#62 Wes Covington, Leftfield, 27 yrs, Washington Senators Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wes Covington
3/27/1932 27 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) 0 / 6 (Unknown) 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 1959 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 10 Days (526 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 19 Days (535 total Days) 3 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 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 | | |
9/13 | CLE | W 10-7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/14 | CLE | L 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/15 | @CHA | W 8-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/16 | @CHA | L 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/17 | @CHA | W 9-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/18 | @KC | L 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/20 | @KC | W 5-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/22 | NYY | L 4-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/23 | NYY | W 10-9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/24 | NYY | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 145 | 508 | 140 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 76 | 78 | 42 | 45 | .276 | .333 | .417 | .751 | .662 | .142 |
Projected | 153 | 534 | 147 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 80 | 82 | 44 | 47 | .276 | .333 | .417 | .751 | .662 | .142 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 120 | 555 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 212 | 40 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 66.7 | 4.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 120 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .316 | .450 | .766 |
vs. RHP | 388 | 110 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 57 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .284 | .339 | .407 | .746 |
Close/Late | 66 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .288 | .412 | .485 | .897 |
Scoring Position | 130 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .338 | .417 | .485 | .902 |
Pinch Hitting | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .381 | .458 | .619 | 1.077 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 71 | 242 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 16 | .264 | .302 | .380 | .682 |
Road | 74 | 266 | 76 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 28 | 29 | .286 | .360 | .451 | .811 |
March/April | 23 | 81 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .247 | .307 | .407 | .714 |
May | 27 | 96 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .354 | .376 | .469 | .845 |
June | 26 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 5 | .198 | .298 | .220 | .518 |
July | 25 | 82 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | .232 | .308 | .354 | .661 |
August | 25 | 82 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 10 | .293 | .348 | .598 | .946 |
Sept/Oct | 19 | 76 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 7 | .329 | .366 | .474 | .840 |
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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 |
Total | 357 | 1160 | 358 | 58 | 6 | 32 | 194 | 176 | 66 | 10 | 13 | 104 | 1 | 0 | .309 | .347 | .452 | .799 | |
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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% |
Leftfield | 32 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | .970 | 170.0 | 1.75 | | | | |
Rightfield | 114 | 104 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 1.000 | 933.0 | 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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