Willie McCovey batting average in 1979

• 16th-best of Willie McCovey's 22 seasons on file; the high is .354 in 1959.
• Up .021 from .228 in 1978.

Average of 22 regular seasons, 1959 through 1980. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Willie McCovey batting average in 1979, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1959	SF	52	192	32	68	13	38	2	.354	.429	.656	1.085
1960	SF	101	260	37	62	13	51	1	.238	.349	.469	.818
1961	SF	106	328	59	89	18	50	1	.271	.350	.491	.841
1962	SF	91	229	41	67	20	54	3	.293	.368	.590	.957
1963	SF	152	564	103	158	44	102	1	.280	.350	.566	.915
1964	SF	130	364	55	80	18	54	2	.220	.336	.412	.748
1965	SF	160	540	93	149	39	92	0	.276	.381	.539	.920
1966	SF	150	502	85	148	36	96	2	.295	.391	.586	.977
1967	SF	135	456	73	126	31	91	3	.276	.378	.535	.913
1968	SF	148	523	81	153	36	105	4	.293	.378	.545	.923
1969	SF	149	491	101	157	45	126	0	.320	.453	.656	1.108
1970	SF	152	495	98	143	39	126	0	.289	.444	.612	1.056
1971	SF	105	329	45	91	18	70	0	.277	.396	.480	.876
1972	SF	81	263	30	56	14	35	0	.213	.316	.403	.719
1973	SF	130	383	52	102	29	75	1	.266	.420	.546	.966
1974	SD	128	344	53	87	22	63	1	.253	.416	.506	.922
1975	SD	122	413	43	104	23	68	1	.252	.345	.460	.805
1976	SD/ATH	82	226	20	46	7	36	0	.204	.283	.336	.619
1977	SF	141	478	54	134	28	86	3	.280	.367	.500	.867
1978	SF	108	351	32	80	12	64	1	.228	.298	.396	.694
1979	SF	117	353	34	88	15	57	0	.249	.318	.402	.720
1980	SF	48	113	8	23	1	16	0	.204	.285	.301	.586

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS