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HOOD-WINKED

In this Oct. 1, 2010, file photo,
former San Francisco Giant
Willie McCovey smiles before
the team’s baseball game
against the San Diego Padres
in San Francisco.
Associated Press
Giants Hall

of Famer

Willie McCovey

has died

at age 80

By JANIE McCAULEY Drew crew: Cavaliers end
AP Baseball Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — slide, beat Hawks 136-114
Willie McCovey, the sweet-
swinging Hall of Famer
nicknamed “Stretch” for his
6-foot-4 height and those
long arms, died Wednes- Cleveland Cavaliers’ Rodney Hood dunks
day. He was 80. the ball against the Atlanta Hawks in the first
The San Francisco Giants
announced McCovey’s half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday,
death, saying the fearsome Oct. 30, 2018, in Cleveland.
hitter passed “peacefully” Associated Press
in the afternoon “after los- Page 19
ing his battle with ongoing
health issues.” A former first
baseman and left fielder,
McCovey was a career
.270 hitter with 521 home
runs and 1,555 RBIs in 22
major league seasons, 19
of them with the Giants. He
also played for the Athlet-
ics and Padres. McCovey
made his major league de-
but at age 21 on July 30,
1959, after dominating the
Pacific Coast League that
year. He played alongside
the other Willie — Hall of
Famer Willie Mays — into
the 1972 season before
Mays was traded to the
New York Mets that May.

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