Willie McCovey

Hall of Fame

First Base

1959—1980

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Player LeveL
Elite
Top 100 Rank
NR
First Base RANK
#12

Player Detail

Willie Lee
GIVEN NAME
McCovey
SURNAME
January 10, 1938, in Mobile, AL
BORN
October 31, 2018, in Palo Alto, CA, USA
DIED
1959—1980
Playing Career
Played from 21-42
PLAYING AGE
San Francisco Giants
San Diego Padres
Oakland A's
Teams Played For
First Base
PRIMARY POSITION
San Francisco Giants
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Stretch, Mac, Big Mac
NICKNAME
44
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-4 / 198
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
July 30, 1959
Major League Debut
July 6, 1980
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 First Baseman —
— Giants ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Willie McCovey?

Tall, long-legged left-handed slugger who swatted more than 500 homers.
When he retired in 1980, Willie McCovey ranked second to Babe Ruth for home runs by a left-handed batter.
  • Willie McCovey Scouting Report

70

HITTING

80

POWER

30

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2588
2211
521
1555
.270
6 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS
1969 NL MVP

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
54.6
52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.889
.768
116.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.270
.374
.515

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Orlando Cepeda
Bill White
Ron Fairly
Dick Stuart

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Tom Haller
Orlando Cepeda
Bill Madlock
Bert Campaneris
Darrell Evans
Felipe Alou
Willie Mays
Dave Winfield
Juan Marichal
Gaylord Perry
Herman Franks

Willie McCovey Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
McCovey
508
137
76
22
3
32
96
83
96
2
261
225
.270
.374
.515
889
AVG 1B
533
143
68
24
3
18
56
84
6
228
203
.269
.340
.428
.768

Willie McCovey Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
12
13
12
13
10
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
11
12
11
13
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Willie McCovey PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
64.5
44.8
32.5
21.6
4.03
62.1
42.4
30.7
21.0
5.09
BLUE = Willie McCovey
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
407.6
225.6
164.8
107.5
25.5
348.1
202.5
145.2
97.0
26.5
BLUE = Willie McCovey
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B