Willie McCovey
1959–1980 · bats L / throws L · NLS, Athletics, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants
2,588G
.270AVG
.374OBP
.515SLG
More career statistics
2,211H
521HR
1,555RBI
26SB
11Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 22 | 21 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,691 | 9,692 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,555 | 1,556 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,345 | 1,346 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,588 | 9,691 | 8,197 | 1,229 | 2,211 | 353 | 46 | 521 | 1,555 | 1,345 | 1,550 | 26 | 22 | 69 | 70 | 4,219 | .270 | .374 | .515 | .889 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1963-06-25 to 1963-07-19
37longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Two Homers in an Inning | 1973-04-12 | 1 in 3,109 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1967-09-03 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 1966-09-24 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1262 | 4625 | 1057 | 264 | 774 | 654 | 724 | .271 | .370 | .527 |
| Away | 1326 | 5067 | 1154 | 257 | 782 | 692 | 826 | .269 | .364 | .504 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 332 | 1256 | 275 | 65 | 216 | 189 | 201 | .262 | .369 | .504 |
| May | 431 | 1642 | 366 | 80 | 259 | 218 | 270 | .263 | .356 | .492 |
| June | 474 | 1754 | 402 | 105 | 292 | 266 | 279 | .273 | .381 | .530 |
| July | 433 | 1621 | 360 | 82 | 224 | 209 | 265 | .260 | .351 | .491 |
| August | 474 | 1792 | 430 | 101 | 298 | 239 | 273 | .283 | .373 | .544 |
| September | 422 | 1570 | 366 | 87 | 258 | 218 | 257 | .276 | .372 | .527 |
| October | 22 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .354 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| los-angeles-dodgers | 297 | 1074 | 221 | 45 | 162 | 142 | 212 | .241 | .338 | .431 |
| cincinnati-reds | 296 | 1120 | 260 | 69 | 196 | 176 | 174 | .279 | .389 | .559 |
| houston-astros | 260 | 992 | 239 | 44 | 146 | 123 | 144 | .281 | .365 | .496 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 251 | 916 | 229 | 56 | 157 | 118 | 165 | .291 | .379 | .556 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 250 | 927 | 210 | 42 | 149 | 116 | 157 | .264 | .352 | .486 |
| chicago-cubs | 245 | 917 | 199 | 46 | 135 | 146 | 141 | .264 | .376 | .507 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 242 | 918 | 205 | 41 | 120 | 106 | 142 | .258 | .339 | .453 |
| new-york-mets | 192 | 730 | 186 | 48 | 134 | 92 | 116 | .299 | .381 | .597 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  San Francisco Giants | 52 | 192 | 68 | 13 | 38 | 2 | .354 | – | – |
| 1960 | San Francisco Giants | 101 | 260 | 62 | 13 | 51 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1961 | San Francisco Giants | 106 | 328 | 89 | 18 | 51 | 1 | .271 | – | – |
| 1962 | San Francisco Giants | 91 | 229 | 67 | 20 | 54 | 3 | .293 | – | – |
| 1963 | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 564 | 158 | 44 | 102 | 1 | .280 | – | – |
| 1964 | San Francisco Giants | 130 | 364 | 80 | 18 | 54 | 2 | .220 | – | – |
| 1965 | San Francisco Giants | 160 | 540 | 149 | 39 | 92 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1966 | San Francisco Giants | 150 | 502 | 148 | 36 | 96 | 2 | .295 | – | – |
| 1967 | San Francisco Giants | 135 | 456 | 126 | 31 | 91 | 3 | .276 | – | – |
| 1968 | San Francisco Giants | 148 | 523 | 153 | 36 | 105 | 4 | .293 | – | – |
| 1969 | San Francisco Giants | 149 | 491 | 157 | 45 | 126 | – | .320 | – | – |
| 1970 | San Francisco Giants | 152 | 495 | 143 | 39 | 126 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1971 | San Francisco Giants | 105 | 329 | 91 | 18 | 70 | – | .277 | – | – |
| 1972 | San Francisco Giants | 81 | 263 | 56 | 14 | 35 | – | .213 | – | – |
| 1973 | San Francisco Giants | 130 | 383 | 102 | 29 | 75 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1974 |  San Diego Padres | 128 | 344 | 87 | 22 | 63 | 1 | .253 | – | – |
| 1975 | San Diego Padres | 122 | 413 | 104 | 23 | 68 | 1 | .252 | – | – |
| 1976 | Athletics, San Diego Padres | 82 | 226 | 46 | 7 | 36 | – | .204 | – | – |
| 1977 | San Francisco Giants | 141 | 478 | 134 | 28 | 86 | 3 | .280 | – | – |
| 1978 | San Francisco Giants | 108 | 351 | 80 | 12 | 64 | 1 | .228 | – | – |
| 1979 | San Francisco Giants | 117 | 353 | 88 | 15 | 57 | – | .249 | – | – |
| 1980 | San Francisco Giants | 48 | 113 | 23 | 1 | 16 | – | .204 | – | – |