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	29-45 / in Starts: 21-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 157 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	81 (42-26-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 157 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	99 (52-30-16)

Most Driven In
B Bruton	2
Self	2
H Aaron	1
E Mathews	1
D Rice	1
D O'Connell	1
J Logan	1
J Dittmer	1

Most Driven In By
B Bruton	4
J Logan	3
Self	2
D O'Connell	2
H Aaron	0
R Crone	0
D Rice	0
L Sleater	0

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 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	1	2 (1)	Apr 19	MLN		CHC	W,3-1	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	3.53	0.163	9.70	0.27%	1.21	PH
2	2	3	Apr 20	MLN	@	STL	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.500	3.500	9	2.30	0.395	6.88	0.71%	1.79	PH
3	3	4	Apr 21	MLN	@	STL	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.667	2.333	9	1.37	-0.035	4.48	-0.07%	-0.10	PH
4	4	5	Apr 22 (1)	MLN	@	STL	L,4-10	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.667	2.417	9	.09	0.003	.27	0.01%	0.38	PH
5	5	7 (1)	Apr 30	MLN		STL	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.800	1.500	2.300	9	3.32	0.186	10.78	0.36%	0.65	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
6	6	12 (4)	May 11	MLN	@	CIN	W,9-8	10-10	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.833	1.600	2.433	9	2.32	0.172	8.63	0.38%	0.62	PH
7	7	13	May 12	MLN	@	CIN	L,6-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.714	1.333	2.048	6	.41	-0.015	1.62	-0.04%	-0.52	PH
8	8	14	May 13 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	W,15-0	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.625	.667	1.125	1.792	7	.43	0.002	1.68	0.00%	0.02	LF
9	9	15	May 13 (2)	MLN	@	CIN	W,6-1	GS-7	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.700	.750	1.100	1.850	7	.82	0.090	3.23	0.21%	0.91	LF
10	10	16	May 15	MLN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.733	1.000	1.733	7	.91	0.079	3.46	0.18%	0.53	LF
11	11	20 (3)	May 20 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.615	.688	.923	1.611	8						PH
12	12	21	May 20 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	L,0-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.571	.647	.857	1.504	1						PH
13	13	23 (1)	May 25	MLN		CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.667	.857	1.524	2	5.73	0.036	24.67	0.09%	0.13	PH
14	14	24	May 26	MLN		CIN	W,2-1	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.533	.632	.800	1.432	1	2.20	-0.053	8.65	-0.13%	-0.73	PH
15	15	27 (2)	May 30 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,9-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	8	3.87	-0.097	15.36	-0.23%	-0.75	PH
16	16	29 (1)	May 31	MLN	@	CHC	W,15-8	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.571	.706	1.277	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.22	RF
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
17	17	30	Jun 1	MLN		PIT	L,1-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.591	.706	1.297	9	.95	0.046	4.71	0.14%	0.37	PH
18	18	31	Jun 2	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.565	.667	1.232	9	1.40	-0.038	6.83	-0.11%	-0.34	PH
19	19	32	Jun 3 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,1-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.474	.583	.684	1.268	9						PH
20	20	34 (1)	Jun 4	MLN		BRO	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.450	.560	.650	1.210	9	.26	-0.007	1.14	-0.02%	-0.09	PH
21	21	35	Jun 5	MLN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.500	.565	1.065	5	.68	-0.047	2.80	-0.12%	-0.48	LF
22	22	36	Jun 6	MLN		BRO	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.407	.500	.593	1.093	5	1.02	0.049	3.78	0.11%	0.47	LF
23	23	37	Jun 7	MLN		BRO	W,4-1	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.433	.528	.600	1.128	5	.99	0.090	3.31	0.18%	0.74	LF
24	24	38	Jun 8	MLN		NYG	L,2-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.424	.525	.576	1.101	5	.86	0.098	2.67	0.18%	1.32	LF
25	25	41 (2)	Jun 11	MLN		PHI	L,2-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.412	.512	.559	1.071	2	2.06	-0.096	5.94	-0.17%	-1.08	PH
26	26	42	Jun 12	MLN		PHI	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.543	1.043	9	2.51	-0.053	6.63	-0.09%	-0.45	PH
27	27	46 (3)	Jun 16	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.500	.528	1.028	5	2.61	-0.001	8.44	0.00%	0.03	PH LF
28	28	55 (8)	Jun 24 (1)	MLN	@	NYG	W,6-2	8-8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.378	.489	.514	1.002	8	3.82	0.254	19.04	0.76%	1.28	PH
29	29	57 (1)	Jun 25	MLN	@	PHI	W,8-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.489	.514	1.002	9						PH
30	30	59 (1)	Jun 27	MLN	@	PHI	L,3-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.478	.500	.978	9	1.27	-0.032	6.44	-0.10%	-0.10	PH
31	31	60	Jun 29	MLN	@	CHC	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.489	.513	1.002	9	.06	0.003	.30	0.01%	0.91	PH
32	32	61	Jun 30	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.405	.500	.595	1.095	5	1.81	0.339	8.72	0.98%	2.19	LF
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
33	33	62	Jul 1 (1)	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.463	.543	1.006	3	.51	-0.053	2.59	-0.16%	-0.64	LF
34	34	64 (1)	Jul 2	MLN	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.431	.500	.931	3	1.65	-0.165	11.88	-0.71%	-1.11	LF
35	35	67 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		STL	W,6-1	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.410	.472	.882	5	1.37	-0.098	7.65	-0.33%	-0.70	LF
36	36	68	Jul 5	MLN		CHC	L,1-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.321	.406	.464	.871	5	1.15	0.228	5.73	0.68%	1.40	LF
37	37	69	Jul 6	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.317	.397	.450	.847	5						LF
38	38	70	Jul 7	MLN		CHC	W,5-0	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.403	.444	.847	4	.88	-0.049	4.25	-0.14%	-0.10	RF
39	39	71	Jul 8	MLN		CHC	L,6-10	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.299	.382	.418	.799	4						LF
40	40	72	Jul 12	MLN		BRO	W,2-0	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286	.375	.400	.775	5	.85	0.009	5.56	0.04%	-0.03	LF
41	41	73	Jul 13 (1)	MLN		BRO	W,8-6	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.297	.381	.405	.786	5	1.70	0.195	11.83	0.81%	2.11	LF
42	42	74	Jul 13 (2)	MLN		BRO	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.368	.390	.757	5	1.29	-0.096	9.29	-0.42%	-0.85	LF
43	43	75	Jul 14	MLN		BRO	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.352	.370	.722	5	1.88	-0.114	13.53	-0.49%	-1.00	LF
44	44	76	Jul 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.358	.376	.734	5	1.52	0.243	9.14	0.87%	1.29	LF
45	45	77	Jul 15 (2)	MLN		PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.361	.391	.752	5	1.15	0.065	6.77	0.23%	0.52	LF
46	46	78	Jul 16	MLN		PIT	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.378	.728	5	1.02	-0.076	5.99	-0.27%	-0.85	LF
47	47	79	Jul 17	MLN		NYG	L,6-8	GS-0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.290	.359	.387	.746	5						LF
48	48	83 (3)	Jul 21	MLN		PHI	L,5-8	10-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.356	.383	.739	8	4.29	-0.106	23.87	-0.35%	-0.41	PH
49	49	84	Jul 22 (1)	MLN		PHI	W,8-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.346	.371	.717	5	.59	-0.046	3.37	-0.16%	-0.64	LF
50	50	92 (7)	Jul 31	MLN	@	BRO	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.343	.367	.710	1	1.04	-0.027	8.14	-0.13%	-0.11	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
51	51	93	Aug 1	MLN	@	BRO	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.349	.374	.722	1	2.30	0.069	19.60	0.35%	0.39	PH
52	52	95 (1)	Aug 3	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294	.363	.382	.745	6	1.39	0.109	8.61	0.40%	0.49	LF
53	53	96	Aug 4	MLN	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.360	.379	.738	6	.66	-0.016	4.20	-0.06%	-0.22	LF
54	54	97	Aug 5 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.299	.364	.383	.748	6						LF
55	55	98	Aug 5 (2)	MLN	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.303	.372	.385	.757	5						LF
56	56	99	Aug 6	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.360	.372	.732	5	1.47	-0.176	9.47	-0.68%	-1.32	LF
57	57	100	Aug 7	MLN		CHC	W,6-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.362	.374	.736	6	.78	-0.023	5.21	-0.09%	-0.02	LF
58	58	101	Aug 8 (1)	MLN		STL	W,10-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.354	.364	.718	6	.38	-0.029	2.62	-0.12%	-0.57	LF
59	59	102	Aug 8 (2)	MLN		STL	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.343	.352	.696	6	1.75	-0.217	11.61	-0.86%	-1.15	LF
60	60	105 (2)	Aug 10	MLN		CIN	L,1-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.341	.350	.690	9	1.37	-0.033	13.10	-0.19%	-0.14	PH
61	61	112 (6)	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.338	.347	.685	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	PH
62	62	113	Aug 18	MLN	@	CIN	L,4-13	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.343	.347	.690	9	1.62	0.022	18.41	0.15%	0.14	PH
63	63	118 (4)	Aug 22	MLN		NYG	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.341	.344	.685	7	4.09	-0.109	29.27	-0.47%	-0.34	PH
64	64	123 (4)	Aug 27	MLN		BRO	L,3-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.345	.344	.689	9	.28	0.009	3.66	0.07%	0.12	PH
65	65	124	Aug 28	MLN		PIT	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.350	.349	.699	1	1.67	0.048	13.71	0.24%	0.12	PH
66	66	126 (1)	Aug 30	MLN		PIT	T,1-1	2-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.357	.357	.713	6	2.22	0.105	19.71	0.56%	0.58	PR LF
67	67	127	Aug 31 (1)	MLN		STL	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.278	.347	.346	.693	6	.94	-0.023	8.28	-0.12%	-0.33	LF
Sept		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
68	68	132 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	MLN		CIN	L,5-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.345	.343	.688	9	.62	-0.015	6.59	-0.10%	-0.14	PH
69	69	133	Sep 4	MLN		CIN	L,2-4	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.349	.348	.697	9	1.41	0.039	17.96	0.30%	0.20	PH
70	70	135 (1)	Sep 7	MLN	@	CHC	L,0-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.353	.348	.701	9	.11	0.004	1.18	0.02%	0.12	PH
71	71	136	Sep 8	MLN	@	CHC	L,1-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.351	.346	.697	8	1.24	-0.030	13.75	-0.20%	-0.15	PH
72	72	147 (10)	Sep 18	MLN	@	PIT	W,6-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.346	.701	8	1.26	0.006	16.09	0.05%	0.11	PH
73	73	148	Sep 20	MLN	@	PIT	L,1-2	10-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.359	.346	.705	8	3.26	0.021	50.64	0.20%	0.22	PH
74	74	150 (1)	Sep 22	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.357	.343	.700	6	1.20	-0.030	21.15	-0.32%	-0.41	PH
75	75	153 (2)	Sep 28	MLN	@	STL	L,4-5	5-5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.361	.355	.716	9	1.58	0.122	35.65	1.65%	1.00	PH
							29-45		157	138	17	39	4	0	2	16	16	3	19	1	2	0	5	2	1	0	.283	.361	.355	.716		1.35	1.294	8.35	3.77%	6.16

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