Tex Covington
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Born on March 19, 1887 in Henryville, Tennessee, Tex Covington (William Wilkes Covington) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 2 year career. Covington broke into the bigs on April 25, 1911 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.09 ERA in 83.2 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1911
| DET
| A
| 17
| 6
| 7
| 1
| 4.09
| 29
| 43
| 38
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 83.2
| 94
| 2
| 33
| 0
| 2
| 10
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 14
| 9
| 3
| 4
| 4.12
| 19
| 33
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 63.1
| 58
| 0
| 30
| 0
| 5
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 31
| 15
| 10
| 5
| 4.10
| 48
| 76
| 67
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 147
| 152
| 2
| 63
| 0
| 7
| 13
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1911
| DET
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .864
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 36
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1911
| DET
| A
| 17
| 32
| 6
| 6
| 0
| 3
| .188
| .235
| .188
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| DET
| A
| 14
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .133
| .278
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 31
| 47
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .170
| .250
| .191
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Kansas City (American Association) (@November 23, 1912).
- Traded by Boston Braves with Cal Crum to Indianapolis (American Association) in exchange for Dana Fillingim (May 6, 1918).
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