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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 3)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 14	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
4	4	Apr 17	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
5	5	Apr 18 (1)	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 18 (2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-7	CG	33	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
7	7	Apr 20	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
8	8	Apr 21	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
9	9	Apr 23	SFG		NYM	L,8-9	CG	53	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
10	10	Apr 24	SFG		NYM	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	1B
11	11	Apr 25 (1)	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	12	Apr 25 (2)	SFG		NYM	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
13	13	Apr 27	SFG		PHI	W,14-13	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
14	14	Apr 28	SFG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
15	15	Apr 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17 (1)	May 1	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 1B
17	18	May 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
18	19	May 3	SFG	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
19	20	May 4	SFG	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
20	21	May 5	SFG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	43	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
21	22	May 7	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
22	25 (2)	May 11	SFG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
23	26	May 12	SFG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
24	27	May 13	SFG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
25	28	May 14	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
26	29	May 15	SFG		HOU	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
27	30	May 16 (1)	SFG		HOU	W,10-5	GS	28	7.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
28	31	May 16 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
29	32	May 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
30	33	May 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
31	34	May 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
32	35	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
33	36	May 22 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-1	GS	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
34	38 (1)	May 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	39	May 24	SFG		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
36	40	May 25	SFG		MLN	L,1-14	GS	40	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
37	41	May 26	SFG		MLN	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
38	42	May 27	SFG		CIN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
39	43	May 28	SFG		CIN	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
40	44	May 29	SFG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
41	45	May 30	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
42	46	May 31	SFG		STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	47	Jun 1	SFG		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
44	48	Jun 3	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	49	Jun 4	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
46	50	Jun 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
47	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
48	52	Jun 8	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
49	53	Jun 9	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
50	54	Jun 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
51	55	Jun 11	SFG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
52	56	Jun 12	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
53	57	Jun 13	SFG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
54	58	Jun 15	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
55	59	Jun 16	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
56	60	Jun 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
57	61	Jun 18	SFG		NYM	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
58	62	Jun 19	SFG		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
59	63	Jun 20 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	56	15.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
60	64	Jun 20 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
61	65	Jun 22	SFG		PIT	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
62	66	Jun 23	SFG		PIT	W,6-1	GS	17	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	1B
63	69 (2)	Jun 26	SFG		PHI	W,6-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
64	70	Jun 27	SFG		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
65	71	Jun 28	SFG		LAD	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
66	72	Jun 29	SFG		LAD	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
67	73	Jun 30	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
69	75	Jul 3	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
70	76	Jul 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
71	77	Jul 5	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	49	11.1	8	0	0	8	2	1B
72	78	Jul 6	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
73	80 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,10-2	GS	17	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
74	81	Jul 8 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
75	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
76	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-0	GS	26	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
77	84	Jul 16	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
78	85	Jul 17	SFG		HOU	W,7-0	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
79	86	Jul 18	SFG		HOU	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
80	87	Jul 19	SFG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
81	88	Jul 20	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
82	89	Jul 21	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	11	3	1	15	0	1B
83	90	Jul 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
84	91	Jul 23	SFG		MLN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
85	92	Jul 24	SFG		MLN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
86	93	Jul 25	SFG		MLN	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
87	94	Jul 26	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
88	95	Jul 27	SFG		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	1B
89	96	Jul 28	SFG		STL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
90	97	Jul 30	SFG	@	MLN	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
91	98	Jul 31	SFG	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	99	Aug 1 (1)	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
93	100	Aug 1 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
94	101	Aug 2	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	102	Aug 3	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	49	11.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
96	103	Aug 4	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
97	104	Aug 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,18-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
98	105	Aug 6	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
99	106	Aug 7	SFG	@	STL	W,10-4	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
100	107	Aug 8	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
101	108	Aug 10	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	GS	27	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
102	109	Aug 12 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
103	110	Aug 12 (2)	SFG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
104	111	Aug 13	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
105	112	Aug 14	SFG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
106	113	Aug 15	SFG		PHI	W,15-9	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
107	114	Aug 16	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
108	115	Aug 17	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
109	116	Aug 18	SFG		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
110	117	Aug 19	SFG		LAD	L,5-8	CG	64	15.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
111	118	Aug 20	SFG		LAD	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
112	119	Aug 21	SFG		LAD	L,4-6	CG	46	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
113	120	Aug 22	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
114	121	Aug 23	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
115	122	Aug 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
116	123	Aug 25	SFG	@	PIT	T,3-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
117	124	Aug 26 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS	27	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
118	125	Aug 26 (2)	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
119	126	Aug 27	SFG	@	NYM	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
120	127	Aug 28	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
121	128	Aug 29	SFG	@	NYM	W,8-3	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
122	129	Aug 31 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
123	130	Aug 31 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 2 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
125	132	Sep 2 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
126	133	Sep 3	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
127	134	Sep 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
128	135	Sep 5	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
129	136	Sep 6	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS	29	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
130	137	Sep 7	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
131	138	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	W,12-3	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
132	139	Sep 9	SFG		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
133	140	Sep 10	SFG		CHC	W,5-2	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
134	141	Sep 11	SFG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
135	142	Sep 12 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
136	143	Sep 12 (2)	SFG		CHC	W,9-2	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
137	144	Sep 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
138	145	Sep 14	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
139	146	Sep 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
140	147	Sep 16	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
141	148	Sep 17	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-9	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
142	149	Sep 18	SFG	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
143	150	Sep 19	SFG	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
144	151	Sep 20	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
145	152	Sep 21	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
146	153	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
147	154	Sep 24	SFG		MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
148	155	Sep 25	SFG		MLN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
149	156	Sep 26	SFG		MLN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
150	157	Sep 27	SFG		STL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
151	158	Sep 28	SFG		STL	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
152	159	Sep 29	SFG		STL	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
153	160	Sep 30	SFG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
154	161	Oct 1	SFG		CIN	L,2-17	CG	53	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
155	162	Oct 2	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	16	1	1	18	2	1B
156	163	Oct 3	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	GS	18	3.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
							156gm		1300.0	1310	87	13	1410	93