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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
2	2	Apr 13	SFG		STL	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 14	SFG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
4	4	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
5	5	Apr 17	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	59	14.0	5	4	0	9	0	1B
6	6	Apr 19	SFG		LAD	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
7	7	Apr 20	SFG		LAD	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
8	8	Apr 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
9	9	Apr 23	SFG	@	CHC	W,18-2	CG	34	9.0	14	2	0	16	2	1B
10	10	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
11	11	Apr 25	SFG	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
12	12	Apr 26	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
13	13	Apr 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
14	14	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
15	15	Apr 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	SFG		MLN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
17	17	May 4	SFG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
18	18	May 5	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
19	19	May 6	SFG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
20	20	May 7	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
21	21	May 8	SFG		PIT	W,13-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
22	22	May 10	SFG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	23	May 11	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	GS	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
24	27 (3)	May 15	SFG		LAD	W,2-0	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
25	28	May 16	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	25	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
26	30 (1)	May 18	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
27	31	May 20	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	50	11.2	14	0	0	14	1	1B
28	32	May 21	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
29	33	May 22	SFG	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
30	34	May 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS	24	7.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
31	35	May 25	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
32	36	May 26	SFG	@	PHI	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
33	37	May 27	SFG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
34	38	May 28	SFG	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
35	39	May 29	SFG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	24	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
36	40	May 30 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	41	May 30 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	42	May 31	SFG		CHC	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43	Jun 1	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
40	44	Jun 2	SFG		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	45	Jun 3	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
42	46	Jun 4	SFG		STL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
43	47	Jun 5	SFG		STL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
44	49 (1)	Jun 8	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
45	50	Jun 9	SFG		CIN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
46	51	Jun 10	SFG		MLN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
47	52	Jun 11	SFG		MLN	L,5-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
48	54 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		MLN	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
49	55	Jun 14	SFG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	57 (1)	Jun 16	SFG		PIT	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
51	61 (3)	Jun 21 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	L,6-9	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
52	62	Jun 21 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	GF	9	1.1	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
53	63	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
54	64	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
55	69 (4)	Jun 30 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	71 (1)	Jul 2	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
57	76 (4)	Jul 6	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
58	77	Jul 7	SFG		STL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
59	80 (2)	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
60	81	Jul 15	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
61	82	Jul 16	SFG		LAD	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	102 (19)	Aug 7 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-4	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	134 (31)	Sep 7	SFG	@	MLN	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
64	135	Sep 8	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
65	136	Sep 9 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	137	Sep 9 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	8.1	5	2	0	7	0	1B
67	138	Sep 11 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
68	139	Sep 11 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	7	1	2	10	0	1B
69	140	Sep 12	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	44	8.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
70	143 (2)	Sep 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	51	11.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
71	155 (11)	Oct 1	SFG		STL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
							71gm		567.2	557	39	9	605	42