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Dave
Parker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 245
 
Born: June 9, 1951 in Calhoun, MS, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Ted Williams Batting Title 1978   
Gold Glove Award 1977    1983   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1982    1983    1984    1987   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 PIT   73 220 27 62 10 3 4 29 3 3 10 53 .282 .313 .409 .722 26.4  
1975 24 PIT   148 558 75 172 35 10 25 101 8 6 38 89 .308 .352 .541 .894 98.0  
1976 25 PIT   138 537 82 168 28 10 13 90 19 7 30 80 .313 .349 .475 .824 83.7  
1977 26 PIT NL 159 594 105 204 37 3 24 90 3 1 71 60 .343 .419 .537 .956 120.7 29.3
1978 27 PIT NL 160 627 104 215 45 8 27 109 3 2 47 75 .343 .393 .569 .963 126.4 29.5
1979 28 PIT NL 161 612 99 203 44 6 20 100 0 3 61 63 .332 .400 .521 .921 114.8 33.5
1980 29 PIT NL 160 603 80 174 26 7 20 75 3 0 44 70 .289 .346 .454 .800 89.5 18.7
1981 30 PIT NL 155 595 80 183 33 5 10 83 2 0 51 62 .308 .370 .430 .800 91.9 19.0
1982 31 PIT NL 149 570 92 189 32 6 22 85 2 1 41 61 .332 .381 .525 .906 100.9 25.1
1983 32 PIT NL 155 615 83 199 44 8 10 81 2 0 42 63 .324 .366 .470 .836 96.8 20.4
1984 33 PIT NL 154 547 81 165 24 4 15 83 0 0 45 79 .302 .359 .442 .801 79.5 18.1
1985 34 PIT NL 152 548 69 156 31 8 13 68 0 0 39 51 .285 .337 .442 .778 73.7 12.9
1986 35 PIT NL 154 582 77 157 39 3 16 78 0 0 42 40 .270 .326 .430 .756 76.4 21.2
1987 36 PIT NL 143 494 82 155 40 5 13 83 0 0 39 34 .314 .366 .494 .860 80.1 20.3
1988 37 PIT NL 150 520 71 158 31 1 12 68 0 0 27 64 .304 .345 .437 .782 72.6 13.6
1989 38 PIT NL 143 478 63 148 34 2 8 56 0 0 16 53 .310 .336 .439 .775 61.8 13.3
1990 39 HOU NL 69 249 32 81 17 1 8 45 0 0 13 32 .325 .357 .498 .855 41.6 9.9
14 Years Sim 2064 7634 1118 2387 477 67 218 1104 15 7 578 807 .313 .366 .478 .844 1226.8 284.8
17 Years Pro 2423 8949 1302 2789 550 90 260 1324 45 23 656 1029 .312 .359 .480 .839 1434.9  
162 Game Average 599 87 187 37 5 17 86 1 0 45 63 .313 .366 .478 .844 96.3  
Career Highs 161 627 105 215 45 8 27 109 3 3 71 79 .343 .419 .569 .963 126.4  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 26 PIT NL CF 155 153 1357.3 387 14 11 3 .973 2.66   4.7
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1978 27 PIT NL CF 154 153 1372.7 337 11 16 2 .956 2.28   7.3
    RF 4 0 9.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 1 1 9.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 28 PIT NL CF 136 135 1198.3 373 10 12 2 .970 2.88   8.3
    2B 20 20 172.0 41 60 3 15 .971 5.28   1.3
    RF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1980 29 PIT NL CF 156 153 1340.7 381 7 19 2 .953 2.60   6.2
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 30 PIT NL CF 150 149 1333.3 376 10 24 3 .941 2.61   7.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 31 PIT NL CF 143 139 1219.3 329 10 12 2 .966 2.50   3.0
    LF 2 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
    RF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 0 1 0 .500 3.38   0.0
1983 32 PIT NL CF 150 147 1311.0 393 17 15 4 .965 2.81   3.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1984 33 PIT NL LF 73 59 554.0 104 5 3 0 .973 1.77   4.3
    CF 36 36 332.3 85 4 2 1 .978 2.41    
    RF 39 34 319.7 53 5 0 1 1.000 1.63    
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
1985 34 PIT NL LF 140 132 1189.7 248 12 10 2 .963 1.97   2.8
    RF 5 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
    CF 4 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1986 35 PIT NL LF 148 146 1274.7 261 18 17 3 .943 1.97   2.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1987 36 PIT NL LF 122 115 994.3 231 5 10 0 .959 2.14   2.1
    RF 14 0 38.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.18    
    CF 3 3 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    2B 2 1 12.0 3 8 1 0 .917 8.25   0.1
1988 37 PIT NL LF 125 115 1022.3 198 9 10 2 .954 1.82   1.5
    RF 12 5 58.0 8 0 2 0 .800 1.24    
    2B 5 0 9.3 1 7 0 1 1.000 7.72   0.1
    CF 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 38 PIT NL LF 115 105 924.7 179 8 14 0 .930 1.82   1.4
    2B 8 0 24.0 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 39 HOU NL CF 66 66 545.7 132 4 8 2 .944 2.24   1.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  CF 1158 1134 10050.3 2800 87 119 21 .960 2.59   41.8
  LF 730 673 5985.0 1231 57 64 7 .953 1.94   14.1
  RF 94 39 480.0 78 5 2 1 .976 1.56    
  2B 41 21 231.0 52 87 5 17 .965 5.42   1.6
Career Totals   2023 1867 16746.2 4161 236 190 46 .959 2.36   57.6
Career Highs   161 155 1392.0 416 70 24 17 .981 3.17    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 28 PIT NL 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .083 .083 .167
1981 30 PIT NL 3 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .250 .100 .350
1983 32 PIT NL 4 15 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .333 .389 .600 .989
1984 33 PIT NL 9 37 5 16 3 0 1 10 0 0 2 5 .432 .462 .595 1.056
1985 34 PIT NL 14 54 8 16 6 0 1 11 0 0 2 4 .296 .339 .463 .802
1986 35 PIT NL 4 15 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .375 .333 .708
1987 36 PIT NL 2 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573
Career Post-Season Batting 39 153 17 46 11 0 3 25 0 0 9 19 .301 .347 .431 .779
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1977-3-.343
1978-1-.343
1979-1-.332
1981-7-.308
1982-3-.332
1983-1-.324
1984-9-.302
1987-4-.314
1989-8-.310
CAR-18-.313
 On-Base Pct
1977-2-.419
1978-4-.393
1979-3-.400
1982-4-.381
1983-7-.366
1984-10-.359
 Slugging Pct
1977-4-.537
1978-1-.569
1979-3-.521
1982-2-.525
1987-6-.494
 OPS
1977-3-.956
1978-1-.963
1979-3-.921
1982-2-.906
1983-9-.836
1984-9-.801
1987-7-.860
 XR
1977-3-120.7
1978-1-126.4
1979-3-114.8
1982-2-100.9
1983-6-96.8
CAR-43-1226.8
 At-Bats
1978-9-627
Runs
1977-10-105
1978-5-104
1979-7-99
1982-7-92
 Hits
1977-4-204
1978-1-215
1979-2-203
1982-3-189
1983-2-199
CAR-25-2387
 Total Bases
1977-6-319
1978-1-357
1979-2-319
1980-10-274
1982-2-299
1983-4-289
CAR-36-3652
 Singles
1978-7-135
1979-10-133
1983-4-137
1984-10-122
CAR-30-1625
 Doubles
1978-1-45
1979-2-44
1983-3-44
1986-6-39
1987-8-40
CAR-39-477
 Triples
1978-7-8
1980-9-7
Homeruns
1978-7-27
1979-10-20
1982-9-22
 RBIs
1978-2-109
1979-4-100
1987-8-83
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 115    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. David Green (861)
  7. Al Woods (850)
  8. Buddy Bell (849)
  9. Wade Boggs (848)
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History
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 7/30/1977
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Los Angeles on 9/30/1977
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1977, hitting .430 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1978, hitting .333 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 6/19/1978
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1978, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Sets a new season NL-Record for Hits with 213 on 10/6/1978
Won Ted Williams Batting Title in 1978, hitting .343 with 27 HR, 109 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1981, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 7/22/1982
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Montreal on 9/17/1982
Injured on 10/1/1982 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1983, hitting .377 with 2 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove Award at Centerfield in 1983
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1984, hitting .347 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 5/5/1985, off Roger Slagle (SFG)
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1985
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 7/19/1986
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1987, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1987, hitting .421 with 4 HR, 25 RBI
Injured on 5/19/1987 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/20/1990 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against St. Louis on 4/12/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1990, hitting .536 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 4/26/1990 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1990, hitting .430 with 5 HR, 24 RBI
Injured on 6/10/1990 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks
 
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