1966 Topps #484 Wes Covington
About Wes Covington
Covington closed out Philadelphia with a .247 average, 15 home runs and 45 RBI in 101 games in 1965, and the set gives him two cards. #52, 'Power Plus,' is a series-1 combination card pairing him with Phillies teammate Johnny Callison, and the same number carries the pair in Topps' Venezuelan issue that year. His solo card #484 is a series-6 card already showing him in a Cubs uniform. Chicago released him that May, and the Dodgers signed him weeks later for one more pennant run.
John Wesley Covington entered pro ball in 1952 with the Class C Eau Claire Bears, then a Boston Braves farm club, rooming with Hank Aaron at the local YMCA; Aaron later wrote that onlookers then would have picked Covington as the future star. He debuted with Milwaukee on April 19, 1956, and became the Braves' left-handed power bat behind Aaron and Eddie Mathews, hitting .284 with 21 home runs in 1957 as Milwaukee beat the Yankees for the title, then .330 with 24 in 1958 before the Yankees won the rematch. A torn ankle ligament in August 1959 cost him his footing, and by 1961 he was out of Milwaukee, reaching Philadelphia after a midseason tour of two American League clubs. He spent five seasons as a Phillies platoon left fielder and pinch-hitter, clashing with manager Gene Mauch, and played his last big-league game in October 1966, finishing with a .279 average and 131 home runs over eleven seasons. He later ran businesses in Philadelphia and in Edmonton, Alberta, where he died in 2011.
Sources: Wikipedia · SABR BioProject · Baseball-Reference · Baseball Almanac
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 173 | 8 | 23 | 71 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| SGC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-09-04. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted. Where SGC registers no separate row for a variation state, its slabs of that card are listed under the base state.
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Related cards
More Wes Covington in this set: #52 Combo
Team card: #204 Chicago Cubs
More Chicago Cubs cards:
- #2 Ted Abernathy
- #24 Don Kessinger
- #43 Don Landrum
- #63 Jim Stewart
- #82 Bob Hendley
- #110 Ernie Banks
- #139 Cubs 1966 Rookie Stars
- #146 George Altman
- #166 Chris Krug
- #185 Bob Buhl
- #217 National League 1965 Home Run Leaders
- #232 Glenn Beckert
- #246 Ed Bailey
- #278 Calvin Koonce
Frequently asked questions
What is the 1966 Topps #484 card?
It is card #484 of the 598-card 1966 Topps Baseball set, picturing Wes Covington of the Chicago Cubs.
Why is #484 harder to find?
It is from the sixth print series, #447-522 - noticeably tougher than the first five. Nothing in #447-522 is short-printed.
How many cards are in the 1966 Topps Baseball set?
598 cards, tracked as 613 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 598 with no gaps and no number used twice, and 14 cards carry catalogued print variations - five checklists, the trade and sold statement backs, the three-state #43 Don Landrum, three team-card dot pairs and the #161 Jerry Lumpe white streak - that the master set counts separately.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-11.