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Wes
Covington		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 215
 
Born: March 27, 1932 in Usa, NC, LAURINBURG
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Gold Glove 1968   
All-Star Selections 1959    1961    1962    1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 24 MON NL     8 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1957 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1958 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 3 5 4 6 7 7
1959 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1960 28 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7
1961 29 MON NL $ 4,521,429   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1962 30 MON NL $ 4,642,857   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
1963 31 MON NL $ 6,800,000   8 8 7 9 10 9 5 6 6 4 6 5 7 8 8
1964 32 MON NL $ 6,800,000   8 8 7 9 10 9 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1965 33 MON NL $ 6,800,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1966 34 MON NL $ 6,800,000   8 8 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7
1967 35 TOR AL $ 7,100,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1968 36 TOR AL $ 7,100,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1969 37 DET AL $ 7,100,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,100,000   8 8 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 24 AAA   128 503 95 159 19 1 44 100 5 5 62 57 .316 .391 .620 1.011 112.9  
1957 25 MON NL 81 246 39 72 11 2 13 39 0 0 19 38 .293 .342 .512 .854 39.1 7.7
    AAA   26 113 28 44 1 0 13 32 4 2 8 8 .389 .430 .743 1.173 30.6  
1958 26 MON NL 140 426 68 119 17 0 26 70 0 0 45 75 .279 .348 .502 .850 73.0 13.4
1959 27 MON NL 135 420 63 135 10 1 32 89 0 0 44 64 .321 .389 .579 .968 89.7 18.6
1960 28 MON NL 129 419 71 126 24 1 26 91 0 0 33 64 .301 .348 .549 .897 75.3 15.5
1961 29 MON NL 147 493 80 136 32 1 37 105 0 0 38 82 .276 .326 .570 .896 86.9 19.0
1962 30 MON NL 138 460 90 130 15 3 31 86 0 0 53 56 .283 .355 .530 .885 81.5 18.4
1963 31 MON NL 152 555 86 167 20 2 33 110 0 0 50 86 .301 .359 .523 .881 100.2 22.5
1964 32 MON NL 146 478 75 127 14 3 20 59 2 2 42 52 .266 .325 .433 .758 63.4 11.7
1965 33 MON NL 142 430 81 124 15 6 26 75 0 0 48 49 .288 .360 .533 .892 77.2 19.3
1966 34 MON NL 132 458 69 128 31 3 22 75 0 1 33 50 .279 .329 .504 .834 71.7 16.9
1967 35 TOR AL 153 562 68 147 28 5 20 77 1 4 40 87 .262 .313 .436 .749 75.1 13.3
1968 36 TOR AL 153 532 64 153 30 1 22 81 1 2 42 83 .288 .340 .472 .811 82.0 16.8
1969 37 DET AL 162 602 44 120 15 3 17 65 3 2 36 120 .199 .245 .319 .564 44.4 1.0
13 Years Sim 1810 6081 898 1684 262 31 325 1022 7 11 523 906 .277 .334 .491 .825 959.5 194.1
2 Years AAA 154 616 123 203 20 1 57 132 9 7 70 65 .330 .400 .643 1.043 143.6  
162 Game Average 544 80 150 23 2 29 91 0 0 46 81 .277 .334 .491 .825 85.9  
Career Highs 162 602 90 167 32 6 37 110 3 4 53 120 .321 .389 .579 .968 100.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4905 776 1434 218 23 283 869 6 8 450 658 .292 .352 .519 .871 861.7
vs LH   1176 122 250 44 8 42 153 1 3 73 248 .213 .259 .371 .629 113.6
Home 903 2971 438 839 141 18 154 485 5 6 282 420 .282 .346 .497 .843 495.2
Away 907 3110 460 845 121 13 171 537 2 5 241 486 .272 .323 .484 .807 480.1
RISP   1399 0 406 63 6 86 656 0 0 161 208 .290 .354 .528 .882 260.4
Pinch Hitting   289 51 82 13 2 15 62 0 0 29 49 .284 .353 .498 .851 49.0
Close/Late   786 114 218 25 2 52 158 0 0 91 111 .277 .352 .513 .865 140.9
Mar/Apr 264 861 120 236 45 2 45 139 3 1 75 129 .274 .333 .488 .821 137.0
May 332 1128 163 287 37 6 58 156 1 3 84 149 .254 .310 .452 .762 156.4
June 305 1075 155 299 53 4 66 209 0 2 76 159 .278 .324 .519 .843 176.1
July 289 937 138 262 45 6 47 174 0 1 95 140 .280 .343 .491 .834 155.5
August 312 1077 164 307 44 5 52 166 1 3 102 161 .285 .348 .480 .828 174.7
Sep/Oct 308 1003 158 293 38 8 57 178 2 1 91 168 .292 .351 .516 .868 175.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 25 MON NL RF 35 33 286.7 56 1 1 1 .983 1.79   1.3
    LF 19 17 155.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.16    
    CF 18 4 66.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.85    
1958 26 MON NL RF 98 96 862.7 132 4 1 0 .993 1.42   2.6
    LF 23 0 37.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.43    
    CF 4 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1959 27 MON NL RF 102 98 868.3 142 2 0 0 1.000 1.49   2.7
    CF 12 0 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    LF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1960 28 MON NL RF 104 100 868.0 122 5 0 1 1.000 1.32   2.9
    CF 10 2 35.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1961 29 MON NL RF 72 68 619.3 93 4 2 1 .980 1.41   2.1
    LF 34 32 287.7 50 2 5 0 .912 1.63    
    CF 35 12 157.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.54    
1962 30 MON NL RF 112 110 998.7 179 3 2 2 .989 1.64   3.1
    CF 18 0 37.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1963 31 MON NL RF 143 140 1250.7 279 3 4 0 .986 2.03   3.6
    CF 5 0 14.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 32 MON NL RF 110 107 945.0 132 5 1 1 .993 1.30   3.0
    CF 14 5 58.7 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.61    
    LF 10 4 46.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1965 33 MON NL RF 97 95 845.0 171 8 4 0 .978 1.91   2.4
    LF 21 3 69.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    CF 4 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1966 34 MON NL RF 100 97 864.0 145 3 2 0 .987 1.54   2.9
    CF 18 9 105.3 34 0 1 0 .971 2.91    
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1967 35 TOR AL LF 100 97 840.0 139 5 7 0 .954 1.54   3.4
    RF 47 46 407.7 94 0 1 0 .989 2.08    
    CF 3 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
1968 36 TOR AL RF 138 129 1135.0 264 8 2 1 .993 2.16   5.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1969 37 DET AL CF 162 162 1397.0 365 19 3 5 .992 2.47   5.5
  RF 1158 1119 9951.0 1809 46 20 7 .989 1.68   31.8
  CF 304 194 1939.0 495 20 4 5 .992 2.39   5.5
  LF 226 153 1466.3 242 9 13 0 .951 1.54   3.4
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1689 1466 13357.3 2546 75 37 12 .986 1.77   40.7
Career Highs   162 162 1397.0 365 19 8 5 1.000 2.47    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 26 MON NL 5 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .364 .222 .586
1959 27 MON NL 11 23 1 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 .304 .385 .348 .732
1960 28 MON NL 8 20 3 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 .250 .375 .400 .775
1961 29 MON NL 11 36 8 10 2 0 5 12 0 0 5 7 .278 .366 .750 1.116
1962 30 MON NL 7 24 2 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 .208 .269 .458 .728
1963 31 MON NL 19 76 17 27 5 0 7 19 0 0 5 7 .355 .395 .697 1.092
1965 33 MON NL 15 45 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .217 .244 .462
1966 34 MON NL 6 22 4 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 .227 .346 .409 .755
1968 36 TOR AL 5 20 2 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .450 .455 .600 1.055
Career Post-Season Batting 87 275 45 79 11 0 17 45 0 0 25 29 .287 .350 .513 .863
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1959-7-.301*
1963-9-.301
 Slugging Pct
1959-6-.541*
1961-5-.570
1962-5-.530
1963-6-.523
1965-6-.515*
1968-9-.472
 OPS
1959-6-.908*
1961-7-.896
1962-7-.885
1963-6-.881
1965-7-.863*
 XR
1963-5-100.2
 Games
1969-1-162
 At-Bats
1969-7-602
Runs
1962-8-90
1963-10-86
 Hits
1963-5-167
 Total Bases
1963-5-290
 Doubles
1961-6-32
1966-8-31
 Triples
1965-4-6
 Homeruns
1959-10-32
1961-6-37
1962-6-31
1963-7-33
1968-9-22
RBIs
1961-8-105
1962-10-86
1963-4-110
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 74    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 4/24/1956 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1956 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 5/1/1957, off Roger Craig (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1957, off Bob Buhl (BOS)
Injured on 7/12/1957 with a Broken Foot, out for 6-7 weeks
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,521,429 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1961, hitting .376 with 12 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/1/1962
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1962, hitting .588 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
9/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1963, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 8/6/1964
Injured on 4/15/1966 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
10/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $7,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Montreal to Toronto on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Fritz Peterson, 2B Bob Schroder. Going to TOR: P Don Drysdale, SS Mike De la hoz, RF Wes Covington, C Doc Edwards, P Joe Grzenda)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1967, hitting .519 with 3 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1968, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1968
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 2/3/1969 (Going to TOR: P Craig Anderson. Going to DET: RF Wes Covington)
 
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