Philip Abner vs. Tex Covington — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tex Covington posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.1 and WHIP 1.463 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Tex Covington had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Tex Covington

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
9.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
622
38.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.65
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
33.43
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Tex Covington

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Tex Covington

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA