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Wes Covington John Wesley Covington Bats Left, Throws Right Height 6' 1", Weight 205 lb. MLB Debut April 19, 1956 Final Game October 2, 1966 Born March 27, 1932 in Laurinburg, NC Died July 4, 2011 (age 79)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for MLN vs. KCA on June 5, 1958

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 MLN NL   59   59    8   20   1   0   1    9   0   0    4    4  .339  .391  .407  .797   104    24   0   0   0   1   3  
 1957 25 MLN NL  108  321   50   79   8  13  15   54   4   4   41   53  .246  .332  .492  .824   115   158   0   4   5   2  14  
 1958 26 MLN NL  106  307   57  100  12   0  31   79   0   1   38   39  .326  .402  .668 1.070   151   205   0   1  12   2   8  
 1959 27 MLN NL   48  113   10   34   6   0   1    6   0   0    4   12  .301  .328  .381  .708    99    43   0   1   1   1   3  
 1960 28 MLN NL   59  164   15   32   5   1   5   19   0   0    7   16  .195  .229  .329  .558    80    54   0   3   2   1   9  
 1961 29 CHA AL   94  170   20   49  15   0   5   33   0   0   15   20  .288  .342  .465  .807   106    79   0   2   1   0   5  
 1962 30 CHA AL   85  265   30   73  12   0   2   47   0   0   11   36  .275  .304  .343  .647    91    91   0   5   2   2   7  
 1963 31 CHA AL  122  372   57  108  20   1  24   82   1   0   33   51  .290  .346  .543  .889   125   202   0   8  10   3  13  
 1964 32 CHA AL  126  367   56  111  20   0  21   71   0   0   41   55  .302  .370  .529  .898   132   194   0   5   3   1  16  
 1965 33 CHA AL   84  211   30   58  10   1  14   41   0   0   22   35  .275  .339  .531  .870   128   112   0   5   3   1   6  
 1966 34 LAN NL   11   33    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    9  .061  .114  .182  .296    43     6   0   0   0   1   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      902 2382  334  666 110  16 120  443   5   5  217  330  .280  .339  .490  .829        1168   0  34  39  15  87
 Per 600 PA           540   76  151  25   4  27  100   1   1   49   75                                 265   0   8   9   3  20
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHA      511 1385  193  399  77   2  66  274   1   0  122  197  .288  .343  .490  .833         678   0  25  19   7  47
   With MLN      380  964  140  265  32  14  53  167   4   5   94  124  .275  .341  .502  .843         484   0   9  20   7  37
   With LAN       11   33    1    2   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    9  .061  .114  .182  .296           6   0   0   0   1   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1075 2978  355  832 128  17 131  499   7   4  247  414  .279  .337  .466  .803        1387  16  26  51  24  73
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1956 24 MLN NL   5    8   5.6  52  17   1  .327   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e7    81   
 1957 25 MLN NL   5   48   5.0  23   4   0  .174   6   29    6  .207    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e7   -52   
 1958 26 MLN NL   6   80  10.0  17   3   0  .176   7   25   12  .480    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e11   68   
 1959 27 MLN NL   9   13   4.4  21   5   0  .238   0    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e13  -18   
 1960 28 MLN NL   6   10   1.9  17   6   1  .353   5   14    5  .357    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e12 -150   
 1961 29 CHA AL  10   26   5.6  62  19   3  .306   4    9    5  .556    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e16   45   
 1962 30 CHA AL   4   26   3.6  22   6   0  .273   7   21    8  .381    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e16  -95   
 1963 31 CHA AL   7   67   6.4  24  12   2  .500  10   24    8  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e20   14   
 1964 32 CHA AL   5   68   6.7  31   9   2  .290   1   29   12  .414    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e7    95   
 1965 33 CHA AL   6   37   6.2  26   6   1  .231   4   16    5  .312    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e11   58   
 1966 34 LAN NL  29    0    .1   0   0   0  .000   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   5(+2)e16 -195   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          387   5.7 295  87  10  .295  44  175   64  .366    0    0  .000                   5   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #13 (Class of 1956): 0 of 16 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1956 24 MLN NL  LF     4     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    13.0   2.08
 1957 25 MLN NL  LF    87   172     1    6    0   .966    83   691.1   2.25
 1958 26 MLN NL  LF    86   152     4    7    0   .957    81   656.2   2.14
 1959 27 MLN NL  LF    26    55     0    0    0  1.000    25   227.2   2.17
 1960 28 MLN NL  LF    41    63     1    5    0   .928    41   326.2   1.76
 1961 29 CHA AL  LF    22    35     1    4    0   .900    21   169.0   1.92
                 RF    12    11     0    0    0  1.000     5    55.0   1.80
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1962 30 CHA AL  LF    62    90     1    7    0   .929    60   483.0   1.70
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1963 31 CHA AL  LF   100   140     2   10    0   .934    98   773.0   1.65
 1964 32 CHA AL  LF    93   136     5    1    0   .993    87   737.0   1.72
 1965 33 CHA AL  LF    56    87     3    4    0   .957    52   428.0   1.89
 1966 34 LAN NL  LF    11    19     0    0    0  1.000    11    92.0   1.86
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   588   952    18   44    0   .957   560  4597.1   1.90
                 RF    12    11     0    0    0  1.000     5    55.0   1.80
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
                 1B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1963 WS    CHA SFN   L    7  19  2  5  0  0  1   3  3  2  .263  .364  .421  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1960: Round 2 (#19 overall) by MLN
• 1965: Round 3 (#44 overall) by CHA

Transaction History

• No transactions for this player.

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1956 MLN 88-66 John Storer 1957 MLN 86-68 John Storer 1958 MLN 80-74 John Storer 1959 MLN 91-63 Jeff Tripodi 1960 MLN 75-79 Jeff Tripodi 1961 CHA 64-90 Jon Fellows 1962 CHA 82-80 Jon Fellows 1963 CHA 95-67 Jon Fellows 1964 CHA 96-67 Jon Fellows 1965 CHA 79-83 Jon Fellows 1966 LAN 78-84 Dave Jackson

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