  298   53   4.8    95| .220  .266| .336  .324| .412  .394| .748  .718| 108  .570   6.0   0.6  66%
 1965 27 SFG NL  639  408  115   7.6    97| .276  .263| .381  .327| .539  .397| .920  .724| 153  .753  39.6   4.1   0%
 1966 28 SFG NL  588  367  119   8.8    99| .295  .269| .391  .328| .586  .406| .977  .734| 164  .791  45.5   4.6  66%
 1967 29 SFG NL  539  347   94   7.3    90| .276  .258| .378  .320| .535  .379| .913  .699| 159  .753  36.6   3.8  50%
 1968 30 SFG NL  608  390  110   7.6    82| .293  .253| .378  .312| .545  .357| .923  .668| 174  .800  48.6   5.3  66%
 1969 31 SFG NL  623  352  151  11.5    94| .320  .258| .453  .328| .656  .383|1.109  .711| 209  .865  79.0   7.9   0%
 1970 32 SFG NL  638  368  140  10.2   103| .289  .267| .444  .340| .612  .408|1.056  .748| 181  .809  65.1   6.2   0%
 1971 33 SFG NL  402  251   65   7.0    92| .277  .259| .396  .325| .480  .378| .876  .703| 149  .728  24.6   2.5   0%
 1972 34 SFG NL  304  211   35   4.5    93| .213  .259| .316  .327| .403  .382| .719  .710| 102  .545   0.5   0.1   0%
 1973 35 SFG NL  495  293   95   8.8   101| .266  .268| .420  .338| .546  .399| .966  .737| 161  .787  37.6   3.8 100%
 1974 36 SDP NL  442  266   79   8.0    90| .253  .256| .416  .328| .506  .371| .922  .698| 164  .761  34.4   3.5 100%
 1975 37 SDP NL  475  321   66   5.5    91| .252  .258| .345  .328| .460  .373| .805  .701| 129  .612  15.7   1.6 100%
 1976 38 TOT     251  184   22   3.2    85| .204  .253| .283  .318| .336  .360| .619  .678|  82  .393  -5.2  -0.5   0%
         SDP NL  224  165   20   3.3    85| .203  .253| .281  .318| .351  .361| .632  .679|  86  .398  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         OAK AL   27   19    2   2.8    82| .208  .250| .296  .314| .208  .353| .504  .666|  54  .350  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1977 39 SFG NL  548  363   86   6.4   102| .280  .268| .367  .336| .500  .409| .867  .744| 132  .644  21.8   2.1 100%
 1978 40 SFG NL  389  285   40   3.8    91| .228  .257| .298  .324| .396  .378| .694  .703|  97  .452  -2.2  -0.2 100%
 1979 41 SFG NL  393  277   45   4.4    94| .249  .260| .318  .325| .402  .386| .720  .711| 102  .496   0.8   0.1   0%
 1980 42 SFG NL  130   96   10   2.8    93| .204  .263| .285  .325| .301  .382| .586  .707|  66  .320  -4.4  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 22 Seasons     9686 6259 1638   7.0    95| .270  .261| .374  .327| .515  .388| .889  .715| 147  .718 548.4  55.6  54%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1959 21 SFG NL  1B   51    424   29    5   29  .989  .988  8.88  8.04  9.98  9.58   49  408.7
 1960 22 SFG NL  1B   71    557   39    9   42  .985  .990  8.39  8.20  9.45  9.57   65  567.7
 1961 23 SFG NL  1B   84    669   55   11   55  .985  .990  8.62  8.57  9.17  9.82   79  710.3
 1962 24 SFG NL  OF   57     81    2    2    1  .976  .974  1.46  1.79  2.03  2.07   53  368.3
                 LF   45     68    1    2    1  .972  .968  1.53  1.37  2.14  1.82   42  290.3
                 1B   17    105    7    1   12  .991  .990  6.59  8.04 10.84  9.79   11   93.0
                 RF   12     14    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.17  1.65  1.62  1.90   11   78.0
 1963 25 SFG NL  OF  135    220    7   14    0  .942  .977  1.68  1.75  1.85  2.01  131 1103.7 AS
                 LF  133    218    6   13    0  .945  .971  1.68  1.38  1.84  1.80  130 1093.0 AS
                 1B   23    143   14    1    5  .994  .989  6.83  8.36  9.79  9.81   14  144.3 AS
                 RF    3      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  1.60  2.52  1.85    1   10.7 AS
 1964 26 SFG NL  OF   83     96    5    7    1  .935  .973  1.22  1.72  1.45  1.99   80  627.3
                 LF   78     86    4    6    1  .938  .965  1.15  1.34  1.37  1.71   75  592.3
                 1B   26    177   14    7   19  .965  .990  7.35  8.83  9.03 10.02   21  190.3
                 RF    5      7    1    1    0  .889  .976  1.60  1.62  2.06  1.90    5   35.0
 1965 27 SFG NL  1B  156   1310   87   13   93  .991  .990  8.96  6.41  9.67  6.92  150 1300.0
 1966 28 SFG NL  1B  145   1287   81   22   91  .984  .989  9.43  6.90 10.08  7.37  139 1221.3 AS
 1967 29 SFG NL  1B  127   1221   81   15  102  .989  .991 10.25  7.87 10.57  8.12  123 1108.3
 1968 30 SFG NL  1B  146   1305  103   21   91  .985  .992  9.64  6.85 10.08  7.16  146 1257.3 AS
 1969 31 SFG NL  1B  148   1392   79   12  116  .992  .992  9.94  6.76 10.59  7.20  148 1249.7 AS
 1970 32 SFG NL  1B  146   1217  134   15  117  .989  .992  9.25  6.85  9.80  7.25  146 1241.3 AS
 1971 33 SFG NL  1B   95    828   63   15   80  .983  .992  9.38  8.58 10.08  9.88   95  795.3 AS
 1972 34 SFG NL  1B   74    617   32    9   52  .986  .992  8.77  8.42  9.76  9.73   73  598.3
 1973 35 SFG NL  1B  117    930   76   12   89  .988  .992  8.60  8.40  9.84  9.78  116  920.3
 1974 36 SDP NL  1B  104    815   47   11   59  .987  .991  8.29  8.34  9.22  9.94  103  841.0
 1975 37 SDP NL  1B  115    979   73   15   94  .986  .990  9.15  8.52 10.34  9.82  115  916.0
 1976 38 SDP NL  1B   51    420   44    4   39  .991  .991  9.10  8.61 10.76  9.95   51  388.0
         OAK AL  DH    9
 1977 39 SFG NL  1B  136   1072   60   13   93  .989  .991  8.32  7.35  9.44  8.34  136 1079.3
 1978 40 SFG NL  1B   97    721   44   10   49  .987  .992  7.89  8.32  9.46  9.98   95  728.0
 1979 41 SFG NL  1B   89    740   48   10   60  .987  .992  8.85  8.59  9.79  9.89   86  724.3
 1980 42 SFG NL  1B   27    241   12    2   18  .992  .992  9.37  8.97  9.66 10.16   26  235.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1959 21 SFG NL  1B   51    424   29    5   29  .989  .988  8.88  8.04  9.98  9.58   49  408.7
 1960 22 SFG NL  1B   71    557   39    9   42  .985  .990  8.39  8.20  9.45  9.57   65  567.7
 1961 23 SFG NL  1B   84    669   55   11   55  .985  .990  8.62  8.57  9.17  9.82   79  710.3
 1962 24 SFG NL  1B   17    105    7    1   12  .991  .990  6.59  8.04 10.84  9.79   11   93.0
 1963 25 SFG NL  1B   23    143   14    1    5  .994  .989  6.83  8.36  9.79  9.81   14  144.3
 1964 26 SFG NL  1B   26    177   14    7   19  .965  .990  7.35  8.83  9.03 10.02   21  190.3
 1965 27 SFG NL  1B  156   1310   87   13   93  .991  .990  8.96  6.41  9.67  6.92  150 1300.0
 1966 28 SFG NL  1B  145   1287   81   22   91  .984  .989  9.43  6.90 10.08  7.37  139 1221.3
 1967 29 SFG NL  1B  127   1221   81   15  102  .989  .991 10.25  7.87 10.57  8.12  123 1108.3
 1968 30 SFG NL  1B  146   1305  103   21   91  .985  .992  9.64  6.85 10.08  7.16  146 1257.3
 1969 31 SFG NL  1B  148   1392   79   12  116  .992  .992  9.94  6.76 10.59  7.20  148 1249.7
 1970 32 SFG NL  1B  146   1217  134   15  117  .989  .992  9.25  6.85  9.80  7.25  146 1241.3
 1971 33 SFG NL  1B   95    828   63   15   80  .983  .992  9.38  8.58 10.08  9.88   95  795.3
 1972 34 SFG NL  1B   74    617   32    9   52  .986  .992  8.77  8.42  9.76  9.73   73  598.3
 1973 35 SFG NL  1B  117    930   76   12   89  .988  .992  8.60  8.40  9.84  9.78  116  920.3
 1974 36 SDP NL  1B  104    815   47   11   59  .987  .991  8.29  8.34  9.22  9.94  103  841.0
 1975 37 SDP NL  1B  115    979   73   15   94  .986  .990  9.15  8.52 10.34  9.82  115  916.0
 1976 38 SDP NL  1B   51    420   44    4   39  .991  .991  9.10  8.61 10.76  9.95   51  388.0
 1977 39 SFG NL  1B  136   1072   60   13   93  .989  .991  8.32  7.35  9.44  8.34  136 1079.3
 1978 40 SFG NL  1B   97    721   44   10   49  .987  .992  7.89  8.32  9.46  9.98   95  728.0
 1979 41 SFG NL  1B   89    740   48   10   60  .987  .992  8.85  8.59  9.79  9.89   86  724.3
 1980 42 SFG NL  1B   27    241   12    2   18  .992  .992  9.37  8.97  9.66 10.16   26  235.7

 1976 38 OAK AL  DH    9

 1962 24 SFG NL  LF   45     68    1    2    1  .972  .968  1.53  1.37  2.14  1.82   42  290.3
 1963 25 SFG NL  LF  133    218    6   13    0  .945  .971  1.68  1.38  1.84  1.80  130 1093.0
 1964 26 SFG NL  LF   78     86    4    6    1  .938  .965  1.15  1.34  1.37  1.71   75  592.3

 1962 24 SFG NL  OF   57     81    2    2    1  .976  .974  1.46  1.79  2.03  2.07   53  368.3
 1963 25 SFG NL  OF  135    220    7   14    0  .942  .977  1.68  1.75  1.85  2.01  131 1103.7
 1964 26 SFG NL  OF   83     96    5    7    1  .935  .973  1.22  1.72  1.45  1.99   80  627.3

 1962 24 SFG NL  RF   12     14    0    0    0 1.000  .972  1.17  1.65  1.62  1.90   11   78.0
 1963 25 SFG NL  RF    3      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  1.00  1.60  2.52  1.85    1   10.7
 1964 26 SFG NL  RF    5      7    1    1    0  .889  .976  1.60  1.62  2.06  1.90    5   35.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B*2045  17170 1222  233 1405  .987  .991  8.99  7.72  9.90  8.63 1987 16718.7
                 OF* 275    397   14   23    2  .947  .976  1.49  1.75  1.76  2.01  264 2099.3  256    0   20#
                 LF* 256    372   11   21    2  .948  .969  1.50  1.37  1.74  1.78  247 1975.7
                 RF*  20     24    1    1    0  .962  .973  1.25  1.64  1.82  1.90   17  123.7
                 DH    9   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      2320  17567 1236  256 1407  .987  .991  8.10  7.01  8.99  7.89 2251  18818
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1962   WS    SFG NYY     L   4  15   2   3  0  1  1   1   1   3  .200  .250  .533   0  0   0   0   0 
 1971   NLCS  SFG PIT     L   4  14   2   6  0  0  2   6   4   2  .429  .556  .857   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   0-2   8  29   4   9  0  1  3   7   5   5  .310  .412  .690   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1963   SFG NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1966   SFG NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1968   SFG NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1969   SFG NL   *   4   2   2  0  0  2   3   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1970   SFG NL       2   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1971   SFG NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 6/6      4  16   2   3  0  0  2   4   1   6   0  0   0   0   0  .188  .235  .563 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1963 *
1966 (1B)
1968 (1B)
1969 (1B)
1970 *
1971 (1B)

Awards
1959-NL-ROY
1969-ML-AS MVP
1969-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1969-NL-MVP
1977-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1959-NL-22-0.00
1963-NL-17-0.03
1965-NL-10-0.09
1966-NL-17-0.04
1967-NL-29-0.01
1968-NL-3-0.48
1969-NL-1-0.79
1970-NL-9-0.14
1971-NL-15-0.04
1977-NL-20-0.01
Car-122-1.63 shares

Batting Average
1968 NL-.293-8
1969 NL-.320-5

On-base %
1965 NL-.381-4
1966 NL-.391-4
1967 NL-.378-10
1968 NL-.378-2
1969 NL-.453-1
1970 NL-.444-2
1973 NL-**.420-3

Slugging %
1963 NL-.566-3
1965 NL-.539-5
1966 NL-.586-2
1967 NL-.535-4
1968 NL-.545-1
1969 NL-.656-1
1970 NL-.612-1
1973 NL-**.546-6
Car-.515-67

OPS
1963 NL-.915-4
1965 NL-.920-5
1966 NL-.977-2
1967 NL-.913-5
1968 NL-.923-1
1969 NL-1.108-1
1970 NL-1.056-1
1973 NL-**.966-4
Car-.889-71

Games
1965 NL-160-7
Car-2588-37

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Car-9686-91

Runs
1963 NL-103-5
1965 NL-93-10
1969 NL-101-9

Total Bases
1963 NL-319-6
1968 NL-285-5
1969 NL-322-3
1970 NL-303-9
Car-4219-59

Doubles
1970 NL-39-2

Home Runs
1963 NL-44-1
1965 NL-39-2
1966 NL-36-4
1967 NL-31-3
1968 NL-36-1
1969 NL-45-1
1970 NL-39-4
1973 NL-29-6
1974 NL-22-10
1975 NL-23-7
Car-521-17

RBI
1963 NL-102-6
1966 NL-96-9
1967 NL-91-10
1968 NL-105-1
1969 NL-126-1
1970 NL-126-4
Car-1555-38

Bases on Balls
1964 NL-61-10
1965 NL-88-2
1966 NL-76-3
1967 NL-71-7
1968 NL-72-6
1969 NL-121-2
1970 NL-137-1
1973 NL-105-4
1974 NL-96-7
Car-1345-31

Strikeouts
1963 NL-119-5
1965 NL-118-9
1967 NL-110-3
Car-1550-33

Adjusted OPS+
1963 NL-161-4
1965 NL-153-4
1966 NL-164-3
1967 NL-159-5
1968 NL-174-1
1969 NL-209-1
1970 NL-181-1
Car-147-45

Runs Created
1963 NL-111-6
1965 NL-115-8
1966 NL-119-4
1968 NL-110-2
1969 NL-151-1
1970 NL-140-2
Car-1638-51

Adjusted Batting Runs
1963 NL-42-4
1965 NL-40-5
1966 NL-45-3
1967 NL-37-8
1968 NL-49-1
1969 NL-79-1
1970 NL-65-1
1973 NL-38-7
1974 NL-34-7
Car-548-29

Batting Wins
1963 NL-4.4-4
1965 NL-4.1-5
1966 NL-4.6-3
1967 NL-3.8-8
1968 NL-5.3-1
1969 NL-7.9-1
1970 NL-6.2-1
1973 NL-3.8-7
1974 NL-3.5-7
Car-55.6-25

Extra-Base Hits
1963 NL-68-7
1965 NL-60-10
1966 NL-68-5
1968 NL-56-8
1969 NL-73-2
1970 NL-80-2
Car-920-52

Times on Base
1966 NL-230-10
1969 NL-282-4
1970 NL-283-1
Car-3625-70

Offensive Win%
1963 NL-.750-4
1965 NL-.753-3
1966 NL-.791-2
1967 NL-.753-5
1968 NL-.800-1
1969 NL-.865-1
1970 NL-.809-2
Car-.718-54

Hit By Pitch
1961 NL-5-6
1963 NL-11-3
1966 NL-6-7

Sac. Flies
1968 NL-8-2
1969 NL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1967 NL-17-9
1968 NL-20-4
1969 NL-45-1
1970 NL-40-1
1971 NL-21-1
1973 NL-25-1
1977 NL-16-3
Car-260-3

At Bats per Home Run
1963 NL-12.8-1
1965 NL-13.8-2
1966 NL-13.9-3
1967 NL-14.7-1
1968 NL-14.5-1
1969 NL-10.9-1
1970 NL-12.7-1
1973 NL-**13.2-4
1974 NL-**15.6-3
1975 NL-**18.0-5
1977 NL-17.1-8
Car-15.7-24

Oldest Player
1974 NL-36-10
1975 NL-37-7
1976 AL-38-8
1976 NL-38-2
1977 NL-39-3
1978 NL-40-2
1979 NL-41-2
1980 NL-42-2

    
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Black Ink: Batting - 31 (54) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 126 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 44.5 (104) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 110.5 (129) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  20. Willie Stargell (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

March 12, 1955: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

October 25, 1973: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bernie Williams to the San Diego Padres for Mike Caldwell.

August 30, 1976: Purchased by the Oakland Athletics from the San Diego Padres.

November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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