Willie McCovey

"Stretch"

San Francisco · #44 · 1B
$65,000 (1 yr)
HT/WT6'3", 209 lbs
BIRTHDATE1/10/1938 (32)
BAT/THRL/L
BIRTHPLACEMobile, Alabama
STATUS ● Active

1970 Season Stats

AVG

.306

31st

HR

27

Tied-6th

RBI

79

5th

OPS

1.000

4th

Stats

Career Batting — MLB

Season Team GPAB RH 2B3B HRRBI BBHBP K SBCS AVGOBP SLG OPS WAR
1959 SF 52 192 32 68 9 5 13 38 22 4 35 2 0 .354 .429 .656 1.000 3.4
1960 SF 101 260 37 62 15 3 13 51 45 0 53 1 1 .238 .349 .469 .818 2.1
1961 SF 106 328 59 89 12 3 18 50 37 5 60 1 2 .271 .350 .491 .841 2.4
1962 SF 91 229 41 67 6 1 20 54 29 0 35 3 3 .293 .368 .590 .957 2.7
1963 SF 152 564 103 158 19 5 44 102 50 11 119 1 1 .280 .350 .566 .915 7.5
1964 SF 130 364 55 80 14 1 18 54 61 5 73 2 1 .220 .336 .412 .748 2.6
1965 SF 160 540 93 149 17 4 39 92 88 6 118 0 4 .276 .381 .539 .920 7.3
1966 SF 150 502 85 148 26 6 36 96 76 6 100 2 1 .295 .391 .586 .977 7.4
1967 SF 135 456 73 126 17 4 31 91 71 6 110 3 3 .276 .378 .535 .913 5.8
1968 SF 148 523 81 153 16 4 36 105 72 5 71 4 2 .293 .378 .545 .923 7.8
1969 SF 149 491 101 157 26 2 45 126 121 4 66 0 0 .320 .453 .656 1.000 8.6
1970 SF 91 327 69 100 30 2 27 79 69 2 42 0 1 .306 .424 .657 1.000 5.7
Career 14654776 8291357 20740 340938 74154 882 1919 .284.383 .558.941 63.2
Season Averages 122398 69113 173 2878 625 74 22 .284.383 .558.941

Postseason Batting

Season Team GPAB RH 2B3B HRRBI BBHBP K SBCS AVGOBP SLG OPS
1962 SF 4 15 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 .200 .250 .533 .783

Expanded Batting

Season Team PAP P/PA XBHTB IBBHBP GIDP SHSF SBCS SB%
1959 SF 0 0 27 126 1 4 7 0 1 2 0 100.0
1960 SF 0 0 31 122 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 50.0
1961 SF 0 0 33 161 3 5 8 0 4 1 2 33.3
1962 SF 0 0 27 135 1 0 6 0 3 3 3 50.0
1963 SF 0 0 68 319 5 11 10 1 1 1 1 50.0
1964 SF 0 0 33 150 5 5 9 0 4 2 1 66.7
1965 SF 0 0 60 291 5 6 8 2 3 0 4 0.00
1966 SF 0 0 68 294 10 6 8 0 4 2 1 66.7
1967 SF 0 0 52 244 17 6 8 2 4 3 3 50.0
1968 SF 0 0 56 285 20 5 10 0 8 4 2 66.7
1969 SF 0 0 73 322 45 4 11 0 7 0 0 0.00
1970 SF 0 1,793 59 215 11 2 8 0 5 0 1 0.00
Career 0 1,793 587 2664 127 54 96 5 46 19 19 50.00

Advanced Batting

Season Team WAR RCRC/27 ISOPSECA AB/HR BB/PABB/K
1959 SF 3.4 53.0 11.5 0.302 0.427 14.8 0.000 0.63
1960 SF 2.1 42.8 5.8 0.231 0.404 20.0 0.000 0.85
1961 SF 2.4 55.6 6.3 0.220 0.329 18.2 0.000 0.62
1962 SF 2.7 50.2 8.4 0.297 0.424 11.5 0.000 0.83
1963 SF 7.5 108.1 7.2 0.285 0.374 12.8 0.000 0.42
1964 SF 2.6 49.8 4.7 0.192 0.363 20.2 0.000 0.84
1965 SF 7.3 109.8 7.6 0.263 0.419 13.8 0.000 0.75
1966 SF 7.4 113.9 8.7 0.291 0.444 13.9 0.000 0.76
1967 SF 5.8 91.2 7.5 0.259 0.414 14.7 0.000 0.65
1968 SF 7.8 107.8 7.9 0.252 0.394 14.5 0.000 1.01
1969 SF 8.6 146.3 11.8 0.336 0.582 10.9 0.000 1.83
1970 SF 5.7 91.8 10.9 0.352 0.560 12.1 0.000 1.64
Career 1,013.1 8.0 0.274 0.429 14.0 0.000 0.84

Glossary

2B: Doubles
3B: Triples
AB: At Bats
AB/HR: At Bats Per Home Run
AVG: Batting Average
BB: Walks
BB/K: Walk To Strikeout Ratio
BB/PA: Walks Per Plate Appearance
CS: Caught Stealing
FO: Fly Balls
GIDP: Ground Into Double Play
GO: Ground Balls
GO/FO: Ground To Fly Ball Ratio
GP: Games Played
H: Hits
HBP: Hit By Pitch
HR: Home Runs
IBB: Intentional Walks
ISOP: Isolated Power
OBP: On Base Percentage
OPS: OBP Pct + SLG Pct
OWAR: Offensive Wins Above Replacement
P: Pitches
P/PA: Pitches Per Plate Appearance
PA: Plate Appearances
R: Runs
RBI: Runs Batted In
RC: Runs Created
RC/27: Runs Created Per 27 Outs
SB: Stolen Bases
SB%: Stolen Base Percentage
SECA: Secondary Average
SF: Sacrifice Flies
SH: Sacrifice Hit
SLG: Slugging Percentage
SO: Strikeouts
TB: Total Bases
WAR: Wins Above Replacement
XBH: Extra Base Hits