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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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 SFG NL 21 1B 51 49 408.2 458 424 29 5 29 .989 1.4 4.1 1.4 0.7 0.7 0 9.98 8.88 .988 9.58 8.04 MVP-22,RoY-1
1960 SFG NL 22 1B 71 65 567.2 605 557 39 9 42 .985 -3.4 -7.2 -3.4 -2.7 -0.7 0 9.45 8.39 .990 9.57 8.20
1961 SFG NL 23 1B 84 79 710.1 735 669 55 11 55 .985 3.7 6.3 3.7 3.0 0.7 0 9.17 8.62 .990 9.82 8.57
1962 SFG NL 24 OF 57 53 368.1 85 81 2 2 1 .976 -1.8 -5.9 0.2 1.6 -1.3 -2 2.03 1.46 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 SFG NL 24 LF 45 42 290.1 71 68 1 2 1 .972 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 2.1 -0.6 -2 2.14 1.53 .968 1.81 1.37
1962 SFG NL 24 1B 17 11 93.0 113 105 7 1 12 .991 0.4 5.2 0.4 1.2 -0.8 0 10.84 6.59 .990 9.79 8.04
1962 SFG NL 24 RF 12 11 78.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -20.0 -1.3 -0.5 -0.7 0 1.62 1.17 .971 1.90 1.65
1963 SFG NL 25 OF 135 131 1103.2 241 220 7 14 0 .942 -2.4 -2.6 -0.4 -3.8 3.4 -2 1.85 1.68 .978 2.01 1.75 AS,MVP-17
1963 SFG NL 25 LF 133 130 1093.0 237 218 6 13 0 .945 -2.4 -2.6 -0.4 -3.8 3.4 -2 1.84 1.68 .972 1.80 1.38 AS,MVP-17
1963 SFG NL 25 1B 23 14 144.1 158 143 14 1 5 .994 3.1 25.8 3.1 1.1 2.0 0 9.79 6.83 .989 9.81 8.36 AS,MVP-17
1963 SFG NL 25 RF 3 1 10.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.53 1.00 .967 1.86 1.60 AS,MVP-17
1964 SFG NL 26 OF 83 80 627.1 108 96 5 7 1 .935 -10.0 -19.1 -8.0 -5.9 -2.1 -2 1.45 1.22 .974 1.99 1.72
1964 SFG NL 26 LF 78 75 592.1 96 86 4 6 1 .938 -11.1 -22.5 -8.1 -5.6 -2.5 -3 1.37 1.15 .966 1.71 1.34
1964 SFG NL 26 1B 26 21 190.1 198 177 14 7 19 .965 -3.7 -23.3 -3.7 -0.9 -2.8 0 9.03 7.35 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 SFG NL 26 RF 5 5 35.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 1.1 37.7 0.1 -0.3 0.4 1 2.06 1.60 .978 1.90 1.62
1965 SFG NL 27 1B 156 150 1300.0 1410 1310 87 13 93 .991 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -1.4 1.0 0 9.67 8.96 .990 6.92 6.41 MVP-10
1966 SFG NL 28 1B 145 139 1221.1 1390 1287 81 22 91 .984 -3.2 -3.1 -2.2 -1.4 -0.8 -1 10.08 9.43 .989 7.37 6.90 AS,MVP-17
1967 SFG NL 29 1B 127 123 1108.1 1317 1221 81 15 102 .989 -1.4 -1.5 -0.4 1.9 -2.3 -1 10.57 10.25 .991 8.12 7.87 MVP-29
1968 SFG NL 30 1B 146 146 1257.1 1429 1305 103 21 91 .985 0.8 0.8 0.8 -0.4 1.2 0 10.08 9.64 .992 7.16 6.85 AS,MVP-3
1969 SFG NL 31 1B 148 148 1249.2 1483 1392 79 12 116 .992 -7.6 -7.3 -6.6 -2.3 -4.3 -1 10.59 9.94 .992 7.20 6.76 AS,MVP-1
1970 SFG NL 32 1B 146 146 1241.1 1366 1217 134 15 117 .989 -2.9 -2.8 -1.9 0.0 -2.0 -1 9.80 9.25 .992 7.25 6.85 AS,MVP-9
1971 SFG NL 33 1B 95 95 795.1 906 828 63 15 80 .983 -1.1 -1.7 -1.1 -3.3 2.2 0 10.08 9.38 .992 9.88 8.58 AS,MVP-15
1972 SFG NL 34 1B 74 73 598.1 658 617 32 9 52 .986 -8.3 -16.6 -8.3 -5.1 -3.3 0 9.76 8.77 .992 9.73 8.42
1973 SFG NL 35 1B 117 116 920.1 1018 930 76 12 89 .988 -7.7 -10.0 -6.7 -2.6 -4.0 -1 9.84 8.60 .992 9.78 8.40
1974 SDP NL 36 1B 104 103 841.0 873 815 47 11 59 .987 -7.9 -11.3 -7.9 -1.5 -6.4 0 9.22 8.29 .991 9.94 8.34
1975 SDP NL 37 1B 115 115 916.0 1067 979 73 15 94 .986 -4.2 -5.5 -4.2 -1.1 -3.2 0 10.34 9.15 .990 9.82 8.52
1976 SDP NL 38 1B 51 51 388.0 468 420 44 4 39 .991 5.1 15.8 5.1 2.5 2.6 0 10.76 9.10 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 OAK AL 38 DH 9
1977 SFG NL 39 1B 136 136 1079.1 1145 1072 60 13 93 .989 -10.3 -11.5 -9.3 -2.5 -6.8 -1 9.44 8.32 .991 8.34 7.35 MVP-20
1978 SFG NL 40 1B 97 95 728.0 775 721 44 10 49 .987 -9.6 -15.8 -9.6 -6.5 -3.0 0 9.46 7.89 .992 9.98 8.32
1979 SFG NL 41 1B 89 86 724.1 798 740 48 10 60 .987 -6.2 -10.3 -6.2 -1.8 -4.5 0 9.79 8.85 .992 9.89 8.59
1980 SFG NL 42 1B 27 26 235.2 255 241 12 2 18 .992 -2.4 -12.2 -2.4 -0.7 -1.7 0 9.66 9.37 .992 10.16 8.97
22 Seasons 1B 2045 1987 16718.2 18625 17170 1222 233 1405 .987 -65.7 -4.7 -59.7 -23.8 -36.2 -6 9.90 8.99 .991 8.63 7.72
3 Seasons OF 275 264 2099.1 434 397 14 23 2 .947 -14.2 -8.1 -8.2 -8.1 0.0 -6 1.76 1.49 .976 2.01 1.75
3 Seasons LF 256 247 1975.2 404 372 11 21 2 .948 -14.0 -8.5 -7.0 -7.3 0.3 -7 1.74 1.50 .970 1.77 1.37
3 Seasons RF 20 17 123.2 26 24 1 1 0 .962 -0.2 -1.9 -1.2 -0.8 -0.3 1 1.82 1.25 .973 1.90 1.64
1 Season DH 9
22 Seasons TOT 2320 2251 18818.0 19059 17567 1236 256 1407 .987 -79.9 -5.1 -67.9 -31.9 -36.2 -6 -6 8.99 8.10 .977 7.89 7.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 SFG NL 21 52 49 52 52 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 SFG NL 22 101 65 101 101 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
1961 SFG NL 23 106 79 106 106 0 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
1962 SFG NL 24 91 64 91 91 0 0 17 0 0 0 45 0 12 57 22 0
1963 SFG NL 25 152 145 152 152 0 0 23 0 0 0 133 0 3 135 7 0
1964 SFG NL 26 130 101 130 130 0 0 26 0 0 0 78 0 5 83 27 0
1965 SFG NL 27 160 150 160 160 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1966 SFG NL 28 150 139 150 150 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1967 SFG NL 29 135 123 135 135 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1968 SFG NL 30 148 146 148 148 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1969 SFG NL 31 149 148 149 149 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 SFG NL 32 152 146 152 152 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 SFG NL 33 105 95 105 105 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1972 SFG NL 34 81 73 81 81 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1973 SFG NL 35 130 116 130 130 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1974 SDP NL 36 128 103 128 104 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1975 SDP NL 37 122 115 122 115 0 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1976 SDP NL 38 71 51 71 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1976 OAK AL 38 11 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
1977 SFG NL 39 141 136 141 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 SFG NL 40 108 95 108 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1979 SFG NL 41 117 86 117 89 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
1980 SFG NL 42 48 26 48 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
22 Seasons 2588 2258 2588 2461 0 0 2045 0 0 0 256 0 20 275 7 306 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 SFG NL 21 1748 60% 77% 27% 102 95% 0 423 16 398 9 57 28 22 2 1 1 5 0 4 1 4 30 0 0 1 29 2 1 0 1 9 89%
1960 SFG NL 22 2490 58% 78% 26% 126 91% 2 558 19 530 9 66 37 19 8 3 1 9 0 7 2 7 43 2 0 1 40 3 3 0 3 9 78%
1961 SFG NL 23 3071 59% 76% 25% 178 93% 0 665 57 604 5 60 58 40 7 0 1 11 2 8 1 7 54 3 0 0 47 4 7 3 4 19 84%
1962 SFG NL 24 426 68% 78% 25% 24 96% 0 106 7 96 4 11 7 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 SFG NL 25 634 60% 79% 25% 43 95% 0 143 8 132 3 19 15 12 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 100%
1964 SFG NL 26 852 57% 76% 31% 43 84% 2 185 8 176 3 14 14 10 2 0 3 7 2 3 2 3 22 0 0 0 19 0 3 0 3 5 40%
1965 SFG NL 27 5550 56% 76% 27% 290 92% 0 1309 55 1237 18 136 91 66 14 1 4 13 1 9 3 12 93 3 1 2 86 6 6 1 5 12 83%
1966 SFG NL 28 5197 58% 79% 28% 303 95% 2 1280 60 1209 18 149 83 64 12 1 3 22 7 13 2 7 93 0 1 0 83 1 10 3 7 9 100%
1967 SFG NL 29 4665 66% 77% 29% 246 94% 0 1228 60 1152 18 98 79 64 6 1 2 15 3 10 2 10 101 1 0 0 98 1 3 0 3 19 95%
1968 SFG NL 30 5317 64% 79% 28% 304 92% 1 1304 58 1229 16 141 103 69 9 1 8 21 3 14 4 12 91 1 1 2 78 3 13 4 8 18 89%
1969 SFG NL 31 5363 65% 78% 29% 248 94% 0 1385 48 1327 10 121 78 50 16 1 2 12 2 9 1 8 116 1 0 2 105 3 11 1 9 19 89%
1970 SFG NL 32 5609 61% 77% 25% 327 94% 3 1214 75 1118 22 117 136 94 18 4 8 15 2 12 1 10 118 0 2 3 98 4 20 2 16 24 92%
1971 SFG NL 33 3437 60% 78% 27% 214 93% 1 834 41 784 11 103 59 43 13 0 0 15 3 9 3 8 81 3 1 0 75 4 6 1 5 7 86%
1972 SFG NL 34 2669 63% 79% 26% 123 92% 0 617 32 577 9 54 32 22 4 0 2 9 2 7 0 4 52 0 0 1 41 0 10 3 6 12 100%
1973 SFG NL 35 4054 58% 81% 27% 209 91% 0 930 53 875 3 72 73 56 8 2 4 12 1 10 1 9 88 0 0 1 75 1 12 1 11 3 100%
1974 SDP NL 36 4006 58% 77% 25% 181 93% 0 814 55 752 7 68 50 35 11 1 1 11 1 7 3 5 59 2 0 1 56 3 3 0 2 14 100%
1975 SDP NL 37 4161 64% 80% 33% 201 95% 0 981 46 928 7 82 73 54 7 1 0 15 3 12 0 9 94 2 1 0 88 3 6 1 5 16 81%
1976 SDP NL 38 1685 67% 81% 30% 112 92% 0 414 36 374 4 30 43 31 6 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 39 1 3 0 36 4 2 0 2 9 78%
1977 SFG NL 39 4862 60% 79% 26% 220 90% 0 1068 52 1010 7 91 61 46 8 0 4 13 3 9 1 6 92 0 0 0 84 0 7 1 6 14 71%
1978 SFG NL 40 3190 63% 80% 26% 149 91% 0 722 43 676 4 55 43 28 5 0 4 10 4 5 1 5 49 2 0 0 46 2 3 0 3 15 93%
1979 SFG NL 41 3308 69% 77% 28% 130 88% 0 745 24 707 17 55 48 34 2 1 4 11 4 6 1 5 61 0 0 0 55 1 6 2 4 11 82%
1980 SFG NL 42 1037 63% 77% 25% 48 90% 0 241 13 227 1 16 14 11 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 18 0 0 0 16 0 2 0 2 1 100%
22 Seasons 73331 61% 78% 27% 3821 93% 11 17166 866 16118 205 1615 1225 875 165 18 55 234 44 161 29 136 1411 21 10 14 1271 45 135 23 106 251 88%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 87%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 SFG NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 11 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 3 0 28 15 53.6% 13 0 0.0% 1 1265 59% 78% 28% 128 53%
1963 SFG NL 25 13 0 11 2 5 6 0 2 3 1 36 28 2 34 6 1 14 3 0 2 0 0 13 13 0 99 50 50.5% 45 3 3.0% 3 4691 58% 77% 28% 468 48%
1964 SFG NL 26 6 0 6 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 25 18 0 10 0 0 13 7 0 8 2 0 7 7 0 63 34 54.0% 29 0 0.0% 4 2567 61% 76% 33% 217 41%
3 Seasons 21 0 19 2 8 11 0 3 3 1 76 57 2 47 6 1 29 11 0 15 2 0 23 23 0 190 99 52.1% 87 3 1.6% 8 8523 59% 77% 30% 813 47%
MLB Averages 57.5% 2.6% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1962 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 360 70% 75% 22% 36 39%
1963 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 48 77% 75% 19% 6 50%
1964 SFG NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 1 151 70% 79% 34% 16 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 559 71% 76% 25% 58 43%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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