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    A statue of Baseball Hall of Fame player Willie McCovey was installed in McCovey Cove, San Francisco. It was unveiled in 2003 and was created by sculptor...
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    of each winner are placed in the ground surrounding the statue of Willie McCovey on the southern shore of China Basin, unofficially known as McCovey Cove...
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    after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey. The proper name for the cove is China Basin, which is the mouth of Mission Creek as it meets the bay...
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    Willie Lee McCovey (January 10, 1938 – October 31, 2018), nicknamed "Stretch" and "Willie Mac", was an American professional baseball player. He played...
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  • William Behrends (category University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni)
    Oracle Park: Statue of Willie Mays (created 2000) Statue of Willie McCovey (created 2003) Statue of Juan Marichal (created 2005) Statue of Orlando Cepeda...
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    section of the bay beyond Oracle Park's right field wall is unofficially known as McCovey Cove, in honor of former Giants player Willie McCovey. Oracle...
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  • dog run, artificial beach, amphitheater seating, and a statue of Willie McCovey. A section of the Bay Trail runs through it. The park is not operated...
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    times than he had at any point in his career. This was partly because Willie McCovey, who often batted behind Mays in the lineup, missed several games with...
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    Orlando Cepeda (category American sportspeople convicted of crimes)
    fit both Cepeda and teammate Willie McCovey, also a first basemen, into their lineup, unsuccessfully trying to shift each of them to left field at different...
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    Hatboro, Pennsylvania, and a single plaque listing all of the A's inductees was attached to a statue of Connie Mack that is located across the street from...
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    Tom Seaver (category Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players)
    Award. He also finished runner-up to Willie McCovey for the League's Most Valuable Player Award. In front of a crowd of over 59,000 at New York's Shea Stadium...
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    he drew 198 walks, a major-league record; 68 of them were intentional walks, surpassing Willie McCovey's 45 in 1969 for another Major League record. He...
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    his #57 out of circulation. The Cardinals first re-issued the number in 2021 Spring Training, to pitcher Zack Thompson. Fan favorite Willie McGee has not...
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    Monte Irvin (category Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    retired his number 20 uniform. He was joined by fellow Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry and Orlando Cepeda in the...
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    against the powerful Giants lineup which included future Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and Orlando Cepeda. The perfect game ended when he walked...
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    Juan Marichal (category Dominican Republic people of African descent)
    also earned the highest position of his career in MVP voting, finishing fifth behind Bob Gibson, Pete Rose, Willie McCovey, and Curt Flood. He and Sandy...
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  • had to figure out that this was the statue of Willie Mays outside AT&T Park. Teams had to paddle kayaks into McCovey Cove and find three numbered baseballs...
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    Gaylord Perry (category National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees)
    Series ring along with other San Francisco Giants greats Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda, and Willie Mays. He was honored again on April 7, 2013, with Mays...
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    runs in the fifth inning of a 9–4 win over the Mets, becoming the first Giant with two home runs in an inning since Willie McCovey in 1977. Molina also had...
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    Ferguson Jenkins (category Members of the Order of Canada)
    original on February 4, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2013. "Padres Get McCovey," The New York Times, Friday, October 26, 1973. Retrieved November 28,...
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    in Robbins, Illinois, was fatally shot by Ian Covey, a Midlothian police officer responding to a call of shots fired at the bar. Roberson, an African American...
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    assassination of Martin Luther King Jr". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 26, 2020. Weiner, Steven C. "July 23, 1969: Willie McCovey's two homers power...
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    co-founder of the Alta California William Randolph Hearst, newspaper tycoon Ed Lee, first Asian American Mayor of San Francisco Willie McCovey, Major League...
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    Ron Santo (category American people of Italian descent)
    Traynor and Willie Jones in leading the league seven times; Tim Wallach later tied the mark as well. Santo was deeply saddened by the loss of teammate Ken...
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    Sally Ride (category Fellows of the American Physical Society)
    November 7, 2022. In 2022 a statue of Ride was unveiled outside the Cradle of Aviation Museum. In 2023 another statue of Ride was unveiled; this one is...
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  • Family Organization (12 Jun 2009). "Handcart statue placed in Norway, Descendants of sculptor donate replica of art piece to museum". www.thechurchnews.com...
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    Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011. "WILLIAMSON, ROBERT MCALPIN [THREE LEGGED WILLIE]". tshaonline...
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  • Science magazine in the 1920s. Willie Blount (1768–1835), third governor of Tennessee. Member of Unanimity Lodge No. 54 of North Carolina. Gebhard Leberecht...
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    C. Jones Kipchoge Keino Mickey Mantle Vincent Matthews Willie Mays Willie McCovey Bruce McLaren Bobby Moore Pedro Morales Joe Namath Jack Nicklaus Ray...
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    Baseball Hall of Fame Tim Lincecum (born 1984), pitcher Willie McCovey (1938–2018), 1st baseman & inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame Nyjer Morgan...
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