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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	SFG	@	SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
2	2	Apr 7	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
3	3	Apr 8	SFG	@	SDP	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	9	0	0	9	2	1B
4	4	Apr 10	SFG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	9	4	0	13	2	1B
5	5	Apr 11 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	2	1B
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	SFG		SDP	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
7	16 (8)	Apr 21	SFG		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
8	17	Apr 23	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
9	18	Apr 24	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	19	Apr 25	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
11	20	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
12	21	Apr 28	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
13	22	Apr 29	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	52	13.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
14	23	Apr 30	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	24	May 1	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
16	25	May 2	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	16	0	0	16	3	1B
17	26	May 4	SFG		PIT	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
18	27	May 5	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	1B
19	28	May 7	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
20	29	May 8	SFG		ATL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	2	1B
21	30	May 9 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
22	31	May 9 (2)	SFG		ATL	L,5-6	GS	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
23	32	May 10	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	GS	18	5.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
24	33	May 11	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
25	35 (1)	May 14	SFG		LAD	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
26	36	May 15	SFG		LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	15	3	0	18	1	1B
27	37	May 16	SFG		LAD	L,6-9	CG	47	9.0	10	2	1	13	1	1B
28	38	May 18	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
29	39	May 19	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
30	40	May 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
31	41	May 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
32	42	May 22	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-2	CG	41	11.2	11	0	0	11	0	1B
33	43	May 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
34	44	May 25	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-1	GS	24	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
35	46 (1)	May 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
36	47	May 28	SFG		MON	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
37	48	May 29	SFG		MON	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
38	49	May 30 (1)	SFG		MON	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	55 (5)	Jun 5	SFG		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
40	56	Jun 6 (1)	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	58 (1)	Jun 8	SFG	@	MON	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
42	59	Jun 9	SFG	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
43	60	Jun 10	SFG	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
44	61	Jun 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
45	64 (2)	Jun 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
46	65	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
47	66	Jun 16	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
48	67	Jun 18 (1)	SFG		SDP	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
49	68	Jun 18 (2)	SFG		SDP	W,10-9	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	69	Jun 19	SFG		SDP	W,7-4	GS	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	87 (17)	Jul 8	SFG		HOU	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
52	88	Jul 9	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
53	89	Jul 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
54	90	Jul 11	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-11	GS	37	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
55	92 (1)	Jul 16	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	13	4.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
56	98 (5)	Jul 21	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
57	99	Jul 22	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	6	1	1	8	1	1B
58	101 (1)	Jul 24	SFG		CIN	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
59	102	Jul 25 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
60	104 (1)	Jul 27	SFG		ATL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
61	106 (1)	Jul 29	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
62	107	Jul 30	SFG		PIT	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
63	108	Jul 31	SFG		PIT	W,15-11	GS	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	109	Aug 1 (1)	SFG		PIT	W,11-7	GS	37	8.0	11	0	1	12	0	1B
65	111 (1)	Aug 2	SFG		LAD	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
66	112	Aug 3	SFG		LAD	L,1-9	CG	50	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
67	113	Aug 4	SFG	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
68	114	Aug 5	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
69	115	Aug 6	SFG	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	8	2	2	12	1	1B
70	116	Aug 7	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
71	117	Aug 8 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
72	119 (1)	Aug 10	SFG		MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
73	120	Aug 11	SFG		MON	L,0-5	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
74	125 (4)	Aug 18	SFG		PHI	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
75	126	Aug 20	SFG	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
76	127	Aug 21	SFG	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	39	9.1	11	2	0	13	0	1B
77	129 (1)	Aug 23	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	1	11	0	1B
78	133 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	136 (2)	Sep 1	SFG		ATL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
80	137	Sep 3	SFG		HOU	W,16-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
81	138	Sep 4	SFG		HOU	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
82	139	Sep 5 (1)	SFG		HOU	L,0-1	GS	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
83	149 (9)	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
84	150	Sep 16	SFG		CIN	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
85	151	Sep 17	SFG		SDP	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
86	152	Sep 18	SFG		SDP	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
87	153	Sep 19	SFG		SDP	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
88	154	Sep 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
89	155	Sep 22	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
90	156	Sep 23	SFG	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
91	157	Sep 24	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
92	159 (1)	Sep 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,12-5	GS	34	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
93	160	Sep 28	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
94	161	Sep 29	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	40	9.1	8	0	0	8	2	1B
95	162	Sep 30	SFG	@	SDP	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
							95gm		795.1	828	63	15	906	80