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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 20	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	6	Apr 23	MLN	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	7	Apr 24	MLN	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	8	Apr 25	MLN	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	9	Apr 26	MLN	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Milwaukee Braves to Chicago White Sox
6	25	May 14 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	34 (8)	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	35	May 23	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	36	May 24 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
10	37	May 24 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	38	May 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	39	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-9	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	40	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
14	41	May 30 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	42	May 30 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	43	May 31	CHW		BAL	W,9-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	44	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
18	45	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	GS	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
19	46	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Kansas City Athletics
20	53	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	55	Jun 13	KCA	@	MIN	L,6-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
23	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	58 (1)	Jun 16	KCA		LAA	W,4-0	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	60 (1)	Jun 18	KCA		LAA	L,3-5	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	62 (1)	Jun 20	KCA		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	65 (2)	Jun 23	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	66	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	67	Jun 25 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	68	Jun 25 (2)	KCA		BOS	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	69	Jun 27 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Philadelphia Phillies
32	74	Jul 5 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	75	Jul 6	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
34	76	Jul 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	77	Jul 8	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
36	78	Jul 9 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	89 (10)	Jul 22	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
38	92 (2)	Jul 26	PHI		LAD	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
39	93	Jul 27	PHI		LAD	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	94	Jul 28 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	RF
41	95	Jul 28 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,4-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
42	97 (1)	Jul 30	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	100 (2)	Aug 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	101	Aug 4	PHI	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	104 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	105	Aug 7	PHI		PIT	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	107 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	108	Aug 9	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
49	111 (2)	Aug 13	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
50	114 (2)	Aug 16	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	115	Aug 17	PHI	@	MLN	L,6-7	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	116	Aug 18	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
53	117	Aug 19	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	119 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	W,7-4	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	122 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,9-4	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
56	123	Aug 25 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	124	Aug 27 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,10-11	GS	35	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
58	125	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		MLN	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
59	128 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	PHI		STL	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
60	130 (1)	Aug 31	PHI		STL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	131	Sep 2	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
62	133 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
63	134	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,5-3	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	135	Sep 5	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	63	13.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
65	139 (3)	Sep 10	PHI	@	CHC	W,14-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
66	142 (2)	Sep 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-8	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	143	Sep 14	PHI	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	144	Sep 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	145	Sep 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-0	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	147 (1)	Sep 20	PHI	@	STL	W,6-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
71	148	Sep 22	PHI		PIT	L,3-6	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
72	149	Sep 23	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
73	150	Sep 24	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
74	153 (2)	Sep 28	PHI		LAD	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	154	Sep 30	PHI		STL	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	155	Oct 1	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							76gm		574.1	82	5	5	92	1