McCovey Cove
No Player Date Opponent Pitcher
1 Barry Bonds ( 1 ) May 1 , 2000 New York Mets Rich Rodriguez
2 Barry Bonds ( 2 ) May 10 , 2000 St. Louis Cardinals Andy Benes
3 Barry Bonds ( 3 ) May 10 , 2000 St. Louis Cardinals Heathcliff Slocumb
4 Barry Bonds ( 4 ) May 24 , 2000 Montreal Expos Mike Thurman
5 Barry Bonds ( 5 ) July 19 , 2000 San Diego Padres Brian Meadows
6 Barry Bonds ( 6 ) September 20 , 2000 Cincinnati Reds Steve Parris
7 Barry Bonds ( 7 ) April 17 , 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Terry Adams
8 Barry Bonds ( 8 ) April 18 , 2001 Los Angeles Dodgers Chan Ho Park
9 Barry Bonds ( 9 ) May 24 , 2001 Colorado Rockies John Thomson ( 1 )
10 Felipe Crespo ( 1 ) May 28 , 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Bret Prinz
11 Barry Bonds ( 10 ) May 30 , 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks Robert Ellis
12 Barry Bonds ( 11 ) June 12 , 2001 Anaheim Angels Pat Rapp
13 Felipe Crespo ( 2 ) July 8 , 2001 Milwaukee Brewers Curtis Leskanic
14 Barry Bonds ( 12 ) August 4 , 2001 Philadelphia Phillies Nelson Figueroa
15 Barry Bonds ( 13 ) August 14 , 2001 Florida Marlins Ricky Bones
16 Barry Bonds ( 14 ) August 31 , 2001 Colorado Rockies John Thomson ( 2 )
17 Barry Bonds ( 15 ) September 29 , 2001 San Diego Padres Chuck McElroy
18 Barry Bonds ( 16 ) May 13 , 2002 Atlanta Braves Kevin Millwood
19 Barry Bonds ( 17 ) May 18 , 2002 Florida Marlins Brad Penny
20 Barry Bonds ( 18 ) May 18 , 2002 Florida Marlins Vic Darensbourg
Splash hits
Panoramic view of McCovey Cove , August 2010 . `` Splash hits '' are recorded only when Giants players hit home runs that land in McCovey Cove on the fly . These hits are tallied on an electronic counter on the right field wall . As of August 29 , 2019 , 81 `` splash hits '' have been hit into the Bay by Giants players since the park opened ; 35 of those were by Barry Bonds . [ 3 ] The only Giants other than Bonds to have reached the Cove more than once are Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt with eight each , Denard Span with five , and six players with two each : Felipe Crespo , Michael Tucker , Ryan Klesko , Aubrey Huff , Andrés Torres , and Brandon Crawford . Eleven other Giants ' players have accomplished the feat just once . Carlos Beltrán 's `` Splash Hit '' on September 14 , 2011 , marked his 300th career home run . Klesko is currently the only player to have splash hits as both a Giant and as an opposing player through the 2012 season . Tyler Colvin 's `` splash hit '' on May 12 , 2014 , was also his first hit for the Giants and came off his first at bat at Oracle Park since joining the team . [ 4 ] When the stadium hosted the 2007 Home Run Derby , McCovey Cove was heavily featured in promotional materials , and the namesake slugger presented each participant with special bats before the competition . However , the difficulty of hitting McCovey Cove with a home run was shown , as none of the eight sluggers competing were able to hit water , and all four left-handed batters ( who are more likely to hit home runs to right field , and thus , to the Cove ) were eliminated in the first round of the contest . The only player to hit water was Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers , who did so on a foul ball . [ 5 ] Fielder would eventually hit McCovey Cove with a fair ball on July 20 , 2008 , as the 17th visiting player to hit a home run into the Cove . No right-handed hitter has ever hit an opposite field home run into McCovey Cove , though Giants catcher Buster Posey has come close several times .
McCovey Cove is the unofficial name of a section of San Francisco Bay beyond the right field wall of Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, named after famed Giants first baseman Willie McCovey. The proper name for the cove is China Basin, which is the mouth of Mission Creek as it meets the bay. The cove is bounded along the north by Oracle Park, with a ferry landing and a breakwater at the northeast end. The southern shore is lined by China Basin Park and McCovey Point. To the east, it opens up to San Francisco Bay, while the west end of the cove is bounded by the Lefty O'Doul Bridge, named after San Francisco ballplayer and manager Lefty O'Doul.