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	7-8 / in Starts: 7-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	15 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	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	1957	WS g1	Oct 2	MLN	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	7	.90	0.043	47.07	1.24%	0.49	LF
2	1957	WS g2	Oct 3	MLN	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	7	.99	0.175	52.43	6.04%	1.75	LF
3	1957	WS g3	Oct 5	MLN		NYY	L,3-12	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	5	.55	0.034	34.41	1.37%	-0.42	LF
4	1957	WS g4	Oct 6	MLN		NYY	W,7-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.353	.333	.686	5	.83	-0.046	50.54	-1.66%	-1.07	LF
5	1957	WS g5	Oct 7	MLN		NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.316	.294	.610	7	1.29	-0.064	106.77	-2.92%	-0.67	LF
6	1957	WS g6	Oct 9	MLN	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.261	.238	.499	5	1.86	-0.257	167.56	-12.74%	-1.20	LF
7	1957	WS g7	Oct 10	MLN	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.250	.519	5	.73	0.009	122.08	0.94%	-0.03	LF
1958 Postseason			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
8	1958	WS g1	Oct 1	MLN		NYY	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	6	2.43	-0.141	126.99	-4.48%	-1.17	LF
9	1958	WS g2	Oct 2	MLN		NYY	W,13-5	GS-7	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.333	.375	.708	5	.57	0.142	30.27	4.15%	2.59	LF
10	1958	WS g3	Oct 4	MLN	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.385	.364	.748	5	1.22	-0.075	50.83	-1.70%	-0.36	LF
11	1958	WS g4	Oct 5	MLN	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.353	.286	.639	7	1.20	-0.097	72.89	-3.69%	-0.62	LF
12	1958	WS g5	Oct 6	MLN	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.333	.278	.611	5	.46	-0.044	15.93	-0.85%	-0.33	LF
13	1958	WS g6	Oct 8	MLN		NYY	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.360	.318	.678	7	1.08	-0.031	82.50	-1.28%	-0.07	LF
14	1958	WS g7	Oct 9	MLN		NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.310	.269	.580	5	1.71	-0.061	285.00	-6.84%	-0.54	LF
1966 Postseason			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
15	1966	WS g1	Oct 5	LAD		BAL	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.93	-0.023	48.60	-0.77%	-0.20	PH
									58	51	3	12	1	0	0	5	4	0	11	0	2	1		1	1	0	.235	.286	.255	.541

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