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Lance
Parrish		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: June 15, 1956 in Usa, PA, CLAIRTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1986   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 21 WAS NL     4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1978 22 WAS NL     4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1979 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1980 24 TAM AL     5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1981 25 TAM AL     4 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5
1983 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1984 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
1985 29 TAM AL $ 1,450,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 30 TAM AL $ 1,514,286   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6
1987 31 TAM AL $ 2,564,286   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1988 32 TAM AL $ 2,750,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1989 33 TAM AL $ 2,750,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1990 34 TAM AL $ 2,750,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,750,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 21 AA   94 366 55 104 17 2 24 58 8 5 37 66 .284 .350 .538 .888 66.6  
1978 22 AAA   131 471 61 101 19 0 35 90 5 3 48 106 .214 .287 .478 .765 68.3  
1979 23 WAS NL 10 23 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .217 .333 .217 .551 1.8 0.1
    AAA   125 461 53 126 20 0 25 78 1 4 40 79 .273 .331 .479 .811 71.2  
1980 24 AAA   133 460 73 131 25 1 30 90 7 1 43 70 .285 .346 .539 .885 83.7  
1981 25 AAA   119 462 79 129 29 3 36 77 3 1 46 74 .279 .344 .589 .933 90.2  
1982 26 TAM AL 118 415 52 87 9 1 16 47 2 1 31 87 .210 .262 .352 .614 37.3 1.9
1983 27 TAM AL 145 512 54 109 21 1 20 59 2 0 37 107 .213 .269 .375 .644 51.7 5.9
1984 28 TAM AL 131 479 56 106 32 1 18 67 0 0 36 119 .221 .277 .405 .682 52.4 8.1
1985 29 TAM AL 139 515 67 111 26 2 14 62 0 0 46 101 .216 .281 .355 .636 48.2 4.1
1986 30 TAM AL 135 511 76 126 21 2 20 81 2 0 46 110 .247 .306 .413 .719 64.2 8.9
1987 31 TAM AL 137 506 70 124 20 2 20 70 2 2 40 117 .245 .300 .411 .711 59.4 7.6
1988 32 TAM AL 136 498 54 118 29 2 19 70 0 4 50 105 .237 .307 .418 .725 61.3 8.3
1989 33 TAM AL 128 460 51 81 25 0 10 46 2 1 37 114 .176 .238 .296 .534 28.5 0.0
1990 34 TAM AL 133 442 56 113 19 5 11 51 1 4 43 106 .256 .320 .396 .716 52.3 6.7
10 Years Sim 1212 4361 538 980 202 16 148 554 11 12 369 972 .225 .285 .380 .666 457.1 51.6
4 Years AAA 508 1854 266 487 93 4 126 335 16 9 177 329 .263 .327 .521 .848 313.5  
1 Years AA 94 366 55 104 17 2 24 58 8 5 37 66 .284 .353 .538 .891 66.6  
5 Years Minors 602 2220 321 591 110 6 150 393 24 14 214 395 .266 .331 .524 .855 380.2  
162 Game Average 582 71 130 27 2 19 74 1 1 49 129 .225 .285 .380 .666 61.1  
Career Highs 145 515 76 126 32 5 20 81 2 4 50 119 .256 .333 .418 .725 64.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3140 364 690 135 12 96 376 7 8 237 718 .220 .275 .362 .637 315.5
vs LH   1221 174 290 67 4 52 178 4 4 132 254 .238 .312 .427 .738 165.7
Home 602 2143 250 473 94 7 58 263 6 5 174 480 .221 .280 .352 .632 213.8
Away 610 2218 288 507 108 9 90 291 5 7 195 492 .229 .291 .407 .698 267.4
RISP   1135 0 256 60 4 34 390 0 0 117 265 .226 .293 .375 .668 130.7
Pinch Hitting   73 9 19 4 0 4 22 0 0 3 12 .260 .278 .479 .758 10.0
Close/Late   576 57 129 31 2 17 65 0 0 57 114 .224 .291 .373 .664 64.8
Mar/Apr 193 669 70 154 35 3 20 84 2 2 60 145 .230 .292 .381 .673 75.8
May 213 763 91 167 34 0 28 109 0 2 66 160 .219 .281 .374 .654 81.9
June 189 706 81 140 39 1 24 79 3 0 50 188 .198 .252 .358 .611 64.9
July 188 682 81 162 37 1 24 89 2 3 55 148 .238 .296 .400 .696 80.4
August 212 771 98 180 29 7 26 97 3 2 55 169 .233 .284 .390 .675 86.5
Sep/Oct 217 770 117 177 28 4 26 96 1 3 83 162 .230 .305 .378 .683 91.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 23 WAS NL 3B 10 8 63.3 3 13 1 1 .941 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1982 26 TAM AL C 114 108 972.7 438 60 9 0 .982 4.61 110 38 .345 2 4.5
1983 27 TAM AL C 138 133 1185.3 586 74 9 0 .987 5.01 114 51 .447 2 9.3
    3B 1 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 28 TAM AL C 130 124 1122.7 514 60 5 0 .991 4.60 110 42 .382 2 8.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 29 TAM AL C 131 125 1152.0 655 75 6 0 .992 5.70 115 50 .435 4 8.4
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 30 TAM AL C 127 122 1113.3 628 64 6 1 .991 5.59 119 47 .395 0 7.7
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 31 TAM AL C 131 125 1125.0 642 69 9 0 .988 5.69 128 50 .391 2 8.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 32 TAM AL C 134 129 1158.3 712 48 7 0 .991 5.91 121 34 .281 2 7.5
1989 33 TAM AL C 114 114 1017.7 671 52 8 1 .989 6.39 88 29 .330 6 5.6
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 34 TAM AL C 123 117 1050.7 618 48 8 1 .988 5.70 105 34 .324 3 3.4
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1142 1097 9897.6 5464 550 67 3 .989 5.47 1010 375 .371 23 62.6
  3B 19 8 82.0 5 16 1 2 .955 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1162 1105 9984.6 5470 566 68 5 .989 5.44 1010 375 .371 23 62.9
Career Highs   139 133 1189.0 712 76 9 1 .992 6.39 128 51 .447 6  
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
1985 29 TAM AL 10 39 3 8 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 9 .205 .273 .359 .632
1986 30 TAM AL 18 71 7 17 4 0 3 11 0 0 4 13 .239 .280 .423 .703
1987 31 TAM AL 5 19 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6 .211 .286 .368 .654
Career Post-Season Batting 33 129 12 29 4 0 6 20 0 0 10 28 .225 .279 .395 .674
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.
Strikeouts
1984-9-119
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. John Bateman (919)
  5. Alan Ashby (910)
  6. Andy Seminick (909)
  7. Johnny Romano (901)
  8. Rick Dempsey (899)
  9. Woodie Held (893)
  10. Barry Foote (893)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Washington in 1977
Injured on 4/20/1977 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/8/1977 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 9/1/1978 with a Fractured Hip, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/1979, off Jim Shellenback (SDP)
Traded from Washington to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1980 (Going to TAM: C Lance Parrish. Going to WAS: 3B Wayne Gross)
Injured on 7/15/1981 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1982, off Len Barker (MIN)
Injured on 5/26/1982 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 5/23/1983
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,514,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Tampa Bay in 1986
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,564,286 through salary arbitration
9/22/1987: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 5/23/1989 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1990 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
9/22/1990: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $750,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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