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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	SFG		SDP	L,2-3	GS	29	6.1	5	0	0	5	0	1B
2	2	Apr 8	SFG		SDP	W,6-0	GS	24	7.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
3	3	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 11	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 12	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
7	8	Apr 16	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-4	GS	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
8	9	Apr 17	SFG		ATL	W,5-1	GS	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
9	10	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
10	11	Apr 19	SFG		ATL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
11	12	Apr 21	SFG		CIN	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
12	13	Apr 22	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
13	15 (1)	Apr 25	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
14	16	Apr 26	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
15	17	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
16	18	Apr 28	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
17	19	Apr 29	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	2	10	0	1B
18	20	Apr 30	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	21	May 1	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
20	22	May 2	SFG	@	STL	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
21	23	May 3	SFG	@	STL	W,4-0	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
22	24	May 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
23	25	May 7	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	26	May 9	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
25	27	May 10	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
26	28	May 11	SFG		PIT	W,6-2	GS	20	5.0	3	0	1	4	1	1B
27	29	May 12	SFG		STL	W,9-3	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
28	30	May 13	SFG		STL	W,7-6	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
29	35 (4)	May 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,10-7	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
30	36	May 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
31	37	May 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
32	38	May 23	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
33	39	May 24	SFG		HOU	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
34	40	May 25	SFG		HOU	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
35	41	May 26	SFG		LAD	W,6-1	GS	19	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
36	42	May 27	SFG		LAD	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
37	43	May 28	SFG		LAD	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
38	44	May 29	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	20	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
39	45	May 30	SFG	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	47 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	MON	W,6-5	GS	38	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	1B
41	48	Jun 3	SFG	@	MON	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	49	Jun 4	SFG	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
43	50	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	24	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
44	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	52	Jun 7	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	7	0	1	8	0	1B
46	53	Jun 9	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	19	5.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
47	54	Jun 10	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
48	55	Jun 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-5	GS	21	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
49	60 (4)	Jun 16	SFG		NYM	W,7-4	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
50	65 (4)	Jun 21	SFG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	14	3	0	17	1	1B
51	66	Jun 22	SFG		CIN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
52	67	Jun 23	SFG		ATL	W,9-0	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
53	68	Jun 24	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
54	69	Jun 25 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,9-3	GS	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
55	71 (1)	Jun 26	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	42	9.2	9	0	0	9	0	1B
56	72	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	3	0	1	4	1	1B
57	73	Jun 28 (1)	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
58	74	Jun 28 (2)	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
59	75	Jun 30 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,9-10	GS	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	77 (1)	Jul 1	SFG	@	ATL	W,15-4	GS	24	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
61	79 (1)	Jul 3	SFG		SDP	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
62	80	Jul 4	SFG		SDP	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	12	1	2	15	0	1B
63	83 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
64	84	Jul 7 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
65	85	Jul 8	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
66	86	Jul 9	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
67	87	Jul 13	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	89 (1)	Jul 15	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
69	90	Jul 16 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
70	92 (1)	Jul 17	SFG	@	STL	W,9-7	GS	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
71	93	Jul 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
72	94	Jul 19 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
73	96 (1)	Jul 20 susp	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
74	97	Jul 21	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
75	98	Jul 22	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
76	100 (1)	Jul 25	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
77	103 (2)	Jul 29	SFG		CHC	L,3-5	GS	21	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	107 (3)	Aug 1	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
79	108	Aug 2	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	109	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
81	111 (1)	Aug 5	SFG		LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	113 (1)	Aug 8	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
83	114	Aug 9	SFG		HOU	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	116 (1)	Aug 11	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
85	118 (1)	Aug 13	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
86	120 (1)	Aug 16	SFG	@	MON	L,0-1	GF	26	6.2	3	0	0	3	0	1B
87	121	Aug 17	SFG	@	MON	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
88	122	Aug 18	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
89	123	Aug 19	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
90	124	Aug 20	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
91	125	Aug 21	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	39	10.0	15	2	1	18	1	1B
92	126	Aug 22	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
93	127	Aug 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
94	128	Aug 25	SFG		MON	L,5-8	GS	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
95	132 (3)	Aug 29	SFG		NYM	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
96	133	Aug 30	SFG		NYM	L,4-10	GS	19	4.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	148 (14)	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-6	GS	31	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
							97gm		728.0	721	44	10	775	49