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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 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,12-4	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 13	PHI		HOU	W,3-2	GS	29	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	4	Apr 14	PHI		HOU	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 16	PHI		STL	L,6-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	7 (1)	Apr 19	PHI		PIT	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	8	Apr 21	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
8	9	Apr 22	PHI	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
9	11 (1)	Apr 25	PHI	@	MLN	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	12	Apr 26	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
11	13	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-9	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	14	Apr 28	PHI	@	NYM	L,6-8	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	16 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,10-2	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	18 (1)	May 3	PHI		MLN	W,9-8	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	19	May 4	PHI		NYM	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	21 (1)	May 6	PHI		NYM	L,5-7	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	23 (1)	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
18	26 (2)	May 13 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	27	May 13 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-8	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
20	34 (6)	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	42 (7)	May 27 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	43	May 30 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	46 (2)	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-11	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	47	Jun 1 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
25	48	Jun 2	PHI		LAD	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	49	Jun 3	PHI		LAD	W,7-5	GF	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
27	51 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,2-0	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	53 (1)	Jun 8	PHI	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	54	Jun 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	55	Jun 10 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	56	Jun 10 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	58 (1)	Jun 12	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	59	Jun 13	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	60	Jun 15	PHI		CIN	W,13-8	GS	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	63 (2)	Jun 19	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	65 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
37	66	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		STL	W,11-3	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	67	Jun 23	PHI		STL	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
39	69 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
40	71 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	72	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		HOU	W,6-4	GS	16	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	73	Jun 28	PHI	@	SFG	W,7-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	75 (1)	Jun 30	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	79 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-16	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	91 (11)	Jul 15 (2)	PHI		LAD	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
46	93 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-2	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	94	Jul 18	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	96 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,5-7	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	99 (2)	Jul 22 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,10-11	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	100	Jul 22 (2)	PHI		MLN	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
51	101	Jul 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
52	102	Jul 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	103	Jul 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	105 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	106	Jul 28	PHI		PIT	W,9-2	GS	15	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	107	Jul 29	PHI		PIT	W,8-1	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	109 (1)	Aug 2	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-4	GS	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	112 (2)	Aug 5	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-8	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	114 (1)	Aug 7	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
60	115	Aug 8	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	117 (1)	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	125 (7)	Aug 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	126	Aug 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	127	Aug 20	PHI		HOU	W,7-1	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	128	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
66	129	Aug 21 (2)	PHI		HOU	W,7-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	131 (1)	Aug 23	PHI		LAD	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
68	134 (2)	Aug 26	PHI		SFG	L,4-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	136 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	137	Aug 29	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	138	Aug 30	PHI		NYM	W,8-7	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	139	Aug 31	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	140	Sep 1	PHI		PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	141	Sep 3 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	143 (1)	Sep 4	PHI	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	144	Sep 7	PHI	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
77	149 (4)	Sep 14	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	150	Sep 15	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	151	Sep 16	PHI		STL	W,3-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
80	153 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
81	154	Sep 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	155	Sep 21	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	156	Sep 22	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
84	157	Sep 23	PHI		CIN	L,2-4	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	158	Sep 26	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
86	159	Sep 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-0	GS	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	160	Sep 28	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	161	Sep 30	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							88gm		580.0	98	3	6	107	2