Willie McCovey Slugging Pct

Willie McCovey Career Slugging Pct Overview

Willie McCovey's Slugging Pct was 0.515 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career. 1959 was his best season when his Slugging Pct was 0.656 and his worst season was 1980 when his Slugging Pct was 0.301. Willie McCovey outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.364513), The Silent Generation (0.355515), Y (0.456361), mlb (0.365601), and 1B (0.400485) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Slugging percentage (SLG) is a meaure of hitter prodution similar to that of the batting average, however it weights extra base hits higher than singles instead of weighting all hits the same. It is calculated by dividing total bases by batting average for a player or team over a given period. Generally, for Slugging Pct, higher is better. (Source)

Willie McCovey Lifetime Slugging Pct

Stats similar to Slugging Pct for Willie McCovey

	Willie McCovey Slugging Pct
Career	0.515
Season Avg.	0.499
162 Game Avg.	0.515
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Willie McCovey Slugging Pct By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Willie McCovey's yearly Slugging Pct for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Willie McCovey Slugging Pct By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Willie McCovey's career Slugging Pct changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Slugging Pct Willie McCovey had at that season in his career.

Willie McCovey Slugging Pct By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Willie McCovey and related player groups by summarizing Slugging Pct for each season played by Willie McCovey. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Willie McCovey Slugging Pct Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Willie McCovey Slugging Pct stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Willie McCovey career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.