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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	PHI		CIN	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	4 (1)	Apr 14 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	6 (1)	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	7	Apr 17	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	8	Apr 18	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
7	11 (2)	Apr 21 (1)	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
8	12	Apr 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,5-10	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	14 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	15	Apr 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
11	16	Apr 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	LF
12	17	Apr 28	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
13	18	Apr 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	19	May 2	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	20	May 3	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	21	May 4	PHI		HOU	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	22	May 5 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	23	May 5 (2)	PHI		HOU	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	25 (1)	May 8	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	26	May 9	PHI	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	28 (1)	May 11	PHI		MLN	W,8-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	29	May 12 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	30	May 12 (2)	PHI		MLN	W,6-5	GF	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
24	31	May 14	PHI	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	33 (1)	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	34	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	35	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	36	May 19 (1)	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	37	May 19 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	39 (1)	May 22	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	40	May 24	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	42 (1)	May 26 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	43	May 26 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	44	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	45	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
36	46	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
37	47	May 31	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	48	Jun 1	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
39	50 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	52 (1)	Jun 6	PHI		STL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	54 (1)	Jun 9 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	55	Jun 9 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	57 (1)	Jun 11	PHI		MLN	W,8-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
44	58	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	59	Jun 13	PHI	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	25	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	60	Jun 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	61	Jun 15	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-5	GF	22	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH LF
48	64 (2)	Jun 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	65	Jun 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	66	Jun 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	71 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	79 (7)	Jul 2	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	80	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
54	82 (1)	Jul 5	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
55	86 (3)	Jul 11	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
56	90 (3)	Jul 15	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	93 (2)	Jul 17	PHI		HOU	W,10-9	GF	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
58	99 (5)	Jul 23	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
59	106 (6)	Jul 30	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	107	Jul 31	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-3	GS	52	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	109 (1)	Aug 3	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
62	110	Aug 4 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	111	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,5-2	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	113 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-1	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	114	Aug 7	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
66	115	Aug 8	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	116	Aug 9	PHI		SFG	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	117	Aug 10	PHI		SFG	L,6-7	GF	36	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
69	118	Aug 11	PHI		SFG	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	119	Aug 12	PHI		SFG	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	120	Aug 14 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,7-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	121	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,9-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	122	Aug 15	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	124 (1)	Aug 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	125	Aug 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	126	Aug 19	PHI		NYM	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	128 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
78	129	Aug 23	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	130	Aug 24	PHI		PIT	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	131	Aug 25	PHI		PIT	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
81	132	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	133	Aug 28	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	135 (1)	Aug 30	PHI		STL	L,6-11	GF	29	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
84	136	Aug 31	PHI		STL	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	5	0	2	7	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	137	Sep 1	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	138	Sep 2	PHI	@	MLN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	141 (2)	Sep 6	PHI		MLN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	144 (2)	Sep 9	PHI		NYM	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
89	145	Sep 10	PHI		HOU	W,16-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	146	Sep 11	PHI		HOU	L,2-4	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	147	Sep 12	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
92	149 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
93	151 (1)	Sep 15	PHI		LAD	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
94	152	Sep 17	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-6	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	153	Sep 18	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	154	Sep 20	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
97	155	Sep 21	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
98	156	Sep 22	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
99	157	Sep 24	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
100	158	Sep 25	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-4	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	162 (3)	Sep 29	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							101gm		699.0	113	4	8	125	0