Wes Covington stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,075
- AB
- 2,978
- R
- 355
- H
- 832
- HR
- 131
- RBI
- 499
- SB
- 7
- AVG
- .279
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ATL | 75 | 138 | 17 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .283 |
| 1957 | ATL | 96 | 328 | 51 | 93 | 21 | 65 | 4 | .284 |
| 1958 | ATL | 90 | 294 | 43 | 97 | 24 | 74 | 0 | .330 |
| 1959 | ATL | 103 | 373 | 38 | 104 | 7 | 45 | 0 | .279 |
| 1960 | ATL | 95 | 281 | 25 | 70 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .249 |
| 1961 |  ATL/CHW/ATH/PHI | 105 | 289 | 34 | 78 | 12 | 47 | 0 | .270 |
| 1962 | PHI | 116 | 304 | 36 | 86 | 9 | 44 | 0 | .283 |
| 1963 | PHI | 119 | 353 | 46 | 107 | 17 | 64 | 1 | .303 |
| 1964 | PHI | 129 | 339 | 37 | 95 | 13 | 58 | 0 | .280 |
| 1965 | PHI | 101 | 235 | 27 | 58 | 15 | 45 | 0 | .247 |
| 1966 |  CHC/LAD | 46 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .114 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 15
- AB
- 51
- R
- 3
- H
- 12
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .235
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,291
- TB
- 1,387
- XBH
- 276
- HBP
- 24
- IBB
- 51
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ATL | 157 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | 371 | 176 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 324 | 183 | 37 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 405 | 148 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 299 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/CHW/ATH/PHI | 321 | 125 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PHI | 331 | 127 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PHI | 383 | 184 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PHI | 383 | 152 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PHI | 264 | 115 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHC/LAD | 53 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 7.3
- RC
- 484.3
- RC/27
- 6.00
- ISOP
- .186
- SECA
- .270
- BB/K
- 0.60
- AB/HR
- 22.7
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ATL | 0.6 | 19.7 | 5.3 | .072 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 69 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | 2.4 | 62.1 | 6.8 | .253 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 3.1 | 67.2 | 9 | .293 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | -0.7 | 50.7 | 5 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 53.3 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | -0.7 | 34.7 | 4.4 | .171 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 28.1 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/CHW/ATH/PHI | -1.0 | 43.4 | 5.4 | .163 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 24.1 | 0 |
| 1962 | PHI | -0.2 | 43.2 | 5.2 | .135 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 33.8 | 0 |
| 1963 | PHI | 2.1 | 65.2 | 7.1 | .218 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 1964 | PHI | 1.2 | 56.9 | 6.2 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 26.1 | 0 |
| 1965 | PHI | 0.6 | 38.7 | 5.8 | .243 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 15.7 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHC/LAD | -0.1 | 3 | 2 | .114 | 0.3 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Wes Covington's career stats?
Wes Covington played 11 seasons for the Braves and the Phillies. He was a career .279 hitter with 832 hits, 131 home runs and 499 RBI. His best season was 1958: a .330 batting average, 24 home runs and 74 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1956 to 1966
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves