Willie McGee Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac

Willie McGee Stats

Willie McGee was born on Sunday, November 2, 1958, in San Francisco, California. McGee was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 10, 1982, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie McGee baseball stats page.

"I like being on the edge, but staying within your abilities. I don�t try to jump over buildings. I go to the same park, where I know the terrain. I know what I can do and can�t do. I eliminate as many risks as I can." - Willie McGee (The St. Louis Dispatch, Willie McGee: The Humble Hero, August 16, 1998)

Birth Name:	Willie Dean McGee
Nickname:	E.T.
Born On:	11-02-1958 (Scorpio)
Born In:	San Francisco, California
Died On:	Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Harry Ellis High School (Richmond, CA)
College:	Diablo Valley Junior College
Bats:	Both	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-01	Weight:	175
First Game:	05-10-1982 (Age 23)
Last Game:	10-03-1999
Draft:	1977 : 1st Round (15th)

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Willie McGee Willie McGee Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1982	24	Cardinals	123	422	43	125	12	8	4	1	56	12	2	58	2	1	2	9	.296	.318	.391
1983	25	Cardinals	147	601	75	172	22	8	5	0	75	26	2	98	1	3	0	8	.286	.314	.374
1984	26	Cardinals	145	571	82	166	19	11	6	0	50	29	2	80	0	3	1	12	.291	.325	.394
1985	27	Cardinals	152	612	114	216	26	18	10	0	82	34	2	86	1	5	0	3	.353	.384	.503
1986	28	Cardinals	124	497	65	127	22	7	7	0	48	37	7	82	0	4	1	8	.256	.306	.370
1987	29	Cardinals	153	620	76	177	37	11	11	0	105	24	5	90	1	5	2	24	.285	.312	.434
1988	30	Cardinals	137	562	73	164	24	6	3	0	50	32	5	84	2	3	1	10	.292	.329	.372
1989	31	Cardinals	58	199	23	47	10	2	3	0	17	10	0	34	0	1	1	2	.236	.275	.352
1990	32	Cardinals	125	501	76	168	32	5	3	0	62	38	6	86	0	2	1	9	.335	.382	.437
1990	32	Athletics	29	113	23	31	3	2	0	0	15	10	0	18	0	0	0	4	.274	.333	.336
1991	33	Giants	131	497	67	155	30	3	4	0	43	34	3	74	8	2	2	11	.312	.357	.408
1992	34	Giants	138	474	56	141	20	2	1	0	36	29	3	88	5	1	1	7	.297	.339	.354
1993	35	Giants	130	475	53	143	28	1	4	0	46	38	7	67	3	2	1	12	.301	.353	.389
1994	36	Giants	45	156	19	44	3	0	5	0	23	15	2	24	1	4	0	8	.282	.337	.397
1995	37	Red Sox	67	200	32	57	11	3	2	0	15	9	0	41	5	3	0	5	.285	.311	.400
1996	38	Cardinals	123	309	52	95	15	2	5	1	41	18	2	60	1	1	2	8	.307	.348	.417
1997	39	Cardinals	122	300	29	90	19	4	3	0	38	22	2	59	0	1	0	6	.300	.347	.420
1998	40	Cardinals	120	269	27	68	10	1	3	0	34	14	5	49	0	3	0	6	.253	.287	.331
1999	41	Cardinals	132	271	25	68	7	0	0	0	20	17	3	60	0	2	0	5	.251	.293	.277
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
18 Years			2,201	7,649	1,010	2,254	350	94	79	2	856	448	58	1,238	30	46	15	157	.295	.333	.396

Willie McGee Willie McGee Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1982 Cardinals	CF	116	95	2,718	259	2.2	248	243	5	11	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	2.46
1982 Cardinals	LF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1983 Cardinals	CF	145	139	3,792	399	2.8	394	387	7	5	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.81
1984 Cardinals	CF	141	135	3,621	389	2.8	383	374	9	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.86
1985 Cardinals	CF	146	145	3,834	397	2.7	388	378	10	9	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.977	2.73
1985 Cardinals	LF	3	1	36	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1986 Cardinals	CF	121	121	3,267	336	2.8	333	325	8	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.991	2.75
1987 Cardinals	CF	152	149	417	368	2.4	361	353	8	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	23.37
1987 Cardinals	SS	1	0	3	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
1988 Cardinals	CF	135	135	3,657	368	2.7	359	349	10	9	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.65
1989 Cardinals	CF	47	47	1,230	122	2.6	120	118	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	2.63
1990 Cardinals	CF	118	117	3,123	355	3.0	339	329	10	16	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	2.93
1990 Cardinals	RF	6	6	159	14	2.3	14	12	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.38
1990 Athletics	CF	28	27	681	73	2.6	72	71	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.986	2.85
1991 Giants	CF	89	84	2,100	197	2.2	194	189	5	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.985	2.49
1991 Giants	RF	48	40	1,044	72	1.5	69	69	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	1.78
1992 Giants	CF	31	27	744	68	2.2	68	66	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.47
1992 Giants	RF	90	84	2,163	179	2.0	173	164	9	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.966	2.16
1993 Giants	RF	126	120	3,123	235	1.9	229	220	9	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	1.98
1994 Giants	RF	42	40	1,053	79	1.9	78	76	2	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	2.00
1995 Red Sox	CF	27	24	600	73	2.7	71	66	5	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	3.20
1995 Red Sox	LF	3	1	33	2	0.7	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.64
1995 Red Sox	RF	47	17	609	36	0.8	35	33	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.972	1.55
1996 Cardinals	1B	6	3	87	27	4.5	27	23	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	8.38
1996 Cardinals	CF	11	9	234	26	2.4	25	23	2	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.88
1996 Cardinals	LF	35	18	570	40	1.1	38	37	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.80
1996 Cardinals	RF	42	33	879	63	1.5	61	58	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	1.87
1997 Cardinals	CF	18	11	366	28	1.6	27	26	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	1.99
1997 Cardinals	LF	18	9	276	16	0.9	16	15	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.57
1997 Cardinals	RF	53	29	891	63	1.2	62	58	4	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.984	1.88
1998 Cardinals	1B	1	0	6	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
1998 Cardinals	CF	7	2	72	10	1.4	8	8	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.800	3.00
1998 Cardinals	LF	56	18	705	49	0.9	46	43	3	3	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	1.76
1998 Cardinals	RF	38	19	651	55	1.4	53	50	3	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.964	2.20
1999 Cardinals	1B	3	1	33	9	3.0	9	9	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	7.36
1999 Cardinals	CF	19	11	336	30	1.6	30	29	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.41
1999 Cardinals	LF	30	9	405	33	1.1	31	31	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	2.07
1999 Cardinals	RF	43	18	678	45	1.0	44	43	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	1.75
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
CF Totals		1,351	1,278	30,792	3,498	2.6	3,420	3,334	86	78	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	3.00
RF Totals		535	406	11,250	841	1.6	818	783	35	23	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.973	1.96
LF Totals		146	56	2,031	140	1.0	133	128	5	7	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.77
1B Totals		10	4	126	40	4.0	40	34	6	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	8.57
SS Totals		1	0	3	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	18.00
18 Years		2,043	1,744	44,202	4,521	2.2	4,413	4,280	133	108	29	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	2.70

Willie McGee Willie McGee Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1982 Cardinals	24	12	.667	16	2	n/a	105.5	7.3	7.5	-	-	-
1983 Cardinals	39	8	.830	3	1	n/a	120.2	6.1	8.0	-	-	-
1984 Cardinals	43	10	.811	7	1	n/a	95.2	7.1	11.4	-	-	-
1985 Cardinals	56	16	.778	4	0	n/a	61.2	7.1	7.5	-	-	-
1986 Cardinals	19	16	.543	2	0	n/a	71.0	6.1	10.4	-	-	-
1987 Cardinals	16	4	.800	2	0	n/a	56.4	6.9	5.9	-	-	-
1988 Cardinals	41	6	.872	2	0	n/a	187.3	6.7	11.2	-	-	-
1989 Cardinals	8	6	.571	10	1	n/a	66.3	5.9	11.7	-	-	-
1990 Cardinals	28	9	.757	1	0	n/a	167.0	5.8	8.1	-	-	-
1990 Athletics	3	0	1.000	1	0	1	0.0	6.3	7.5	-	-	-
1991 Giants	17	9	.654	4	0	n/a	124.3	6.7	11.6	-	-	-
1992 Giants	13	4	.765	23	1	n/a	474.0	5.4	13.2	-	-	-
1993 Giants	10	9	.526	8	0	n/a	118.8	7.1	10.3	-	-	-
1994 Giants	3	0	1.000	4	0	n/a	31.2	6.5	6.8	-	-	-
1995 Red Sox	5	2	.714	16	0	0	100.0	4.9	13.3	-	-	-
1996 Cardinals	5	2	.714	44	1	n/a	61.8	5.2	7.5	-	-	-
1997 Cardinals	8	2	.800	56	3	3	100.0	5.1	7.9	-	-	-
1998 Cardinals	7	2	.778	46	0	3	89.7	5.5	7.9	-	-	-
1999 Cardinals	7	4	.636	55	2	0	0.0	4.5	13.6	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
18 Years	352	121	.744	304	12	7	96.8	6.2	8.9	-	-	-

Willie McGee Willie McGee Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1982 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$33,500.00	-	Stats
1983 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$35,000.00	Stats	-
1984 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$40,000.00	-	-
1985 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$475,000.00	Stats	Stats
1986 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$500,000.00	-	-
1987 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$765,000.00	Stats	Stats
1988 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,200,000.00	Stats	-
1989 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,400,000.00	-	-
1990 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,500,000.00	-	Stats
1990 Oakland Athletics	51	" "	-	Stats
1991 San Francisco Giants	51	$3,562,500.00	-	-
1992 San Francisco Giants	51	$3,562,500.00	-	-
1993 San Francisco Giants	51	$2,312,500.00	-	-
1994 San Francisco Giants	51	$3,562,500.00	-	n/a
1995 Boston Red Sox	51	$300,000.00	-	-
1996 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$600,000.00	-	-
1997 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,300,000.00	-	-
1998 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,400,000.00	-	-
1999 St. Louis Cardinals	51	$1,000,000.00	-	-
Willie McGee Stats by Baseball Almanac

On June 23, 1984, Willie McGee legged-out a triple in the second inning (Steve Trout), collected a seeing-eye single in the fourth inning (Rich Bordi), blasted a homer in the sixth inning (Dickie Noles), then completed his cycle with a double in the tenth inning (Lee Smith), the seventeenth cycle completed by a St. Louis Cardinals, their first by a switch hitter!

Willie McGee hit a National League (NL) leading .353 batting average in 1985, establishing a new NL record for highest batting average by a switch hitter, since broken by Chipper Jones (.364 in 2008). Five years later, McGee was hitting .335 in the senior circuit, had enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting championship, and was traded to an American League team. Nobody caught McGee (Top 25) after he left the league, making him the first batting champion to end the year in the opposite league.

Did you know that Willie McGee, who hit four home runs all-season (123 games played / 1982), was the first National League rookie to hit two home runs during a World Series game, taking Pete Vuckovich deep twice during Game 3 of the 1982 World Series?