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Willie McCovey
Willie Lee McCovey (Stretch, Mac or Big Mac)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 10, 1938 in Mobile, AL
High School: Central (Mobile, AL)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 30, 1959
Final Game: July 6, 1980
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1986 (346/425 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1959 21 SFG NL 52 219 192 32 68 9 5 13 38 2 0 22 35 .354 .429 .656 1.085 187 126 7 4 0 1 1 3 MVP-22,RoY-1
1960 22 SFG NL 101 307 260 37 62 15 3 13 51 1 1 45 53 .238 .349 .469 .818 127 122 3 0 0 2 4 3
1961 23 SFG NL 106 374 328 59 89 12 3 18 50 1 2 37 60 .271 .350 .491 .841 124 161 8 5 0 4 3 3
1962 24 SFG NL 91 261 229 41 67 6 1 20 54 3 3 29 35 .293 .368 .590 .957 154 135 6 0 0 3 1 739
1963 25 SFG NL 152 627 564 103 158 19 5 44 102 1 1 50 119 .280 .350 .566 .915 161 319 10 11 1 1 5 *73/9 AS,MVP-17
1964 26 SFG NL 130 434 364 55 80 14 1 18 54 2 1 61 73 .220 .336 .412 .748 108 150 9 5 0 4 5 73/9
1965 27 SFG NL 160 639 540 93 149 17 4 39 92 0 4 88 118 .276 .381 .539 .920 153 291 8 6 2 3 5 *3 MVP-10
1966 28 SFG NL 150 588 502 85 148 26 6 36 96 2 1 76 100 .295 .391 .586 .977 164 294 8 6 0 4 10 *3 AS,MVP-17
1967 29 SFG NL 135 539 456 73 126 17 4 31 91 3 3 71 110 .276 .378 .535 .913 159 244 8 6 2 4 17 *3 MVP-29
1968 30 SFG NL 148 608 523 81 153 16 4 36 105 4 2 72 71 .293 .378 .545 .923 174 285 10 5 0 8 20 *3 AS,MVP-3
1969 31 SFG NL 149 623 491 101 157 26 2 45 126 0 0 121 66 .320 .453 .656 1.108 209 322 11 4 0 7 45 *3 AS,MVP-1
1970 32 SFG NL 152 638 495 98 143 39 2 39 126 0 0 137 75 .289 .444 .612 1.056 181 303 13 3 0 3 40 *3 AS,MVP-9
1971 33 SFG NL 105 402 329 45 91 13 0 18 70 0 2 64 57 .277 .396 .480 .876 149 158 6 4 0 5 21 3 AS,MVP-15
1972 34 SFG NL 81 304 263 30 56 8 0 14 35 0 0 38 45 .213 .316 .403 .719 102 106 3 2 0 1 5 3
1973 35 SFG NL 130 495 383 52 102 14 3 29 75 1 0 105 78 .266 .420 .546 .966 161 209 6 1 0 6 25 *3
1974 36 SDP NL 128 442 344 53 87 19 1 22 63 1 0 96 76 .253 .416 .506 .922 164 174 8 1 0 1 9 3
1975 37 SDP NL 122 475 413 43 104 17 0 23 68 1 0 57 80 .252 .345 .460 .805 129 190 10 3 0 2 8 *3
1976 38 TOT MLB 82 251 226 20 46 9 0 7 36 0 0 24 43 .204 .283 .336 .619 82 76 4 1 0 0 8 3/D
1976 38 SDP NL 71 224 202 20 41 9 0 7 36 0 0 21 39 .203 .281 .351 .633 86 71 4 1 0 0 7 3
1976 38 OAK AL 11 27 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .208 .505 54 5 0 0 0 0 1 /D
1977 39 SFG NL 141 548 478 54 134 21 0 28 86 3 0 67 106 .280 .367 .500 .867 132 239 16 0 0 3 16 *3 MVP-20
1978 40 SFG NL 108 389 351 32 80 19 2 12 64 1 0 36 57 .228 .298 .396 .694 97 139 12 0 0 2 8 3
1979 41 SFG NL 117 393 353 34 88 9 0 15 57 0 2 36 70 .249 .318 .402 .720 102 142 7 1 0 3 2 3
1980 42 SFG NL 48 130 113 8 23 8 0 1 16 0 0 13 23 .204 .285 .301 .586 66 34 3 1 0 3 2 3
22 Seasons 2588 9686 8197 1229 2211 353 46 521 1555 26 22 1345 1550 .270 .374 .515 .889 147 4219 176 69 5 70 260
162 Game Avg. 162 606 513 77 138 22 3 33 97 2 1 84 97 .270 .374 .515 .889 147 264 11 4 0 4 16
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SFG (19 yrs) 2256 8518 7214 1113 1974 308 45 469 1388 24 22 1168 1351 .274 .377 .524 .900 149 3779 154 64 5 67 235
SDP (3 yrs) 321 1141 959 116 232 45 1 52 167 2 0 174 195 .242 .360 .454 .814 133 435 22 5 0 3 24
OAK (1 yr) 11 27 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .208 .505 54 5 0 0 0 0 1
NL (22 yrs) 2577 9659 8173 1229 2206 353 46 521 1555 26 22 1342 1546 .270 .375 .516 .890 147 4214 176 69 5 70 259
AL (1 yr) 11 27 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .208 .296 .208 .505 54 5 0 0 0 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1959 21 SFG NL 219 132 53 10.7 103 .379 .354 .268 .429 .333 .656 .414 1.085 .748 187 .824 23.8 2.3 1.176 .427 .302 3.5
1960 22 SFG NL 307 204 45 5.9 95 .250 .238 .257 .349 .322 .469 .395 .818 .717 127 .637 10.7 1.1 .827 .404 .231 1.9
1961 23 SFG NL 374 253 56 5.9 103 .280 .271 .266 .350 .332 .491 .415 .841 .747 124 .607 11.2 1.1 .811 .329 .220 1.9
1962 24 SFG NL 261 174 48 7.4 102 .266 .293 .269 .368 .336 .590 .408 .957 .744 154 .707 16.9 1.6 .959 .424 .297 5.2
1963 25 SFG NL 627 419 111 7.1 88 .284 .280 .253 .350 .315 .566 .378 .915 .693 161 .750 41.8 4.4 .911 .374 .285 2.0
1964 26 SFG NL 434 298 53 4.8 95 .224 .220 .266 .336 .324 .412 .394 .748 .718 108 .570 6.0 0.6 .738 .363 .192 3.6
1965 27 SFG NL 639 408 115 7.6 97 .285 .276 .263 .381 .327 .539 .397 .920 .724 153 .753 39.6 4.1 .945 .419 .263 .0
1966 28 SFG NL 588 367 119 8.8 99 .303 .295 .269 .391 .328 .586 .406 .977 .734 164 .791 45.5 4.6 1.039 .444 .291 3.8
1967 29 SFG NL 539 347 94 7.3 90 .298 .276 .258 .378 .320 .535 .379 .913 .699 159 .754 36.6 3.8 .941 .414 .259 5.5
1968 30 SFG NL 608 390 110 7.6 82 .276 .293 .253 .378 .312 .545 .357 .923 .668 174 .800 48.6 5.3 .953 .394 .252 7.2
1969 31 SFG NL 623 352 151 11.5 94 .289 .320 .258 .453 .328 .656 .383 1.108 .711 209 .865 79.0 7.9 1.296 .582 .336 .0
1970 32 SFG NL 638 368 140 10.2 103 .271 .289 .267 .444 .340 .612 .408 1.056 .748 181 .809 65.1 6.2 1.214 .600 .323 .0
1971 33 SFG NL 402 251 65 7.0 92 .282 .277 .259 .396 .325 .480 .378 .876 .703 149 .728 24.6 2.5 .911 .392 .204 .0
1972 34 SFG NL 304 211 35 4.5 93 .205 .213 .259 .316 .327 .403 .382 .719 .710 102 .545 0.5 0.1 .695 .335 .190 .0
1973 35 SFG NL 495 293 95 8.8 101 .259 .266 .268 .420 .338 .546 .399 .966 .737 161 .787 37.6 3.8 1.101 .556 .279 1.9
1974 36 SDP NL 442 266 79 8.0 90 .263 .253 .256 .416 .328 .506 .371 .922 .698 164 .761 34.4 3.5 1.026 .535 .253 1.9
1975 37 SDP NL 475 321 66 5.5 91 .260 .252 .258 .345 .328 .460 .373 .805 .701 129 .612 15.7 1.6 .787 .349 .208 1.9
1976 38 TOT MLB 251 184 22 3.2 85 .222 .204 .253 .283 .318 .336 .360 .619 .678 82 .393 -5.2 -0.6 .549 .239 .133 .0
1976 38 SDP NL 224 165 20 3.3 85 .218 .203 .253 .281 .318 .351 .361 .633 .679 86 .398 -3.9 -0.4 .564 .252 .149 .0
1976 38 OAK AL 27 19 2 2.8 82 .250 .208 .250 .296 .314 .208 .353 .505 .666 54 .350 -1.3 -0.1 .421 .125 .000
1977 39 SFG NL 548 363 86 6.4 102 .305 .280 .268 .367 .336 .500 .408 .867 .744 132 .644 21.8 2.1 .858 .366 .220 5.4
1978 40 SFG NL 389 285 40 3.8 91 .239 .228 .257 .298 .324 .396 .378 .694 .703 97 .452 -2.2 -0.2 .622 .274 .168 1.8
1979 41 SFG NL 393 277 45 4.4 94 .269 .249 .260 .318 .325 .402 .386 .720 .711 102 .496 0.8 0.1 .646 .249 .153 .0
1980 42 SFG NL 130 96 10 2.8 93 .239 .204 .263 .285 .325 .301 .382 .586 .707 66 .320 -4.4 -0.4 .516 .212 .097 .0
22 Seasons 9686 6259 1638 7.0 95 .273 .270 .261 .374 .327 .515 .388 .889 .715 147 .718 548.4 55.6 .912 .410 .245 49.5
162 Game Avg. 606 392 103 7.0 95 .273 .270 .261 .374 .327 .515 .388 .889 .715 147 .718 34 3 .912 .410 .245 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SFG (19 yrs) 8518 5488 1471 7.2 95 .276 .274 .262 .377 .327 .524 .391 .900 .718 149 .727 503.5 51.1 .926 .412 .250 45.7
SDP (3 yrs) 1141 752 165 5.9 90 .252 .242 .256 .360 .326 .454 .370 .814 .695 133 .647 46.3 4.7 .822 .395 .212 3.9
OAK (1 yr) 27 19 2 2.9 82 .250 .208 .250 .296 .314 .208 .353 .505 .666 54 .350 -1.3 -0.1 .421 .125 .000
NL (22 yrs) 9659 6240 1636 7.1 95 .273 .270 .261 .375 .327 .516 .389 .890 .715 147 .719 549.8 55.7 .913 .410 .246 49.5
AL (1 yr) 27 19 2 2.9 82 .250 .208 .250 .296 .314 .208 .353 .505 .666 54 .350 -1.3 -0.1 .421 .125 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 24 SFG NL WS NYY L 4 16 15 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .533 .783 8 0 0 0 0 0
1971 33 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 4 18 14 2 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 2 .429 .556 .857 1.413 12 1 0 0 0 3
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 34 29 4 9 0 1 3 7 0 0 5 5 .310 .412 .690 1.101 20 1 0 0 0 3
1 NLCS 4 18 14 2 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 4 2 .429 .556 .857 1.413 12 1 0 0 0 3
1 WS 4 16 15 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .533 .783 8 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1963 SFG NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 28 as 1B 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 SFG NL 30 as 1B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 31 as 1B 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 8 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 32 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 33 as 1B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (6 Appearances) 17 16 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 6 .188 .235 .563 .798 9 2 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 21 SFG NL 219 5.9% 16.0% 10.1% 12.3% 40% 1.59 5.5 14.8 5.1 1.53 66%
1960 22 SFG NL 307 4.2% 17.3% 14.7% 10.1% 50% 1.18 4.9 20.0 5.1 1.12 64%
1961 23 SFG NL 374 4.8% 16.0% 9.9% 8.8% 37% 1.62 5.5 18.2 6.6 1.24 68%
1962 24 SFG NL 261 7.7% 13.4% 11.1% 10.3% 40% 1.21 6.5 11.5 4.2 1.03 68%
1963 25 SFG NL 627 7.0% 19.0% 8.0% 10.9% 43% 2.38 4.7 12.8 5.5 1.06 64%
1964 26 SFG NL 434 4.2% 16.8% 14.1% 7.6% 41% 1.20 5.0 20.2 6.7 0.89 64%
1965 27 SFG NL 639 6.1% 18.5% 13.8% 9.4% 40% 1.34 4.6 13.8 5.9 0.91 60%
1966 28 SFG NL 588 6.1% 17.0% 12.9% 11.6% 46% 1.32 5.0 13.9 5.2 1.07 63%
1967 29 SFG NL 539 5.8% 20.4% 13.2% 9.7% 41% 1.55 4.1 14.7 5.0 1.18 59%
1968 30 SFG NL 608 5.9% 11.7% 11.8% 9.2% 37% 0.99 7.4 14.5 5.0 1.01 70%
1969 31 SFG NL 623 7.2% 10.6% 19.4% 11.7% 47% 0.55 7.4 10.9 3.9 1.15 62%
1970 32 SFG NL 638 6.1% 11.8% 21.5% 12.5% 56% 0.55 6.6 12.7 3.9 0.93 60%
1971 33 SFG NL 402 4.5% 14.2% 15.9% 7.7% 34% 0.89 5.8 18.3 4.7 0.79 64%
1972 34 SFG NL 304 4.6% 14.8% 12.5% 7.2% 39% 1.18 5.8 18.8 7.5 0.93 67%
1973 35 SFG NL 495 5.9% 15.8% 21.2% 9.3% 45% 0.74 4.9 13.2 5.1 0.83 57%
1974 36 SDP NL 442 5.0% 17.2% 21.7% 9.5% 48% 0.79 4.5 15.6 5.5 0.83 56%
1975 37 SDP NL 475 4.8% 16.8% 12.0% 8.4% 39% 1.40 5.2 18.0 6.1 0.87 66%
1976 38 TOT MLB 251 2.8% 17.1% 9.6% 6.4% 35% 1.79 5.3 32.3 6.3 0.83 70%
1976 38 SDP NL 224 3.1% 17.4% 9.4% 7.1% 39% 1.86 5.2 28.9 5.6 0.80 70%
1976 38 OAK AL 27 0.0% 14.8% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.33 6.0 1.14 74%
1977 39 SFG NL 548 5.1% 19.3% 12.2% 8.9% 37% 1.58 4.5 17.1 5.6 0.85 63%
1978 40 SFG NL 389 3.1% 14.7% 9.3% 8.5% 41% 1.58 6.2 29.3 5.5 0.98 73%
1979 41 SFG NL 393 3.8% 17.8% 9.2% 6.1% 27% 1.94 5.0 23.5 6.2 0.81 69%
1980 42 SFG NL 130 0.8% 17.7% 10.0% 6.9% 39% 1.77 4.9 113.0 7.1 1.06 71%
22 Seasons 9686 5.4% 16.0% 13.9% 9.5% 42% 1.15 5.3 15.7 5.3 0.97 64%
MLB Averages
PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1959 21 SFG NL 1 0 24% 84 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 56% 12 6 6 1 1 0 5 1 4
1960 22 SFG NL 6 0 26% 120 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 50% 17 9 8 2 0 2 5 1 2
1961 23 SFG NL 4 0 36% 146 1 2 33% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 60% 21 11 10 5 2 3 14 2 11
1962 24 SFG NL 2 0 28% 79 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 11 33% 13 6 5 2 2 0 3 1 1
1963 25 SFG NL 6 0 34% 221 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 37% 32 21 10 7 5 1 15 5 9
1964 26 SFG NL 7 0 29% 152 2 1 67% 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9 37% 28 19 7 10 7 3 16 5 10
1965 27 SFG NL 6 0 27% 219 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 48% 34 22 11 8 3 4 19 4 14
1966 28 SFG NL 7 0 25% 216 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 16 60% 29 12 16 3 2 1 8 1 7
1967 29 SFG NL 7 0 24% 183 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 53% 29 16 13 4 4 0 14 2 12
1968 30 SFG NL 9 0 23% 216 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 14 44% 35 20 14 6 6 0 16 3 11
1969 31 SFG NL 7 0 24% 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 18 45% 45 29 16 5 3 2 14 3 11
1970 32 SFG NL 7 0 24% 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 27% 27 25 2 12 8 4 10 2 7
1971 33 SFG NL 4 0 19% 170 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 27% 28 23 5 9 6 3 11 6 5
1972 34 SFG NL 2 0 20% 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 21% 18 14 3 5 4 1 6 3 2
1973 35 SFG NL 4 0 13% 150 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 21% 26 21 5 15 13 1 7 2 4
1974 36 SDP NL 3 1 19% 150 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 21% 25 20 5 6 6 0 16 10 5
1975 37 SDP NL 3 0 14% 134 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 16% 18 15 1 8 6 0 6 2 4
1976 38 TOT MLB 2 0 20% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 67% 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 4
1976 38 SDP NL 2 0 23% 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 75% 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 0 4
1976 38 OAK AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1977 39 SFG NL 6 0 15% 169 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 21% 21 16 3 9 8 1 9 5 4
1978 40 SFG NL 8 1 19% 104 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12% 13 11 2 4 4 0 8 6 1
1979 41 SFG NL 3 1 17% 102 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 37% 16 11 5 5 4 1 6 2 4
1980 42 SFG NL 1 2 19% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 50% 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 0 3
22 Seasons 105 5 23% 3356 26 22 54% 21 19 5 2 0 0 17 2 105 182 37% 493 331 149 131 96 29 216 67 135
MLB Averages
ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1959 21 SFG NL 219 73% 68 2 2 0 1 1.54 13 0 1 8 5 8 5 0 0 0 48 7 15% 15 4 27% 128 27 21% 11 7 64% 10 3 30% 0
1960 22 SFG NL 307 74% 62 33 7 1 6 1.73 13 1 9 13 0 4 9 0 0 0 57 3 5% 36 9 25% 204 41 20% 27 9 33% 25 4 16% 0
1961 23 SFG NL 374 85% 89 21 4 2 2 1.52 18 0 6 18 0 9 9 0 0 0 78 8 10% 47 17 36% 252 39 15% 30 11 37% 29 15 52% 0
1962 24 SFG NL 262 95% 67 17 4 2 2 1.80 20 0 1 19 1 12 8 0 0 0 53 6 11% 24 10 42% 176 35 20% 14 8 57% 19 12 63% 0
1963 25 SFG NL 627 72% 158 5 0 0 0 1.78 44 0 8 36 8 26 18 0 2 1 50% 126 10 8% 46 13 28% 380 63 17% 38 16 42% 34 14 41% 0
1964 26 SFG NL 434 83% 80 23 4 1 4 2.40 18 1 4 14 4 8 10 0 1 0 0% 78 9 12% 37 12 32% 246 40 16% 21 13 62% 20 3 15% 0
1965 27 SFG NL 639 75% 149 7 2 1 1 2.57 39 1 9 29 10 22 17 0 2 2 100% 110 8 7% 48 15 31% 358 57 16% 29 10 34% 37 10 27% 0
1966 28 SFG NL 588 76% 148 7 2 2 2 2.28 36 1 10 28 8 22 14 0 2 0 0% 104 8 8% 42 11 26% 332 61 18% 25 12 48% 31 11 35% 0
1967 29 SFG NL 539 78% 126 9 2 0 3 2.89 31 3 18 23 8 13 18 1 2 2 100% 101 8 8% 50 18 36% 350 61 17% 47 19 40% 38 13 34% 0
1968 30 SFG NL 608 69% 153 2 1 0 0 1.94 36 1 11 27 9 20 16 0 1 0 0% 137 10 7% 54 21 39% 440 72 16% 46 24 52% 29 8 28% 0
1969 31 SFG NL 623 78% 157 1 0 0 0 2.92 45 2 14 38 7 22 23 0 0 0 140 11 8% 42 20 48% 445 86 19% 56 32 57% 27 6 22% 0
1970 32 SFG NL 638 77% 143 5 2 0 2 2.33 39 2 19 32 7 16 23 0 1 0 0% 152 13 9% 55 20 36% 499 91 18% 57 27 47% 28 8 29% 0
1971 33 SFG NL 402 77% 91 8 3 1 3 1.91 18 1 12 14 4 9 9 0 0 0 78 6 8% 35 16 46% 280 55 20% 28 16 57% 23 7 30% 0
1972 34 SFG NL 304 76% 56 8 2 0 2 1.25 14 1 2 11 3 8 6 0 0 0 54 3 6% 27 9 33% 176 21 12% 12 4 33% 9 3 33% 0
1973 35 SFG NL 495 72% 102 8 2 0 2 1.79 29 0 5 23 6 21 8 0 0 0 85 6 7% 30 14 47% 330 47 14% 30 12 40% 37 9 24% 0
1974 36 SDP NL 443 75% 87 18 7 0 4 2.07 22 1 8 20 2 10 12 0 3 0 0% 76 8 11% 35 9 26% 280 42 15% 22 8 36% 26 10 38% 0
1975 37 SDP NL 475 74% 104 4 2 2 3 2.53 23 1 10 20 3 11 12 0 1 0 0% 97 10 10% 43 14 33% 319 47 15% 34 19 56% 29 12 41% 0
1976 38 TOT MLB 251 86% 46 20 5 1 5 3.03 7 0 11 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 50 4 8% 28 11 39% 202 30 15% 23 9 39% 19 3 16% 0
1976 38 SDP NL 224 84% 41 18 4 1 5 2.96 7 0 11 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 44 4 9% 24 9 38% 182 30 16% 21 9 43% 15 2 13% 0
1976 38 OAK AL 27 100% 5 2 1 0 0 3.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 4 2 50% 20 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1977 39 SFG NL 548 66% 134 4 0 0 1 3.30 28 2 15 21 7 6 22 0 0 0 98 16 16% 53 10 19% 370 62 17% 39 17 44% 42 9 21% 0
1978 40 SFG NL 390 66% 80 9 2 1 1 2.46 12 0 11 6 6 4 8 0 0 0 94 12 13% 42 13 31% 300 54 18% 31 16 52% 33 16 48% 0
1979 41 SFG NL 394 82% 88 28 11 2 5 2.24 15 0 9 13 2 9 6 0 0 0 74 7 9% 30 8 27% 273 44 16% 21 9 43% 14 7 50% 0
1980 42 SFG NL 132 73% 23 18 3 0 3 2.19 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 3 10% 11 5 45% 104 15 14% 12 7 58% 7 4 57% 0
22 Seasons 9692 76% 2211 257 67 16 52 2.14 521 18 196 421 100 264 257 1 15 5 33% 1919 176 9% 830 279 34% 6444 1090 17% 653 305 47% 566 187 33% 0
MLB Averages
PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 21 52 219 192 32 68 9 5 13 38 2 0 22 35 .354 .429 .656 1.085 187 126 7 4 0 1 1
1960 22 153 526 452 69 130 24 8 26 89 3 1 67 88 .288 .382 .549 .931 153 248 10 4 0 3 5
1961 23 259 900 780 128 219 36 11 44 139 4 3 104 148 .281 .369 .524 .893 141 409 18 9 0 7 8
1962 24 350 1161 1009 169 286 42 12 64 193 7 6 133 183 .283 .369 .539 .908 144 544 24 9 0 10 9
1963 25 502 1788 1573 272 444 61 17 108 295 8 7 183 302 .282 .362 .549 .911 149 863 34 20 1 11 14
1964 26 632 2222 1937 327 524 75 18 126 349 10 8 244 375 .271 .357 .523 .880 142 1013 43 25 1 15 19
1965 27 792 2861 2477 420 673 92 22 165 441 10 12 332 493 .272 .362 .526 .889 144 1304 51 31 3 18 24
1966 28 942 3449 2979 505 821 118 28 201 537 12 13 408 593 .276 .367 .536 .904 147 1598 59 37 3 22 34
1967 29 1077 3988 3435 578 947 135 32 232 628 15 16 479 703 .276 .369 .536 .905 149 1842 67 43 5 26 51
1968 30 1225 4596 3958 659 1100 151 36 268 733 19 18 551 774 .278 .370 .537 .907 152 2127 77 48 5 34 71
1969 31 1374 5219 4449 760 1257 177 38 313 859 19 18 672 840 .283 .380 .550 .930 159 2449 88 52 5 41 116
1970 32 1526 5857 4944 858 1400 216 40 352 985 19 18 809 915 .283 .387 .557 .944 161 2752 101 55 5 44 156
1971 33 1631 6259 5273 903 1491 229 40 370 1055 19 20 873 972 .283 .387 .552 .939 160 2910 107 59 5 49 177
1972 34 1712 6563 5536 933 1547 237 40 384 1090 19 20 911 1017 .279 .384 .545 .929 158 3016 110 61 5 50 182
1973 35 1842 7058 5919 985 1649 251 43 413 1165 20 20 1016 1095 .279 .387 .545 .931 158 3225 116 62 5 56 207
1974 36 1970 7500 6263 1038 1736 270 44 435 1228 21 20 1112 1171 .277 .388 .543 .931 158 3399 124 63 5 57 216
1975 37 2092 7975 6676 1081 1840 287 44 458 1296 22 20 1169 1251 .276 .386 .538 .923 156 3589 134 66 5 59 224
1976 38 2174 8226 6902 1101 1886 296 44 465 1332 22 20 1193 1294 .273 .383 .531 .914 154 3665 138 67 5 59 232
1977 39 2315 8774 7380 1155 2020 317 44 493 1418 25 20 1260 1400 .274 .382 .529 .911 153 3904 154 67 5 62 248
1978 40 2423 9163 7731 1187 2100 336 46 505 1482 26 20 1296 1457 .272 .378 .523 .901 150 4043 166 67 5 64 256
1979 41 2540 9556 8084 1221 2188 345 46 520 1539 26 22 1332 1527 .271 .376 .518 .893 148 4185 173 68 5 67 258
1980 42 2588 9686 8197 1229 2211 353 46 521 1555 26 22 1345 1550 .270 .374 .515 .889 147 4219 176 69 5 70 260

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 21 54 232 203 35 73 10 5 14 41 2 24 37 .360 .435 .665 1.100 57 52
1960 22 106 330 277 42 70 17 3 15 58 1 51 55 .253 .367 .498 .865 51 101
1961 23 111 392 344 63 94 13 3 19 53 1 39 63 .273 .352 .494 .846 60 106
1962 24 91 258 227 41 65 6 1 19 53 3 28 35 .286 .360 .573 .933 48 91
1963 25 152 652 583 120 177 21 6 49 119 1 56 119 .304 .376 .612 .988 130 152
1964 26 130 446 371 59 87 15 1 20 58 2 66 73 .235 .354 .442 .796 57 130
1965 27 159 648 546 98 157 18 4 41 97 0 93 117 .288 .395 .560 .956 120 160
1966 28 150 599 509 88 155 27 6 38 99 2 80 100 .305 .402 .605 1.007 123 150
1967 29 135 560 470 84 140 19 4 34 104 3 79 110 .298 .404 .572 .976 108 135
1968 30 147 645 547 103 179 19 5 42 133 5 84 71 .327 .417 .611 1.028 139 148
1969 31 149 646 504 111 170 28 2 49 139 0 131 66 .337 .472 .692 1.165 166 149
1970 32 152 642 497 96 145 40 2 40 123 0 139 75 .292 .447 .622 1.069 137 152
1971 33 105 419 339 51 101 14 0 20 80 0 71 57 .298 .420 .516 .936 74 105
1972 34 85 328 281 35 65 9 0 16 40 0 44 47 .231 .338 .434 .773 41 81
1973 35 130 507 389 53 108 15 3 31 76 1 111 78 .278 .434 .571 1.005 97 130
1974 36 128 467 356 59 99 22 1 25 70 1 109 76 .278 .448 .556 1.004 88 128
1975 37 122 490 423 49 114 19 0 25 78 1 62 80 .270 .365 .492 .857 76 122
1976 38 82 260 232 24 52 10 0 8 44 0 27 43 .224 .308 .371 .678 26 82
1977 39 141 546 477 54 133 21 0 28 87 3 66 106 .279 .364 .499 .863 87 141
1978 40 108 396 356 37 85 20 2 13 74 1 38 57 .239 .311 .416 .726 46 108
1979 41 117 403 360 38 95 10 0 16 65 0 39 70 .264 .335 .425 .760 51 117
1980 42 48 133 115 9 25 9 0 1 17 0 14 23 .217 .301 .322 .622 11 48
22 Seasons 2602 9999 8406 1349 2389 382 48 563 1708 27 1451 1558 .284 .391 .542 .933 1793 2588
162 Game Avg. 162 623 523 84 149 24 3 35 106 2 90 97 .284 .391 .542 .933 112 2588
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA (81.4%)
Selected to HOF in 1986 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1963 *
1966 (1B)
1968 (1B)
1969 (1B)
1970 *
1971 (1B)

Awards (yr lg award)
1959 NL Rookie of the Year
1969 ML AS MVP
1969 ML Major League Player of the Year
1969 NL MVP
1977 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1959 NL (22, 0%)
1963 NL (17, 3%)
1965 NL (10, 9%)
1966 NL (17, 4%)
1967 NL (29, 1%)
1968 NL (3, 48%)
1969 NL (1, 79%)
1970 NL (9, 14%)
1971 NL (15, 4%)
1977 NL (20, 1%)
1 MVP
1.63 Career Shares (125th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1968 NL  .293 (8th)
1969 NL  .320 (5th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 NL  .381 (4th)
1966 NL  .391 (4th)
1967 NL  .378 (10th)
1968 NL  .378 (2nd)
1969 NL  .453 (1st)
1970 NL  .444 (2nd)
1973 NL  .420 (3rd)**
Career  .374 (217th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1963 NL  .566 (3rd)
1965 NL  .539 (5th)
1966 NL  .586 (2nd)
1967 NL  .535 (4th)
1968 NL  .545 (1st)
1969 NL  .656 (1st)
1970 NL  .612 (1st)
1973 NL  .546 (6th)**
Career  .515 (70th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1963 NL  .915 (4th)
1965 NL  .920 (5th)
1966 NL  .977 (2nd)
1967 NL  .913 (5th)
1968 NL  .923 (1st)
1969 NL  1.108 (1st)
1970 NL  1.056 (1st)
1973 NL  .966 (4th)**
Career  .889 (75th)

Games Played s c a p y
1965 NL  160 (7th)
Career  2588 (39th)

At Bats s c a p y
Career  8197 (115th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Career  9686 (93rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1963 NL  103 (5th)
1965 NL  93 (10th)
1969 NL  101 (9th)
Career  1229 (152nd)

Hits s c a p y
Career  2211 (165th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1963 NL  319 (6th)
1968 NL  285 (5th)
1969 NL  322 (3rd)
1970 NL  303 (9th)
Career  4219 (63rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1970 NL  39 (2nd)
Career  353 (249th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  44 (1st)
1965 NL  39 (2nd)
1966 NL  36 (4th)
1967 NL  31 (3rd)
1968 NL  36 (1st)
1969 NL  45 (1st)
1970 NL  39 (4th)
1973 NL  29 (6th)
1974 NL  22 (10th)
1975 NL  23 (7th)
Career  521 (18th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1963 NL  102 (6th)
1966 NL  96 (9th)
1967 NL  91 (10th)
1968 NL  105 (1st)
1969 NL  126 (1st)
1970 NL  126 (4th)
Career  1555 (40th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL  61 (10th)
1965 NL  88 (2nd)
1966 NL  76 (3rd)
1967 NL  71 (7th)
1968 NL  72 (6th)
1969 NL  121 (2nd)
1970 NL  137 (1st)
1973 NL  105 (4th)
1974 NL  96 (7th)
Career  1345 (31st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1963 NL  119 (5th)
1965 NL  118 (9th)
1967 NL  110 (3rd)
Career  1550 (33rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1963 NL  161 (4th)
1965 NL  153 (4th)
1966 NL  164 (3rd)
1967 NL  159 (5th)
1968 NL  174 (1st)
1969 NL  209 (1st)
1970 NL  181 (1st)
Career  147 (41st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1963 NL  111 (6th)
1965 NL  115 (8th)
1966 NL  119 (4th)
1968 NL  110 (2nd)
1969 NL  151 (1st)
1970 NL  140 (2nd)
Career  1638 (52nd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1963 NL  42 (4th)
1965 NL  40 (5th)
1966 NL  45 (3rd)
1967 NL  37 (8th)
1968 NL  49 (1st)
1969 NL  79 (1st)
1970 NL  65 (1st)
1973 NL  38 (7th)
1974 NL  34 (7th)
Career  548 (31st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1963 NL  4.4 (4th)
1965 NL  4.1 (5th)
1966 NL  4.6 (3rd)
1967 NL  3.8 (8th)
1968 NL  5.3 (1st)
1969 NL  7.9 (1st)
1970 NL  6.3 (1st)
1973 NL  3.8 (7th)
1974 NL  3.5 (7th)
Career  55.6 (25th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1963 NL  68 (7th)
1965 NL  60 (10th)
1966 NL  68 (5th)
1968 NL  56 (8th)
1969 NL  73 (2nd)
1970 NL  80 (2nd)
Career  920 (53rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1966 NL  230 (10th)
1969 NL  282 (4th)
1970 NL  283 (1st)
Career  3625 (76th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1963 NL  .750 (4th)
1965 NL  .753 (3rd)
1966 NL  .791 (2nd)
1967 NL  .754 (5th)
1968 NL  .800 (1st)
1969 NL  .865 (1st)
1970 NL  .809 (2nd)
Career  .718 (52nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 NL  5 (6th)
1963 NL  11 (3rd)
1966 NL  6 (7th)
Career  69 (196th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 NL  8 (2nd)
1969 NL  7 (6th)
Career  70 (134th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL  17 (9th)
1968 NL  20 (4th)
1969 NL  45 (1st)
1970 NL  40 (1st)
1971 NL  21 (1st)
1973 NL  25 (1st)
1977 NL  16 (3rd)
Career  260 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Career  176 (146th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1963 NL  12.8 (1st)
1965 NL  13.8 (2nd)
1966 NL  13.9 (3rd)
1967 NL  14.7 (1st)
1968 NL  14.5 (1st)
1969 NL  10.9 (1st)
1970 NL  12.7 (1st)
1973 NL  13.2 (4th)**
1974 NL  15.6 (3rd)**
1975 NL  18.0 (5th)**
1977 NL  17.1 (8th)
Career  15.7 (26th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  6259 (108th)

Oldest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1938-01-10 (10th)
1975 NL  born 1938-01-10 (7th)
1976 AL  born 1938-01-10 (8th)
1976 NL  born 1938-01-10 (2nd)
1977 NL  born 1938-01-10 (3rd)
1978 NL  born 1938-01-10 (2nd)
1979 NL  born 1938-01-10 (2nd)
1980 NL  born 1938-01-10 (2nd)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 31 (56), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 126 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 110 (129), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 44 (114), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Willie Stargell (884) *
  3. Harmon Killebrew (880) *
  4. Eddie Mathews (857) *
  5. Jim Thome (856)
  6. Carlos Delgado (844)
  7. Mike Schmidt (840) *
  8. Jose Canseco (821)
  9. Frank Thomas (812)
  10. Jeff Bagwell (811)
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  1. Will Clark (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mark Teixeira (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Teixeira (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Richie Sexson (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Richie Sexson (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Richie Sexson (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Fred McGriff (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fred McGriff (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Fred McGriff (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlos Delgado (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlos Delgado (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Willie Stargell (909) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jason Giambi (898)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Gil Hodges (894)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jason Giambi (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Jason Giambi (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Willie Stargell (895) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Willie Stargell (897) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Willie Stargell (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Willie Stargell (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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