#62 Wes Covington, Leftfield, 29 yrs, Minnesota Twins Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wes Covington
3/27/1932 29 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 2 / 6 (Fair) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good GREAT Normal 3.0 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 1961 (Automatic) 5 Year(s), 10 Days (870 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 19 Days (879 total Days) 5 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 10 | 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), .962 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 10 (Range), .995 (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 | | |
9/28 | @KC | L 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/29 | CHA | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/30 | CHA | L 7-14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/1 | @DET | L 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/2 | @DET | L 10-12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/4 | CLE | L 6-8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/5 | @CLE | W 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
10/7 | LAA | W 5-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/9 | @BAL | L 6-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/10 | BAL | W 8-7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | #3 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 155 | 598 | 187 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 114 | 89 | 47 | 61 | .313 | .368 | .532 | .900 | .850 | .219 |
Projected | 155 | 598 | 187 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 114 | 89 | 47 | 61 | .313 | .368 | .532 | .900 | .850 | .219 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 147 | 658 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 318 | 68 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 109.2 | 6.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 218 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 32 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .294 | .353 | .528 | .880 |
vs. RHP | 380 | 123 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 65 | 57 | 29 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .324 | .376 | .534 | .911 |
Close/Late | 71 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .380 | .450 | .662 | 1.112 |
Scoring Position | 127 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .402 | .464 | .677 | 1.141 |
Pinch Hitting | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .571 | .500 | 1.071 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 79 | 290 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 50 | 41 | 25 | 34 | .290 | .351 | .479 | .830 |
Road | 76 | 308 | 103 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 64 | 48 | 22 | 27 | .334 | .384 | .581 | .965 |
Last Week | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .444 | .583 | .556 | 1.139 |
March/April | 23 | 93 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 10 | .290 | .330 | .591 | .921 |
May | 26 | 104 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 11 | .279 | .327 | .481 | .808 |
June | 26 | 97 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .330 | .387 | .536 | .923 |
July | 22 | 89 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 10 | .393 | .427 | .618 | 1.045 |
August | 26 | 89 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 11 | .258 | .337 | .506 | .842 |
Sept/Oct | 32 | 126 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 11 | .325 | .394 | .484 | .878 |
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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 |
1959 | 145 | 508 | 140 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 76 | 78 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .333 | .417 | .751 | WS1 |
1960 | 140 | 513 | 167 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 91 | 84 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 0 | .326 | .369 | .526 | .896 | WS1 |
1961 | 155 | 598 | 187 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 114 | 89 | 47 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .368 | .532 | .900 | WS1 |
Total | 652 | 2271 | 712 | 121 | 15 | 83 | 399 | 349 | 147 | 22 | 22 | 209 | 3 | 0 | .314 | .358 | .490 | .847 | |
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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% |
Third Base | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 18.0 | 2.00 | | | | |
Leftfield | 95 | 90 | 158 | 5 | 1 | 168 | 5 | .970 | 804.0 | 1.88 | | | | |
Rightfield | 56 | 55 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1 | .989 | 491.0 | 1.69 | | | | |
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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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