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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	2-6 / in Starts: 2-6
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	3 games
Most Games w/o RBI	3 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1962	WS g2	Oct 5	SFG		NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	5	.62	0.053	31.71	1.47%	0.06	1B
2	1962	WS g3	Oct 7	SFG	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	4	.99	-0.061	62.17	-2.08%	-0.30	RF
3	1962	WS g5	Oct 10	SFG	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.455	.705	5	.70	-0.014	57.72	-0.87%	-0.11	1B
4	1962	WS g7	Oct 16	SFG		NYY	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.533	.783	4	2.87	-0.239	478.75	-25.50%	-0.81	LF
1971 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1971	NLCS g1	Oct 2	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	1.333	1.833	4	1.07	0.123	33.28	2.02%	1.64	1B
6	1971	NLCS g2	Oct 3	SFG		PIT	L,4-9	GS-9	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.556	.833	1.389	4	.61	0.031	20.13	0.52%	0.60	1B
7	1971	NLCS g3	Oct 5	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.538	.667	1.205	4	1.52	-0.012	62.94	-0.08%	0.17	1B
8	1971	NLCS g4	Oct 6	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.556	.857	1.413	4	1.02	0.324	39.50	8.24%	3.15	1B
									34	29	4	9	0	1	3	7	5	3	5	0	0	0		1	0	0	.310	.412	.690	1.101

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