#62 Wes Covington, Leftfield, 26 yrs, Washington Senators Friday, 10/6/1958 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wes Covington
3/27/1932 26 USA,NC, 6"1 205
Leftfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Good GREAT Normal 2.5 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1958 (Automatic) 2 Year(s), 10 Days (354 total Days) 172 Day(s) 2 Year(s), 19 Days (363 total Days) 2 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 1 3 1 Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings LF : 9 (Range), .959 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 10 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 4 Outfield Arm : 4
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/13 | DET | W 6-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/14 | DET | W 6-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/15 | KC | W 6-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/16 | KC | W 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/17 | KC | L 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
9/19 | BAL | W 5-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/20 | BAL | L 1-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/21 | BAL | L 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/22 | @CHA | L 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/23 | @CHA | L 2-8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 97 | 265 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 33 | 11 | 26 | .328 | .358 | .445 | .803 | .715 | .117 |
Projected | 102 | 279 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 35 | 12 | 27 | .328 | .358 | .445 | .803 | .715 | .117 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 60 | 286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 118 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 41.8 | 5.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 38 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .395 | .410 | .526 | .937 |
vs. RHP | 227 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .317 | .350 | .432 | .781 |
Close/Late | 34 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .368 | .471 | .839 |
Scoring Position | 78 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .410 | .407 | .538 | .945 |
Pinch Hitting | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .517 | .514 | .897 | 1.410 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 47 | 119 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 9 | .328 | .362 | .479 | .841 |
Road | 50 | 146 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 5 | 17 | .329 | .352 | .418 | .770 |
March/April | 19 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .221 | .200 | .421 |
May | 14 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .371 | .405 | .543 | .948 |
June | 18 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .417 | .432 | .639 | 1.071 |
July | 13 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .185 | .233 | .259 | .493 |
August | 16 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .370 | .408 | .543 | .952 |
Sept/Oct | 17 | 56 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .429 | .450 | .554 | 1.004 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1956 | 14 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .442 | .444 | .674 | 1.119 | NYY WS1 |
1957 | 101 | 344 | 112 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 54 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .326 | .349 | .480 | .829 | WS1 |
1958 | 97 | 265 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .328 | .358 | .445 | .803 | WS1 |
Total | 212 | 652 | 218 | 35 | 4 | 17 | 118 | 98 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 0 | .334 | .359 | .479 | .837 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1956, AAA | 135 | 521 | 170 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 76 | 83 | 55 | 57 | 5 | 8 | .326 | .385 | .495 | .880 |
1957, AAA | 13 | 53 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .377 | .417 | .509 | .926 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Catcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
Leftfield | 24 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 3 | .940 | 181.0 | 2.49 | | | | |
Rightfield | 45 | 37 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1.000 | 317.2 | 1.73 | | | | |
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Injuries Injured on 4/18/1950 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days... Injured on 3/23/1951 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks... Was claimed off waivers by Cincinnati on 5/24/1954. Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (A) in 1956... Traded from New York (A) to Washington on 7/14/1956 (Going to WS1: SS Luis Aparicio, CF Jim Delsing, LF Wes Covington, C Bob Oldis. Going to NYY: P Jim Bunning, 2B Gil Mcdougald, CF Irv Noren)... Had first career hit on 9/6/1956, off Bob Purkey (CLE)... Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1956, off Nellie King (DET)...
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