Tex Covington vs. Mike Walters — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Walters
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Walters as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Walters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.420 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Mike Walters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Walters

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.61
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.99
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
8.49
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.48
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.17
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.755
0.755
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
37.74
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.35
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.6
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
32.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.74
37.74

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Walters

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.7
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.23
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.64
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.64
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.348
0.348
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Mike Walters

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
357.69
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
600
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
126.92
Mike Walters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Walters
Career
Per 600 PA