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 |
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1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 52 | 219 | 192 | 32 | 68 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 35 | .354 | .429 | .656 | 1.085 | 126 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 101 | 307 | 260 | 37 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 53 | .238 | .349 | .469 | .818 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 106 | 374 | 328 | 59 | 89 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 60 | .271 | .350 | .491 | .841 | 161 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 91 | 261 | 229 | 41 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .293 | .368 | .590 | .957 | 135 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 627 | 564 | 103 | 158 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 119 | .280 | .350 | .566 | .915 | 319 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 130 | 434 | 364 | 55 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 73 | .220 | .336 | .412 | .748 | 150 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 160 | 639 | 540 | 93 | 149 | 17 | 4 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 118 | .276 | .381 | .539 | .920 | 291 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1966 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 150 | 588 | 502 | 85 | 148 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 100 | .295 | .391 | .586 | .977 | 294 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
1967 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 135 | 539 | 456 | 73 | 126 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 110 | .276 | .378 | .535 | .913 | 244 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
1968 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 148 | 608 | 523 | 81 | 153 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 71 | .293 | .378 | .545 | .923 | 285 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 149 | 623 | 491 | 101 | 157 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 66 | .320 | .453 | .656 | 1.108 | 322 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 45 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 638 | 495 | 98 | 143 | 39 | 2 | 39 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 75 | .289 | .444 | .612 | 1.056 | 303 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 40 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 105 | 402 | 329 | 45 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 57 | .277 | .396 | .480 | .876 | 158 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 81 | 304 | 263 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 45 | .213 | .316 | .403 | .719 | 106 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 130 | 495 | 383 | 52 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 78 | .266 | .420 | .546 | .966 | 209 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 |
1974 | NL | San Diego Padres | 128 | 442 | 344 | 53 | 87 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 76 | .253 | .416 | .506 | .922 | 174 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
1975 | NL | San Diego Padres | 122 | 475 | 413 | 43 | 104 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 80 | .252 | .345 | .460 | .805 | 190 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
1976 | NL | San Diego Padres | 71 | 224 | 202 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 39 | .203 | .281 | .351 | .633 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1976 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 11 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1977 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 141 | 548 | 478 | 54 | 134 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 106 | .280 | .367 | .500 | .867 | 239 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
1978 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 108 | 389 | 351 | 32 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 57 | .228 | .298 | .396 | .694 | 139 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
1979 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 117 | 393 | 353 | 34 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 70 | .249 | .318 | .402 | .720 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
1980 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 48 | 130 | 113 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .204 | .285 | .301 | .586 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Totals | 2588 | 9686 | 8197 | 1229 | 2211 | 353 | 46 | 521 | 1555 | 26 | 22 | 1345 | 1550 | .270 | .374 | .515 | .889 | 4219 | 176 | 69 | 5 | 70 | 260 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1959 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 51 | 49 | 408.7 | 424 | 29 | 5 | 29 | .989 | 9.976 | 8.882 |
1960 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 71 | 65 | 567.7 | 557 | 39 | 9 | 42 | .985 | 9.449 | 8.394 |
1961 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 84 | 79 | 710.3 | 669 | 55 | 11 | 55 | .985 | 9.173 | 8.619 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 57 | 53 | 368.3 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.028 | 1.456 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 17 | 11 | 93.0 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 12 | .991 | 1.839 | 6.588 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 135 | 131 | 1103.7 | 220 | 7 | 14 | 0 | .942 | 1.851 | 1.681 |
1963 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 23 | 14 | 144.3 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .994 | 9.790 | 6.826 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 83 | 80 | 627.3 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .935 | 1.449 | 1.217 |
1964 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 26 | 21 | 190.3 | 177 | 14 | 7 | 19 | .965 | 9.032 | 7.346 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 156 | 150 | 1300.0 | 1310 | 87 | 13 | 93 | .991 | 9.672 | 8.955 |
1966 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 145 | 139 | 1221.3 | 1287 | 81 | 22 | 91 | .984 | 1.081 | 9.434 |
1967 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 127 | 123 | 1108.3 | 1221 | 81 | 15 | 102 | .989 | 1.573 | 1.252 |
1968 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1257.3 | 1305 | 103 | 21 | 91 | .985 | 1.078 | 9.644 |
1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 148 | 148 | 1249.7 | 1392 | 79 | 12 | 116 | .992 | 1.594 | 9.939 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1241.0 | 1217 | 134 | 15 | 117 | .989 | 9.798 | 9.253 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 95 | 95 | 795.0 | 828 | 63 | 15 | 80 | .983 | 1.087 | 9.379 |
1972 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 74 | 73 | 598.0 | 617 | 32 | 9 | 52 | .986 | 9.768 | 8.770 |
1973 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 117 | 116 | 920.3 | 930 | 76 | 12 | 89 | .988 | 9.838 | 8.598 |
1974 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 104 | 103 | 841.0 | 815 | 47 | 11 | 59 | .987 | 9.225 | 8.288 |
1975 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 115 | 115 | 916.0 | 979 | 73 | 15 | 94 | .986 | 1.336 | 9.148 |
1976 | NL | San Diego Padres | 1B | 51 | 51 | 388.0 | 420 | 44 | 4 | 39 | .991 | 1.763 | 9.098 |
1977 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 136 | 136 | 1080.3 | 1072 | 60 | 13 | 93 | .989 | 9.430 | 8.324 |
1978 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 97 | 95 | 728.0 | 721 | 44 | 10 | 49 | .987 | 9.457 | 7.887 |
1979 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 89 | 86 | 721.3 | 740 | 48 | 10 | 60 | .987 | 9.832 | 8.854 |
1980 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 1B | 27 | 26 | 235.7 | 241 | 12 | 2 | 18 | .992 | 9.662 | 9.370 |
Totals | 2320 | 2251 | 18815.0 | 17567 | 1236 | 256 | 1407 | .987 | 8.994 | 8.105 |
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 |
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1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | 4 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .533 | .783 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 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 |
Totals | 8 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .310 | .412 | .690 | 1.101 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | 1B | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 11.647 | 11.000 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | LF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
1962 | NL | San Francisco Giants | WS | RF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.250 | 2.000 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | NLCS | 1B | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 9.529 | 9.000 |
Totals | 8 | 8 | 68.0 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .955 | 8.338 | 7.875 |
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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