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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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    of the San Francisco Giants, named after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey. The proper name for the cove is China Basin, which is the mouth of...
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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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    The Willie Mac Award is named in honor of Willie McCovey. It has been presented annually since 1980 to the most inspirational player on the San Francisco...
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  • McCovey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Willie McCovey (1938–2018), American baseball player McCooey McCovey Cove, the name for...
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    Park's right field wall is unofficially known as McCovey Cove, in honor of former Giants player Willie McCovey. Previously named Pacific Bell Park, SBC Park...
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  • third base and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Giants’ Willie McCovey hit a hard line drive that was caught by Yankees second baseman Bobby...
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  • sentencing for giving false statements to federal investigators, and Willie McCovey was pardoned for tax evasion. December 19, 2013 On this day, Obama announced...
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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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    1902 Dan McGann, 1903–1907 Larry Doyle, 1908–16 Gus Mancuso, 1937–38 Mel Ott, 1939–47 Alvin Dark, 1950–56 Willie Mays, 1961–72 Willie McCovey, 1977–80...
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    providing classified documents to WikiLeaks. Commuted on January 17, 2017. Willie McCovey, professional baseball player, pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 1995...
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    voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Willie McCovey. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major...
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    Major League Baseball players. In the game, Feigner struck out Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Maury Wills, and Harmon Killebrew...
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    ensuing years, the Giants struggled to fit both Cepeda and teammate Willie McCovey, also a first basemen, into their lineup, unsuccessfully trying to shift...
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    Woodside High School Willie McCovey, played nineteen seasons for the San Francisco Giants. McCovey Cove at AT&T Park, and Willie McCovey Field at Woodside...
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    Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2010. "Willie McCovey Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original...
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    Henry Aaron 75 times and with Joe Adcock 56 times. Willie Mays is the other, with Willie McCovey (68) and Orlando Cepeda (50), to do it. Between 1954...
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  • Piniella, Kansas City Royals National League Most Valuable Player – Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants Cy Young Award – Tom Seaver, New York Mets Rookie...
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    (Sheffield/Athens) Willie McCovey, Hall of Fame first baseman (Mobile) Michael McCullers, screenwriter K. J. McDaniels, NBA player (Birmingham) Alexander McGillivray...
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    (and replaced with John McNamara) near the end of the season. The team's record stood at 80–69 at the time of his firing. McNamara himself would be fired...
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    first season as a full-time MLB umpire, West umpired the game in which Willie McCovey hit his 500th career home run. In the same year, he was at first base...
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  • – Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925) 2018 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player (b. 1938) 2020 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor...
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    played at Sandersville Baseball Park. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Willie McCovey played for the Sandersville Giants in 1955. The team folded along with...
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    League (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. Born in Sumter, South...
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    total bases with 6,856. Albert Pujols (6,211), Stan Musial (6,134), and Willie Mays (6,080) are the only other players with at least 6,000 career total...
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    league's seasonal lead. Mark McGwire, for example, hit 58 home runs in 1997, more than any other player that year. However, McGwire was traded from the American...
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    Cronin* 64.7 144 Reggie Smith 64.5 Chase Utley 64.5 Joey Votto 64.5 147 Willie McCovey* 64.4 148 Richie Ashburn* 64.2 Roy Halladay* 64.2 Dave Winfield* 64...
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    first Asian American Mayor of San Francisco Willie McCovey, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer John McLaren, horticulturist Turk Murphy, jazz musician...
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    more than one of these awards, although Willie McCovey himself won the Hutch Award before having the Willie Mac Award named for him. Vizquel was Greg...
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  • phrase, "Selected by the youth of America." The set included a card for Willie McCovey, a future member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1961, the ASR cards...
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