# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-mccovey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:38:57.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-mccovey"
name: "Willie McCovey"
slug: "willie-mccovey"
description: "Willie Lee McCovey, nicknamed \"Stretch\" and \"Willie Mac\", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for whom he played 19 seasons. McCovey also played for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics in the latter part of his MLB career."
tagline: "American baseball player (1938–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_McCovey_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1938-01-10"
deathDate: "2018-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.020284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "威利·麥考維"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%DA%A4%D9%89"
    title: "ويلى مكوڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウィリー・マッコビー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC_%EB%A7%A5%EC%BD%94%EB%B9%84"
    title: "윌리 맥코비"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_McCovey"
    title: "Willie McCovey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3569094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump