Wes Covington
1956–1966 · bats L / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies
1,075G
.279AVG
.337OBP
.466SLG
More career statistics
832H
131HR
499RBI
7SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 4 | 5 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,075 | 3,291 | 2,978 | 355 | 832 | 128 | 17 | 131 | 499 | 247 | 414 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 1,387 | .279 | .337 | .466 | .803 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1959-05-06 to 1959-05-14
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1964-08-24 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1957-09-02 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1957-08-07 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 555 | 1686 | 441 | 61 | 254 | 132 | 199 | .290 | .340 | .469 |
| Away | 520 | 1605 | 391 | 70 | 245 | 115 | 215 | .268 | .315 | .462 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 85 | 249 | 56 | 11 | 40 | 18 | 27 | .248 | .297 | .442 |
| May | 189 | 614 | 165 | 29 | 108 | 44 | 80 | .295 | .340 | .501 |
| June | 201 | 608 | 155 | 23 | 81 | 55 | 76 | .286 | .345 | .456 |
| July | 219 | 644 | 162 | 26 | 104 | 30 | 82 | .270 | .298 | .466 |
| August | 212 | 660 | 177 | 27 | 111 | 52 | 75 | .301 | .347 | .496 |
| September | 162 | 500 | 114 | 15 | 53 | 43 | 72 | .252 | .314 | .412 |
| October | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .273 | .500 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 143 | 416 | 108 | 10 | 37 | 28 | 48 | .283 | .327 | .401 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 139 | 433 | 93 | 13 | 56 | 28 | 61 | .235 | .279 | .392 |
| chicago-cubs | 125 | 399 | 101 | 20 | 85 | 29 | 49 | .277 | .326 | .512 |
| cincinnati-reds | 122 | 377 | 95 | 16 | 66 | 32 | 35 | .286 | .337 | .506 |
| san-francisco-giants | 113 | 371 | 104 | 20 | 62 | 31 | 43 | .311 | .364 | .524 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 84 | 243 | 65 | 9 | 34 | 18 | 42 | .291 | .342 | .453 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 70 | 221 | 48 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 24 | .240 | .290 | .400 |
| houston-astros | 69 | 216 | 64 | 8 | 32 | 13 | 33 | .323 | .356 | .505 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 |  Milwaukee Braves | 75 | 138 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .283 | – | – |
| 1957 | Milwaukee Braves | 96 | 328 | 93 | 21 | 65 | 4 | .284 | – | – |
| 1958 | Milwaukee Braves | 90 | 294 | 97 | 24 | 74 | – | .330 | – | – |
| 1959 | Milwaukee Braves | 103 | 373 | 104 | 7 | 45 | – | .279 | – | – |
| 1960 | Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 281 | 70 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, Philadelphia Phillies | 105 | 289 | 78 | 12 | 47 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 116 | 304 | 86 | 9 | 44 | – | .283 | – | – |
| 1963 | Philadelphia Phillies | 119 | 353 | 107 | 17 | 64 | 1 | .303 | – | – |
| 1964 | Philadelphia Phillies | 129 | 339 | 95 | 13 | 58 | – | .280 | – | – |
| 1965 | Philadelphia Phillies | 101 | 235 | 58 | 15 | 45 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers | 46 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 6 | – | .114 | – | – |