Willie McCovey
Given Name: Willie Lee
Born: 1/10/1938 in Mobile, AL US
Died: 10/31/2018 in Palo Alto, CA USA
First Game: Thursday July 30, 1959
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986
Received 346.0 of 425 votes (319 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1959 - Rookie of the Year - NL
1965 - TSN All-Star - NL (1B)
1968 - TSN All-Star - NL (1B)
1969 - All-Star Game MVP - ML
1969 - Most Valuable Player - NL
1969 - TSN All-Star - NL (1B)
1969 - TSN Player of the Year - NL
1969 - TSN Major League Player of the Year - ML
1970 - TSN All-Star - NL (1B)
1977 - Hutch Award - ML
Willie McCovey's Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | SFN | 52 | 192 | 32 | 68 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 126 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 35 | .354 | .429 | .656 | 1.085 |
1960 | SFN | 101 | 260 | 37 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 122 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 53 | .238 | .349 | .469 | .818 |
1961 | SFN | 106 | 328 | 59 | 89 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 161 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 60 | .271 | .350 | .491 | .841 |
1962 | SFN | 91 | 229 | 41 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 135 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .293 | .368 | .590 | .957 |
1963 | SFN | 152 | 564 | 103 | 158 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 319 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 119 | .280 | .350 | .566 | .915 |
1964 | SFN | 130 | 364 | 55 | 80 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 150 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 73 | .220 | .336 | .412 | .748 |
1965 | SFN | 160 | 540 | 93 | 149 | 17 | 4 | 39 | 291 | 92 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 118 | .276 | .381 | .539 | .920 |
1966 | SFN | 150 | 502 | 85 | 148 | 26 | 6 | 36 | 294 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 100 | .295 | .391 | .586 | .977 |
1967 | SFN | 135 | 456 | 73 | 126 | 17 | 4 | 31 | 244 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 71 | 110 | .276 | .378 | .535 | .913 |
1968 | SFN | 148 | 523 | 81 | 153 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 285 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 72 | 71 | .293 | .378 | .545 | .923 |
1969 | SFN | 149 | 491 | 101 | 157 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 322 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 66 | .320 | .453 | .656 | 1.108 |
1970 | SFN | 152 | 495 | 98 | 143 | 39 | 2 | 39 | 303 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 75 | .289 | .444 | .612 | 1.056 |
1971 | SFN | 105 | 329 | 45 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 158 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 57 | .277 | .396 | .480 | .876 |
1972 | SFN | 81 | 263 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 106 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 45 | .213 | .316 | .403 | .719 |
1973 | SFN | 130 | 383 | 52 | 102 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 209 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 78 | .266 | .420 | .546 | .966 |
1974 | SDN | 128 | 344 | 53 | 87 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 174 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 76 | .253 | .416 | .506 | .922 |
1975 | SDN | 122 | 413 | 43 | 104 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 190 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 80 | .252 | .345 | .460 | .805 |
1976 | SDN | 71 | 202 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 39 | .203 | .281 | .351 | .633 |
1976 | OAK | 11 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .296 | .208 | .505 |
1977 | SFN | 141 | 478 | 54 | 134 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 239 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 106 | .280 | .367 | .500 | .867 |
1978 | SFN | 108 | 351 | 32 | 80 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 139 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 57 | .228 | .298 | .396 | .694 |
1979 | SFN | 117 | 353 | 34 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 142 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 70 | .249 | .318 | .402 | .720 |
1980 | SFN | 48 | 113 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .204 | .285 | .301 | .586 |
Career | 2588 | 8197 | 1229 | 2211 | 353 | 46 | 521 | 4219 | 1555 | 26 | 22 | 1345 | 1550 | .270 | .374 | .515 | .889 | |
Max | 160 | 564 | 103 | 158 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 322 | 126 | 4 | 4 | 137 | 119 | .354 | .453 | .656 | 1.108 |
Willie McCovey's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics
Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | HBP | SH | SF | GIDP | Avg | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | WS | SFN | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .533 | .783 |
1971 | NLCS | SFN | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .556 | .857 | 1.413 |
8 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 | .412 | .690 | 1.101 |
Willie McCovey's Fielding Statistics
Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | PB |
1959 | SFN | 1B | 51 | 49 | 408.2 | 424 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 |
1960 | SFN | 1B | 71 | 65 | 567.2 | 557 | 39 | 9 | 42 | 0 |
1961 | SFN | 1B | 84 | 79 | 710.1 | 669 | 55 | 11 | 55 | 0 |
1962 | SFN | 1B | 17 | 11 | 93.0 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
1962 | SFN | OF | 57 | 53 | 368.1 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1963 | SFN | 1B | 23 | 14 | 144.1 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
1963 | SFN | OF | 135 | 131 | 1103.2 | 220 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | SFN | 1B | 26 | 21 | 190.1 | 177 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 0 |
1964 | SFN | OF | 83 | 80 | 627.1 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
1965 | SFN | 1B | 156 | 150 | 1300.0 | 1310 | 87 | 13 | 93 | 0 |
1966 | SFN | 1B | 145 | 139 | 1221.1 | 1287 | 81 | 22 | 91 | 0 |
1967 | SFN | 1B | 127 | 123 | 1108.1 | 1221 | 81 | 15 | 102 | 0 |
1968 | SFN | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1257.1 | 1305 | 103 | 21 | 91 | 0 |
1969 | SFN | 1B | 148 | 148 | 1249.2 | 1392 | 79 | 12 | 116 | 0 |
1970 | SFN | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1241.0 | 1217 | 134 | 15 | 117 | 0 |
1971 | SFN | 1B | 95 | 95 | 795.0 | 828 | 63 | 15 | 80 | 0 |
1972 | SFN | 1B | 74 | 73 | 598.0 | 617 | 32 | 9 | 52 | 0 |
1973 | SFN | 1B | 117 | 116 | 920.1 | 930 | 76 | 12 | 89 | 0 |
1974 | SDN | 1B | 104 | 103 | 841.0 | 815 | 47 | 11 | 59 | 0 |
1975 | SDN | 1B | 115 | 115 | 916.0 | 979 | 73 | 15 | 94 | 0 |
1976 | SDN | 1B | 51 | 51 | 388.0 | 420 | 44 | 4 | 39 | 0 |
1977 | SFN | 1B | 136 | 136 | 1080.1 | 1072 | 60 | 13 | 93 | 0 |
1978 | SFN | 1B | 97 | 95 | 728.0 | 721 | 44 | 10 | 49 | 0 |
1979 | SFN | 1B | 89 | 86 | 721.1 | 740 | 48 | 10 | 60 | 0 |
1980 | SFN | 1B | 27 | 26 | 235.2 | 241 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
Career | 1B | 2045 | 1987 | 16715.2 | 17170 | 1222 | 233 | 1405 | 0 | |
Career | OF | 275 | 264 | 2099.1 | 397 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 |