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Dave
Parker		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 240
 
Born: June 9, 1951 in Usa, MS, CALHOUN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1973   
Gold Glove 1978   
All-Star Selections 1978    1982    1983   
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
1973 22 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1974 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1977 26 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7
1978 27 MON NL $ 2,642,857   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 28 MON NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1980 29 MON NL $ 3,300,000   7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1981 30 DET AL $ 9,500,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 7 3 4 4 6 6 6
1982 31 DET AL $ 9,500,000   7 7 6 8 8 8 7 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 5
1983 32 DET AL $ 9,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 33 SDP NL $ 9,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 34 SDP NL $ 1,704,000   6 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 3 4 4 5 5 5
1986 35 WAS NL $ 2,500,000   3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
1987 36 WAS NL $ 2,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 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
1973 22 AAA   128 554 80 162 29 5 29 75 8 6 37 89 .292 .337 .520 .857 91.8  
1974 23 MON NL 31 98 15 24 4 2 4 14 0 0 3 15 .245 .275 .449 .723 11.6 1.6
    AAA   100 428 68 136 26 1 26 66 9 3 35 47 .318 .369 .565 .935 83.2  
1975 24 MON NL 112 387 63 118 23 2 11 49 0 0 21 47 .305 .345 .460 .805 56.2 10.2
1976 25 MON NL 118 335 60 108 24 3 10 53 0 2 29 33 .322 .378 .501 .880 57.0 13.6
1977 26 MON NL 155 579 74 162 32 2 13 97 1 3 31 78 .280 .314 .409 .724 70.3 12.8
1978 27 MON NL 145 532 69 170 26 4 11 91 1 0 32 51 .320 .360 .445 .806 79.2 17.1
1979 28 MON NL 158 575 80 155 22 3 22 100 0 1 33 74 .270 .308 .433 .741 71.9 14.5
1980 29 MON NL 141 493 65 144 23 2 20 96 3 3 28 59 .292 .330 .469 .798 75.5 17.3
1981 30 DET AL 152 600 82 153 40 6 24 87 4 4 41 91 .255 .302 .462 .764 80.6 14.8
1982 31 DET AL 153 605 95 174 40 4 28 112 5 2 33 96 .288 .327 .506 .832 93.8 20.6
1983 32 DET AL 145 582 85 181 41 4 26 120 1 4 39 94 .311 .353 .529 .883 98.4 20.5
1984 33 SDP NL 140 344 37 80 14 1 11 39 0 0 26 73 .233 .290 .375 .665 36.4 6.4
1985 34 NYG NL 18 23 6 9 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 5 .391 .400 .652 1.052 5.1 2.0
  SDP NL 95 265 33 61 14 0 11 45 0 0 25 66 .230 .293 .408 .700 30.2 4.4
  TOT   113 288 39 70 17 0 12 50 0 0 26 71 .243 .301 .427 .728 35.4 6.3
    AAA   28 103 15 30 6 0 6 17 0 0 8 15 .291 .342 .524 .867 17.7  
1986 35 WAS NL 134 487 57 123 24 2 15 66 0 1 27 102 .253 .291 .402 .693 53.5 7.9
1987 36 WAS NL 20 37 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 .162 .225 .162 .387 1.2 0.0
    AAA   44 87 7 17 7 0 0 9 0 0 6 20 .195 .247 .276 .523 5.4  
14 Years Sim 1717 5942 823 1668 330 35 207 975 15 20 372 894 .281 .323 .453 .776 820.8 163.7
4 Years AAA 300 1172 170 345 68 6 61 167 17 9 86 171 .294 .345 .519 .864 198.1  
162 Game Average 560 77 157 31 3 19 91 1 1 35 84 .281 .323 .453 .776 77.4  
Career Highs 158 605 95 181 41 6 28 120 5 4 41 102 .322 .378 .529 .883 98.4  
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   4440 632 1258 242 28 154 732 11 14 281 613 .283 .327 .455 .781 629.7
vs LH   1502 191 410 88 7 53 243 4 6 91 281 .273 .314 .447 .760 202.9
Home 845 2836 400 823 167 19 105 512 8 10 175 435 .290 .332 .474 .805 421.7
Away 872 3106 423 845 163 16 102 463 7 10 197 459 .272 .316 .433 .749 410.9
RISP   1571 0 477 100 10 63 731 0 0 123 239 .304 .345 .500 .846 261.9
Pinch Hitting   218 44 74 11 2 8 48 0 0 15 35 .339 .384 .518 .902 39.3
Close/Late   758 108 225 44 5 29 135 0 0 64 112 .297 .351 .483 .833 122.7
Mar/Apr 268 876 108 231 50 2 28 130 2 4 54 124 .264 .304 .421 .725 109.4
May 295 1025 146 276 46 5 33 161 4 4 58 146 .269 .309 .420 .729 129.1
June 289 1017 150 302 61 7 46 198 0 5 65 138 .297 .339 .506 .845 163.3
July 281 992 127 273 57 6 31 151 3 2 58 168 .275 .316 .439 .755 132.0
August 313 1111 165 336 60 10 42 203 3 4 75 191 .302 .347 .488 .834 176.4
Sep/Oct 271 921 127 250 56 5 27 132 3 1 62 127 .271 .320 .431 .751 122.3
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
1974 23 MON NL CF 9 9 72.3 21 2 1 0 .958 2.86   0.3
    1B 7 5 42.0 34 3 0 3 1.000 7.93   0.1
    RF 4 4 33.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.09    
    LF 4 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1975 24 MON NL LF 29 25 228.0 43 1 1 0 .978 1.74   2.6
    RF 26 23 201.3 57 1 2 0 .967 2.59    
    CF 23 22 196.0 60 2 1 1 .984 2.85    
    1B 24 20 179.0 207 8 3 21 .986 10.81   0.5
1976 25 MON NL RF 31 22 215.0 41 1 1 0 .977 1.76   2.4
    CF 26 17 167.7 45 0 1 0 .978 2.42    
    LF 31 11 131.3 38 3 0 0 1.000 2.81    
    1B 12 11 100.0 114 7 0 10 1.000 10.89   0.4
1977 26 MON NL LF 148 147 1300.3 256 12 5 0 .982 1.85   4.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1978 27 MON NL LF 143 140 1230.7 287 9 6 2 .980 2.16   3.8
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 28 MON NL LF 153 144 1300.3 287 9 6 0 .980 2.05   4.5
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1980 29 MON NL LF 129 121 1081.7 225 9 5 2 .979 1.95   2.3
    CF 3 2 20.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    RF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    1B 2 1 9.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 19.00   0.0
1981 30 DET AL RF 103 103 920.0 204 7 8 2 .963 2.06   5.1
    CF 41 40 358.3 91 8 3 1 .971 2.49    
    LF 6 6 52.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 31 DET AL RF 150 149 1337.0 276 19 13 6 .958 1.99   3.6
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1983 32 DET AL RF 142 142 1263.3 292 21 7 5 .978 2.23   3.2
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 33 SDP NL CF 63 13 233.3 54 5 1 3 .983 2.28   1.0
    RF 22 14 145.0 22 0 2 0 .917 1.37    
    LF 26 7 103.7 22 1 1 0 .958 2.00    
    1B 12 11 87.0 102 7 0 14 1.000 11.28   0.1
    SS 1 0 8.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
1985 34 NYG NL RF 5 1 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.0
    1B 3 1 5.9 8 0 0 0 1.000 12.20   0.0
    CF 2 1 4.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
  SDP NL RF 25 4 104.6 27 2 0 1 1.000 2.50   0.6
    1B 17 6 70.5 90 4 0 6 1.000 12.00   0.2
    CF 9 4 50.5 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.67   0.0
    LF 8 3 44.3 9 0 1 0 .900 1.83   0.0
  TOT   RF 30 5 113.3 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.46   0.6
      1B 20 7 76.4 98 4 0 6 1.000 12.02   0.2
      CF 11 5 54.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.0
      LF 10 3 48.0 10 0 1 0 .909 1.88   0.0
1986 35 WAS NL LF 127 126 1073.0 196 9 6 2 .972 1.72   1.9
    RF 3 0 11.3 2 1 1 0 .750 2.38    
    1B 3 1 10.0 16 2 0 0 1.000 16.20   0.0
1987 36 WAS NL 1B 14 6 79.0 85 3 1 9 .989 10.03   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
  LF 815 732 6584.0 1375 53 31 6 .979 1.95   19.2
  RF 513 463 4248.3 928 52 34 14 .966 2.08   15.0
  CF 182 109 1121.4 297 17 7 5 .978 2.52   1.4
  1B 98 62 589.4 683 36 4 64 .994 10.98   1.5
  SS 1 0 8.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
Career Totals   1609 1366 12551.0 3283 163 76 89 .978 2.47   37.1
Career Highs   155 149 1343.0 367 21 13 22 .994 8.72    
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
1974 23 MON NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1975 24 MON NL 17 61 5 20 4 0 1 7 0 0 1 8 .328 .339 .443 .781
1976 25 MON NL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 26 MON NL 13 45 4 13 2 0 3 7 0 0 2 9 .289 .327 .533 .860
1979 28 MON NL 9 36 4 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 7 .278 .325 .389 .714
1981 30 DET AL 19 73 10 20 2 1 4 13 0 0 7 10 .274 .333 .493 .826
1982 31 DET AL 7 28 7 8 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 6 .286 .323 .536 .858
1983 32 DET AL 6 27 2 9 4 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 .333 .357 .593 .950
1985 34 SDP NL 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 80 285 34 81 15 2 11 42 0 0 15 49 .284 .320 .467 .787
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
1978-5-.320
1983-5-.311
 Slugging Pct
1981-9-.462
1982-3-.506
1983-5-.529
 OPS
1982-7-.832
1983-5-.883
 XR
1982-7-93.8
1983-7-98.4
 Games
1977-10-155
1979-1-158
 At-Bats
1981-10-600
1982-8-605
Runs
1982-5-95
 Hits
1978-10-170
1983-5-181
 Total Bases
1981-6-277
1982-2-306
1983-5-308
 Singles
1978-9-129
 Doubles
1977-8-32
1981-4-40
1982-7-40
1983-6-41
 Homeruns
1981-10-24
1982-4-28
1983-10-26
RBIs
1977-9-97
1979-9-100
1981-10-87
1982-2-112
1983-3-120
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 70    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Hank Leiber (908)
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  8. Cliff Cook (907)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Montreal in 1973
Injured on 4/13/1973 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Injured on 7/25/1974 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/6/1974, off Jim York (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/12/1974, off John Miller (WAS)
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/25/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1978, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1978, hitting .353 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/20/1978 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Miami on 8/10/1979
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/19/1980 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 9 runs against Oakland on 9/12/1980
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 9/16/1980
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/13/1981 to a 4-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1982, hitting .302 with 8 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/20/1983
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Baltimore on 8/18/1983
Hit for the cycle against Pittsburgh on 8/20/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1983, hitting .520 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1983, hitting .412 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Injured on 9/23/1983 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/4/1984 (Going to DET: DH Bernie Carbo, 1B Oscar Gamble. Going to SDP: LF Bruce Boisclair, RF Dave Parker, LF John Balaz, P Rich Troedson)
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/3/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $1,704,000 per year
Traded from New York (N) to San Diego on 5/1/1985 (Going to NYG: C Geno Petralli. Going to SDP: RF Dave Parker, P Don Stanhouse)
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/23/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
 
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