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A notorious time-waster at the plate, Covington used an unorthodox batting stance. The lefthanded hitter, who never had more than 373 at-bats in a season, hit 21 homers for the World Champion 1957 Braves and 24 HR (while batting .330) in 90 games in 1958. Although not highly regarded as an outfielder, Covington made two outstanding catches in the 1957 WS. In 1961, he played for four ML teams. He had a .320 pinch-hitting average for the 1963 Phils, batting .303 overall. (TJ)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 31, 1958: Braves Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Wes Covington homer in succession off Ron Kline of the Pirates in an 8–3 win. The same trio hit successive home runs on June 26th last year. Warren Spahn coasts to his 8th win. » June 5, 1958: The Giants again top the Braves in extra innings, 5–4. In the 12th, Jim Finigan doubles after Mays singles, but Willie is thrown out at the plate by Hank Aaron. Orlando Cepeda, with three hits already, then hits a Gene Conley fastball for the game-winning home run. Cepeda also helps in the field, nabbing Wes Covington in the 9th with a hidden ball trick. » May 10, 1961: The White Sox purchase Wes Covington from the Braves. Covington will play for four teams in 1961, before settling in with solid years for the Phillies. » June 10, 1961: Pitchers Ray Herbert and Don Larsen, 3B Andy Carey, and OF Al Pilarcik of the A's go to the White Sox for pitchers Bob Shaw and Gerry Staley and outfielders Wes Covington and Stan Johnson. » September 23, 1961: The Phils Wes Covington hits a solo homer in the 16th inning to top Pittsburgh's Elroy Face, 5–4. Face also gives up an extra inning homer to Felipe Alou on the 11th. Malkmus earlier homered for the Phils. Jack Baldschun pitches seven 1/3 innings of shutout relief for the win. » May 31, 1963: Wes Covington's swinging bunt in the 5th inning is the only Phillie hit off Dick Ellsworth as the Cubs righty wins, 2–0. » September 1, 1964: The Phillies top Houston 4–3 on three solo home runs in the 7th inning. Johnny Callison, Wes Covington, and Frank Thomas supply the power outages. » April 17, 1965: Don Drysdale ties a major-league record by striking out four Phils -- Wes Covington, Tony Gonzalez, Dick Stuart, and Clay Dalrymple -- in order in the 2nd inning, but also gives up two home runs to lose 3–2. It is the 8th straight time the Phillies have beaten big Don. » August 4, 2000: The Blue Jays obtain OF Dave Martinez from the Rangers for a player to be named later. Martinez becomes the 9th major leaguer to play for four teams in a season. He began the year with Tampa Bay and also played with the Cubs, in addition to Texas and Toronto. The last to do so was Dave Kingman, in 1977: before him, according to historian Scott Flatow, the four-in-one players were Frank Huelsman, 1904; Willis Hudlin, 1940; Paul Lehner, 1951; Ted Gray, 1955; Wes Covington, 1961; and Mike Kilkenny, 1972.