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Willie
McCovey		  
Nickname: Big Mac
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: January 10, 1938 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1964    1969   
Gold Glove 1962    1963    1969   
All-Star Selections 1965   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 21 STL NL     5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6
1960 22 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6
1961 23 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6
1962 24 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 9 9 5 6 6
1963 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5 9 10 9 5 6 6
1964 26 STL NL $ 3,135,714   6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5 9 10 10 5 6 5
1965 27 BOS AL $ 4,028,571   6 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 5 5
1966 28 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 8 9 9 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1967 29 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 8 9 9 5 6 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1968 30 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 9 10 9 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1969 31 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   5 5 5 9 10 9 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1970 32 BOS AL $ 2,280,000   5 5 5 9 10 9 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1971 33 BOS AL $ 2,280,000   5 5 5 8 9 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 5
1972 34 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 10 10 4 5 4
1973 35 TAM AL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 9 10 9 3 4 4
1974 36 COL NL $ 3,500,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 10 9 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 9 9 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   6 6 6 9 10 9 5 6 6 9 10 10 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1959 21 AAA   137 461 105 134 16 3 59 129 3 8 74 110 .291 .389 .722 1.111 119.3  
1960 22 STL NL 130 453 69 104 18 1 30 83 0 0 67 131 .230 .330 .472 .802 70.5 13.4
    AAA   25 88 22 33 10 0 13 31 1 1 15 17 .375 .466 .932 1.398 30.6  
1961 23 STL NL 154 556 94 123 23 3 33 86 0 0 72 128 .221 .309 .451 .760 81.8 13.2
1962 24 STL NL 157 553 75 114 16 1 25 72 0 0 77 121 .206 .305 .374 .679 67.5 11.8
1963 25 STL NL 155 562 79 134 19 3 36 102 0 2 70 97 .238 .321 .475 .796 85.8 18.1
1964 26 STL NL 158 572 95 152 33 3 37 114 3 1 70 101 .266 .344 .528 .872 99.8 22.5
1965 27 BOS AL 155 579 95 132 23 5 35 110 5 1 68 132 .228 .312 .466 .778 87.2 17.2
1966 28 BOS AL 153 524 81 104 17 7 22 93 0 0 96 129 .198 .321 .384 .704 67.0 10.1
1967 29 BOS AL 156 488 78 113 24 6 37 101 1 4 85 138 .232 .345 .533 .878 93.5 19.8
1968 30 BOS AL 148 478 73 95 16 1 30 91 0 1 72 133 .199 .303 .425 .728 66.8 11.5
1969 31 BOS AL 145 512 72 106 15 4 36 104 1 2 66 148 .207 .300 .463 .763 74.9 13.0
1970 32 BOS AL 143 454 77 98 12 1 25 69 1 0 64 133 .216 .312 .412 .724 63.4 11.4
1971 33 BOS AL 150 484 70 113 26 3 26 83 0 2 75 122 .233 .337 .461 .798 77.4 16.0
1972 34 TAM AL 130 399 60 99 9 2 24 63 3 1 65 99 .248 .354 .461 .815 69.6 13.6
1973 35 TAM AL 107 299 46 80 8 1 20 62 1 3 44 71 .268 .360 .502 .862 51.3 10.0
1974 36 TAM AL 75 221 25 44 6 1 2 24 1 2 34 53 .199 .309 .262 .571 19.0 0.0
    A   29 88 28 33 1 0 15 26 1 1 33 15 .375 .545 .898 1.443 36.6  
15 Years Sim 2116 7134 1089 1611 265 42 418 1257 16 19 1025 1736 .226 .323 .451 .774 1075.6 201.7
2 Years AAA 162 549 127 167 26 3 72 160 4 9 89 127 .304 .400 .756 1.156 149.9  
1 Years A 29 88 28 33 1 0 15 26 1 1 33 15 .375 .545 .898 1.443 36.6  
3 Years Minors 191 637 155 200 27 3 87 186 5 10 122 142 .314 .423 .776 1.199 186.6  
162 Game Average 546 83 123 20 3 32 96 1 1 78 132 .226 .323 .451 .774 82.3  
Career Highs 158 579 95 152 33 7 37 114 5 4 96 148 .268 .360 .533 .878 99.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4961 790 1169 183 27 301 904 11 15 753 1098 .236 .335 .465 .801 811.4
vs LH   2173 299 442 82 15 117 353 5 4 272 638 .203 .294 .416 .710 283.0
Home 1044 3408 502 748 127 23 188 594 7 15 504 827 .219 .320 .436 .756 503.5
Away 1072 3726 587 863 138 19 230 663 9 4 521 909 .232 .326 .464 .790 591.0
RISP   1813 0 434 72 10 117 819 0 0 282 457 .239 .334 .484 .817 311.7
Pinch Hitting   149 24 37 5 1 15 51 0 0 17 32 .248 .322 .597 .919 29.3
Close/Late   893 112 199 22 5 51 153 0 0 125 215 .223 .318 .430 .748 130.9
Mar/Apr 338 1156 170 246 39 7 64 187 2 3 171 301 .213 .315 .425 .740 165.7
May 382 1279 196 287 48 12 71 205 3 1 161 302 .224 .311 .447 .758 187.0
June 370 1224 184 254 37 4 68 197 2 3 200 295 .208 .319 .411 .730 175.5
July 357 1234 187 303 53 7 80 262 4 5 174 310 .246 .338 .494 .832 211.0
August 332 1132 181 255 47 9 77 222 1 4 151 256 .225 .316 .487 .803 181.1
Sep/Oct 337 1109 171 266 41 3 58 184 4 3 168 272 .240 .341 .439 .780 174.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1960 22 STL NL LF 126 121 1070.3 190 4 15 1 .928 1.63   0.7
    1B 1 0 6.0 9 1 0 3 1.000 15.00   0.0
1961 23 STL NL LF 150 149 1296.3 245 4 11 1 .958 1.73   1.9
1962 24 STL NL 1B 152 148 1307.3 1628 127 11 142 .994 12.08   3.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 25 STL NL 1B 153 149 1332.7 1631 153 14 121 .992 12.05   3.6
    LF 2 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1964 26 STL NL 1B 149 147 1323.7 1566 127 10 120 .994 11.51   3.2
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 27 BOS AL 1B 149 146 1307.3 1369 110 10 120 .993 10.18   4.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1966 28 BOS AL 1B 148 146 1255.0 1301 80 9 112 .994 9.90   3.0
    LF 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
1967 29 BOS AL 1B 153 147 1271.0 1322 104 9 110 .994 10.10   4.5
    LF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 30 BOS AL 1B 129 126 1104.0 1183 86 12 116 .991 10.35   1.9
    LF 6 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
1969 31 BOS AL 1B 143 134 1181.0 1357 112 7 116 .995 11.19   3.2
    LF 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.1
1970 32 BOS AL 1B 129 116 1046.7 1210 105 8 127 .994 11.31   2.3
    LF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 33 BOS AL 1B 145 134 1208.7 1330 102 12 132 .992 10.66   2.0
    LF 5 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1972 34 TAM AL 1B 116 113 941.3 993 85 6 82 .994 10.31   1.3
    LF 6 2 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73   0.1
1973 35 TAM AL 1B 85 78 639.0 740 49 6 70 .992 11.11   1.4
    LF 10 7 66.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.05   0.2
    SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1974 36 TAM AL 1B 71 69 562.7 643 49 4 72 .994 11.07   0.9
  1B 1723 1653 14486.3 16282 1290 118 1443 .993 10.92   34.9
  LF 324 280 2540.7 472 8 27 2 .947 1.70   3.1
  SS 1 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   2051 1933 17036.0 16757 1299 145 1446 .992 9.54   38.1
Career Highs   156 149 1337.7 1633 153 15 142 .995 12.07    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 24 STL NL 4 16 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 .188 .350 .313 .663
1963 25 STL NL 13 52 6 11 3 1 0 5 0 2 5 15 .212 .281 .308 .588
1964 26 STL NL 9 29 5 8 2 0 3 8 0 0 4 7 .276 .364 .655 1.019
1965 27 BOS AL 7 27 2 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 5 .259 .300 .519 .819
1966 28 BOS AL 5 21 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .143 .182 .143 .325
1968 30 BOS AL 5 11 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .818 1.091
1969 31 BOS AL 16 45 4 11 1 0 2 6 0 1 11 10 .244 .393 .400 .793
1972 34 TAM AL 5 15 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 3 2 .200 .316 .333 .649
1973 35 TAM AL 7 22 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .227 .261 .409 .670
Career Post-Season Batting 71 238 26 54 8 3 10 42 0 3 30 58 .227 .314 .412 .725
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1964-7-.528
1967-3-.533
1969-5-.463
 OPS
1964-7-.872
1967-4-.878
 XR
1964-6-99.8
1965-10-87.2
1967-10-93.5
 Games
1962-5-157
1964-2-158
1967-4-156
 At-Bats
1965-9-579
 Runs
1961-10-94
1964-5-95
1965-5-95
Total Bases
1964-4-302
1965-8-270
 Doubles
1964-5-33
 Triples
1966-6-7
1967-9-6
 Homeruns
1960-10-30
1962-9-25
1963-3-36
1964-3-37
1965-2-35
1967-2-37
1968-4-30
1969-2-36
1971-7-26
1972-10-24
CAR-26-418
 RBIs
1963-6-102
1964-3-114
1965-1-110
1966-7-93
1967-3-101
1968-5-91
1969-5-104
 Walks
1961-8-72
1962-4-77
1963-9-70
1964-8-70
1966-7-96
1967-10-85
Strikeouts
1960-8-131
1961-9-128
1962-8-121
1965-5-132
1966-6-129
1967-9-138
1968-5-133
1969-6-148
1970-10-133
CAR-15-1736
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 106    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by St. Louis in 1959
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/1/1960, off Bob Anderson (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1961, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1962, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1962
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1963, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 7/30/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1963, hitting .414 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1964, hitting .476 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 10/17/1964 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from St. Louis to Boston (A) on 2/7/1965 (Going to STL: 1B Norm Cash, RF Walt Williams. Going to BOS: 1B Willie Mccovey, P Chuck Stobbs)
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 7/14/1965
9/22/1965: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/24/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1968, hitting .419 with 5 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1968, hitting .298 with 10 HR, 33 RBI
7/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,280,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1969
10/28/1971: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Boston (A) to Tampa Bay on 2/21/1972 (Going to TAM: RF Al Oliver, 1B Willie Mccovey. Going to BOS: CF George Hendrick, P Eddie Fisher)
Injured on 7/22/1973 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Colorado on 7/31/1974 (Going to TAM: P Tom Bradley. Going to COL: 1B Willie Mccovey)
 
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