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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 15	PHI		NYM	W,4-1	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	4 (1)	Apr 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	5	Apr 19	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-1	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	7 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		CHC	W,10-0	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	8	Apr 25	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (4)	May 2	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-11	CG	48	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
7	14	May 3	PHI	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	15	May 4	PHI	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
9	16	May 5	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	17	May 6	PHI		MLN	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	18	May 7	PHI		MLN	W,9-6	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	19	May 8	PHI		CIN	W,11-3	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
13	20	May 9	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	24 (3)	May 14	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	25	May 15	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS	30	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	26	May 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	27	May 17	PHI	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	28	May 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-0	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	29	May 19	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	LF
20	30	May 20	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	31	May 21	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	32	May 22	PHI	@	LAD	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	33	May 23	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	34	May 24	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	35	May 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	36	May 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	37	May 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-6	GF	24	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
28	38	May 29	PHI		HOU	W,7-6	GS	22	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
29	39	May 30	PHI		HOU	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	40	May 31	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	41	Jun 2	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	42	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,1-0	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	44 (1)	Jun 5	PHI		SFG	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	45	Jun 6	PHI		SFG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
35	46	Jun 7	PHI		SFG	L,3-4		26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
36	49 (2)	Jun 10	PHI		PIT	W,4-1	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	50	Jun 12	PHI		NYM	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	60 (9)	Jun 21 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-0	GS	15	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	61	Jun 21 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-2	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	63 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,9-0	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	64	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	W,9-8	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	65	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	69 (3)	Jun 29	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	72 (1)	Jul 2	PHI	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	73	Jul 3	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	74	Jul 4	PHI	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	36	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	75	Jul 5	PHI	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
49	76	Jul 9	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
50	80 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	81	Jul 13	PHI		MLN	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	83 (1)	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	85 (1)	Jul 17	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	91 (5)	Jul 22	PHI	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	92	Jul 23	PHI	@	MLN	W,13-10	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF LF
56	93	Jul 24	PHI		STL	W,9-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	98 (4)	Jul 29	PHI		SFG	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	99	Jul 30	PHI		SFG	W,4-3		19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
59	100	Jul 31	PHI		LAD	W,6-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	101	Aug 1	PHI		LAD	W,10-6	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	103 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,4-1	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	104	Aug 5 (2)	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
63	105	Aug 6	PHI		HOU	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	107 (1)	Aug 8	PHI		NYM	W,12-5	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	108	Aug 9	PHI		NYM	W,6-0	GS	27	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	110 (1)	Aug 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	111	Aug 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	112	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-1		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
69	113	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	114	Aug 15	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	115	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYM	L,4-12	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	116	Aug 17	PHI		CHC	W,8-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	117	Aug 18	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	119 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
75	120	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	122 (1)	Aug 22	PHI		PIT	L,4-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
77	124 (1)	Aug 24	PHI	@	MLN	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	125	Aug 25	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-7	GS	38	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
79	128 (2)	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-8	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	130 (1)	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	131	Sep 2	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	132	Sep 3	PHI		HOU	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
83	134 (1)	Sep 5	PHI		SFG	W,9-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
84	135	Sep 6	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	139 (3)	Sep 9	PHI		STL	L,5-10		13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
86	141 (1)	Sep 11	PHI	@	SFG	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	142	Sep 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	144 (1)	Sep 14	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	145	Sep 15	PHI	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	146	Sep 16	PHI	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	147	Sep 17	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	148	Sep 18	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
93	149	Sep 19	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
94	151 (1)	Sep 21	PHI		CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	155 (3)	Sep 25	PHI		MLN	L,5-7	GS	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	157 (1)	Sep 27	PHI		MLN	L,8-14	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
97	158	Sep 28	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	162 (3)	Oct 4	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							99gm		670.2	103	4	3	110	0