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Dave Parker

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 230lb (196cm, 104kg)

Born: June 9, 1951 in Grenada, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Courter Tech HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Courter Tech HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 12, 1973 (Age 22-033d, 13,379th in major league history)
vs. SDP 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1991 (Age 40-115d)
vs. CAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Bill Landman, Tom Reich

Full Name: David Gene Parker

Nicknames: Cobra

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MVP
7x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
2x World Series
3x Gold Glove
3x Silver Slugger
2x Batting Title
AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.1

9358

2712

339

.290

1272

RBI

1493

154

OBP

.339

SLG

.471

OPS

.810

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	2	Apr 11	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 12	PIT	@	STL	W,7-2	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	4	Apr 13	PIT	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 14	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	6	Apr 17	PIT		STL	L,9-12	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 18	PIT		STL	W,12-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
9	9	Apr 20	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	10	Apr 21	PIT	@	MON	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
11	11	Apr 22	PIT	@	MON	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	12	Apr 23	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	RF
13	13	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	14	Apr 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
15	15	Apr 29	PIT		MON	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	16	Apr 30	PIT		MON	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	PIT		MON	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
18	18	May 2	PIT		ATL	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 3	PIT		ATL	L,1-3	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
20	20	May 4	PIT		ATL	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
21	21	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	22	May 7	PIT		LAD	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
23	23	May 9	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 10	PIT	@	SDP	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
25	25	May 11	PIT	@	SDP	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
26	26	May 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
27	27	May 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	28	May 15	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
29	29	May 16	PIT	@	LAD	L,6-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	30	May 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 18	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 21 (1)	PIT		SDP	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
33	33	May 21 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	35 (1)	May 23	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	GF	18	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	36	May 24	PIT		SFG	L,9-10	CG	70	15.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
36	38 (1)	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	39	May 27	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	44	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
38	40	May 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	41	May 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
40	42	May 30	PIT		NYM	L,1-5	CG	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	43	May 31	PIT		NYM	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	PIT		NYM	W,13-3	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
43	45	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	46	Jun 3	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	47	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
47	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	50	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	51	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	52	Jun 10	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
51	53	Jun 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	54	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	55	Jun 13	PIT		HOU	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	56	Jun 14	PIT		HOU	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
55	58 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	59	Jun 17	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	60	Jun 18 (1)	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	0	1	2	0	RF
58	65 (4)	Jun 22	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	66	Jun 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
60	67	Jun 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	68	Jun 25	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
62	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	MON	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	70	Jun 28	PIT	@	MON	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
64	71	Jun 29	PIT	@	MON	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	72	Jun 30	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	74	Jul 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	75	Jul 3	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	79 (3)	Jul 6	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	79	20.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	80	Jul 10	PIT	@	NYM	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	81	Jul 11	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	82	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
73	83	Jul 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	84	Jul 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
75	85	Jul 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	86	Jul 16	PIT		SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
77	87	Jul 17	PIT		SFG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
78	88	Jul 18	PIT		LAD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	89	Jul 19	PIT		LAD	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	90	Jul 20 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,2-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
81	92 (1)	Jul 22	PIT	@	SDP	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
82	93	Jul 23	PIT	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
83	94	Jul 24	PIT	@	SDP	W,7-1	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	95	Jul 25	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-1	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
85	98 (2)	Jul 28	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	104 (5)	Aug 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
87	105	Aug 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
88	106	Aug 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
89	107	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	109	Aug 9	PIT		PHI	W,4-1	GS	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
92	115 (5)	Aug 15	PIT		MON	W,7-3	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	116	Aug 16	PIT		MON	W,5-0	GS	15	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
94	117	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		MON	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
95	118	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		MON	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	119	Aug 19	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	120	Aug 20	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
98	121	Aug 21	PIT	@	HOU	L,5-12	GS	35	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
99	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
100	123	Aug 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
102	125	Aug 25	PIT		ATL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
103	126	Aug 26	PIT		ATL	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
104	129 (2)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
105	130	Aug 30	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
106	131	Aug 31	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	132	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		HOU	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	134 (1)	Sep 3	PIT		HOU	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
109	135	Sep 5	PIT	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	136	Sep 6	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
111	137	Sep 7	PIT	@	ATL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	138	Sep 8	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	139	Sep 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
114	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
115	142 (1)	Sep 12	PIT	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
116	143	Sep 13	PIT	@	MON	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	144	Sep 14	PIT	@	MON	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
118	145	Sep 16	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
119	146	Sep 17	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	147	Sep 19	PIT		NYM	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
121	148	Sep 20	PIT		NYM	L,6-9	GS	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
122	150 (1)	Sep 22	PIT		MON	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
123	151	Sep 23	PIT		MON	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
124	152	Sep 24	PIT		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	154 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
126	155	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
127	157 (1)	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
128	159 (1)	Oct 1	PIT	@	NYM	W,10-5	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
129	160	Oct 3	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	GS	18	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
130	161	Oct 4	PIT		CHC	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
							130gm		1091.0	237	14	9	260	0