finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1944 both 11 june 1976 pembroke park , florida cairo , illinois 1944 september 26 1-1 4.66 13 pitcher philadelphia phillies win-loss record earned run average strikeouts april 23 6 november 1910 chet covington
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chester rogers covington -lrb- november 6 , 1910 -- june 11 , 1976 -rrb- was a major league baseball pitcher who played for the philadelphia phillies in 1944 .
the 33-year-old rookie , who had been the sporting news minor league player of the year in 1943 , was a native of cairo , illinois .
covington is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during world war ii .
he made his major league debut on april 23 , 1944 in a doubleheader against the boston braves at braves field .
his first and only major-league win was in the first game of a doubleheader against the braves at shibe park on april 30 , 1944 .
he pitched in relief and was the pitcher of record in a 14-inning , 2-1 victory .
for the season , part of which was spent in the minor leagues , he appeared in 19 games , all in relief , and had a 1-1 record with 10 games finished .
he allowed 20 earned runs in 38.2 innings pitched for a final era of 4.66 .
in addition , covington pitched 15 seasons in minor league baseball , winning minor league 220 games .
covington died at the age of 65 in pembroke park , florida .
