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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-33 / in Starts: 1-2
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 53 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	36 (22-10-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 53 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	30 (16-9-5)

Most Driven In
L Johnson	2
N Oliver	1
A Ferrara	1
J Roseboro	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1030	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.34	-0.007	.74	-0.01%	-0.46	PH
2	1031	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	SFG	L,0-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.89	-0.025	1.70	-0.03%	-0.47	PH
3	1032	4 (1)	Apr 15	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.37	-0.009	.70	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
4	1033	7 (2)	Apr 19	CHC		SFG	L,10-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	2.45	-0.054	3.58	-0.05%	-0.18	PH
5	1034	8	Apr 21	CHC		SFG	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.82	-0.020	1.07	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
6	1035	12 (3)	Apr 26	CHC		NYM	L,11-14	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.26	-0.007	.31	-0.01%	-0.15	PH
7	1036	13	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	L,6-9	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	9	3.18	0.009	3.54	0.01%	0.22	PH
8	1037	14	Apr 29	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	.18	-0.005	.15	0.00%	-0.15	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	1038	24 (9)	May 10	CHC		STL	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	5	.36	0.007	.15	0.00%	-0.25	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Los Angeles Dodgers
10	1039	47	Jun 2	LAD	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	6	1.06	-0.079	3.91	-0.18%	-0.70	LF
11	1040	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	6	1.12	-0.038	4.16	-0.09%	-0.43	LF
12	1041	55 (6)	Jun 11	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	8	2.36	-0.053	13.68	-0.18%	-0.35	PH
13	1042	56	Jun 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.100	.053	.153	9	2.15	-0.054	13.49	-0.20%	-0.22	PH
14	1043	57	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	L,6-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9	4.76	-0.116	23.96	-0.35%	-0.39	PH
15	1044	58	Jun 14	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	9	.24	-0.006	1.07	-0.02%	-0.09	PH
16	1045	60 (1)	Jun 16	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.130	.048	.178	9	.42	0.024	1.67	0.06%	0.20	PH
17	1046	65 (4)	Jun 21	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.125	.045	.170	9	.43	-0.007	1.65	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
18	1047	66	Jun 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.160	.045	.205	8	2.97	0.091	11.01	0.20%	0.65	PH
19	1048	67	Jun 24	LAD	@	ATL	W,4-0	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.154	.043	.197	9	.06	-0.001	.20	0.00%	-0.22	PH
20	1049	68	Jun 25 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.185	.043	.229	8	.50	0.019	1.79	0.04%	0.12	PH
21	1050	71 (2)	Jun 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.042	.179	.042	.220	9	1.93	-0.097	6.92	-0.21%	-0.78	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1051	88 (16)	Jul 17 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.040	.172	.040	.212	9	2.14	0.088	8.29	0.21%	0.37	PH
23	1052	89	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.038	.167	.038	.205	9	.31	-0.008	1.27	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
24	1053	90	Jul 20	LAD		PIT	L,5-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.037	.161	.037	.198	9	1.19	-0.028	6.27	-0.09%	-0.26	PH
25	1054	92 (1)	Jul 22	LAD		NYM	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.036	.156	.036	.192	9	.53	-0.013	2.07	-0.03%	-0.13	PH
26	1055	97 (4)	Jul 26	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.034	.152	.034	.186	9	2.72	-0.073	13.46	-0.22%	-0.29	PH
27	1056	101 (3)	Jul 31	LAD	@	STL	W,6-4	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.133	.310	9	.82	0.083	4.54	0.27%	0.67	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1057	102	Aug 1	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.171	.129	.300	9	2.90	-0.067	23.75	-0.33%	-0.27	PH
29	1058	105 (2)	Aug 4	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.194	.156	.351	9	.07	0.003	.48	0.01%	0.38	PH
30	1059	108 (2)	Aug 7	LAD	@	HOU	W,14-3	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.216	.156	.372	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.10	PH
31	1060	109	Aug 8	LAD	@	ATL	L,9-10	4-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.237	.156	.393	8	.71	0.020	4.52	0.08%	0.20	PH
32	1061	111 (1)	Aug 10	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.152	.382	9	2.02	-0.047	11.72	-0.16%	-0.28	PH
33	1062	114 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,4-3	14-GF(14)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.250	.176	.426	8	10.73	0.745	51.43	2.14%	1.68	PH
34	1063	118 (3)	Aug 17	LAD		CIN	L,1-5	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.268	.176	.445	9	.54	0.026	2.50	0.07%	0.59	PH
35	1064	123 (4)	Aug 22	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	11-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.286	.176	.462	5	1.23	0.027	4.81	0.06%	0.11	PH
36	1065	124	Aug 23	LAD		ATL	W,8-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.114	.279	.171	.450	9	5.64	0.157	21.67	0.36%	0.63	PH
37	1066	127 (2)	Aug 27	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.167	.439	9	.80	-0.020	7.19	-0.11%	-0.10	PH
38	1067	129 (1)	Aug 29	LAD	@	NYM	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.267	.162	.429	8	.79	-0.020	5.37	-0.08%	-0.09	PH
39	1068	130	Aug 30	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-10	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.283	.263	.546	9	.15	0.022	1.03	0.09%	1.76	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	1069	138 (7)	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.277	.256	.533	9	1.23	-0.030	14.71	-0.21%	-0.09	PH
41	1070	142 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.271	.250	.521	9	.56	-0.014	6.35	-0.09%	-0.09	PH
42	1071	147 (4)	Sep 17	LAD		PIT	L,5-9	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.265	.244	.509	9	.37	-0.009	4.76	-0.07%	-0.09	PH
43	1072	148	Sep 18	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	4-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.260	.238	.498	9	.54	-0.015	6.35	-0.10%	-0.20	PH
44	1073	151 (2)	Sep 21	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.116	.255	.233	.487	9	.89	-0.022	11.02	-0.16%	-0.09	PH
45	1074	154 (2)	Sep 24	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.250	.227	.477	9	.46	-0.011	4.31	-0.06%	-0.10	PH
46	1075	161 (6)	Oct 2 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.264	.227	.491	9	1.34	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.11	PH
							13-33		53	44	1	5	0	1	1	6	7	1	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	.114	.264	.227	.491		1.34	0.382	6.22	0.51%	0.04

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