Dave Parker

David Gene Parker
Born: June 9, 1951
Grenada, MS USA
Primary Position: RF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 230
Career: 1973-1991
Draft: Round 14 (1970 June Amateur Draft, Pittsburgh Pirates)
School: Courter Tech HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025.
Minor League Statistics

Dave Parker compiled a career batting average of .290 with 339 home runs and 1493 RBI in his 2466-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays and California Angels. He began playing during the 1973 season and last took the field during the 1991 campaign. Parker was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025.

Pittsburgh Pirates

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1973	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	54	144	139	17	40	9	1	4	14	1	1	2	27	.288	.308	.453	.761	63	2	2	1	0	1
1974	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	73	233	220	27	62	10	3	4	29	3	3	10	53	.282	.322	.409	.731	90	3	3	0	0	1
1975	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	148	602	558	75	172	35	10	25	101	8	6	38	89	.308	.357	.541	.898	302	18	5	0	1	4
1976	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	138	573	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	19	7	30	80	.313	.349	.475	.824	255	16	2	0	4	6
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	159	706	637	107	215	44	8	21	88	17	19	58	107	.338	.397	.531	.927	338	7	7	0	4	13
1978	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	148	642	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	7	57	92	.334	.394	.585	.979	340	8	2	0	2	23
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	158	707	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	20	4	67	101	.310	.380	.526	.906	327	7	9	0	9	14
1980	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	139	550	518	71	153	31	1	17	79	10	7	25	69	.295	.327	.458	.785	237	8	2	0	5	5
1981	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	67	254	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	6	2	9	25	.258	.287	.454	.742	109	5	2	0	3	3
1982	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	73	270	244	41	66	19	3	6	29	7	5	22	45	.270	.330	.447	.776	109	7	1	0	3	2
1983	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	144	586	552	68	154	29	4	12	69	12	9	28	89	.279	.311	.411	.722	227	11	0	0	6	6
1984	NL	Cincinnati Reds	156	655	607	73	173	28	0	16	94	11	10	41	89	.285	.328	.410	.738	249	8	1	0	6	10
1985	NL	Cincinnati Reds	160	694	635	88	198	42	4	34	125	5	13	52	80	.312	.365	.551	.916	350	26	3	0	4	24
1986	NL	Cincinnati Reds	162	700	637	89	174	31	3	31	116	1	6	56	126	.273	.330	.477	.807	304	18	1	0	6	16
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	153	647	589	77	149	28	0	26	97	7	3	44	104	.253	.311	.433	.744	255	14	8	0	6	13
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	101	411	377	43	97	18	1	12	55	0	1	32	70	.257	.314	.406	.720	153	3	0	0	2	2
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	144	600	553	56	146	27	0	22	97	0	0	38	91	.264	.308	.432	.741	239	21	1	0	8	13
1990	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	157	669	610	71	176	30	3	21	92	4	7	41	102	.289	.330	.451	.781	275	18	4	0	14	11
1991	AL	California Angels	119	501	466	45	108	22	2	11	56	3	2	29	91	.232	.279	.358	.638	167	9	3	0	3	3
1991	AL	Toronto Blue Jays	13	40	36	2	12	4	0	0	3	0	1	4	7	.333	.400	.444	.844	16	0	0	0	0	0
Totals			2466	10184	9358	1272	2712	526	75	339	1493	154	113	683	1537	.290	.339	.471	.810	4405	209	56	1	86	170

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1973	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	39	31	263.3	77	3	3	1	.964	2.734	2.051
1974	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	49	42	390.3	101	5	4	1	.964	2.444	2.163
1974	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	1B	6	5	55.0	53	3	0	9	1.000	9.164	9.333
1975	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	141	141	1253.7	311	7	9	2	.972	2.283	2.255
1976	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	134	134	1196.3	294	12	14	0	.956	2.302	2.284
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	158	158	1420.3	389	26	15	9	.965	2.630	2.627
1977	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1978	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	147	147	1303.7	302	12	13	3	.960	2.168	2.136
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	158	158	1432.3	341	15	15	1	.960	2.237	2.253
1980	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	130	129	1091.0	235	14	9	0	.965	2.054	1.915
1981	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	60	59	492.0	110	1	7	0	.941	2.030	1.850
1982	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	63	62	527.0	108	2	5	1	.957	1.879	1.746
1983	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	142	139	1226.7	282	3	8	2	.973	2.091	2.007
1984	NL	Cincinnati Reds	OF	151	150	1301.7	296	6	8	1	.974	2.088	2.000
1985	NL	Cincinnati Reds	OF	159	158	1404.3	329	12	10	1	.972	2.185	2.145
1986	NL	Cincinnati Reds	OF	159	157	1399.0	278	9	9	2	.970	1.846	1.805
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	OF	142	141	1211.3	278	13	10	3	.967	2.162	2.049
1987	NL	Cincinnati Reds	1B	9	9	77.7	76	4	1	7	.988	9.270	8.889
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	OF	34	34	269.0	58	3	3	0	.953	2.041	1.794
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	1B	1	1	6.0	5	2	0	0	1.000	1.500	7.000
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	OF	1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.000
1990	AL	Milwaukee Brewers	1B	3	3	23.0	24	0	1	4	.960	9.391	8.000
Totals				1887	1859	16352.0	3949	152	144	47	.966	2.257	2.173

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SF	IBB
1974	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0
1975	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	3	12	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1	1	0	0
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	3	15	12	2	4	0	0	2	1	0	2	3	.333	.400	.333	.733	4	1	0	1	0
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	7	33	29	2	10	3	0	4	0	1	2	7	.345	.394	.448	.842	13	1	1	1	1
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	3	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	4	0	0	0	0
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	4	17	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	0	0	0	0
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	4	16	16	2	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.563	.750	9	0	0	0	0
1989	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	3	9	9	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.667	.889	6	0	0	0	0
Totals				30	122	111	11	26	5	3	11	1	1	7	24	.234	.287	.360	.647	40	3	2	2	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1974	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	RF	2	2	17.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	2.647	2.500
1975	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	RF	3	3	26.0	13	1	0	1	1.000	4.846	4.667
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	NLCS	RF	3	3	30.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	3.300	3.667
1979	NL	Pittsburgh Pirates	WS	RF	7	7	62.0	13	1	1	1	.933	2.032	2.000
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	ALCS	LF	1	1	6.0	1	0	1	0	.500	1.500	1.000
1988	AL	Oakland Athletics	WS	LF	2	2	14.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.571	2.000
Totals					18	18	155.0	46	3	2	2	.961	2.845	2.722

Awards

1975 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1977 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1977-07-22
1977 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1977 - NL Gold Glove OF
1978 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1978 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1978-09-16
1978 - NL Player of the Month September
1978 - NL Gold Glove OF
1978 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1978 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1978-08-11
1978 - NL Player of the Month August
1978 - NL Most Valuable Player
1979 - NL Gold Glove OF
1985 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1985 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1985-05-17
1985 - NL Player of the Month May
1985 - NL Silver Slugger OF
1985 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1985-05-03
1986 - NL Silver Slugger OF
1986 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1986 - NL Player of the Week Week of 1986-09-05
1989 - AL Outstanding DH Award
1990 - AL Silver Slugger DH
1990 - AL Outstanding DH Award
1990 - AL TSN All-Star DH
1990 - AL Player of the Week Week of 1990-08-25

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