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Willie McCovey played 22 major-league seasons (1959-1980) as a 1B (2,045), OF (275). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 23 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 21 | SFN | 52 | 192 | 32 | 68 | 13 | 38 | 2 | 22 | 35 | .354 | 1.085 | 195 |
| 1960 | 22 | SFN | 101 | 260 | 37 | 62 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 45 | 53 | .238 | .818 | 129 |
| 1961 | 23 | SFN | 106 | 328 | 59 | 89 | 18 | 50 | 1 | 37 | 60 | .271 | .841 | 127 |
| 1962 | 24 | SFN | 91 | 229 | 41 | 67 | 20 | 54 | 3 | 29 | 35 | .293 | .957 | 162 |
| 1963 | 25 | SFN | 152 | 564 | 103 | 158 | 44 | 102 | 1 | 50 | 119 | .280 | .915 | 169 |
| 1964 | 26 | SFN | 130 | 364 | 55 | 80 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 61 | 73 | .220 | .748 | 118 |
| 1965 | 27 | SFN | 160 | 540 | 93 | 149 | 39 | 92 | 0 | 88 | 118 | .276 | .920 | 166 |
| 1966 | 28 | SFN | 150 | 502 | 85 | 148 | 36 | 96 | 2 | 76 | 100 | .295 | .977 | 177 |
| 1967 | 29 | SFN | 135 | 456 | 73 | 126 | 31 | 91 | 3 | 71 | 110 | .276 | .913 | 169 |
| 1968 | 30 | SFN | 148 | 523 | 81 | 153 | 36 | 105 | 4 | 72 | 71 | .293 | .923 | 185 |
| 1969 | 31 | SFN | 149 | 491 | 101 | 157 | 45 | 126 | 0 | 121 | 66 | .320 | 1.108 | 219 |
| 1970 | 32 | SFN | 152 | 495 | 98 | 143 | 39 | 126 | 0 | 137 | 75 | .289 | 1.056 | 191 |
| 1971 | 33 | SFN | 105 | 329 | 45 | 91 | 18 | 70 | 0 | 64 | 57 | .277 | .876 | 156 |
| 1972 | 34 | SFN | 81 | 263 | 30 | 56 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 38 | 45 | .213 | .719 | 111 |
| 1973 | 35 | SFN | 130 | 383 | 52 | 102 | 29 | 75 | 1 | 105 | 78 | .266 | .966 | 176 |
| 1974 | 36 | SDN | 128 | 344 | 53 | 87 | 22 | 63 | 1 | 96 | 76 | .253 | .922 | 166 |
| 1975 | 37 | SDN | 122 | 413 | 43 | 104 | 23 | 68 | 1 | 57 | 80 | .252 | .805 | 130 |
| 1976 | 38 | OAK | 11 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .208 | .505 | 50 |
| 1976 | 38 | SDN | 71 | 202 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 39 | .203 | .633 | 85 |
| 1977 | 39 | SFN | 141 | 478 | 54 | 134 | 28 | 86 | 3 | 67 | 106 | .280 | .867 | 138 |
| 1978 | 40 | SFN | 108 | 351 | 32 | 80 | 12 | 64 | 1 | 36 | 57 | .228 | .694 | 100 |
| 1979 | 41 | SFN | 117 | 353 | 34 | 88 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 36 | 70 | .249 | .720 | 103 |
| 1980 | 42 | SFN | 48 | 113 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 23 | .204 | .586 | 69 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1B | 51 | 49 | 424 | 29 | 5 | 29 |
| 1960 | 1B | 71 | 65 | 557 | 39 | 9 | 42 |
| 1961 | 1B | 84 | 79 | 669 | 55 | 11 | 55 |
| 1962 | OF | 57 | 53 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1B | 17 | 11 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 1963 | OF | 135 | 131 | 220 | 7 | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | 1B | 23 | 14 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| 1964 | OF | 83 | 80 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1B | 26 | 21 | 177 | 14 | 7 | 19 |
| 1965 | 1B | 156 | 150 | 1310 | 87 | 13 | 93 |
| 1966 | 1B | 145 | 139 | 1287 | 81 | 22 | 91 |
| 1967 | 1B | 127 | 123 | 1221 | 81 | 15 | 102 |
| 1968 | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1305 | 103 | 21 | 91 |
| 1969 | 1B | 148 | 148 | 1392 | 79 | 12 | 116 |
| 1970 | 1B | 146 | 146 | 1217 | 134 | 15 | 117 |
| 1971 | 1B | 95 | 95 | 828 | 63 | 15 | 80 |
| 1972 | 1B | 74 | 73 | 617 | 32 | 9 | 52 |
| 1973 | 1B | 117 | 116 | 930 | 76 | 12 | 89 |
| 1974 | 1B | 104 | 103 | 815 | 47 | 11 | 59 |
| 1975 | 1B | 115 | 115 | 979 | 73 | 15 | 94 |
| 1976 | 1B | 51 | 51 | 420 | 44 | 4 | 39 |
| 1977 | 1B | 136 | 136 | 1072 | 60 | 13 | 93 |
| 1978 | 1B | 97 | 95 | 721 | 44 | 10 | 49 |
| 1979 | 1B | 89 | 86 | 740 | 48 | 10 | 60 |
| 1980 | 1B | 27 | 26 | 241 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Willie McCovey won: Rookie of the Year 1959 (NL), TSN All-Star 1965 (NL), TSN All-Star 1968 (NL), MVP 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1970 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1977, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1963, 1959.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 24 / 24 | 24 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 25 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 12 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 29 | 2 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 135 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 265 / 336 | 11 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 47 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 15 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
Willie McCovey ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | first basemen | 1969 | 219 OPS+ |
| #48 | first basemen | 1970 | 191 OPS+ |
| #68 | first basemen | 1968 | 185 OPS+ |
| #89 | first basemen | 1966 | 177 OPS+ |
| #120 | left fielders | 1963 | 169 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.