Willie McCovey - Game Log

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Career: 1959 - 1980

Page 6 of 6 · 1959–1960

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Batting

Games
2,588
At Bats
8,197
Hits
2,211
Home Runs
521
RBI
1,556
Career AVG
.270

Batting Game Log

Page 6 of 6: 88 batting games (1959–1960) of 2588 career

Willie McCovey - Game Log — Batting Game Log
Date Opp Team Result AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
1959-07-30 PHI SFN W 4 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1959-07-31 PIT SFN W 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .625
1959-08-01 PIT SFN W 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .615
1959-08-02 PIT SFN W 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 .500
1959-08-04 MLN SFN L 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455
1959-08-05 MLN SFN W 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .462
1959-08-06 MLN SFN W 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .467
1959-08-07 CIN SFN W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .438
1959-08-08 CIN SFN L 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .417
1959-08-09 CIN SFN W 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375
1959-08-10 SLN SFN W 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .372
1959-08-13 CHN SFN L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .386
1959-08-14 CHN SFN L 4 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .417
1959-08-15 CHN SFN W 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .423
1959-08-16 CHN SFN L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .386
1959-08-17 CIN SFN W 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .397
1959-08-19 MLN SFN L 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .403
1959-08-20 MLN SFN W 5 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .418
1959-08-21 PHI SFN W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .408
1959-08-21 PHI SFN W 5 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .395
1959-08-22 PHI SFN W 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .395
1959-08-24 PIT SFN L 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .384
1959-08-25 PIT SFN W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .378
1959-08-26 PIT SFN L 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .383
1959-08-27 PHI SFN L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .381
1959-08-27 PHI SFN L 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .390
1959-08-28 LAN SFN W 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .398
1959-08-30 LAN SFN L 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .396
1959-08-31 LAN SFN L 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .391
1959-09-02 CHN SFN W 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .386
1959-09-03 CHN SFN W 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .381
1959-09-04 CHN SFN L 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .377
1959-09-05 SLN SFN W 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .373
1959-09-06 SLN SFN L 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .369
1959-09-07 SLN SFN W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .366
1959-09-09 PIT SFN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .370
1959-09-10 PIT SFN L 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .381
1959-09-11 PHI SFN L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .373
1959-09-12 PHI SFN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .366
1959-09-13 PHI SFN W 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .362
1959-09-14 CIN SFN L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353
1959-09-15 CIN SFN W 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 .361
1959-09-16 MLN SFN L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .352
1959-09-17 MLN SFN W 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 .352
1959-09-19 LAN SFN L 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .353
1959-09-19 LAN SFN L 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 .353
1959-09-20 LAN SFN L 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .351
1959-09-22 CHN SFN L 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360
1959-09-23 CHN SFN L 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .361
1959-09-26 SLN SFN W 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .364
1959-09-27 SLN SFN L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .356
1959-09-27 SLN SFN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .354
1960-04-12 SLN SFN W 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .354
1960-04-13 SLN SFN W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .345
1960-04-14 CHN SFN L 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 .345
1960-04-16 CHN SFN W 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .340
1960-04-17 CHN SFN W 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .335
1960-04-19 LAN SFN L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .330
1960-04-20 LAN SFN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326
1960-04-22 CHN SFN W 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .326
1960-04-23 CHN SFN W 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 .327
1960-04-24 CHN SFN L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .323
1960-04-25 SLN SFN W 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 .326
1960-04-26 SLN SFN L 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .330
1960-04-28 LAN SFN W 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 .329
1960-04-29 LAN SFN L 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .332
1960-04-30 LAN SFN W 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 .336
1960-05-02 MLN SFN W 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .336
1960-05-04 CIN SFN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .335
1960-05-05 CIN SFN L 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .335
1960-05-06 PIT SFN W 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 .339
1960-05-07 PIT SFN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
1960-05-08 PIT SFN W 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 .335
1960-05-10 PHI SFN W 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .330
1960-05-11 PHI SFN W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .328
1960-05-13 LAN SFN W 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .331
1960-05-14 LAN SFN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330
1960-05-15 LAN SFN W 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .330
1960-05-16 CIN SFN L 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
1960-05-18 MLN SFN L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .329
1960-05-20 PIT SFN L 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 .327
1960-05-21 PIT SFN W 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .324
1960-05-22 PIT SFN L 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 .325
1960-05-24 PHI SFN W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .322
1960-05-25 PHI SFN W 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
1960-05-26 PHI SFN W 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .329
1960-05-27 SLN SFN L 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .328
1960-05-28 SLN SFN W 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .323

About this page of Willie McCovey's game log

Willie McCovey's log is split across 6 pages; this one, page 6, shows the earliest games, from 1959–1960. The batting table on this page stretch from July 30, 1959 through May 28, 1960. McCovey appears here with the San Francisco Giants. The best hitting game on the page came on July 30, 1959 against the Philadelphia Phillies, when McCovey went 4 for 4 with 2 RBI. McCovey drove in 4 runs on April 25, 1960, the most in any game on this page. McCovey hit 2 home runs on April 30, 1960. McCovey homered more than once on August 5, 1959 and April 30, 1960. The AVG column is a running average, so it shows McCovey's career figure fell from 1.000 to .323 across these games. The patient day was May 4, 1960, with 3 walks. McCovey hit safely in every game from August 17, 1959 through September 10, 1959, the longest such stretch here. Most of these games came against the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies. The earliest game in the log is July 30, 1959 against the Philadelphia Phillies, when McCovey went 4 for 4. Other seasons, 1959 to 1980, are one click away in the season links. The whole of McCovey's log comes from Retrosheet's box-score data; click a date to see every game played that day.

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