Wes Covington vs. Harry Taylor — Career Comparison

Wes Covington
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueLeft Fielder
Harry Taylor
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationFirst Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Wes Covington and Harry Taylor are closely matched on the surface stats. Wes Covington posted stronger numbers in OPS (.813 vs .689) and slugging (.466 vs .322). Harry Taylor had the advantage in on-base percentage (.367 vs .347). By the career numbers, Wes Covington had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Wes Covington and Harry Taylor

Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1075
195.99
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
438
132.79
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3291
600
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1979
600
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2978
542.94
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1754
531.78
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.811
0.811
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.751
0.751
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
832
151.69
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
502
152.2
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
556
101.37
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
457
138.55
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
23.34
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
30
9.1
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
3.1
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.64
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
23.88
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
0.91
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
276
50.32
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
45
13.64
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
463.09
84.43
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
253.05
76.72
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1387
252.87
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
565
171.3
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1103
201.09
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
727
220.41
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.803
0.803
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
0.69
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.717
0.717
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.285
0.285
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
64.72
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
311
94.29
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
499
90.98
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
176
53.36
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
723
131.81
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
484
146.74
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
471.68
85.99
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
285.87
86.67
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
4.38
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
12
3.64
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
45.03
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
213
64.58
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
9.3
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
414
75.48
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
19.4
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7.95
7.95
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.92
30.92
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
0.6
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
2.92
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
4.74
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
73
13.31
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
7
1.28
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
0.73
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
11
2.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
108
32.74
Wes Covington
Career
Per 600 PA
63.64
63.64
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Wes Covington and Harry Taylor

Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
803
1.2
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
444
1.02
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
754
1.13
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18055
27
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
11769
27
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6018.1
9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3923
9
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1054
1.58
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3621
8.31
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.06
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
0.64
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.07
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.25
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1140
1.7
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4007
9.19
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1095
1.64
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3898
8.94
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.05
96.05
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.28
97.28
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.779
8.779
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.9
93.9
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.01
Harry Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.46
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wes Covington
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Wes Covington
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0