Willie McCovey
Born: January 10, 1938, Mobile, AL Died: October 31, 2018, Stanford, CAHeight: 6'4" Weight: 198 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1959 San Francisco NL 21 52 192 32 68 126 9 5 13 38 0 1 2 0 21 1 4 35 7 .354 .656 .429 1960 San Francisco NL 22 101 260 37 62 122 15 3 13 51 0 2 1 1 41 4 0 53 3 .238 .469 .349 1961 San Francisco NL 23 106 328 59 89 161 12 3 18 50 0 4 1 2 34 3 5 60 8 .271 .491 .350 1962 San Francisco NL 24 91 229 41 67 135 6 1 20 54 0 3 3 3 28 1 0 35 6 .293 .590 .368 1963 San Francisco NL 25 152 564 103 158 319 19 5 44 102 1 1 1 1 45 5 11 119 10 .280 .566 .350 1964 San Francisco NL 26 130 364 55 80 150 14 1 18 54 0 4 2 1 56 5 5 73 9 .220 .412 .336 1965 San Francisco NL 27 160 540 93 149 291 17 4 39 92 2 3 0 4 83 5 6 118 8 .276 .539 .381 1966 San Francisco NL 28 150 502 85 148 294 26 6 36 96 0 4 2 1 66 10 6 100 8 .295 .586 .391 1967 San Francisco NL 29 135 456 73 126 244 17 4 31 91 2 4 3 3 54 17 6 110 8 .276 .535 .378 1968 San Francisco NL 30 148 523 81 153 285 16 4 36 105 0 8 4 2 52 20 5 71 10 .293 .545 .378 1969 San Francisco NL 31 149 491 101 157 322 26 2 45 126 0 7 0 0 76 45 4 66 11 .320 .656 .453 1970 San Francisco NL 32 152 495 98 143 303 39 2 39 126 0 3 0 0 97 40 3 75 13 .289 .612 .444 1971 San Francisco NL 33 105 329 45 91 158 13 0 18 70 0 5 0 2 43 21 4 57 6 .277 .480 .396 1972 San Francisco NL 34 81 263 30 56 106 8 0 14 35 0 1 0 0 33 5 2 45 3 .213 .403 .316 1973 San Francisco NL 35 130 383 52 102 209 14 3 29 75 0 6 1 0 80 25 1 78 6 .266 .546 .420 1974 San Diego NL 36 128 344 53 87 174 19 1 22 63 0 1 1 0 87 9 1 76 8 .253 .506 .416 1975 San Diego NL 37 122 413 43 104 190 17 0 23 68 0 2 1 0 49 8 3 80 10 .252 .460 .345 1976 2 Teams 38 82 226 20 46 76 9 0 7 36 0 0 0 0 16 8 1 43 4 .204 .336 .283 1977 San Francisco NL 39 141 478 54 134 239 21 0 28 86 0 3 3 0 51 16 0 106 16 .280 .500 .367 1978 San Francisco NL 40 108 351 32 80 139 19 2 12 64 0 2 1 0 28 8 0 57 12 .228 .396 .298 1979 San Francisco NL 41 117 353 34 88 142 9 0 15 57 0 3 0 2 34 2 1 70 7 .249 .402 .318 1980 San Francisco NL 42 48 113 8 23 34 8 0 1 16 0 3 0 0 11 2 1 23 3 .204 .301 .285 TOTALS 2588 8197 1229 2211 4219 353 46 521 1555 5 70 26 22 1085 260 69 1550 176 .270 .515 .374
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1959 San Francisco NL 1B 408.2 49 2 18 51 424 29 5 29 .989 9.98 1960 San Francisco NL 1B 567.2 65 6 8 71 557 39 9 42 .985 9.45 1961 San Francisco NL 1B 710.1 79 5 10 84 669 55 11 55 .985 9.17 1962 San Francisco NL LF 290.1 42 3 33 45 68 1 2 1 .972 2.14 1962 San Francisco NL 1B 94.0 11 6 6 17 105 7 1 12 .991 10.72 1962 San Francisco NL RF 78.0 11 1 6 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 1963 San Francisco NL LF 1093.0 130 3 40 133 218 6 13 0 .945 1.84 1963 San Francisco NL 1B 144.1 14 9 3 23 143 14 1 5 .994 9.79 1963 San Francisco NL RF 10.2 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 1964 San Francisco NL LF 592.1 75 3 38 78 86 4 6 1 .938 1.37 1964 San Francisco NL 1B 190.1 21 5 6 26 177 14 7 19 .965 9.03 1964 San Francisco NL RF 35.0 5 0 3 5 7 1 1 0 .889 2.06 1965 San Francisco NL 1B 1300.0 150 6 21 156 1310 87 13 93 .991 9.67 1966 San Francisco NL 1B 1221.1 139 6 15 145 1287 81 22 91 .984 10.08 1967 San Francisco NL 1B 1108.1 123 4 9 127 1221 81 15 102 .989 10.57 1968 San Francisco NL 1B 1257.1 146 0 17 146 1305 103 21 91 .985 10.08 1969 San Francisco NL 1B 1249.2 148 0 35 148 1392 79 12 116 .992 10.59 1970 San Francisco NL 1B 1241.1 146 0 25 146 1217 134 15 117 .989 9.80 1971 San Francisco NL 1B 795.1 95 0 18 95 828 63 15 80 .983 10.08 1972 San Francisco NL 1B 598.1 73 1 19 74 617 32 9 52 .986 9.76 1973 San Francisco NL 1B 920.1 116 1 51 117 930 76 12 89 .988 9.84 1974 San Diego NL 1B 841.0 103 1 36 104 815 47 11 59 .987 9.22 1975 San Diego NL 1B 916.0 115 0 54 115 979 73 15 94 .986 10.34 1976 San Diego NL 1B 388.0 51 0 32 51 420 44 4 39 .991 10.76 1977 San Francisco NL 1B 1079.1 136 0 56 136 1072 60 13 93 .989 9.44 1978 San Francisco NL 1B 728.0 95 2 55 97 721 44 10 49 .987 9.46 1979 San Francisco NL 1B 724.1 86 3 24 89 740 48 10 60 .987 9.79 1980 San Francisco NL 1B 235.2 26 1 1 27 241 12 2 18 .992 9.66
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (March 12, 1955).
- Placed on disabled list by San Francisco Giants (June 21, 1971)
- Activated by San Francisco Giants (July 8, 1971)
- Placed on disabled list by San Francisco Giants (April 19, 1972)
- Activated by San Francisco Giants (June 2, 1972)
- Traded by San Francisco Giants with Bernie Williams to San Diego Padres in exchange for Mike Caldwell (October 25, 1973).
- Sold by San Diego Padres to Oakland Athletics (August 30, 1976).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1976).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (January 6, 1977).
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