Willie Mac Award

The Willie Mac Award is named in honor of Willie McCovey. It has been presented annually since 1980. It is awarded to the player on the San Francisco Giants who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership consistently shown by McCovey throughout his long career, voted upon by the players and coaching staff.

* 1980 Jack Clark RF
* 1981 Larry Herndon LF
* 1982 Joe Morgan 2B
* 1983 Darrell Evans 1B
* 1984 Bob Brenly C
* 1985 Mike Krukow P
* 1986 Mike Krukow P
* 1987 Chris Speier 2B
* 1988 Jose Uribe SS
* 1989 Dave Dravecky P
* 1990 Steve Bedrosian P
* 1991 Robby Thompson 2B
* 1992 Mike Felder CF
* 1993 Kirt Manwaring C
* 1994 Mark Leiter P
* 1995 Mark Carreon 1B
* 1996 Shawon Dunston SS
* 1997 J.T. Snow 1B
* 1998 Jeff Kent 2B
* 1999 Marvin Benard CF
* 2000 Ellis Burks RF [ [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/22/SP3644.DTL Ellis Burks, 2000 recipient] ]
* 2001 Mark Gardner P
* 2001 Benito Santiago C
* 2002 David Bell 3B
* 2003 Marquis Grissom CF
* 2004 J.T. Snow 1B
* 2005 Mike Matheny C [ [http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050930&content_id=1231523&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf Mike Matheny, 2005 recipient] ]
* 2006 Omar Vizquel SS
* 2007 Bengie Molina C [ [http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070921&content_id=2222927&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf Bengie Molina, 2007 recipient] ]
* 2008 Bengie Molina C [ [http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080926&content_id=3555552&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf Benjie Molina, 2008 recipient] ]

Plaques with the names of each winner are placed in the ground surrounding the statue of Willie McCovey on the southern shore of China Basin, unofficially known as McCovey Cove.

imilar MLB Awards

Only Omar Vizquel and Dave Dravecky have won both the Willie Mac Award and the Hutch Award, although Willie McCovey himself won the Hutch Award in 1977. The Hutch Award is for the "active player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire to win".

Omar Vizquel also won the MLBPAA Heart & Hustle Award, which honors the player who "best embodies the values, spirit and tradition of the game".

References

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/willie_mac_award.shtml Baseball Almanac listing of Willie Mac Award]