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Name	Team	Age
Tom Covington	Retired (1991, Age 38)	Died (2016, Age 64)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 17 (1970)	C	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Keller Stargell League	0	16 years (126 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	C	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	11/6/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	3
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1970

Minors

56.00

6 / 9

9 / 12

6 / 6

9 / 10

6 / 6

6 / 6

6 / 7

48 / 56

1970

Majors

0.19

3

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1971

Minors

62.00

3 / 6

2 / 13

9 / 10

7 / 8

11 / 11

5 / 7

6 / 7

43 / 62

1972

Minors

59.00

2 / 8

2 / 8

6 / 12

7 / 9

4 / 4

4 / 6

9 / 12

34 / 59

1973

Minors

61.00

2 / 8

6 / 10

3 / 5

3 / 5

9 / 9

14 / 16

4 / 8

41 / 61

1974

Minors

24.00

0 / 1

2 / 5

3 / 5

1 / 2

3 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 4

10 / 24

1974

Majors

33.43

84

65

0

0 / 8

0 / 4

3 / 4

6 / 8

3 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 4

12 / 33

1975

Majors

68.49

162

129

0

0 / 16

4 / 8

1 / 9

3 / 7

6 / 6

7 / 12

3 / 10

24 / 68

1976

Majors

63.58

162

114

0

0 / 4

3 / 11

0 / 8

3 / 10

4 / 7

2 / 11

6 / 12

18 / 63

1977

Majors

68.43

162

121

0

0 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 10

4 / 6

4 / 10

2 / 9

2 / 14

13 / 68

1978

Majors

66.75

162

119

0

0 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 10

2 / 9

4 / 14

2 / 7

3 / 8

12 / 66

1979

Majors

41.36

106

61

46

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 6

2 / 7

2 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 5

5 / 41

1980

Majors

68.83

162

122

0

0 / 17

2 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 9

4 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 6

6 / 68

1981

Majors

61.46

162

104

0

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 11

1 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 61

1982

Majors

64.35

162

121

0

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 64

1983

Majors

63.94

162

116

0

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 63

1984

Majors

64.79

162

122

0

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 64

1985

Majors

62.14

155

117

7

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 62

1986

Majors

64.79

162

122

0

-2 / 6

-1 / 8

-2 / 13

-4 / 7

-3 / 4

-4 / 10

0 / 16

-16 / 64

1987

Majors

64.79

162

122

0

0 / 9

-3 / 10

-2 / 7

-5 / 10

-9 / 11

-3 / 5

0 / 12

-22 / 64

1988

Majors

12.74

31

24

31

-4 / 1

-8 / 2

-3 / 0

-5 / 1

-6 / 1

-3 / 1

-3 / 6

-32 / 12

1989

Majors

60.75

162

111

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

-1 / 9

-1 / 8

-8 / 5

-3 / 8

-2 / 12

-15 / 60

1990

Majors

61.03

162

116

0

-2 / 6

-5 / 5

-3 / 12

-7 / 16

-8 / 9

-3 / 8

-2 / 5

-30 / 61

1991

Majors

35.13

162

31

0

-5 / 4

-5 / 4

-4 / 7

-1 / 10

-2 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 5

-16 / 35

Total

2647

1837

84

0 / 185

10 / 181

16 / 191

24 / 192

26 / 161

29 / 179

32 / 190

137 / 1279

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1991-11-01	Tom Covington has retired from the Oakland Turtles
1991-04-19	Trade #1575704 has been completed between the Oakland Turtles and the Chicago Black Socks. The Chicago Black Socks receive Dr. Ace Lacy, Moonbeam Munoz (Optioned) from the Oakland Turtles in exchange for Tom Covington.
1988-05-05	Tom Covington of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1985-08-14	Tom Covington of the San Diego Murder City Devils is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1979-08-04	Tom Covington of the San Diego Beachcombers is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1979-06-16	Tom Covington of the San Diego Beachcombers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1974-06-28	The San Diego Beachcombers have promoted Tom Covington to the major league team. The San Diego Beachcombers have sent Joe Conwell to the minors.
1970-05-22	Trade #1299239 has been completed between the Pittsburgh Varmints and the San Diego Bashers. The San Diego Bashers receive Tom Covington from the Pittsburgh Varmints in exchange for Draft Pick - 1971 Round 1 (SD).
1970-04-25	The Pittsburgh Varmints have placed Tom Covington on the trade block.
1970-04-04	The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Steve Shepardson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Carl Grant to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Tommy Jones to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Ben Delhi to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Sam Curtis to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Tom Covington to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Tim Moloney for assignment. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Jerry Skidmore to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Isao Hakota for assignment. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Rod Davalillo to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Harry Davison to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Brian Kallio to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Jim Taylor to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Bill Kostro to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Del Murphy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Johnny Edmondson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Bill Schaive to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Earl Traxler to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Jim Lewis to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Gene Quest to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Jeff Leonard to the major league team.
1970-04-01	The Pittsburgh Pirates have auto-promoted Tom Covington to the major leagues.