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.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHI	@	HOU	W,2-0	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	PHI		LAD	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	5 (1)	Apr 19	PHI		HOU	W,8-0	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	6	Apr 20	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	7	Apr 21	PHI		HOU	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	10 (2)	Apr 25	PHI	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	12 (1)	Apr 27	PHI	@	SFG	L,13-14	GS	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	13	Apr 28	PHI	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
10	14	Apr 30	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17 (2)	May 2 (2)	PHI	@	MLN	W,10-7	GS	23	5.0	0	0	2	2	0	LF
12	19 (1)	May 5	PHI	@	NYM	W,1-0	GS	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	20	May 7	PHI		STL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	23 (2)	May 10	PHI		STL	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	24	May 11	PHI		CIN	L,1-9	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	25	May 12	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
17	26	May 13	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
18	29 (2)	May 16	PHI		MLN	L,6-8	GF	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
19	32 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	33	May 20	PHI	@	STL	L,2-12	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
21	36 (2)	May 23	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	38 (1)	May 24 (2)	PHI		NYM	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	40 (1)	May 26	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	41	May 28	PHI		CHC	W,3-1	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	42	May 29	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	44 (1)	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	46 (1)	Jun 4	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	48 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	49	Jun 6 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-9	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	54 (4)	Jun 11	PHI		HOU	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	55	Jun 12	PHI		HOU	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	56	Jun 13	PHI		HOU	W,5-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	57	Jun 15	PHI	@	MLN	L,7-12	GS	43	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	62 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	PHI	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	64 (1)	Jun 21	PHI	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	67 (2)	Jun 25	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
37	68	Jun 26	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	69	Jun 27	PHI	@	SFG	W,6-0	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	70	Jun 28	PHI		STL	W,3-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	79 (8)	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	94 (14)	Jul 24	PHI	@	NYM	W,5-1	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	95	Jul 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
43	97 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	98	Jul 27 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	99	Jul 28	PHI	@	PIT	W,1-0	GS	45	12.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	102 (2)	Jul 31	PHI		NYM	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	103	Aug 1	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	104	Aug 3	PHI		CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
49	108 (3)	Aug 7	PHI		PIT	L,3-4		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
50	115 (6)	Aug 13	PHI	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	117 (1)	Aug 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,9-15	GF	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
52	126 (8)	Aug 26	PHI		HOU	L,4-6	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	127	Aug 27	PHI		LAD	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	133 (5)	Sep 2 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	136 (2)	Sep 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,9-10	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	137	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	140 (2)	Sep 10	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS	44	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
58	141	Sep 11	PHI		STL	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
59	142	Sep 13	PHI		MLN	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	143	Sep 14	PHI		MLN	W,2-0	GS	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	144	Sep 15	PHI		MLN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	145	Sep 16	PHI		MLN	W,8-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	146	Sep 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	147	Sep 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							64gm		463.0	86	2	3	91	0