#62 Wes Covington, Leftfield, 28 yrs, Washington Senators Thursday, 10/5/1960 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Wes Covington
3/27/1932 28 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 1960 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 10 Days (698 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 19 Days (707 total Days) 4 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 9 | 7 | 7 | 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 | | |
9/12 | BAL | W 5-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
9/13 | BAL | W 4-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/15 | KC | W 8-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/17 | @DET | W 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #5 | | |
9/18 | @DET | W 8-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #3 | | |
9/21 | @BOS | W 7-6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | #3 | PoG | |
9/22 | NYY | L 4-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/24 | @CLE | W 7-6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
9/26 | BAL | W 11-4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
9/27 | @NYY | L 3-7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 140 | 513 | 167 | 29 | 4 | 22 | 91 | 84 | 34 | 44 | .326 | .369 | .526 | .896 | .847 | .201 |
Projected | 148 | 543 | 177 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 96 | 89 | 36 | 47 | .326 | .369 | .526 | .896 | .847 | .201 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 120 | 557 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 270 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 94.7 | 6.9 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 136 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .279 | .344 | .559 | .903 |
vs. RHP | 377 | 129 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 63 | 62 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .342 | .379 | .515 | .893 |
Close/Late | 74 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .378 | .403 | .635 | 1.038 |
Scoring Position | 119 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .277 | .311 | .387 | .697 |
Pinch Hitting | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .300 | .368 | .668 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 65 | 222 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 41 | 12 | 17 | .320 | .354 | .545 | .899 |
Road | 75 | 291 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 22 | 27 | .330 | .379 | .512 | .891 |
Last Week | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 |
March/April | 22 | 82 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 | .354 | .411 | .549 | .960 |
May | 27 | 104 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 10 | .288 | .345 | .500 | .845 |
June | 23 | 87 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .402 | .419 | .575 | .994 |
July | 24 | 94 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | .245 | .276 | .362 | .637 |
August | 24 | 77 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 9 | .338 | .376 | .571 | .948 |
Sept/Oct | 20 | 69 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 7 | .348 | .400 | .652 | 1.052 |
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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 |
Total | 497 | 1673 | 525 | 87 | 10 | 54 | 285 | 260 | 100 | 14 | 17 | 148 | 3 | 0 | .314 | .354 | .475 | .829 | |
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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 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .875 | 43.0 | 1.67 | | | | |
Rightfield | 133 | 118 | 216 | 8 | 4 | 224 | 0 | 1.000 | 1030.1 | 1.96 | | | | |
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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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