Willie McCovey

Willie Lee McCovey (born January 10, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Mac", "Big Mac", and "Stretch", is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He played nineteen seasons for the San Francisco Giants, and three more for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics, between 1959 and 1980. He batted and threw left-handed and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986.

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Filmography

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Selected Willie McCovey film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

Himself

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Pre-Game Hall of Fame Ceremony

1984

1984 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Honorary Captain

1971

1971 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL First Baseman

1971

1971 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - San Francisco Giants First Baseman

1970

1970 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL First Baseman

1969

1969 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL First Baseman

1968

1968 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL First Baseman

1966

1966 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL First Baseman

1963

1963 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Outfielder

1962

1962 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - San Francisco Giants First Baseman

Self

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Willie McCovey.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1959	SFG	52	192	32	68	9	5	13	38	2	22	35	0.354	0.429	0.656
1960	SFG	101	260	37	62	15	3	13	51	1	45	53	0.238	0.349	0.469
1961	SFG	106	328	59	89	12	3	18	50	1	37	60	0.271	0.350	0.491
1962	SFG	91	229	41	67	6	1	20	54	3	29	35	0.293	0.368	0.590
1963	SFG	152	564	103	158	19	5	44	102	1	50	119	0.280	0.350	0.566
1964	SFG	130	364	55	80	14	1	18	54	2	61	73	0.220	0.336	0.412
1965	SFG	160	540	93	149	17	4	39	92	0	88	118	0.276	0.381	0.539
1966	SFG	150	502	85	148	26	6	36	96	2	76	100	0.295	0.391	0.586
1967	SFG	135	456	73	126	17	4	31	91	3	71	110	0.276	0.378	0.535
1968	SFG	148	523	81	153	16	4	36	105	4	72	71	0.293	0.378	0.545
1969	SFG	149	491	101	157	26	2	45	126	0	121	66	0.320	0.453	0.656
1970	SFG	152	495	98	143	39	2	39	126	0	137	75	0.289	0.444	0.612
1971	SFG	105	329	45	91	13	0	18	70	0	64	57	0.277	0.396	0.480
1972	SFG	81	263	30	56	8	0	14	35	0	38	45	0.213	0.316	0.403
1973	SFG	130	383	52	102	14	3	29	75	1	105	78	0.266	0.420	0.546
1974	SDP	128	344	53	87	19	1	22	63	1	96	76	0.253	0.416	0.506
1975	SDP	122	413	43	104	17	0	23	68	1	57	80	0.252	0.345	0.460
1976	OAK	11	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.208	0.296	0.208
1976	SDP	71	202	20	41	9	0	7	36	0	21	39	0.203	0.281	0.351
1977	SFG	141	478	54	134	21	0	28	86	3	67	106	0.280	0.367	0.500
1978	SFG	108	351	32	80	19	2	12	64	1	36	57	0.228	0.298	0.396
1979	SFG	117	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	36	70	0.249	0.318	0.402
1980	SFG	48	113	8	23	8	0	1	16	0	13	23	0.204	0.285	0.301
Career		2588	8197	1229	2211	353	46	521	1555	26	1345	1550	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Willie McCovey.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1959	SFG	52	49	408	424	29	5	29	0.989
1960	SFG	101	65	567	557	39	9	42	0.985
1961	SFG	106	79	710	669	55	11	55	0.985
1962	SFG	91	64	461	187	8	3	13	0.985
1963	SFG	152	145	1,248	364	20	14	5	0.965
1964	SFG	130	101	817	270	19	14	20	0.954
1965	SFG	160	150	1,300	1310	87	13	93	0.991
1966	SFG	150	139	1,221	1287	81	22	91	0.984
1967	SFG	135	123	1,108	1221	81	15	102	0.989
1968	SFG	148	146	1,257	1305	103	21	91	0.985
1969	SFG	149	148	1,249	1392	79	12	116	0.992
1970	SFG	152	146	1,241	1217	134	15	117	0.989
1971	SFG	105	95	795	828	63	15	80	0.983
1972	SFG	81	73	598	617	32	9	52	0.986
1973	SFG	130	116	920	930	76	12	89	0.988
1974	SDP	104	103	841	815	47	11	59	0.987
1975	SDP	115	115	916	979	73	15	94	0.986
1976	OAK	9		-					-
1976	SDP	51	51	388	420	44	4	39	0.991
1977	SFG	136	136	1,079	1072	60	13	93	0.989
1978	SFG	97	95	728	721	44	10	49	0.987
1979	SFG	89	86	724	740	48	10	60	0.987
1980	SFG	27	26	235	241	12	2	18	0.992
Career		2470	2251	-	17566	1234	255	1407	-

First Name	Willie
Middle Name	Lee
Last Name	McCovey
Full Name at Birth	Willie Lee McCovey
Other Names	Stretch Mac Big Mac
Age	75
Date of Birth	January 10, 1938
Birthplace	Mobile, AL
Height	6' 4" (193 cm)
Weight	198 lbs (89.8 kg)
Star Sign	Capricorn
Religion	Christian
Nationality	American
High School	Central (Mobile, AL)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	First Baseman, Leftfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	30 July 1959
Last MLB Game	6 July 1980
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1986 (346/425 ballots).