Willie McCovey Career Stats & Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Willie McCovey made their MLB debut in 1959 and appeared in 2,588 games over 22 seasons. They posted a batting average of 0.270, OPS of 0.889, hit 521 HRs, and recorded 64.5 WAR. They rank 20th all-time in HRs and 99th in WAR.

📊 Career Summary

Willie McCovey made their MLB debut in 1959 and played in 2,588 games over 22 seasons.
Below are key cumulative stats along with their respective all-time MLB ranks.

G2,588 (MLB Rank: 45)
AB8,197 (MLB Rank: 132)
H2,211 (MLB Rank: 188)
BA0.270 (MLB Rank: 3,442)
2B353 (MLB Rank: 310)
3B46 (MLB Rank: 825)
HR521 (MLB Rank: 20)
RBI1555 (MLB Rank: 46)
R1229 (MLB Rank: 171)
BB1345 (MLB Rank: 36)
OBP0.374 (MLB Rank: 1,435)
SLG0.515 (MLB Rank: 501)
OPS0.889 (MLB Rank: 698)
SB26 (MLB Rank: 2,737)
SO1,550 (MLB Rank: 68)
GIDP176 (MLB Rank: 197)
CS22 (MLB Rank: 1,609)
Rbat+149 (MLB Rank: 750)
WAR64.5 (MLB Rank: 99)
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Willie McCovey Year-by-Year Stat Trends

This chart visualizes Willie McCovey's seasonal trends in HR, H, and BA.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Last Season Summary (1980)

In 1980, Willie McCovey played in 48 games and posted the following stats:

G48
AB113
H23
BA0.204
2B8
3B0
HR1
RBI16
R8
BB13
OBP0.285
SLG0.301
OPS0.586
SB0
SO23
GIDP3
Rbat+56
WAR−0.7

📈 Peak Seasons

Here are Willie McCovey's best seasons by category:

  • Most HR in a season: 1969, 45 HR
  • Most H in a season: 1963, 158 H
  • Most RBI in a season: 1969, 126 RBI
  • Most SB in a season: 1968, 4 SB
  • Best BA in a season: 1959, 0.354 BA
  • Best OBP in a season: 1969, 0.453 OBP
  • Best SLG in a season: 1959, 0.656 SLG
  • Best OPS in a season: 1969, 1.108 OPS
  • Best WAR in a season: 1969, 8.1 WAR

🎯 Postseason Stats

Willie McCovey appeared in 8 postseason games. In those games, they recorded a batting average of 0.310, OBP of 0.412, SLG of 0.690, and OPS of 1.102. They also tallied 3 HR, 9 H, 7 RBI, and 0 SB.

Willie McCovey Career Stat Summary

seasonHHRRBIBAROPSWAROBPSLGPABBSO2B3BTBrOBARbat+OPS+GGIDPHBPIBBSBCSSFSHAB
1959
68
13
38
0.354
32
1.085
3.1
0.429
0.656
219
22
35
9
5
126
0.471
192
188
52
7
4
1
2
0
1
0
192
1960
62
13
51
0.238
37
0.818
1.7
0.349
0.469
307
45
53
15
3
122
0.376
135
128
101
3
0
4
1
1
2
0
260
1961
89
18
50
0.271
59
0.841
2.6
0.35
0.491
374
37
60
12
3
161
0.374
125
125
106
8
5
3
1
2
4
0
328
1962
67
20
54
0.293
41
0.957
1.9
0.368
0.59
262
29
35
6
1
135
0.418
153
154
91
6
0
1
3
3
3
0
229
1963
158
44
102
0.28
103
0.915
6.5
0.35
0.566
627
50
119
19
5
319
0.413
166
161
152
10
11
5
1
1
1
1
564
1964
80
18
54
0.22
55
0.748
-0.1
0.336
0.412
434
61
73
14
1
150
0.351
113
108
130
9
5
5
2
1
4
0
364
1965
149
39
92
0.276
93
0.92
5.8
0.381
0.539
639
88
118
17
4
291
0.409
159
154
160
8
6
5
0
4
3
2
540
1966
148
36
96
0.295
85
0.977
5.9
0.391
0.586
588
76
100
26
6
294
0.43
169
164
150
8
6
10
2
1
4
0
502
1967
126
31
91
0.276
73
0.913
5
0.378
0.535
539
71
110
17
4
244
0.409
165
159
135
8
6
17
3
3
4
2
456
1968
153
36
105
0.293
81
0.923
7
0.378
0.545
608
72
71
16
4
285
0.424
185
174
148
10
5
20
4
2
8
0
523
1969
157
45
126
0.32
101
1.108
8.1
0.453
0.656
623
121
66
26
2
322
0.479
211
209
149
11
4
45
0
0
7
0
491
1970
143
39
126
0.289
98
1.056
6.6
0.444
0.612
638
137
75
39
2
303
0.452
181
182
152
13
3
40
0
0
3
0
495
1971
91
18
70
0.277
45
0.876
2.6
0.396
0.48
402
64
57
13
0
158
0.388
147
149
105
6
4
21
0
2
5
0
329
1972
56
14
35
0.213
30
0.719
-0.5
0.316
0.403
304
38
45
8
0
106
0.332
99
102
81
3
2
5
0
0
1
0
263
1973
102
29
75
0.266
52
0.966
3.1
0.42
0.546
495
105
78
14
3
209
0.423
161
162
130
6
1
25
1
0
6
0
383
1974
87
22
63
0.253
53
0.922
3.2
0.416
0.506
443
96
76
19
1
174
0.424
166
164
128
8
1
9
1
0
1
0
344
1975
104
23
68
0.252
43
0.805
1.6
0.345
0.46
475
57
80
17
0
190
0.37
126
129
122
10
3
8
1
0
2
0
413
1976
46
7
36
0.204
20
0.619
0.3
0.283
0.336
251
24
43
9
0
76
0.286
72
82
82
4
1
8
0
0
0
0
226
1977
134
28
86
0.28
54
0.867
1.3
0.367
0.5
548
67
106
21
0
239
0.386
131
132
141
16
0
16
3
0
3
0
478
1978
80
12
64
0.228
32
0.694
-0.7
0.298
0.396
390
36
57
19
2
139
0.328
99
97
108
12
0
8
1
0
2
0
351