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Wes
Parker		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 13, 1939 in Usa, IL, EVANSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1967    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 24 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7
1965 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 7
1966 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1967 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 6
1968 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 6
1969 29 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 7
1970 30 WAS NL $ 1,375,714   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 7
1971 31 WAS NL $ 1,530,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
1972 32 WAS NL $ 1,677,857   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1973 33 WAS NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1974 34 WAS NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1975 35 WAS NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1976 36 WAS NL $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1977 37 PHN NL $ 2,000,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6
1978 38 IND AL $ 800,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1979 39 WAS NL $ 736,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6
1980 40 WAS NL $ 2,190,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,190,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 6 7
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
1964 24 AAA   136 489 59 118 20 3 12 46 10 5 86 70 .241 .355 .368 .723 70.1  
1965 25 WAS NL 27 76 4 14 3 0 1 2 1 2 8 17 .184 .262 .263 .525 5.1 0.0
    AAA   134 468 71 119 22 1 19 72 12 5 94 61 .254 .379 .427 .806 81.8  
1966 26 WAS NL 152 556 69 157 23 9 10 47 13 2 59 94 .282 .354 .410 .764 82.8 21.0
1967 27 WAS NL 154 568 87 142 32 5 13 36 10 4 69 105 .250 .332 .393 .724 74.1 13.1
1968 28 WAS NL 63 160 14 32 2 0 3 15 2 1 25 32 .200 .306 .269 .575 15.3 1.5
    AAA   81 314 50 108 14 3 12 60 2 3 44 44 .344 .425 .522 .947 64.6  
1969 29 WAS NL 97 296 44 87 11 0 4 24 5 3 48 46 .294 .394 .372 .765 46.1 9.7
1970 30 WAS NL 107 314 50 99 11 1 6 56 12 3 37 45 .315 .386 .414 .800 50.2 11.1
1971 31 WAS NL 108 319 49 102 20 4 5 35 8 5 41 38 .320 .399 .455 .854 55.4 12.7
1972 32 WAS NL 76 197 30 55 12 0 4 24 2 1 24 39 .279 .356 .401 .757 26.5 4.8
1973 33 WAS NL 92 244 30 64 13 4 2 26 1 3 20 42 .262 .317 .373 .690 26.1 2.7
1974 34 WAS NL 89 253 35 74 13 0 2 20 2 0 23 40 .292 .348 .368 .715 32.6 5.3
1975 35 WAS NL 111 316 47 99 19 6 4 31 1 2 28 37 .313 .370 .449 .819 47.0 11.3
1976 36 WAS NL 58 92 11 28 5 2 1 13 0 0 13 9 .304 .393 .435 .827 14.6 3.1
    AAA   46 48 12 17 3 0 1 7 1 1 7 5 .354 .436 .479 .916 9.4  
1977 37 PHN NL 149 560 76 165 32 3 4 50 9 9 58 72 .295 .364 .384 .748 74.5 15.3
1978 38 IND AL 120 336 29 111 19 0 5 52 5 2 28 37 .330 .383 .432 .814 49.9 10.1
    AAA   23 70 12 30 4 1 2 12 1 1 7 11 .429 .481 .600 1.081 16.7  
1979 39 WAS NL 111 268 35 87 18 3 3 47 1 0 22 36 .325 .380 .448 .827 42.6 11.1
1980 40 WAS NL 68 124 7 34 8 0 0 11 0 0 6 15 .274 .313 .339 .652 10.7 1.5
16 Years Sim 1582 4679 617 1350 241 37 67 489 72 37 509 704 .289 .359 .399 .758 653.5 134.2
5 Years AAA 420 1389 204 392 63 8 46 197 26 15 238 191 .282 .386 .438 .824 242.5  
162 Game Average 479 63 138 24 3 6 50 7 3 52 72 .289 .359 .399 .758 66.9  
Career Highs 154 568 87 165 32 9 13 56 13 9 69 105 .330 .399 .455 .854 82.8  
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   2126 277 584 97 19 29 234 31 16 203 325 .275 .339 .379 .718 272.3
vs LH   2553 340 766 144 18 38 255 41 21 306 379 .300 .376 .415 .791 393.3
Home 785 2283 310 647 111 22 28 219 37 18 258 321 .283 .357 .388 .745 317.7
Away 797 2396 307 703 130 15 39 270 35 19 251 383 .293 .361 .409 .770 347.9
RISP   999 0 274 46 7 15 398 0 0 128 141 .274 .354 .379 .733 138.9
Pinch Hitting   375 48 103 19 1 5 72 4 2 38 51 .275 .339 .371 .710 47.8
Close/Late   680 68 190 27 4 13 95 0 0 76 121 .279 .353 .388 .741 94.1
Mar/Apr 223 702 93 203 36 14 13 79 11 5 70 99 .289 .353 .436 .789 105.5
May 281 877 114 279 44 4 10 95 11 5 93 126 .318 .385 .412 .797 135.3
June 265 785 105 235 58 4 8 87 7 7 88 99 .299 .372 .414 .786 116.1
July 271 803 115 226 34 6 14 80 18 9 75 130 .281 .345 .391 .736 107.3
August 266 772 104 211 38 3 12 78 9 5 87 127 .273 .347 .377 .724 102.5
Sep/Oct 276 740 86 196 31 6 10 70 16 6 96 123 .265 .348 .364 .712 98.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1965 25 WAS NL 1B 25 25 193.0 253 21 2 25 .993 12.78   0.3
1966 26 WAS NL 1B 148 147 1197.7 1437 99 10 123 .994 11.54   1.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 27 WAS NL 1B 150 146 1241.7 1592 137 19 147 .989 12.53   1.7
1968 28 WAS NL 1B 49 47 399.7 564 36 5 44 .992 13.51   0.3
1969 29 WAS NL 1B 86 76 662.0 800 64 5 84 .994 11.75   0.6
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 30 WAS NL 1B 85 70 636.7 791 53 6 75 .993 11.93   1.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 31 WAS NL 1B 87 72 630.0 787 55 5 85 .994 12.03   0.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 32 WAS NL 1B 55 44 407.0 521 31 7 57 .987 12.21   0.9
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 33 WAS NL 1B 65 51 473.0 618 45 5 60 .993 12.62   0.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 34 WAS NL 1B 65 59 502.7 613 38 2 69 .997 11.66   1.3
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1975 35 WAS NL 1B 25 14 143.3 207 12 3 20 .986 13.75   0.2
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
1976 36 WAS NL 1B 27 12 133.7 174 8 2 20 .989 12.25   0.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 37 PHN NL 1B 149 146 1298.0 1687 100 13 175 .993 12.39   2.5
1978 38 IND AL 1B 110 74 750.3 1022 90 6 106 .995 13.34   2.0
1979 39 WAS NL 1B 96 53 548.3 677 45 4 56 .994 11.85   1.2
1980 40 WAS NL 1B 41 15 196.0 207 20 2 20 .991 10.42   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  1B 1263 1051 9413.0 11950 854 96 1166 .993 12.24   15.8
  CF 8 0 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
  SS 6 0 13.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.29   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1278 1051 9443.6 11955 858 96 1166 .993 12.21   15.9
Career Highs   150 147 1298.0 1687 137 19 175 .997 13.51    
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
1969 29 WAS NL 5 20 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400
1970 30 WAS NL 11 38 2 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 6 .263 .317 .316 .633
1971 31 WAS NL 6 19 4 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .368 .400 .474 .874
1972 32 WAS NL 5 17 3 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .412 .474 .529 1.003
1973 33 WAS NL 4 14 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .214 .267 .286 .552
1979 39 WAS NL 5 21 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .286 .318 .381 .699
Career Post-Season Batting 36 129 13 37 9 0 0 11 1 0 7 27 .287 .328 .357 .685
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.
Runs
1967-9-87
 Doubles
1967-10-32
1977-8-32
 Triples
1966-2-9
1967-6-5
1975-6-6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Wally Backman (930)
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  6. Carl Furillo (912)
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  8. Roy Weatherly (910)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Washington in 1964
Injured on 5/17/1964 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/5/1965, off Danny Mcdevitt (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 9/20/1965, off Ray Herbert (PIT)
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1967
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,375,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,530,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,677,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/23/1972 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 7 weeks
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $1,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/12/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 4/18/1977
Injured on 9/25/1977 with a Ruptured Medial Collateral Ligament, out for full season
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1977
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $800,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 4/3/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $736,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/3/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $2,190,000 per year
 
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