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Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 – October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", [a] was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for whom he played for 19 seasons.
Future Baseball Hall of Fame member Willie McCovey played for the 1955 Sandersville Giants and led the league in RBI. Having signed his first professional contract for $175.00 per month, McCovey was 17 years old and in his first professional season out of Mobile, Alabama. McCovey hit .305 with 19 home runs and led the league with 113 RBI in 107 ...
Willie McCovey, Mark McGwire, David Ortiz, Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, and Sammy Sosa are also members of the 500 home run club. [16] Of the 45 players eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame who have hit two home runs in an inning, eight have been elected, four on the first ballot. [17]
Willie McCovey, the baseball Hall of Famer who spent 19 of his 22 major-league seasons with the San Francisco Giants, died on Wednesday. The first baseman dubbed the “the scariest hitter in ...
San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey died on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with ongoing health issues.
1962 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com; The 1962 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet; History of the World Series - 1962 at The Sporting News. Archived from the original in May 2006. Kodak Presents – Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments: Willie McCovey Lines Out Archived March 9, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
1969 All-Star Game Box Score, July 23 at Baseball-Reference.com; 1969 All-Star Game at Baseball Almanac; July 23, 1969: Willie McCovey’s two homers power National League to All-Star win at Society for American Baseball Research (SABR Games Project)
Stats at Baseball Reference ... (AL) in hits with 209 and snared a line drive off the bat of Willie McCovey to win the 1962 World Series for the Yankees.