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Wes Covington

John Wesley Covington

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 27, 1932 in Laurinburg, NC
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1956
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves/Dodgers/WhiteSox/Athletics/... 1956-1966

Final Game: October 2, 1966
Died: July 4, 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
Cremated
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1956 MLN NL 24 OF 35 33 9 248.1 47 44 2 1 1 .979 -1 -4 1.67 1.31 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 MLN NL 24 LF 34 32 9 237.1 48 45 2 1 1 .979 -1 -3 1.78 1.38 .973 2.06 2.04
1956 MLN NL 24 RF 2 1 0 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -33 0.00 0.00 1.96 1.95
1957 MLN NL 25 LF 89 87 79 765.1 162 152 7 3 1 .981 -3 -4 1.87 1.79 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 MLN NL 25 OF 89 87 79 765.1 162 150 9 3 1 .981 -3 -4 1.87 1.79 .980 2.29 2.31
1958 MLN NL 26 LF 82 82 33 611.0 123 114 3 6 2 .951 -5 -9 1.72 1.43 .975 2.01 2.00 MVP-16
1958 MLN NL 26 OF 82 82 33 611.0 127 118 3 6 2 .953 -5 -9 1.78 1.48 .980 2.26 2.25 MVP-16
1959 MLN NL 27 LF 94 93 84 814.2 155 144 5 6 2 .961 -12 -17 1.65 1.59 .971 2.04 2.02
1959 MLN NL 27 OF 94 93 84 814.2 160 148 6 6 2 .963 -12 -17 1.70 1.64 .977 2.21 2.19
1960 MLN NL 28 LF 72 71 30 561.0 111 105 2 4 1 .964 -8 -18 1.72 1.49 .974 1.99 1.99
1960 MLN NL 28 OF 72 71 30 561.0 112 106 2 4 1 .964 -8 -18 1.73 1.50 .978 2.20 2.20
1961 TOT MLB 29 OF 76 71 40 574.1 97 86 6 5 1 .948 -18 -38 1.44 1.21 .977 2.19 2.17
1961 TOT MLB 29 RF 39 37 21 307.1 58 52 3 3 1 .948 -10 -38 1.61 1.41 .974 1.95 1.92
1961 TOT MLB 29 LF 37 34 19 267.0 35 31 2 2 0 .943 -8 -38 1.11 0.89 .971 1.96 1.93
1961 TOT AL 29 OF 26 25 16 204.0 34 30 2 2 0 .941 -4 -25 1.41 1.23 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 TOT AL 29 LF 22 21 13 169.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 -4 -26 1.17 1.00 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 TOT AL 29 RF 4 4 3 35.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 -0 -17 1.80 1.75 .976 2.08 2.02
1961 TOT NL 29 OF 50 46 24 370.1 63 56 4 3 1 .952 -14 -46 1.46 1.20 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 TOT NL 29 LF 15 13 6 98.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -5 -59 1.01 0.73 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 MLN NL 29 LF 5 5 2 36.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 0.75 0.60 .973 1.88 1.86
1961 MLN NL 29 OF 5 5 2 36.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -23 0.75 0.60 .977 2.15 2.14
1961 CHW AL 29 OF 14 14 10 113.0 20 16 2 2 0 .900 -3 -32 1.43 1.29 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 CHW AL 29 LF 11 11 8 87.0 11 9 1 1 0 .909 -3 -36 1.03 0.91 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 CHW AL 29 RF 3 3 2 26.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0 -18 1.73 1.67 .977 2.08 2.03
1961 KCA AL 29 OF 12 11 6 91.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 1.38 1.17 .977 2.25 2.22
1961 KCA AL 29 LF 11 10 5 82.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -16 1.32 1.09 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 KCA AL 29 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.00 2.00 .975 2.10 2.00
1961 PHI NL 29 OF 45 41 22 334.1 60 53 4 3 1 .950 -13 -48 1.53 1.27 .977 2.16 2.14
1961 PHI NL 29 RF 35 33 18 272.1 50 45 3 2 1 .960 -9 -41 1.59 1.37 .974 1.93 1.91
1961 PHI NL 29 LF 10 8 4 62.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -4 -79 1.16 0.80 .973 1.89 1.86
1962 PHI NL 30 LF 88 78 31 580.0 107 98 3 6 2 .944 -8 -16 1.57 1.15 .968 1.81 1.80
1962 PHI NL 30 OF 88 78 31 580.0 107 98 3 6 2 .944 -8 -16 1.57 1.15 .974 2.07 2.05
1963 PHI NL 31 LF 101 87 37 699.0 125 113 4 8 0 .936 -8 -14 1.51 1.16 .971 1.80 1.79
1963 PHI NL 31 OF 101 87 37 699.0 126 114 4 8 0 .937 -8 -14 1.52 1.17 .977 2.01 2.00
1964 PHI NL 32 OF 99 89 29 670.2 106 99 4 3 0 .972 -6 -11 1.38 1.04 .973 1.99 1.98
1964 PHI NL 32 LF 98 88 28 662.1 105 98 4 3 0 .971 -7 -13 1.39 1.04 .965 1.70 1.69
1964 PHI NL 32 CF 1 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 5.62 5.00 .976 2.36 2.30
1964 PHI NL 32 RF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1965 PHI NL 33 LF 64 60 21 463.0 91 86 2 3 0 .967 -7 -17 1.71 1.38 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 PHI NL 33 OF 64 60 21 463.0 93 88 2 3 0 .968 -7 -17 1.75 1.41 .975 2.00 2.00
1966 TOT NL 34 LF 3 3 2 24.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.50 1.33 .965 1.72 1.73
1966 TOT NL 34 OF 3 3 2 24.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.12 1.00 .973 2.03 2.03
1966 CHC NL 34 LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 2.00 2.00 .965 1.70 1.70
1966 CHC NL 34 OF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 27 2.00 2.00 .975 2.00 2.00
1966 LAD NL 34 LF 2 2 1 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 1.20 1.00 .965 1.74 1.75
1966 LAD NL 34 OF 2 2 1 15.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 0.60 0.50 .970 2.04 2.05
11 Seasons OF 803 754 395 6011.1 1140 1054 41 45 10 .961 -76 -15 1.64 1.36 .977 2.15 2.13
11 Seasons LF 762 715 373 5684.2 1066 990 34 42 9 .961 -66 -14 1.62 1.34 .972 1.91 1.89
3 Seasons RF 42 38 21 318.2 58 52 3 3 1 .948 -10 -38 1.55 1.31 .974 1.95 1.92
1 Season CF 1 1 1 8.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 120 5.62 5.00 .976 2.36 2.30
11 Seasons TOT 803 754 395 6011.1 1140 1054 41 45 10 .961 -76 -15 1.64 1.36 .977 2.15 2.13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1956 MLN NL 24 LF -1 -3 -1 -1 0 0
1956 MLN NL 24 RF -0 -33 -0 0 -0 0
1957 MLN NL 25 LF -3 -4 -5 -2 -3 2
1958 MLN NL 26 LF -5 -9 -5 -2 -3 0
1959 MLN NL 27 LF -12 -17 -10 -5 -5 -1
1960 MLN NL 28 LF -8 -18 -4 2 -6 -4
1961 MLN NL 29 LF -1 -23 -1 0 -1 0
1961 CHW AL 29 LF -3 -36 -3 -1 -1 0
1961 CHW AL 29 RF -0 -18 -0 -0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 29 LF -1 -16 -0 0 -0 -1
1961 KCA AL 29 RF -0 -13 -0 -0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 29 RF -9 -41 -6 -5 -1 -3
1961 PHI NL 29 LF -4 -79 -3 0 -3 -1
1962 PHI NL 30 LF -8 -16 -7 -6 -1 -1
1963 PHI NL 31 LF -8 -14 -6 -3 -4 -2
1964 PHI NL 32 LF -7 -13 -8 -1 -7 1
1964 PHI NL 32 CF 1 120 1 0 1 0
1964 PHI NL 32 RF 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PHI NL 33 LF -7 -17 -5 0 -5 -2
1966 CHC NL 34 LF 0 27 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 34 LF -0 -24 -0 0 -0 0
11 Seasons LF -66 -14 -57 -18 -39 -9
3 Seasons RF -10 -38 -7 -5 -2 -3
1 Season CF 1 120 1 0 1 0
11 Seasons TOT -76 -15 -64 -24 -40 -12
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 MLN NL 24 75 33 75 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 2 36 0 40 1
1957 MLN NL 25 96 87 96 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 89 0 9 0
1958 MLN NL 26 90 82 90 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 0 0 82 0 8 0
1959 MLN NL 27 103 93 103 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 94 0 10 0
1960 MLN NL 28 95 71 95 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 0 24 0
1961 PHI NL 29 57 41 57 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 35 45 0 15 0
1961 CHW AL 29 22 14 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 14 0 8 0
1961 KCA AL 29 17 11 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 12 0 6 0
1961 MLN NL 29 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 4 0
1962 PHI NL 30 116 78 116 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 88 0 35 0
1963 PHI NL 31 119 87 119 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 0 101 0 31 0
1964 PHI NL 32 129 89 129 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 1 1 99 0 40 0
1965 PHI NL 33 101 60 101 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 64 0 41 0
1966 LAD NL 34 37 2 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 35 0
1966 CHC NL 34 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
11 Seasons 1075 754 1075 804 0 0 0 0 0 0 762 1 42 804 0 314 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 MLN NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 12 9 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 22 14 63.6% 6 2 9.1% 0 815 64% 81% 32% 71 55%
1957 MLN NL 25 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 2 2 3 46 31 3 21 7 1 16 11 0 11 3 1 11 9 0 105 61 58.1% 39 5 4.8% 2 3230 66% 81% 29% 364 43%
1958 MLN NL 26 5 0 5 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 21 16 0 11 2 0 11 7 0 6 1 0 10 9 1 59 35 59.3% 23 1 1.7% 2 2498 64% 81% 28% 230 50%
1959 MLN NL 27 6 0 6 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 45 32 2 23 4 0 13 9 0 5 0 2 14 13 0 100 58 58.0% 38 4 4.0% 1 3416 61% 81% 28% 348 42%
1960 MLN NL 28 4 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 23 14 0 10 2 0 15 8 0 8 2 0 8 5 1 64 31 48.4% 32 1 1.6% 1 2406 63% 79% 26% 235 46%
1961 CHW AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 12 63.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 373 72% 79% 21% 39 26%
1961 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 327 69% 79% 23% 29 41%
1961 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 0 5 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 5 29.4% 12 0 0.0% 1 279 60% 79% 19% 39 21%
1961 MLN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 157 63% 80% 22% 12 25%
1962 PHI NL 30 6 0 6 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 37 24 1 13 6 0 14 8 0 6 1 1 4 4 0 74 43 58.1% 29 2 2.7% 1 2494 66% 80% 29% 263 38%
1963 PHI NL 31 8 0 8 0 3 4 0 1 3 0 23 15 1 15 5 0 8 4 0 6 0 0 5 4 0 57 28 49.1% 28 1 1.8% 3 2897 64% 77% 24% 255 46%
1964 PHI NL 32 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 1 0 29 20 1 13 3 0 17 15 0 8 2 0 5 5 0 72 45 62.5% 26 1 1.4% 3 2762 68% 77% 28% 258 40%
1965 PHI NL 33 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 27 19 0 13 2 0 15 7 0 3 0 0 5 5 0 63 33 52.4% 30 0 0.0% 2 1991 65% 78% 25% 203 43%
1966 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 65 65% 80% 22% 7 29%
1966 CHC NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 78% 73% 33% 5 40%
11 Seasons 41 0 40 1 15 34 1 13 10 8 290 197 9 135 36 1 116 71 0 57 11 4 68 58 3 666 373 56.0% 276 17 2.6% 17 23750 65% 79% 27% 2358 43%
MLB Averages 58.3% 2.6% 63% 80% 28% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 MLN NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 46 61% 96% 33% 1 0%
1961 PHI NL 29 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 16 2 0 10 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 36 8 22.2% 28 0 0.0% 3 1185 67% 84% 28% 114 41%
1961 CHW AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 115 57% 81% 27% 10 50%
1961 KCA AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 70% 88% 35% 2 100%
1964 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 100% 0% 0
3 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 18 3 0 12 0 0 7 3 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 42 10 23.8% 32 0 0.0% 3 1388 66% 84% 29% 127 43%
MLB Averages 40.9% 3.1% 63% 80% 28% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 PHI NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 78% 83% 24% 7 71%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 78% 83% 24% 7 71%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.2% 63% 80% 28% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1958 NL (16, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  89 (5th)
1960 NL  72 (5th)
1963 NL  101 (5th)
Career  762 (99th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  152 (5th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  7 (4th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1958 NL  6 (1st)
1959 NL  6 (2nd)
1960 NL  4 (4th)
1962 NL  6 (4th)
1963 NL  8 (2nd)
Career  42 (76th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1963 NL  8 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 NL  1.79 (5th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  .971 (3rd)

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