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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	SFG	@	HOU	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 14	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
6	6	Apr 16	SFG		HOU	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 17	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	CG	54	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	8	Apr 18	SFG		HOU	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 19	SFG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 20	SFG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
11	12 (1)	Apr 21 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	13	Apr 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	14	Apr 23	SFG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
14	16 (1)	Apr 25	SFG		STL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	17	Apr 26	SFG		MLN	L,2-9	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	18	Apr 27	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
17	19	Apr 28	SFG		MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	20	Apr 29	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	22	May 2	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	23	May 3	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	24	May 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,17-4	GS	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF 1B
23	25	May 5 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	26	May 5 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
25	27	May 7	SFG	@	MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	28	May 8	SFG	@	MLN	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	29	May 9	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	30	May 10	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
29	32 (1)	May 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
30	33	May 14	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	34	May 15	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	35	May 16	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	36	May 17	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
34	37	May 18	SFG		NYM	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
35	38	May 19 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	39	May 19 (2)	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	LF
37	40	May 21	SFG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	41	May 22	SFG		PHI	W,10-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	42	May 24	SFG		LAD	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	43	May 25	SFG		LAD	W,6-2	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	44	May 26	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	46 (1)	May 29	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	47	May 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	48	May 31	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	53 (4)	Jun 5 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
46	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	55	Jun 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	6	2	0	8	0	1B
48	56	Jun 8	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
49	57	Jun 9	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	58	Jun 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
51	59	Jun 11	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	60	Jun 12	SFG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	61	Jun 13	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	62	Jun 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	63	Jun 15	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	64	Jun 16 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	LF
57	65	Jun 16 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	LF 1B
58	66	Jun 17	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	67	Jun 18	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	68	Jun 19	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	69	Jun 21	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	70	Jun 22	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	71	Jun 23	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	72	Jun 24	SFG	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	73	Jun 25	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	74	Jun 26	SFG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	75	Jun 28	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	76	Jun 29	SFG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
69	77	Jun 30	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	GS	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	78	Jul 1	SFG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
71	79	Jul 2	SFG		MLN	W,1-0	CG	59	16.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	80	Jul 3	SFG		MLN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	81	Jul 4	SFG		MLN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
74	82	Jul 5	SFG		STL	W,6-5	GS	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
75	83	Jul 6	SFG		STL	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
76	84	Jul 7 (1)	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG	58	15.0	16	4	0	20	0	1B
77	85	Jul 7 (2)	SFG		STL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	86	Jul 10	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
79	87	Jul 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
80	88	Jul 12	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	89	Jul 13	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
82	90	Jul 15 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	91	Jul 15 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
84	92	Jul 16 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
85	93	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	94	Jul 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,7-9	CG	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	95	Jul 18	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-5	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	96	Jul 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	97	Jul 20	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	99	Jul 23	SFG		NYM	W,9-1	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	100	Jul 24	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	101	Jul 25	SFG		NYM	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
94	102	Jul 26	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
95	103	Jul 27	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	104	Jul 28	SFG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	105	Jul 29	SFG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
98	106	Jul 30	SFG		PHI	W,5-0	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	107	Jul 31	SFG		PHI	L,3-7	GS	29	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	108	Aug 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,11-12	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
101	109	Aug 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	110	Aug 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
103	111	Aug 5	SFG	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	112	Aug 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	113	Aug 7	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
106	114	Aug 9	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-0	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
107	115	Aug 10	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
108	116	Aug 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
109	119 (2)	Aug 14	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	47	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
110	120	Aug 15	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	19	5.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
111	121	Aug 16	SFG	@	STL	L,0-13	CG	50	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
112	122	Aug 17	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	45	9.2	8	0	0	8	0	1B RF
113	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	44	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	LF 1B
114	124	Aug 20	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
115	125	Aug 21	SFG		MLN	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
116	126	Aug 22	SFG		MLN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	127	Aug 23	SFG		CIN	W,11-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
118	128	Aug 24	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
119	129	Aug 25	SFG		CIN	L,7-8	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	130	Aug 26	SFG		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	131	Aug 27	SFG		STL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	132	Aug 28	SFG		STL	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	LF 1B
123	133	Aug 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-11	CG	46	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	134	Aug 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
125	135	Aug 31	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	45	12.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	137 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	SFG		CHC	L,5-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
127	138	Sep 2 (2)	SFG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
128	139	Sep 3	SFG		CHC	W,16-3	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
129	140	Sep 4	SFG		HOU	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
130	141	Sep 5	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
131	142	Sep 6	SFG		LAD	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
132	143	Sep 7	SFG		LAD	W,5-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
133	144	Sep 8	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	145	Sep 10	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
135	147 (1)	Sep 12	SFG	@	NYM	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	149 (1)	Sep 14	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
137	150	Sep 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,13-5	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	151	Sep 16	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
139	152	Sep 17	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-3	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
140	153	Sep 18	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	154	Sep 20	SFG		NYM	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
142	155	Sep 21	SFG		NYM	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
143	156	Sep 22	SFG		NYM	W,13-4	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	LF 1B
144	157	Sep 24	SFG		PHI	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
145	158	Sep 25	SFG		PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
146	159	Sep 26	SFG		PHI	W,10-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
147	160	Sep 27	SFG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
148	162 (1)	Sep 29	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							159gm		1248.0	364	20	14	398	5