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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	L,0-2	CG	35	10.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
3	5 (1)	Apr 14	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
4	6	Apr 15	SDP	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
5	7	Apr 16	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
6	8	Apr 18	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
7	9	Apr 19	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-2	GS	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
8	10	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
9	12 (1)	Apr 22	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
10	13	Apr 23	SDP		LAD	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
11	14	Apr 24	SDP		LAD	L,6-11	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
12	15	Apr 25	SDP		ATL	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
13	16	Apr 26	SDP		ATL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
14	18 (1)	Apr 27 (2)	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
15	20 (1)	Apr 29	SDP		HOU	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
16	21	Apr 30	SDP		HOU	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	22	May 1	SDP		HOU	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	13	0	1	14	0	1B
18	23	May 2	SDP	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
19	24	May 3	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
20	26 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
21	28 (1)	May 8	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	25	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
22	29	May 9	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	2	2	12	1	1B
23	30	May 10	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
24	33 (2)	May 14	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
25	34	May 16	SDP		CHC	W,8-2	GS	21	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
26	35	May 17	SDP		CHC	W,4-1	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
27	44 (8)	May 26	SDP	@	STL	W,9-6	GS	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
28	45	May 27	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	51 (5)	Jun 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-12	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
30	52	Jun 4	SDP	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
31	54 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	SDP	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
32	55	Jun 9	SDP		PHI	W,8-3	GS	27	6.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	56	Jun 10	SDP		PHI	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
34	60 (3)	Jun 14	SDP		NYM	W,7-1	GS	18	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
35	61	Jun 15	SDP		NYM	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
36	62	Jun 16	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-1	GS	21	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
37	64 (1)	Jun 18	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
38	66 (1)	Jun 20	SDP		LAD	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
39	67	Jun 21	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
40	68	Jun 22	SDP		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
41	69	Jun 23	SDP		SFG	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
42	70	Jun 24 (1)	SDP		SFG	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	16	2	0	18	3	1B
43	71	Jun 24 (2)	SDP		SFG	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
44	72	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
45	73	Jun 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	50	10.2	13	3	0	16	1	1B
46	74	Jun 28	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
47	75	Jun 29 (1)	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
48	77 (1)	Jun 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	80 (2)	Jul 3	SDP		CIN	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	1B
50	81	Jul 4	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
51	82	Jul 5	SDP		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
52	83	Jul 6	SDP		CIN	L,2-13	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
53	84	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-6	GS	49	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
54	86 (1)	Jul 10	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
55	87	Jul 11 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
56	89 (1)	Jul 12	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	20	5.0	4	3	0	7	0	1B
57	91 (1)	Jul 17	SDP		CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
58	92	Jul 18	SDP		CHC	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
59	93	Jul 19	SDP		CHC	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
60	94	Jul 20 (1)	SDP		STL	L,1-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
61	96 (1)	Jul 21	SDP		STL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
62	97	Jul 22	SDP		PIT	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
63	98	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
64	100 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-1	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
65	101	Jul 26	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	102	Jul 27	SDP	@	ATL	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
67	103	Jul 28	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	7	5	0	12	0	1B
68	104	Jul 29	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
69	105	Jul 30	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-8	GS	28	7.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
70	106	Jul 31	SDP	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	108 (1)	Aug 2	SDP		ATL	L,6-8	CG	68	15.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
72	110 (1)	Aug 4	SDP		HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
73	111	Aug 5	SDP		HOU	W,6-5	GS	35	7.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
74	117 (5)	Aug 12	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
75	119 (1)	Aug 15	SDP	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	120	Aug 16	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
77	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-10	CG	36	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
78	122	Aug 18 (1)	SDP	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
79	124 (1)	Aug 19	SDP	@	MON	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
80	125	Aug 20	SDP	@	MON	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
81	126	Aug 22	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
82	127	Aug 23	SDP		PHI	W,8-3	GS	35	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	1B
83	128	Aug 24 (1)	SDP		PHI	W,7-2	GS	27	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
84	129	Aug 24 (2)	SDP		PHI	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
85	130	Aug 25	SDP		NYM	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
86	131	Aug 26	SDP		NYM	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
87	132	Aug 27	SDP		NYM	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
88	133	Aug 28	SDP		MON	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
89	134	Aug 29	SDP		MON	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
90	135	Aug 30	SDP		MON	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	2	1B
91	136	Aug 31	SDP		MON	W,6-0	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	137	Sep 1	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
93	139 (1)	Sep 3	SDP	@	ATL	W,10-9	GS	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
94	140	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
95	141	Sep 5	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
96	142	Sep 6	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
97	143	Sep 7	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	8	1	1	10	1	1B
98	144	Sep 8	SDP		CIN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
99	145	Sep 9	SDP		CIN	W,11-2	GS	19	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
100	146	Sep 10	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
101	147	Sep 11	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
102	148	Sep 12	SDP		HOU	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
103	149	Sep 14	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
104	150	Sep 15	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
105	151	Sep 16	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
106	152	Sep 17	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
107	153	Sep 19	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
108	154	Sep 20	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
109	155	Sep 21	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
110	156	Sep 22	SDP		LAD	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
111	157	Sep 23	SDP		LAD	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
112	158	Sep 24	SDP		LAD	L,0-14	GS	33	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
113	159	Sep 25	SDP		SFG	W,8-6	GS	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
114	160	Sep 26	SDP		SFG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
115	162 (1)	Sep 28	SDP		SFG	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
							115gm		916.0	979	73	15	1067	94