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Larry
Parrish		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: November 10, 1953 in Usa, FL, WINTER HAVEN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1989   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1981    1982    1984    1989   
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
1974 20 BOS AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 5 5
1975 21 BOS AL     6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1976 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1977 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1979 25 BOS AL $ 2,642,857   7 7 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1980 26 BOS AL $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1981 27 SEM AL $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 28 OAK AL $ 15,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 5
1983 29 OAK AL $ 15,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1984 30 OAK AL $ 15,500,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1985 31 OAK AL $ 15,500,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 32 OAK AL $ 15,500,000   5 5 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5
1987 33 IND AL $ 15,500,000   5 5 5 10 10 10 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1988 34 IND AL $ 15,500,000   5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
1989 35 DET AL $ 4,250,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4
1990 36 TAM AL $ 4,250,000   2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,500,000   7 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 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
1974 20 AAA   130 420 65 127 24 4 26 75 3 5 40 57 .302 .363 .564 .927 79.8  
1975 21 AAA   137 513 85 155 32 1 31 91 2 7 41 84 .302 .354 .550 .903 91.9  
1976 22 BOS AL 152 544 69 137 30 3 14 56 0 2 40 109 .252 .308 .395 .704 60.7 8.7
1977 23 BOS AL 131 482 76 135 29 1 19 81 1 2 50 66 .280 .346 .463 .809 72.1 12.7
1978 24 BOS AL 155 579 64 153 32 1 13 82 2 1 57 115 .264 .328 .390 .719 75.4 12.0
1979 25 BOS AL 154 591 104 187 37 3 36 111 2 1 43 86 .316 .364 .572 .936 109.2 28.5
1980 26 BOS AL 155 601 89 169 34 3 28 101 1 0 43 86 .281 .329 .488 .817 88.9 16.1
1981 27 BOS AL 52 196 25 47 14 0 12 40 1 0 16 37 .240 .293 .495 .788 29.0 5.5
  SEM AL 102 387 55 109 18 4 28 98 2 1 46 65 .282 .354 .566 .920 74.8 16.1
  TOT   154 583 80 156 32 4 40 138 3 1 62 102 .268 .334 .542 .876 103.8 21.6
1982 28 OAK AL 153 600 81 151 38 3 26 100 0 1 60 105 .252 .319 .455 .774 84.6 16.9
1983 29 OAK AL 155 587 80 148 22 4 35 97 0 1 57 119 .252 .317 .482 .799 90.3 19.6
1984 30 OAK AL 155 564 87 151 29 2 42 108 1 2 47 104 .268 .326 .550 .875 94.3 19.6
1985 31 OAK AL 155 561 84 137 32 2 33 97 3 3 61 112 .244 .316 .485 .801 85.2 14.0
1986 32 OAK AL 155 584 81 142 37 3 30 94 0 0 56 114 .243 .311 .471 .781 81.8 14.8
1987 33 IND AL 154 575 92 133 32 2 38 94 1 1 57 138 .231 .305 .492 .797 87.2 15.5
1988 34 IND AL 155 555 75 134 30 4 36 91 0 0 50 157 .241 .304 .505 .809 85.3 11.9
1989 35 DET AL 144 481 62 107 24 3 39 83 0 0 31 130 .222 .268 .528 .797 68.5 11.0
1990 36 DET AL 71 272 35 60 22 1 13 49 0 0 21 70 .221 .271 .452 .723 36.2 4.1
    AA   57 208 28 50 8 1 16 27 0 1 26 57 .240 .325 .519 .844 35.7  
15 Years Sim 2198 8159 1159 2100 460 39 442 1382 14 15 735 1613 .257 .319 .486 .804 1223.4 227.0
2 Years AAA 267 933 150 282 56 5 57 166 5 12 81 141 .302 .359 .556 .915 171.7  
1 Years AA 57 208 28 50 8 1 16 27 0 1 26 57 .240 .331 .519 .850 35.7  
3 Years Minors 324 1141 178 332 64 6 73 193 5 13 107 198 .291 .354 .550 .903 207.4  
162 Game Average 601 85 154 33 2 32 101 1 1 54 118 .257 .319 .486 .804 90.2  
Career Highs 155 601 104 187 38 4 42 138 3 3 62 157 .316 .364 .572 .936 109.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5779 783 1458 313 26 281 927 8 10 476 1158 .252 .309 .461 .770 821.3
vs LH   2380 376 642 147 13 161 455 6 5 259 455 .270 .341 .545 .886 432.4
Home 1096 4056 580 1079 226 22 227 752 6 9 337 818 .266 .322 .500 .822 641.5
Away 1102 4103 579 1021 234 17 215 630 8 6 398 795 .249 .316 .471 .787 612.2
RISP   2096 0 570 130 10 132 928 0 0 274 431 .272 .349 .532 .882 389.7
Pinch Hitting   78 5 19 5 0 2 12 0 0 9 20 .244 .318 .385 .703 9.9
Close/Late   977 128 277 63 3 61 181 0 0 126 181 .284 .365 .541 .906 187.0
Mar/Apr 364 1388 210 350 78 6 83 233 1 2 111 254 .252 .308 .496 .805 211.1
May 402 1508 204 384 86 7 79 243 1 1 135 296 .255 .315 .478 .793 226.8
June 381 1414 186 348 84 2 69 239 3 3 132 280 .246 .311 .455 .765 200.5
July 336 1228 171 322 60 6 71 209 3 3 111 256 .262 .324 .494 .819 194.5
August 376 1407 209 385 86 12 80 270 3 6 133 276 .274 .335 .522 .858 238.8
Sep/Oct 339 1214 179 311 66 6 60 188 3 0 113 251 .256 .319 .469 .788 181.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 22 BOS AL 1B 148 147 1258.3 1487 128 33 160 .980 11.55   1.3
    LF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00   0.0
1977 23 BOS AL LF 86 86 735.0 159 8 2 0 .988 2.04   1.8
    RF 10 0 18.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 5.00    
    1B 5 0 10.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 24 BOS AL 3B 45 44 386.7 33 94 8 8 .941 2.96   1.0
    1B 5 0 17.0 20 2 0 1 1.000 11.65   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1979 25 BOS AL 3B 44 43 379.3 37 83 5 9 .960 2.85   1.4
    1B 4 0 8.7 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.43   0.0
1980 26 BOS AL 3B 114 111 991.7 66 228 22 14 .930 2.67   2.7
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 27 BOS AL 3B 33 33 294.8 18 76 5 6 .949 2.87   0.9
    LF 18 17 142.8 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.4
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SEM AL 3B 66 66 600.5 36 155 9 13 .955 2.86   2.6
    LF 34 32 290.9 61 1 0 1 1.000 1.92   0.7
    RF 2 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
  TOT   3B 99 99 895.3 54 231 14 19 .953 2.86   3.5
      LF 52 49 433.7 91 2 0 1 1.000 1.93   1.1
      RF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1982 28 OAK AL RF 136 135 1179.7 219 13 4 3 .983 1.77   3.3
    LF 15 14 137.7 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.03    
    3B 1 0 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 29 OAK AL RF 121 119 1038.7 211 13 3 4 .987 1.94   4.3
    3B 33 31 274.3 27 59 6 3 .935 2.82   0.9
1984 30 OAK AL 3B 112 110 963.3 63 210 20 8 .932 2.55   4.0
    RF 37 37 310.0 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   1.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 31 OAK AL 3B 89 86 750.0 56 166 9 12 .961 2.66   2.3
    RF 59 58 506.7 94 3 0 2 1.000 1.72   1.2
    LF 3 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 4 0 10.3 13 2 0 1 1.000 13.07   0.0
1986 32 OAK AL 3B 26 24 206.0 7 49 3 3 .949 2.45   0.7
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1987 33 IND AL LF 102 100 883.7 161 13 1 1 .994 1.77   3.0
    RF 50 49 446.7 99 7 0 2 1.000 2.14    
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1988 34 IND AL 1B 143 143 1266.0 1627 108 25 166 .986 12.33   1.7
    3B 6 0 13.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
1989 35 DET AL 3B 132 127 1116.0 76 265 15 24 .958 2.75   3.2
    1B 5 5 40.0 58 3 0 7 1.000 13.73   0.1
    LF 4 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
1990 36 DET AL 3B 70 69 613.7 40 133 17 9 .911 2.54   1.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  3B 773 744 6600.9 462 1522 120 110 .943 2.71   21.0
  RF 419 399 3518.6 698 37 7 11 .991 1.88   9.9
  1B 316 295 2613.3 3228 244 58 337 .984 11.96   3.2
  LF 280 251 2246.7 454 25 3 3 .994 1.92   5.9
Career Totals   1788 1689 14979.6 4842 1828 188 461 .973 4.01   40.0
Career Highs   155 150 1336.0 1630 269 34 166 .996 12.17    
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
1978 24 BOS AL 5 20 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .250 .318 .250 .568
1979 25 BOS AL 7 29 5 5 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 7 .172 .172 .483 .655
1984 30 OAK AL 20 73 9 17 5 0 3 11 0 1 6 11 .233 .288 .425 .712
1985 31 OAK AL 7 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 8 .048 .192 .048 .240
1989 35 DET AL 11 43 4 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 13 .140 .213 .233 .445
Career Post-Season Batting 50 186 22 34 7 1 6 20 0 1 15 44 .183 .245 .328 .573
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
1979-1-.316
 On-Base Pct
1979-7-.364
 Slugging Pct
1979-1-.572
1980-4-.488
1981-2-.542
1983-9-.482
1984-2-.550
1987-9-.492
1988-8-.505
1989-4-.528
 OPS
1979-2-.936
1980-8-.817
1981-3-.876
1984-5-.875
 XR
1979-2-109.2
1981-5-103.8
1984-8-94.3
 Games
1978-6-155
1980-6-155
1983-6-155
1985-8-155
1988-9-155
At-Bats
1979-10-591
1982-10-600
 Runs
1979-1-104
 Hits
1979-3-187
 Total Bases
1979-1-338
1980-3-293
1981-2-316
1982-6-273
1984-2-310
1987-10-283
CAR-44-3964
 Doubles
1979-4-37
1980-9-34
 Homeruns
1979-1-36
1980-5-28
1981-2-40
1982-7-26
1983-5-35
1984-2-42
1985-4-33
1986-5-30
1987-3-38
1988-4-36
1989-2-39
CAR-19-442
RBIs
1979-2-111
1980-5-101
1981-1-138
1982-5-100
1983-9-97
1984-2-108
CAR-45-1382
 Strikeouts
1976-9-109
1978-3-115
1983-6-119
1987-6-138
1988-5-157
CAR-24-1613
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 113    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Oscar Gamble (900)
  2. Ron Santo (894)
  3. Jim Ray Hart (887)
  4. Dan Ford (880)
  5. Billy Williams (878)
  6. John Milner (878)
  7. Willie Stargell (868)
  8. Tony Perez (868)
  9. Larry Doby (858)
  10. Stan Musial (856)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1974
Injured on 7/19/1975 with a Stiff Neck, out for one week
Injured on 7/30/1975 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/5/1976, off Ed Connolly (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1976, off Ed Connolly (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 8/11/1977
Injured on 9/4/1977 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1978, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (A) on 9/28/1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/17/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/1979, hitting .381 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1979, hitting .315 with 8 HR, 15 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1979, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1979, hitting .376 with 8 HR, 25 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/1/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1979, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1979, hitting .316 with 36 HR, 111 RBI
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,250,000 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia on 4/7/1980
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,250,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Seattle on 6/1/1981 (Going to SEM: 3B Larry Parrish. Going to BOS: SS Dave Concepcion)
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/14/1981
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1981, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1981, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1981, hitting .347 with 9 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/16/1982 to a 7-year deal worth $15,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Montreal on 6/28/1982
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 8/27/1982
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1983, hitting .385 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1983, hitting .435 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1984, hitting .370 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 8/5/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1985, hitting .412 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 2/2/1987 (Going to NYG: P J.r. Richard, 1B Larry Parrish. Going to OAK: P Paul Boris)
Traded from New York (N) to Indianapolis on 2/2/1987 (Going to NYG: P Jerry Reuss. Going to IND: 1B Larry Parrish)
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 4 runs on 6/8/1987
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 8/15/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1988, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/6/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $4,250,000 per year
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 7/9/1989, off Jose Nunez (MIL)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1989
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1990 (Going to TAM: 3B Larry Parrish, P Kevin Saucier. Going to DET: 3B Tom O'malley)
 
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