Hall of Famer Willie McCovey has been hospitalized and is being treated following complications from an infection, according to the San Francisco Giants.

McCovey, 76, was hospitalized last week in the Bay Area and "his recovery is progressing every day."

He was a career .270 hitter with 521 homers and 1,555 RBIs in 22 major league seasons, 19 of them with the Giants.