Willie McCovey Statistics - smileyleague.org

Batting Glossary Home Run Log Vs. All Pitchers

Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. MLN on July 25, 1961
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. SLN on May 14, 1963
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. NYA on July 21, 1963
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. LAN on August 4, 1965
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. LAN on August 30, 1967 (10 inning game)
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. ATN on July 14, 1968
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. CHN on April 16, 1970
Hit 3 home runs in a game for OAA vs. MNA on August 24, 1974
Hit 3 home runs in a game for SFN vs. CHN on September 9, 1977 (10 inning game)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1959 21 SFN NL   92  198   39   67  12   7  10   32   0   1   26   30  .338  .424  .621 1.045   147   123   0   1   6   4   2  
 1960 22 SFN NL   96  273   57   76  26   4  17   50   4   1   62   44  .278  .405  .590  .994   144   161   0   6  11   0   5  
 1961 23 SFN NL  114  317   49   99  15   4  22   63   0   0   36   51  .312  .385  .593  .979   132   188   0   2   1   3   9  
 1962 24 SFN NL  103  229   41   65   2   1  20   49   0   3   39   35  .284  .384  .563  .947   129   129   0   3   7   0   3  
 1963 25 SFN NL  155  594  113  176  24   3  54  133   1   0   57  125  .296  .370  .620  .989   147   368   0   3  14  14   7  MVP-2
 1964 26 SFN NL  133  346   41   73  22   2  19   48   1   0   68   66  .211  .349  .451  .800   110   156   0   3   3   7   9  
 1965 27 SFN NL  162  596   85  163  23   2  41  103   1   0   87  143  .273  .368  .525  .893   128   313   1   5   1   5  12  MVP-5
 1966 28 SFN NL  155  550   96  161  27   6  45  118   2   0   71  119  .293  .375  .609  .984   142   335   0   5  12   4  12  MVP-6
 1967 29 SFN NL  158  514   87  141  19   4  42  107   1   1   59  118  .274  .358  .572  .930   137   294   0   2   7   9  12  MVP-6
 1968 30 SFN NL  157  616   88  183  16   2  50  144   3   1   55   84  .297  .360  .573  .933   142   353   0   3   8   7   8  MVP-1
 1969 31 SFN NL  159  556  104  173  29   1  50  135   0   0  102   86  .311  .426  .637 1.063   155   354   0   6  24  14  17  MVP-2
 1970 32 SFN NL  160  584  138  193  39   4  63  171   0   0  107   87  .330  .435  .735 1.169   168   429   0   3  10   3  15  MVP-1
 1971 33 SFN NL  119  380   52  121  19   0  25   82   0   0   52   53  .318  .404  .566  .970   137   215   0   2   3   4  15  
 1972 34 SFN NL   31   61    7   19   2   0   1    5   0   0   10    4  .311  .417  .393  .810   116    24   0   0   0   1   0  
         LAN NL   59  162   22   36   5   0   8   18   0   0   30   21  .222  .349  .401  .750   115    65   0   1   2   2   6  
         TOT      90  223   29   55   7   0   9   23   0   0   40   25  .247  .367  .399  .766          89   0   1   2   3   6 
 1973 35 LAN NL  135  437   77  104  21   1  31   85   1   0   97   84  .238  .379  .503  .883   126   220   0   1   1   3  11  
 1974 36 OAA AL  126  372   95  102  10   0  34   70   1   0   92   74  .274  .423  .575  .998   133   214   0   2   2   5  11  
 1975 37 OAA AL  129  397   46   85  20   0  17   55   1   0   60   93  .214  .321  .393  .714   102   156   0   1   5   3  19  
 1976 38 OAA AL   69  202   18   52  18   0   5   19   0   0   17   39  .257  .321  .421  .742   108    85   0   0   0   2   8  
         SFN NL   14   10    1    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .300  .417  .700 1.117   167     7   0   0   0   0   1  
         TOT      83  212   19   55  19   0   6   22   0   0   19   41  .259  .326  .434  .760          92   0   0   0   2   9 
 1977 39 SFN NL  136  419   78  128  22   0  32   90   1   0   53   85  .305  .378  .587  .965   132   246   0   7   1   0  20  
 1978 40 SFN NL   86  245   23   61  12   2   7   38   3   1   26   43  .249  .319  .400  .719   108    98   0   2   4   0   8  
 1979 41 SFN NL  119  302   32   75   8   0  11   36   0   0   28   65  .248  .312  .384  .696    99   116   0   2   0   1   8  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 21 Seasons     2667 8360 1389 2356 392  43 605 1654  20   8 1236 1551  .282  .378  .556  .934        4649   1  60 122  91 218
 Per 600 PA           515   85  145  24   3  37  102   1   0   76   95                                 286   0   4   8   6  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SFN     2149 6790 1131 1977 318  42 510 1407  17   8  940 1240  .291  .381  .576  .956        3909   1  55 112  76 163
   With OAA      324  971  159  239  48   0  56  144   2   0  169  206  .246  .363  .469  .831         455   0   3   7  10  38
   With LAN      194  599   99  140  26   1  39  103   1   0  127  105  .234  .371  .476  .847         285   0   2   3   5  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2588 8197 1229 2211 353  46 521 1555  26  22 1345 1550  .270  .374  .515  .889        4219   5  70 260  69 176
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1959 21 SFN NL   8   53  10.7  38  11   3  .289   0    9    6  .667    0    0  .000  1B   4e18      -41   
 1960 22 SFN NL   6   69   9.0  13   4   1  .308   8   27   13  .481    0    0  .000  1B   4e23      177   
 1961 23 SFN NL   5   71   8.5  29  12   2  .414   5   19   10  .526    0    0  .000  1B   4e25      137   
 1962 24 SFN NL   9   50   7.8  16   7   3  .438   0   18   12  .667    0    0  .000  1B   4e15      -10   
 1963 25 SFN NL  24  138   8.7   2   0   0  .000   6   40   26  .650    0    0  .000  1B   3e10       74   
 1964 26 SFN NL  14   57   5.5  22   6   2  .273   8   24   10  .417    0    0  .000  1B   4e30       51   
 1965 27 SFN NL  28  119   7.1   0   0   0  .000  11   43   28  .651    0    0  .000  1B   3e14      -27   
 1966 28 SFN NL  43  126   8.4   4   0   0  .000  24   44   13  .295    0    0  .000  1B   3e25        7   
 1967 29 SFN NL  23  104   7.3  14   2   1  .143  15   37   19  .514    0    0  .000  1B   3e20       17   
 1968 30 SFN NL  31  128   7.8   0   0   0  .000  19   51   31  .608    0    0  .000  1B   3e24       10   
 1969 31 SFN NL  25  152  10.2   1   1   0 1.000  14   56   35  .625    0    0  .000  1B   2e14      -46   
 1970 32 SFN NL  31  188  12.5   4   3   2  .750  16   57   33  .579    0    0  .000  1B   2e17      114   
 1971 33 SFN NL  19   85   8.3  12   5   4  .417  18   36   17  .472    0    0  .000  1B   2e27       94   
 1972 34 SFN NL  28   11   7.2  13   6   0  .462   1    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  1B   3e21       91   
         LAN NL  16   23   4.7  15   2   0  .133   5   13    8  .615    0    0  .000  1B   3e21       31   
         TOT                    28   8   0  .286   6   15    9  .600    0    0  .000
 1973 35 LAN NL  26   88   6.9  10   1   0  .100   9   31   12  .387    0    0  .000  1B   4e18      -83   
 1974 36 OAA AL  11   95   9.1  13   5   1  .385  10   29   11  .379    0    0  .000  1B   4e20       76   
 1975 37 OAA AL   8   48   3.9  16   5   0  .312  10   26   10  .385    0    0  .000  1B   4e24      -91   
 1976 38 OAA AL   5   25   4.4   4   2   0  .500   3   16    8  .500    0    0  .000  1B   4e14      123   
         SFN NL   0    2   8.5  10   3   1  .300   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e14      498   
         TOT                    14   5   1  .357   3   16    8  .500    0    0  .000
 1977 39 SFN NL  31   88   7.5  31   7   1  .226   4   23   10  .435    0    0  .000  1B   4e17       98   
 1978 40 SFN NL  55   30   4.2  19   6   1  .316   6   21   10  .476    0    0  .000  1B   4e20       24   
 1979 41 SFN NL  45   35   4.1  45  14   4  .311  10   20    8  .400    0    0  .000  1B   4e20      -24   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 21 Seasons         1795   7.7 331 102  26  .308 202  642  331  .516    0    0  .000                  30   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 55.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 213.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

Ballot #7 (Class of 1959/1982): 16 of 18 votes, 88.9% -- ELECTED

Traditional Fielding (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1959 21 SFN NL  1B    50   345    26    0   27  1.000    41   384.1   8.69
 1960 22 SFN NL  1B    80   717    56    8   53   .990    77   692.1  10.05
 1961 23 SFN NL  1B    88   716    51    5   66   .994    78   696.0   9.92
 1962 24 SFN NL  1B    86   517    45    0   61  1.000    55   539.2   9.37
 1963 25 SFN NL  1B   153  1469   141    6  117   .996   151  1365.0  10.62
 1964 26 SFN NL  1B   101   816    81    8   66   .991    98   800.1  10.09
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1965 27 SFN NL  1B   162  1407   145   11  124   .993   162  1448.2   9.64
 1966 28 SFN NL  1B   151  1356   131   24  102   .984   149  1308.1  10.23
 1967 29 SFN NL  1B   151  1270   120   15  106   .989   131  1209.2  10.34
 1968 30 SFN NL  1B   157  1297   102   19   95   .987   156  1427.2   8.82
 1969 31 SFN NL  1B   159  1448    93   14  139   .991   156  1402.2   9.89
 1970 32 SFN NL  1B   157  1405   132   16  135   .990   153  1387.1   9.97
 1971 33 SFN NL  1B   112   890    62   18   87   .981    99   896.2   9.56
 1972 34 TOT     1B    61   463    30    6   51   .988    53   480.0   9.24
 1973 35 LAN NL  1B   124   990    75    9   89   .992   120  1032.1   9.28
 1974 36 OAA AL  1B   110   778    54   10   79   .988    99   799.2   9.36
 1975 37 OAA AL  1B   117   857    41   10   64   .989   109   885.1   9.13
 1976 38 OAA AL  1B    67   495    33    3   43   .994    63   473.0  10.05
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1977 39 SFN NL  1B   105   844    67    4   69   .996    99   877.1   9.35
 1978 40 SFN NL  1B    67   526    37    6   32   .989    62   542.2   9.34
 1979 41 SFN NL  1B    72   576    44   10   47   .984    65   580.0   9.62
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B  2330 19182  1566  202 1652   .990  2176 19229.0   9.71
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1960 WS    SFN DEA   W    7  25  4  7  0  0  1   4  3  4  .280  .357  .400  0
 1961 WS    SFN DEA   L    5  19  1  3  2  0  0   3  2  4  .158  .227  .263  0
 1962 WS    SFN DEA   W    5  15  1  3  0  0  1   2  3  2  .200  .333  .400  0
 1963 WS    SFN CHA   W    7  27  3  6  0  0  2   4  1  8  .222  .241  .444  0
 1966 WS    SFN CHA   L    5  18  0  3  0  0  0   2  1  6  .167  .211  .167  0
 1969 NLCS  SFN NYN   L    4  15  1  4  0  0  1   3  3  5  .267  .389  .467  0
 1970 NLCS  SFN MON   W    4  14  3  3  1  0  2   8  5  2  .214  .421  .714  0
      WS    SFN MNA   L    4  15  1  1  0  0  0   0  3  3  .067  .222  .067  0
 1973 NLCS  LAN MON   W    5  18  5  6  2  0  3   7  5  5  .333  .500  .944  0
      WS    LAN OAA   W    5  17  3  5  2  0  0   0  3  4  .294  .400  .412  0
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    4  11  1  2  0  0  0   2  0  2  .182  .167  .182  0
 1975 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    4   9  2  3  1  0  0   0  3  2  .333  .500  .444  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    5  16  2  3  0  0  1   3  2  3  .188  .278  .375  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

1974: Round 1 (#17 overall) by OAA

Transaction History

1972-13: traded by SFN to LAN with Garry Maddox, Gary Matthews, Ed Goodson for Jim Brewer, Bill Buckner, Doug Rader, Tom Paciorek
1976-13: traded by OAA to SFN with Dan Briggs for Bob Heise, Gary Thomasson
1979 postseason: released by SFN

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Managers
Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1959 SFN 90-64 Larry Reeves 1960 SFN 96-58 Larry Reeves 1961 SFN 96-58 Larry Reeves 1962 SFN 107-55 Larry Reeves 1963 SFN 107-55 Larry Reeves 1964 SFN 80-82 Darren Dawson 1965 SFN 91-71 Darren Dawson 1966 SFN 98-64 Darren Dawson 1967 SFN 91-71 Darren Dawson 1968 SFN 103-59 Raul Camacho 1969 SFN 97-65 Raul Camacho 1970 SFN 107-55 Raul Camacho 1971 SFN 76-86 Raul Camacho 1972 SFN 110-52 Raul Camacho 1972 LAN 78-84 Scott Campbell 1973 LAN 109-54 Scott Campbell 1974 OAA 101-61 Drew Kennedy 1975 OAA 99-63 Drew Kennedy 1976 OAA 91-71 Drew Kennedy 1976 SFN 62-100 Bob Mittleman 1977 SFN 69-93 Bob Mittleman 1978 SFN 87-75 Bob Mittleman 1979 SFN 57-105 Bob Mittleman

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