Wes Covington

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: March 27, 1932 in Laurinburg, NC us

Died: July 4, 2011 in Edmonton, Canada

Buried: Cremated

High School: Hillside HS (Durham, NC)

Debut: April 19, 1956 (Age 24-023d, 11,337th in major league history)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 34-189d)
vs. PHI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: John Wesley Covington

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.1

2978

832

131

.279

355

RBI

499

OBP

.337

SLG

.466

OPS

.803

OPS+

122

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MLN	@	PIT	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
3	3	Apr 14	MLN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16	MLN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17	MLN		PIT	T,2-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 18	MLN		PIT	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
7	7	Apr 21	MLN		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 24	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 25	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	12	Apr 26	MLN	@	CIN	L,10-11	CG	49	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 29	MLN		STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30	MLN		STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	MLN		SFG	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	21 (5)	May 8	MLN		CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	22	May 9	MLN		CIN	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
18	23	May 10 (1)	MLN		CIN	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	24	May 10 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
20	25	May 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	26	May 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	36	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	27	May 13	MLN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	28	May 14	MLN	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	29	May 16	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	30	May 17	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	31	May 18	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	32	May 19	MLN	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	33	May 20	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	34	May 22	MLN	@	PHI	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
30	35	May 23	MLN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
31	36	May 24 (1)	MLN	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	37	May 24 (2)	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
33	38	May 25	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	39	May 26	MLN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	47	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	40	May 27	MLN		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	41	May 28	MLN		PIT	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	42	May 29	MLN		PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
38	43	May 30	MLN		PHI	W,4-2	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	44	May 31 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	45	May 31 (2)	MLN		PHI	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	46	Jun 1	MLN		SFG	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	47	Jun 2	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	48	Jun 3	MLN		SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	49	Jun 4	MLN		SFG	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
45	50	Jun 5	MLN		LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	51	Jun 6	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
47	54 (2)	Jun 9	MLN	@	STL	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	55	Jun 10	MLN	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	56	Jun 11	MLN	@	STL	W,8-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	57	Jun 12	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
51	58	Jun 13	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
52	59	Jun 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	60	Jun 15	MLN	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	64 (3)	Jun 18	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
55	65	Jun 19	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	66	Jun 20	MLN	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	67	Jun 21	MLN	@	SFG	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	68	Jun 23	MLN		STL	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	69	Jun 24	MLN		STL	W,4-0	CG	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	70	Jun 25	MLN		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	71	Jun 26	MLN		CHC	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	72	Jun 27	MLN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
63	73	Jun 28	MLN		CHC	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	74	Jun 30	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	75	Jul 2	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	76	Jul 3	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	77	Jul 4	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	78	Jul 5	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	79	Jul 9	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	CG	51	13.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
70	80	Jul 11	MLN		LAD	L,5-7	GF	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
71	81	Jul 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	82	Jul 13	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	83	Jul 14	MLN	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	85 (1)	Jul 16	MLN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	89 (3)	Jul 21	MLN		CIN	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	93 (3)	Jul 25	MLN		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	94	Jul 26 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	95	Jul 26 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	96	Jul 27	MLN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	97	Jul 28	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	98	Jul 29	MLN		CHC	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	101 (2)	Aug 1	MLN		STL	W,8-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
83	102	Aug 2 (1)	MLN		STL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
84	106 (3)	Aug 6	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	107	Aug 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	108	Aug 9	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	110 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	112 (1)	Aug 13	MLN	@	CIN	L,8-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	115 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	116	Aug 16 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
91	118 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	MLN		LAD	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	119	Aug 18	MLN		LAD	L,6-7	CG	59	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
93	120	Aug 19	MLN		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
94	121	Aug 20	MLN		SFG	L,3-5	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							94gm		814.2	142	5	6	153	2