Willie McCovey

Retired
High Level
MLB
Years
1959-1980 (1959-1980)
Proper Name
Willie Lee McCovey
Nickname
Stretch
Positions
1B (2045) ... OF (275) ... DH (9)
Height / Weight
6-4 / 210
Bats / Throws
Left / Left
Death Date
October 31,2018   Age:  80.294
High School
Central (Mobile,AL)
Drafted/Signed
Signing Bonus
$ 500
MLB Debut
MLBAM ID
Retrosheet#
mccow101
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Subject of Chapter 25 of the book The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski   [1959] Topps All-Star Rookie   [1980] His #44 was retired by the Giants on September 21,1980   [1986] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers)   [2008] Added to the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame
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yearteam nameleaguelevelmlb#agepostbc+gabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1959San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44211B147521923268951338202235401171262192741.354.429.6561.085.427.302.37910.0515.981.5914.77
1960San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44221B11310126037621531351114553002431223073131.238.349.469.818.404.231.25014.6617.261.1820.00
1961San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44231B11310632859891231850123760504381613743356.271.350.491.841.329.220.2809.8916.041.6218.22
1962San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN4424OF128912294167612054332935003161352612740.293.368.590.958.424.297.26611.1113.411.2111.45
1963San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN4425OF13115256410315819544102115011911115103196276890.280.350.566.916.374.286.2847.9718.982.3812.82
1964San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN4426OF10913036455801411854216173504591504343347.220.336.412.748.363.192.22414.0616.821.2020.22
1965San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44271B1311605409314917439920488118623582916396089.276.381.539.920.419.263.28513.7718.471.3413.85
1966San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44281B13815050285148266369621761006041082945886880.295.391.586.977.444.291.30312.9317.011.3213.94
1967San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44291B13213545673126174319133711106241782445395274.276.378.535.913.414.259.29813.1720.411.5514.71
1968San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44301B138148523811531643610542727150820102856085697.293.378.545.923.394.252.27611.8411.680.9914.53
1969San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44311B14914949110115726245126001216640745113226237384.320.453.6561.109.582.336.28919.4210.590.5510.91
1970San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44321B1391524959814339239126001377530340133036388063.289.444.6121.056.600.323.27121.4711.760.5512.69
1971San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN47331B122105329459113018700264574052161584023160.277.396.480.876.392.203.28215.9214.180.8918.28
1972San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44341B107812633056801435003845201531063042234.213.316.403.719.335.190.20512.5014.801.1818.79
1973San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN48351B13013038352102143297510105781062562094954656.266.420.546.966.556.280.25921.2115.760.7413.21
1974San Diego PadresNLMLBSDN44361B13112834453871912263109676101981744424245.253.416.506.922.535.253.26321.7217.190.7915.64
1975San Diego PadresNLMLBSDN44371B1131224134310417023681057803028101904754064.252.345.460.805.349.208.26012.0016.841.4017.96
1976San Diego PadresNLMLBSDN44381B887120220419073600213910074712241625.203.281.351.632.252.148.2189.3817.411.8628.86
1976Oakland AthleticsALMLBOAK4438DH88112405000000340001052705.208.296.208.504.125.000.25011.1114.811.330.00
1977San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44391B116141478541342102886306710600316162395484985.280.367.500.867.366.220.30512.2319.341.5817.07
1978San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44401B97108351328019212641036570028121393893347.228.298.396.694.274.168.2399.2514.651.5829.25
1979San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44411B991173533488901557023670103271423932464.249.318.402.720.249.153.2699.1617.811.9423.53
1980San Francisco GiantsNLMLBSFN44421B82*48113823801160013231032334130914.204.285.301.586.212.097.23910.0017.691.77113.00
Tot:MLB (22 yrs) MLB     258881971229221135346521155526221345155069570260176421996869201291.270.374.515.889.410.245.27313.8916.001.1515.73
Tot:AL (1 yrs) AL     112405000000340001052705.208.296.208.505.125.000.25011.1114.811.33
Tot:NL (22 yrs) NL     257781731229220635346521155526221342154669570259176421496599201286.270.375.516.890.410.246.27313.8916.011.1515.69
Avg:MLB - 162 game avg MLB     162🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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yearteam nameleaguecategoryagegabrh2b3bhrrbisbcsbbsohbpshsfibbgdptbpaxbh1bavgobpslgopssecaisobabipbb%so%so/bbab/hr
1962San Francisco GiantsWorld SeriesPlayoffs2441523011100130000081621.200.250.533.783.400.333.1826.2518.753.006.25
1963National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar25110000000001000000100.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.00100.000.000.00
1966National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar28130000000010000000400.000.250.000.250.333.000.00025.000.000.000.00
1968National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar30140000000003000010400.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0075.000.000.00
1969National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar31142200230001000008420.500.5002.0002.5001.5001.500.0000.0025.000.002.00
1970National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar32120100010000000011201.500.500.5001.000.000.000.5000.000.000.000.00
1971National LeagueMajor League BaseballAllStar33120000000001000000200.000.000.000.000.000.000.0000.0050.000.000.00
1971San Francisco GiantsChampionship SeriesPlayoffs33414260026004200000121824.429.556.8571.413.714.428.40022.2211.110.5011.11
Tot:AllStar (6 Yrs) AllStar 61623002400160000291721.188.235.563.798.438.375.1255.8835.296.008.00
Tot:Playoffs (2 Yrs) Playoffs 829490137005500000203445.310.412.6901.101.552.379.28614.7114.711.009.67

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