Willie McCovey Stats

Willie McCovey was born on Monday, January 10, 1938, in Mobile, Alabama. McCovey was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 30, 1959, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie McCovey baseball stats page.
"On ground balls hit down to the second baseman, there's no need to throw, the second baseman just hands the ball to Willie (McCovey)." - Jim Murray in the Los Angeles Times

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Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#250)

Willie McCovey Autograph on a 1970 Topps (#250)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Willie Lee McCovey
Nickname:   Stretch
Born On:   01-10-1938
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Mobile, Alabama
Zodiac:   Capricorn
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04
Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   07-30-1959 (Age 21)
Last Game:   07-06-1980
Draft:   Not Applicable
Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1959 Giants 52 192 32 68 9 5 13 0 38 22 1 35 0 1 4 7 .354 .429 .656
1960 Giants 101 260 37 62 15 3 13 1 51 45 4 53 0 2 0 3 .238 .349 .469
1961 Giants 106 328 59 89 12 3 18 0 50 37 3 60 0 4 5 8 .271 .350 .491
1962 Giants 91 229 41 67 6 1 20 0 54 29 1 35 0 3 0 6 .293 .368 .590
1963 Giants 152 564 103 158 19 5 44 0 102 50 5 119 1 1 11 10 .280 .350 .566
1964 Giants 130 364 55 80 14 1 18 1 54 61 5 73 0 4 5 9 .220 .336 .412
1965 Giants 160 540 93 149 17 4 39 1 92 88 5 118 2 3 6 8 .276 .381 .539
1966 Giants 150 502 85 148 26 6 36 1 96 76 10 100 0 4 6 8 .295 .391 .586
1967 Giants 135 456 73 126 17 4 31 3 91 71 17 110 2 4 6 8 .276 .378 .535
1968 Giants 148 523 81 153 16 4 36 1 105 72 20 71 0 8 5 10 .293 .378 .545
1969 Giants 149 491 101 157 26 2 45 2 126 121 45 66 0 7 4 11 .320 .453 .656
1970 Giants 152 495 98 143 39 2 39 2 126 137 40 75 0 3 3 13 .289 .444 .612
1971 Giants 105 329 45 91 13 0 18 1 70 64 21 57 0 5 4 6 .277 .396 .480
1972 Giants 81 263 30 56 8 0 14 1 35 38 5 45 0 1 2 3 .213 .316 .403
1973 Giants 130 383 52 102 14 3 29 0 75 105 25 78 0 6 1 6 .266 .420 .546
1974 Padres 128 344 53 87 19 1 22 1 63 96 9 76 0 1 1 8 .253 .416 .506
1975 Padres 122 413 43 104 17 0 23 1 68 57 8 80 0 2 3 10 .252 .345 .460
1976 Padres 71 202 20 41 9 0 7 0 36 21 7 39 0 0 1 4 .203 .281 .351
1976 Athletics 11 24 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 .208 .296 .208
1977 Giants 141 478 54 134 21 0 28 2 86 67 16 106 0 3 0 16 .280 .367 .500
1978 Giants 108 351 32 80 19 2 12 0 64 36 8 57 0 2 0 12 .228 .298 .396
1979 Giants 117 353 34 88 9 0 15 0 57 36 2 70 0 3 1 7 .249 .318 .402
1980 Giants 48 113 8 23 8 0 1 0 16 13 2 23 0 3 1 3 .204 .285 .301
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
22 Years 2,588 8,197 1,229 2,211 353 46 521 18 1,555 1,345 260 1,550 5 70 69 176 .270 .374 .515
Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1959 Giants 1B 51 - - 458 9.0 453 424 29 5 29 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1960 Giants 1B 71 - - 605 8.5 596 557 39 9 42 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1961 Giants 1B 84 - - 735 8.8 724 669 55 11 55 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1962 Giants 1B 17 - - 113 6.6 112 105 7 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1962 Giants OF 57 - - 85 1.5 83 81 2 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1963 Giants 1B 23 - - 158 6.9 157 143 14 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .994 0.00 -
1963 Giants OF 135 - - 241 1.8 227 220 7 14 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00 -
1964 Giants 1B 26 - - 198 7.6 191 177 14 7 19 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1964 Giants OF 83 - - 108 1.3 101 96 5 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 -
1965 Giants 1B 156 - - 1,410 9.0 1,397 1,310 87 13 93 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1966 Giants 1B 145 - - 1,390 9.6 1,368 1,287 81 22 91 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1967 Giants 1B 127 - - 1,317 10.4 1,302 1,221 81 15 102 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1968 Giants 1B 146 - - 1,429 9.8 1,408 1,305 103 21 91 n/a n/a n/a .985 0.00 -
1969 Giants 1B 148 - - 1,483 10.0 1,471 1,392 79 12 116 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
1970 Giants 1B 146 - - 1,366 9.4 1,351 1,217 134 15 117 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1971 Giants 1B 95 - - 906 9.5 891 828 63 15 80 n/a n/a n/a .983 0.00 -
1972 Giants 1B 74 - - 658 8.9 649 617 32 9 52 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1973 Giants 1B 117 - - 1,018 8.7 1,006 930 76 12 89 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.00 -
1974 Padres 1B 104 - - 873 8.4 862 815 47 11 59 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1975 Padres 1B 115 - - 1,067 9.3 1,052 979 73 15 94 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00 -
1976 Padres 1B 51 - - 468 9.2 464 420 44 4 39 n/a n/a n/a .991 0.00 -
1977 Giants 1B 136 - - 1,145 8.4 1,132 1,072 60 13 93 n/a n/a n/a .989 0.00 -
1978 Giants 1B 97 - - 775 8.0 765 721 44 10 49 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1979 Giants 1B 89 - - 798 9.0 788 740 48 10 60 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 -
1980 Giants 1B 27 - - 255 9.4 253 241 12 2 18 n/a n/a n/a .992 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1B Totals 2,045 0 0 18,625 9.1 18,392 17,170 1,222 233 1,405 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
OF Totals 275 0 0 434 1.6 411 397 14 23 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 --
22 Years 2,329 - 0 19,059 8.2 18,803 17,567 1,236 256 1,407 n/a n/a n/a .987 0.00 --
Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1959 Giants 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 14.8 5.5 5.1 - - -
1960 Giants 1 1 .500 - - n/a 20.0 4.9 5.1 - - -
1961 Giants 1 2 .333 - - n/a 18.2 5.5 6.6 - - -
1962 Giants 3 3 .500 - - n/a 11.5 6.5 4.2 - - -
1963 Giants 1 1 .500 - - n/a 12.8 4.7 5.5 - - -
1964 Giants 2 1 .667 - - n/a 20.2 5.0 6.7 - - -
1965 Giants 0 4 .000 - - n/a 13.8 4.6 5.9 - - -
1966 Giants 2 1 .667 - - n/a 13.9 5.0 5.2 - - -
1967 Giants 3 3 .500 - - n/a 14.7 4.1 5.0 - - -
1968 Giants 4 2 .667 - - n/a 14.5 7.4 5.0 - - -
1969 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 10.9 7.4 3.9 - - -
1970 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 12.7 6.6 3.9 - - -
1971 Giants 0 2 .000 - - n/a 18.3 5.8 4.7 - - -
1972 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 18.8 5.8 7.5 - - -
1973 Giants 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 13.2 4.9 5.1 - - -
1974 Padres 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 15.6 4.5 5.5 - - -
1975 Padres 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 18.0 5.2 6.1 - - -
1976 Padres 0 0 .000 - - n/a 28.9 5.2 5.6 - - -
1976 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - 9 0.0 6.0 0.0 - - -
1977 Giants 3 0 1.000 - - n/a 17.1 4.5 5.6 - - -
1978 Giants 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 29.3 6.2 5.5 - - -
1979 Giants 0 2 .000 - - n/a 23.5 5.0 6.2 - - -
1980 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 113.0 4.9 7.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
22 Years 26 22 .542 - - 9 15.7 5.3 5.3 - - -
Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1959 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1960 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1961 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1962 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - Stats
1963 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1964 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1965 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1966 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1967 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1968 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1969 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1970 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1971 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined Stats -
1972 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1973 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1974 San Diego Padres 44 Undetermined - -
1975 San Diego Padres 44 Undetermined - -
1976 San Diego Padres 44 Undetermined - -
1976 Oakland Athletics 44 $100,000.00 - -
1977 San Francisco Giants 44 $70,000.00 - -
1978 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1979 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -
1980 San Francisco Giants 44 Undetermined - -


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