#62 Wes Covington, Rightfield, 37 yrs, Chicago (N) Cubbies Saturday, 10/21/1969 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wes Covington
3/27/1932 37 USA,NC, 6"1 210
Rightfield 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 4 / 6 (Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Good GREAT Normal 4.5 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 $ 17,000,000 1970 13 Year(s), 10 Days (2246 total Days) 172 Day(s) 13 Year(s), 19 Days (2255 total Days) 13 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 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 : 10 (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 | | |
9/24 | NYM | L 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/25 | @SD | W 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/26 | @SD | L 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/28 | @STL | W 7-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/29 | @STL | L 5-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/1 | SF | W 15-12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/2 | @LAN | W 9-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/4 | PHI | L 2-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
10/5 | @MON | W 6-5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
10/7 | @NYM | W 13-6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 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 | 156 | 608 | 207 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 144 | 126 | 50 | 78 | .340 | .398 | .645 | 1.043 | 1.089 | .304 |
Projected | 156 | 608 | 207 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 144 | 126 | 50 | 78 | .340 | .398 | .645 | 1.043 | 1.089 | .304 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 147 | 680 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 392 | 81 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 155.9 | 9.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 154 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .221 | .299 | .487 | .786 |
vs. RHP | 454 | 173 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 115 | 102 | 33 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .381 | .432 | .698 | 1.130 |
Close/Late | 66 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .368 | .652 | 1.020 |
Scoring Position | 167 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 94 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .347 | .408 | .719 | 1.127 |
Pinch Hitting | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 77 | 287 | 87 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 64 | 58 | 22 | 44 | .303 | .355 | .599 | .954 |
Road | 79 | 321 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 68 | 28 | 34 | .374 | .432 | .685 | 1.117 |
March/April | 24 | 101 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 10 | .426 | .459 | .881 | 1.341 |
May | 26 | 95 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | .284 | .358 | .484 | .843 |
June | 26 | 102 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 13 | .392 | .429 | .765 | 1.193 |
July | 23 | 88 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 9 | .364 | .420 | .739 | 1.159 |
August | 27 | 102 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 18 | .265 | .310 | .569 | .878 |
Sept/Oct | 30 | 120 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 16 | .317 | .399 | .467 | .865 |
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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 |
1962 | 156 | 587 | 180 | 29 | 2 | 43 | 112 | 120 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 72 | 3 | 0 | .307 | .374 | .583 | .956 | MIN |
1963 | 153 | 600 | 199 | 33 | 3 | 51 | 144 | 129 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 0 | .332 | .399 | .652 | 1.051 | MIN,AL |
1964 | 151 | 584 | 189 | 26 | 3 | 42 | 121 | 126 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | .324 | .387 | .594 | .982 | MIN,AL |
1965 | 154 | 605 | 200 | 31 | 1 | 43 | 141 | 122 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | .331 | .412 | .598 | 1.010 | MIN,AL |
1966 | 155 | 604 | 207 | 30 | 5 | 53 | 146 | 150 | 81 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 0 | .343 | .419 | .672 | 1.091 | MIN,AL |
1967 | 154 | 613 | 196 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 119 | 117 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 2 | 0 | .320 | .379 | .574 | .953 | MIN |
1968 | 157 | 571 | 180 | 31 | 5 | 42 | 129 | 100 | 67 | 6 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .390 | .608 | .998 | CHN,NL |
1969 | 156 | 608 | 207 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 144 | 126 | 50 | 12 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 1 | .340 | .398 | .645 | 1.043 | CHN,NL |
Total | 1888 | 7043 | 2270 | 356 | 39 | 449 | 1455 | 1339 | 663 | 72 | 61 | 766 | 10 | 1 | .322 | .383 | .575 | .959 | |
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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 |
1968 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 |
Total | 6 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 53 | 53 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 4 | .951 | 473.0 | 1.54 | | | | |
Rightfield | 100 | 94 | 174 | 5 | 2 | 179 | 0 | 1.000 | 832.2 | 1.93 | | | | |
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Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1962... Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1963, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 14 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1963, hitting .340 with 10 HR, 29 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1963, hitting .483 with 3 HR, 13 RBI... Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1963... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1964, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 8 RBI... Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1964... Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/23/1965... Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1965, hitting .440 with 5 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1965, hitting .350 with 13 HR, 30 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1965... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1966, hitting .563 with 1 HR, 3 RBI... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 4/15/1966... Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against California on 9/6/1966... Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1966, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 8 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1966, hitting .378 with 12 HR, 32 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1966, hitting .417 with 5 HR, 12 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 10/9/1966, hitting .526 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1966... Hit 3 homeruns against Baltimore, driving in 7 runs on 7/1/1967... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 9/10/1967... Won Player of the Week award on 9/18/1967, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 8 RBI... Won Gold Glove Award at Rightfield in 1967... Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/10/1968 to a 3-year deal worth $17,000,000 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 5/23/1968... Won Player of the Week award on 5/29/1968, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 7 RBI... Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 8/2/1968, off John Miller (PIT)... Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/14/1969... Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1969, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 15 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1969, hitting .426 with 13 HR, 36 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against Los Angeles (N), driving in 6 runs on 6/21/1969... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1969, hitting .392 with 11 HR, 24 RBI... Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1960 - .326 - 7th 1963 - .332 - 4th 1964 - .324 - 8th 1965 - .331 - 9th 1966 - .343 - 4th 1968 - .315 - 10th
| OBP 1963 - .399 - 10th 1965 - .412 - 10th 1966 - .419 - 7th
| SLG 1963 - .652 - 2nd 1964 - .594 - 7th 1965 - .598 - 7th 1966 - .672 - 3rd 1967 - .574 - 8th 1968 - .608 - 3rd
| OPS 1963 - 1.051 - 2nd 1964 - .982 - 10th 1965 - 1.010 - 7th 1966 - 1.091 - 3rd 1968 - .998 - 6th
| Hits 1961 - 187 - 9th 1963 - 199 - 4th 1964 - 189 - 7th 1965 - 200 - 5th 1966 - 207 - 3rd 1967 - 196 - 5th 1968 - 180 - 8th
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Doubles 1961 - 34 - 10th
| Homeruns 1962 - 43 - 7th 1963 - 51 - 1st 1964 - 42 - 7th 1965 - 43 - 6th 1966 - 53 - 3rd 1967 - 41 - 3rd 1968 - 42 - 6th
| RBI 1961 - 114 - 8th 1963 - 144 - 2nd 1964 - 121 - 7th 1965 - 141 - 2nd 1966 - 146 - 2nd 1967 - 119 - 7th 1968 - 129 - 3rd
| Runs 1962 - 120 - 10th 1963 - 129 - 3rd 1964 - 126 - 5th 1965 - 122 - 5th 1966 - 150 - 1st 1967 - 117 - 10th
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