Tex Covington vs. Tony Watson — Career Comparison

Tex Covington
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Watson
MillenialIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Tex Covington built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Watson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.114 compared to 4.1 and 1.463 for Tex Covington. By the career numbers, Tony Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tex Covington and Tony Watson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.92
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.61
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.65
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.84
61.84
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.44
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.1
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
27
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1945
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
648.1
9
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
9.31
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
7.33
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.87
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
3.86
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
2.42
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.94
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
7.91
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.148
1.148
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
38.08
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2620
36.37
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.51
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.65
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.08
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
33.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2368
32.87
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.37
36.37

Fielding Stats for Tex Covington and Tony Watson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1945
27
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648.1
9
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.56
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.37
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.03
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.93
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.21
95.21
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.258
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tex Covington and Tony Watson

Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
31
357.69
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
689
37581.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
542.31
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
92.31
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.54
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.47
28.45
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.09
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
103.85
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
150
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
80.77
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
115.38
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
28.9
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.89
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
57.69
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
126.92
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.73
4.73
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Tex Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tex Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA