Ben Covington  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
I've seen Covington work himself into a jam on occassion. The good thing about him is that he knows how to work himself out of them. Covington can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Covington also has a decent changeup. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Covington is nothing special in the field. Covington is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Covington has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Covington as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 LON 95 86 67 71 44 57 52 59 48 65 56 0 69 47 0 0 32 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 391
2004 BAR 95 86 67 71 44 57 52 59 48 65 56 0 69 47 0 0 33 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 390
2005 BAR 94 85 67 70 44 57 52 59 48 65 56 0 69 50 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 390
2006 BAR 94 85 67 70 44 57 52 59 48 65 56 0 69 50 0 0 34 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 390
2007 BAR 95 83 67 69 44 57 52 59 48 65 56 0 69 50 0 0 36 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 385
Ratings Delta   +1 -2   -1                         +2 +1             -5
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.