Sam Covington
From SABR Encyclopedia
| Sam Covington | |
| Clarence Calvert Covington | |
| Bat/Throw: | L/R |
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| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Weight: | 190 |
| Born: | 1894-11-18 at Denison, TX (US) |
| Died: | 1963-1-4 at Denison, TX (US) |
| Interred: | Oakwood Cemetery in Denison, TX (US) |
| More info | |
| Statistics: | Retrosheet |
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He was purchased in 1913 from Denison in the Texas-Oklahoma League for the St. Louis Browns by Charles Barrett, for the sum of $1,500, which was a record at the time for a purchase price for a player from that league.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Covington Departs", pg 10. Dallas Morning News, 1913-08-22.
