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Historical player · 1959–1980 · ★ Hall of Fame 1986

Willie McCovey

B/T L/L · HT 76 · WT 198 · Born 1/10/1938 · From Mobile, AL USA · Debut 1959-07-30 · Final 1980-07-06

Career · batting

2,588

8,197

2,211

521

RBI

1,555

1,345

AVG/OPS

0.270 · 0.889

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1959–1980

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469

#4 on the Giants

↑ 42 M. Ott

↓ 222 M. Williams

Hits

1,974

#4 on the Giants

↑ 219 B. Terry

↓ 23 B. Bonds

RBI

1,388

#4 on the Giants

↑ 52 B. Bonds

↓ 310 B. Terry

#144 on the Giants

↑ 1 D. Esterbrook

↓ 1 H. Critz

Runs

1,113

#6 on the Giants

↑ 7 B. Terry

↓ 137 G. Haltren

1,168

#4 on the Giants

↑ 226 W. Mays

↓ 420 M. Tiernan

Career with the San Diego Padres · 1974–1976

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#31 on the Padres

↑ 3 T. Grisham

↓ 1 Y. Solarte

Hits

232

#97 on the Padres

↑ 3 J. Reed

↓ 4 B. Tolan

RBI

167

#50 on the Padres

↑ 2 M. Kemp

↓ 2 Y. Alonso

#248 on the Padres

↑ 1 A. Almonte

↓ 1 J. Alfaro

Runs

116

#91 on the Padres

↑ 1 D. Campbell

↓ 1 A. Hedges

174

#41 on the Padres

↑ 1 K. Greene

↓ 2 F. Kendall

Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1976–1976

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Hits

#1,045 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Alyea

↓ 1 J. Zinn

#916 on the Athletics

↑ 1 J. Babich

↓ 1 D. Adams

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

521

#20 all-time MLB

↑ 13 J. Foxx

↓ 9 E. Mathews

Hits

2,211

#188 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Kuhel

↓ 1 W. Randolph

RBI

1,555

#46 all-time MLB

↑ 26 J. Beckley

↓ 5 F. McGriff

#2,774 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Adell

↓ 1 S. Alomar

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1959	Giants	NL	52	192	32	68	9	5	13	38	2	22	35	0.354	0.429	0.656
1960	Giants	NL	101	260	37	62	15	3	13	51	1	45	53	0.238	0.349	0.469
1961	Giants	NL	106	328	59	89	12	3	18	50	1	37	60	0.271	0.350	0.491
1962	Giants	NL	91	229	41	67	6	1	20	54	3	29	35	0.293	0.368	0.590
1963	Giants	NL	152	564	103	158	19	5	44	102	1	50	119	0.280	0.350	0.566
1964	Giants	NL	130	364	55	80	14	1	18	54	2	61	73	0.220	0.336	0.412
1965	Giants	NL	160	540	93	149	17	4	39	92	0	88	118	0.276	0.381	0.539
1966	Giants	NL	150	502	85	148	26	6	36	96	2	76	100	0.295	0.391	0.586
1967	Giants	NL	135	456	73	126	17	4	31	91	3	71	110	0.276	0.378	0.535
1968	Giants	NL	148	523	81	153	16	4	36	105	4	72	71	0.293	0.378	0.545
1969	Giants	NL	149	491	101	157	26	2	45	126	0	121	66	0.320	0.453	0.656
1970	Giants	NL	152	495	98	143	39	2	39	126	0	137	75	0.289	0.444	0.612
1971	Giants	NL	105	329	45	91	13	0	18	70	0	64	57	0.277	0.396	0.480
1972	Giants	NL	81	263	30	56	8	0	14	35	0	38	45	0.213	0.316	0.403
1973	Giants	NL	130	383	52	102	14	3	29	75	1	105	78	0.266	0.420	0.546
1974	Padres	NL	128	344	53	87	19	1	22	63	1	96	76	0.253	0.416	0.506
1975	Padres	NL	122	413	43	104	17	0	23	68	1	57	80	0.252	0.345	0.460
1976	Padres	NL	71	202	20	41	9	0	7	36	0	21	39	0.203	0.281	0.351
1976	Athletics	AL	11	24	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.208	0.296	0.208
1977	Giants	NL	141	478	54	134	21	0	28	86	3	67	106	0.280	0.367	0.500
1978	Giants	NL	108	351	32	80	19	2	12	64	1	36	57	0.228	0.298	0.396
1979	Giants	NL	117	353	34	88	9	0	15	57	0	36	70	0.249	0.318	0.402
1980	Giants	NL	48	113	8	23	8	0	1	16	0	13	23	0.204	0.285	0.301
Career			2,588	8,197	1,229	2,211	353	46	521	1,555	26	1,345	1,550	0.270	0.374	0.515

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2,045	1,987	16,715.7	17,170	1,222	233	1,405
OF	275	264	2,099.3	397	14	23	2

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1986	BBWAA	346	319	Inducted