Willie McCovey

Willie Lee McCovey
Born: January 10, 1938
Mobile, AL USA
Deceased: 2018
Palo Alto, CA USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, LF, OF, DH, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 198
Career: 1959-1980
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.
Minor League Statistics

Willie McCovey compiled a career batting average of .270 with 521 home runs and 1555 RBI in his 2588-game career with the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics. He began playing during the 1959 season and last took the field during the 1980 campaign. McCovey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.


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Batting:

Year Lg Team GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
1959NLSan Francisco Giants522191923268951338202235.354.429.6561.08512674011
1960NLSan Francisco Giants10130726037621531351114553.238.349.469.81812230024
1961NLSan Francisco Giants10637432859891231850123760.271.350.491.84116185043
1962NLSan Francisco Giants912612294167612054332935.293.368.590.95713560031
1963NLSan Francisco Giants152627564103158195441021150119.280.350.566.9153191011115
1964NLSan Francisco Giants13043436455801411854216173.220.336.412.74815095045
1965NLSan Francisco Giants1606395409314917439920488118.276.381.539.92029186235
1966NLSan Francisco Giants1505885028514826636962176100.295.391.586.977294860410
1967NLSan Francisco Giants1355394567312617431913371110.276.378.535.913244862417
1968NLSan Francisco Giants1486085238115316436105427271.293.378.545.9232851050820
1969NLSan Francisco Giants149623491101157262451260012166.320.453.6561.1083221140745
1970NLSan Francisco Giants15263849598143392391260013775.289.444.6121.0563031330340
1971NLSan Francisco Giants10540232945911301870026457.277.396.480.876158640521
1972NLSan Francisco Giants813042633056801435003845.213.316.403.71910632015
1973NLSan Francisco Giants1304953835210214329751010578.266.420.546.966209610625
1974NLSan Diego Padres12844234453871912263109676.253.416.506.92217481019
1975NLSan Diego Padres122475413431041702368105780.252.345.460.805190103028
1976NLSan Diego Padres71224202204190736002139.203.281.351.6337141007
1976ALOakland Athletics1127240500000034.208.296.208.505500001
1977NLSan Francisco Giants1415484785413421028863067106.280.367.500.8672391600316
1978NLSan Francisco Giants10838935132801921264103657.228.298.396.694139120028
1979NLSan Francisco Giants1173933533488901557023670.249.318.402.72014271032
1980NLSan Francisco Giants4813011382380116001323.204.285.301.5863431032
Totals25889686819712292211353465211555262213451550.270.374.515.889421917669570260


Fielding:

Year Lg Team Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G
1959NLSan Francisco Giants1B5149408.742429529.9899.9768.882
1960NLSan Francisco Giants1B7165567.755739942.9859.4498.394
1961NLSan Francisco Giants1B8479710.3669551155.9859.1738.619
1962NLSan Francisco GiantsOF5753368.381221.9762.0281.456
1962NLSan Francisco Giants1B171193.01057112.9911.8396.588
1963NLSan Francisco GiantsOF1351311103.72207140.9421.8511.681
1963NLSan Francisco Giants1B2314144.31431415.9949.7906.826
1964NLSan Francisco GiantsOF8380627.396571.9351.4491.217
1964NLSan Francisco Giants1B2621190.317714719.9659.0327.346
1965NLSan Francisco Giants1B1561501300.01310871393.9919.6728.955
1966NLSan Francisco Giants1B1451391221.31287812291.9841.0819.434
1967NLSan Francisco Giants1B1271231108.312218115102.9891.5731.252
1968NLSan Francisco Giants1B1461461257.313051032191.9851.0789.644
1969NLSan Francisco Giants1B1481481249.713927912116.9921.5949.939
1970NLSan Francisco Giants1B1461461241.0121713415117.9899.7989.253
1971NLSan Francisco Giants1B9595795.0828631580.9831.0879.379
1972NLSan Francisco Giants1B7473598.061732952.9869.7688.770
1973NLSan Francisco Giants1B117116920.3930761289.9889.8388.598
1974NLSan Diego Padres1B104103841.0815471159.9879.2258.288
1975NLSan Diego Padres1B115115916.0979731594.9861.3369.148
1976NLSan Diego Padres1B5151388.042044439.9911.7639.098
1977NLSan Francisco Giants1B1361361080.31072601393.9899.4308.324
1978NLSan Francisco Giants1B9795728.0721441049.9879.4577.887
1979NLSan Francisco Giants1B8986721.3740481060.9879.8328.854
1980NLSan Francisco Giants1B2726235.724112218.9929.6629.370
Totals2320225118815.01756712362561407.9878.9948.105

Postseason - Batting:

Year Lg Team Rnd GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
1962NLSan Francisco GiantsWS416152301110013.200.250.533.783800000
1971NLSan Francisco GiantsNLCS418142600260042.429.556.8571.4131210003
Totals834294901370055.310.412.6901.1012010003

Postseason - Fielding:

Year Lg Team Rnd Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G
1962NLSan Francisco GiantsWS1B2217.018412.95711.64711.000
1962NLSan Francisco GiantsWSLF119.030001.0003.0003.000
1962NLSan Francisco GiantsWSRF118.02010.6672.2502.000
1971NLSan Francisco GiantsNLCS1B4434.033310.9739.5299.000
Totals8868.056732.9558.3387.875

Awards

1959 - NL Rookie of the Year
1965 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1968 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1969 - NL TSN All-Star 1B
1969 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1969 - NL Most Valuable Player
1970 - NL TSN All-Star 1B




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