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Robin Roberts League
4-1-2069
Buster Covington Catcher
Retired (2022, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .281 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .838 Status Deceased (2053) Option Years 0  
H 2448 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 11-06-1982
HR 456 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(2001)		 Majors Svc Time 19 years
(130 games)
RBI 1575
SB 113
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A 
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health D- LCS Appearances 4
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 9
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
2003 CHA
85
326
37
75
9
2
11
42
24
 60 1 0
1
 5 13
.656
.285
.371
.141
.230
2004 CHA
122
477
54
131
29
1
19
71
19
 101 1 4
5
 4 13
.761
.301
.459
.184
.275
2005 CHA
112
435
55
110
16
2
20
52
42
 85 5 1
4
 6 7
.762
.325
.437
.184
.253
2006 CHA
113
453
69
125
16
3
33
89
43
 103 4 6
5
 10 7
.883
.340
.543
.267
.276
2007 CHA
122
496
63
139
29
2
20
73
49
 88 2 4
8
 8 4
.813
.345
.468
.188
.280
2008 CHA
122
482
70
144
27
3
21
83
49
 93 0 3
6
 2 2
.859
.361
.498
.199
.299
2009 CHA
112
439
66
115
19
2
21
72
49
 100 3 1
3
 4 3
.797
.339
.458
.196
.262
2010 CHA
102
416
69
120
19
5
17
75
39
 89 1 5
5
 6 5
.828
.347
.481
.192
.288
2011 CHA
122
482
79
141
27
6
28
104
43
 96 1 3
5
 4 5
.897
.350
.548
.255
.293
2012 CHA
123
491
83
137
22
5
30
106
50
 93 0 2
6
 4 3
.872
.344
.527
.248
.279
2013 CHA
117
452
70
129
21
3
20
93
57
 97 4 5
2
 3 2
.845
.367
.478
.192
.285
2014 CHA
101
415
76
140
22
3
33
85
45
 84 2 1
8
 2 4
1.047
.404
.643
.306
.337
2015 CHA
114
428
68
122
9
2
35
105
39
 88 4 6
4
 5 4
.907
.346
.561
.276
.285
2016 CHA
122
477
80
122
11
4
29
90
50
 84 0 0
13
 2 5
.804
.326
.478
.222
.256
2017 CHA
122
464
77
153
31
4
23
92
53
 95 0 4
7
 6 4
.958
.395
.562
.233
.330
2018 CHA
103
401
67
108
17
4
15
71
30
 77 2 7
6
 3 5
.762
.318
.444
.175
.269
2019 CHA
109
427
77
129
26
1
31
98
42
 81 3 1
6
 4 2
.953
.368
.585
.283
.302
2020 CHA
117
446
58
115
16
3
20
69
32
 105 2 2
8
 6 2
.751
.309
.442
.184
.258
2021 CHA
122
455
75
117
18
1
21
71
50
 115 0 2
6
 2 9
.769
.329
.440
.182
.257
2022 CHA
89
265
33
76
9
0
9
34
25
 57 1 2
5
 3 5
.771
.348
.423
.136
.287
Total
2251
8727
1326
2448
393
56
456
1575
830
 1791 36 59
113
 89 104
.838
.343
.495
.215
.281
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2022-11-01Buster Covington has retired from the Chicago Black Sox
2020-09-22Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
2019-08-16Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2018-08-30Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
2018-04-23Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
2015-08-14Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
2014-08-17Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
2010-08-21Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
2009-09-03Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
2006-05-22Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
2005-07-11Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-07-24Buster Covington of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
2003-05-12The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Buster Covington to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Jose Moore to the minors.
2002-04-21The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Gene Curtis to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Buster Covington to the minors.
2002-04-21A trade has been completed between the San Francisco Niners and the Chicago Black Sox. The Chicago Black Sox receive Gene Machemehl, Buster Covington, Bob Traffley, Dave Daubert, Craig Claset from the San Francisco Niners in exchange for Tony Popovich, Hal Kenders, Charlie Conway, Stover Moulder. Protest This Trade.
2002-04-20The San Francisco Niners have renamed Buster Posey to Buster Covington.
2001-04-28The San Francisco Niners have renamed Ben Covington to Buster Posey.