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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
2	2	Apr 7	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
3	3	Apr 8	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
4	4	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
5	5	Apr 10	SFG		SDP	W,11-2	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
6	6	Apr 11	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
7	7	Apr 12	SFG		HOU	W,9-3	GS	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
8	9 (1)	Apr 14	SFG		CIN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
9	10	Apr 15 (1)	SFG		CIN	L,0-11	CG	50	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
10	12 (1)	Apr 17 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,15-2	GS	17	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
11	14 (1)	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
12	15	Apr 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,8-6	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
13	16	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
14	17	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
15	18	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
16	19	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
17	20	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
18	21	Apr 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
19	22	Apr 27	SFG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	14	2	0	16	1	1B
20	23	Apr 28	SFG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	25 (1)	May 1	SFG		PIT	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
22	26	May 2	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	11	3	0	14	1	1B
23	27	May 3	SFG		PIT	L,5-14	GS	32	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
24	28	May 4	SFG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	29	May 5	SFG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
26	30	May 6 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,11-9	CG	54	12.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
27	32 (1)	May 8	SFG		STL	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
28	33	May 9	SFG		STL	L,1-3	GS	25	6.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
29	34	May 10	SFG		STL	W,6-3	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
30	35	May 11	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
31	36	May 12	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
32	37	May 13	SFG		LAD	L,3-15	GS	47	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
33	38	May 14	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
34	39	May 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
35	40	May 16	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
36	41	May 18	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	8	2	0	10	4	1B
37	42	May 19	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
38	44 (1)	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
39	45	May 22	SFG	@	ATL	W,7-3	GS	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
40	49 (3)	May 27	SFG		MON	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
41	50	May 28	SFG		NYM	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
42	51	May 29	SFG		NYM	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	53 (1)	Jun 1	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	56 (2)	Jun 4	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
45	57	Jun 5	SFG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
46	58	Jun 6	SFG	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
47	59	Jun 8	SFG	@	MON	L,3-17	GS	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
48	60	Jun 9	SFG	@	MON	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	61	Jun 10	SFG	@	MON	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
50	65 (3)	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
51	66	Jun 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
52	67	Jun 17	SFG	@	PHI	L,7-11	GS	38	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
53	69 (1)	Jun 20	SFG		CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
54	70	Jun 21	SFG		CIN	W,7-1	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
55	71	Jun 22	SFG		HOU	W,5-1	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
56	73 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
57	75 (1)	Jun 26	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
58	78 (2)	Jun 29	SFG	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
59	79	Jun 30	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	80	Jul 1 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	W,14-6	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
61	82 (1)	Jul 2	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2	1B
62	83	Jul 3	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
63	88 (4)	Jul 8	SFG		STL	W,5-4		22	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
64	89	Jul 10	SFG		CHC	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	6	2	1	9	1	1B
65	91 (1)	Jul 13	SFG		PIT	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
66	93 (1)	Jul 15	SFG		PIT	W,12-0	GS	26	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
67	94	Jul 16	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
68	95	Jul 17	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
69	96	Jul 18	SFG	@	STL	W,8-3	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
70	97	Jul 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
71	98	Jul 21	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS	20	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
72	99	Jul 22	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	52	13.0	18	0	0	18	1	1B
73	100	Jul 26 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,10-2	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
74	101	Jul 26 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,6-5	GS	21	5.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	102	Jul 27	SFG		SDP	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
76	103	Jul 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-0	GS	14	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
77	104	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS	27	7.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
78	105	Jul 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
79	106	Jul 31	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	GS	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	107	Aug 1	SFG	@	SDP	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
81	108	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
82	111 (2)	Aug 7	SFG		MON	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	3	0	13	2	1B
83	112	Aug 8	SFG		MON	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	113	Aug 9	SFG		MON	L,3-5	GS	31	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
85	114	Aug 10	SFG		NYM	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
86	117 (2)	Aug 14	SFG		PHI	L,3-4	GS	26	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
87	118	Aug 15	SFG		PHI	W,11-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
88	119	Aug 16	SFG		PHI	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
89	120	Aug 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	15	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
90	121	Aug 18	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
91	123 (1)	Aug 20	SFG	@	MON	W,6-4	GS	44	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
92	124	Aug 21	SFG	@	MON	W,3-1	GS	18	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
93	125	Aug 22	SFG	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
94	126	Aug 24	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
95	127	Aug 25	SFG	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
96	129 (1)	Aug 27	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
97	130	Aug 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	133 (2)	Sep 1	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
99	134	Sep 2 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
100	136 (1)	Sep 3	SFG		LAD	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
101	137	Sep 4	SFG		LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	138	Sep 5	SFG		LAD	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
103	139	Sep 7	SFG		HOU	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
104	140	Sep 8	SFG		HOU	L,7-9	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
105	142 (1)	Sep 10	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-10	GS	26	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
106	143	Sep 11	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-6	GS	47	10.1	9	1	1	11	1	1B
107	145 (1)	Sep 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-6	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
108	147 (1)	Sep 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
109	149 (1)	Sep 17	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-7	GS	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
110	150	Sep 18	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
111	151	Sep 19	SFG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
112	153 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
113	155 (1)	Sep 22	SFG		SDP	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
114	156	Sep 23	SFG		SDP	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
115	157	Sep 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
116	158	Sep 25	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
117	162 (3)	Sep 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
							117gm		920.1	930	76	12	1018	89