Dave Parker Stats

Dave Parker was born on Saturday, June 9, 1951, in Calhoun, Mississippi. Parker was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 12, 1973, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Dave Parker baseball stats page.

"He (Dave Parker) can beat you in every way. With his legs, his arm, and his bat." - Manager Chuck Tanner in The Chicago Tribune (1979)

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Dave Parker

Dave Parker Autograph on a 1983 Donruss (#473)

Dave Parker Autograph on a 1983 Donruss (#473)
 

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Birth Name:   David Gene Parker
Nickname:   Dave or The Cobra
Born On:   06-09-1951  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Calhoun, Mississippi
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Courter Tech High School (Cincinnati, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-05   Player Weight Chart Weight:   230
First Game:   07-12-1973 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-02-1991
Draft:   1970 : 14th Round (325th)
Dave Parker

Dave Parker Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Dave Parker

Dave Parker Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1973 22 Pirates 54 139 17 40 9 1 4 0 14 2 1 27 1 0 2 2 .288 .308 .453
1974 23 Pirates 73 220 27 62 10 3 4 1 29 10 1 53 0 0 3 3 .282 .322 .409
1975 24 Pirates 148 558 75 172 35 10 25 0 101 38 4 89 0 1 5 18 .308 .357 .541
1976 25 Pirates 138 537 82 168 28 10 13 0 90 30 6 80 0 4 2 16 .313 .349 .475
1977 26 Pirates 159 637 107 215 44 8 21 1 88 58 13 107 0 4 7 7 .338 .397 .531
1978 27 Pirates 148 581 102 194 32 12 30 0 117 57 23 92 0 2 2 8 .334 .394 .585
1979 28 Pirates 158 622 109 193 45 7 25 0 94 67 14 101 0 9 9 7 .310 .380 .526
1980 29 Pirates 139 518 71 153 31 1 17 0 79 25 5 69 0 5 2 8 .295 .327 .458
1981 30 Pirates 67 240 29 62 14 3 9 0 48 9 3 25 0 3 2 5 .258 .287 .454
1982 31 Pirates 73 244 41 66 19 3 6 0 29 22 2 45 0 3 1 7 .270 .330 .447
1983 32 Pirates 144 552 68 154 29 4 12 0 69 28 6 89 0 6 0 11 .279 .311 .411
1984 33 Reds 156 607 73 173 28 0 16 1 94 41 10 89 0 6 1 8 .285 .328 .410
1985 34 Reds 160 635 88 198 42 4 34 2 125 52 24 80 0 4 3 26 .312 .365 .551
1986 35 Reds 162 637 89 174 31 3 31 2 116 56 16 126 0 6 1 18 .273 .330 .477
1987 36 Reds 153 589 77 149 28 0 26 0 97 44 13 104 0 6 8 14 .253 .311 .433
1988 37 Athletics 101 377 43 97 18 1 12 0 55 32 2 70 0 2 0 3 .257 .314 .406
1989 38 Athletics 144 553 56 146 27 0 22 1 97 38 13 91 0 8 1 21 .264 .308 .432
1990 39 Brewers 157 610 71 176 30 3 21 0 92 41 11 102 0 14 4 18 .289 .330 .451
1991 40 Angels 119 466 45 108 22 2 11 0 56 29 3 91 0 3 3 9 .232 .279 .358
1991 40 Blue Jays 13 36 2 12 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .444
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 2,466 9,358 1,272 2,712 526 75 339 8 1,493 683 170 1,537 1 86 56 209 .290 .339 .471
Dave Parker

Dave Parker Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1973 Pirates CF 16 15 336 37 2.3 35 35 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .946 2.81
1973 Pirates LF 4 1 45 5 1.3 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1973 Pirates RF 19 15 408 40 2.1 39 36 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.58
1974 Pirates 1B 6 5 165 56 9.3 56 53 3 0 9 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.16
1974 Pirates CF 15 14 324 37 2.5 36 35 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 3.00
1974 Pirates LF 10 7 225 21 2.1 19 18 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .905 2.28
1974 Pirates RF 28 21 618 50 1.8 49 47 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.14
1975 Pirates RF 141 141 3,759 331 2.3 322 315 7 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.31
1976 Pirates RF 134 134 357 319 2.4 305 293 12 14 0 n/a n/a n/a .956 23.07
1977 Pirates 2B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1977 Pirates RF 158 158 444 422 2.7 407 381 26 15 9 n/a n/a n/a .964 24.75
1978 Pirates RF 147 147 3,909 329 2.2 316 304 12 13 3 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.18
1979 Pirates RF 158 158 459 374 2.4 359 343 16 15 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 21.12
1980 Pirates RF 130 129 3,273 260 2.0 251 237 14 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.07
1981 Pirates RF 60 59 1,476 116 1.9 109 108 1 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .940 1.99
1982 Pirates RF 63 62 1,581 117 1.9 112 110 2 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 1.91
1983 Pirates RF 142 139 3,678 293 2.1 285 281 4 8 2 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.09
1984 Reds RF 151 150 3,903 310 2.1 302 296 6 8 1 n/a n/a n/a .974 2.09
1985 Reds RF 159 158 450 348 2.2 338 328 10 10 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 20.28
1986 Reds RF 159 157 4,197 296 1.9 287 277 10 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.85
1987 Reds 1B 9 9 231 81 9.0 80 76 4 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.35
1987 Reds RF 142 141 3,633 297 2.1 287 275 12 10 3 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.13
1988 Athletics 1B 1 1 18 7 7.0 7 5 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.50
1988 Athletics LF 34 34 807 67 2.0 63 59 4 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .940 2.11
1989 Athletics RF 1 1 24 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25
1990 Brewers 1B 3 3 69 25 8.3 24 24 0 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .960 9.39
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
RF Totals 1,792 1,770 32,169 3,904 2.2 3,770 3,633 137 134 28 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.16
LF Totals 48 42 1,077 93 1.9 87 82 5 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.18
CF Totals 31 29 660 74 2.4 71 70 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .959 2.90
1B Totals 19 18 483 169 8.9 167 158 9 2 20 n/a n/a n/a .988 9.34
2B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
18 Years 1,891 1,859 34,389 4,240 2.2 4,095 3,943 152 145 48 n/a n/a n/a .966 3.22
Dave Parker

Dave Parker Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1973 Pirates 1 1 .500 15 2 n/a 34.8 5.1 9.9 - - -
1974 Pirates 3 3 .500 21 2 n/a 55.0 4.2 7.6 - - -
1975 Pirates 8 6 .571 7 0 n/a 22.3 6.3 5.5 - - -
1976 Pirates 19 7 .731 4 0 n/a 41.3 6.7 6.0 - - -
1977 Pirates 17 19 .472 1 0 n/a 30.3 6.0 7.2 - - -
1978 Pirates 20 7 .741 1 0 n/a 19.4 6.3 5.0 - - -
1979 Pirates 20 4 .833 0 0 n/a 24.9 6.2 6.6 - - -
1980 Pirates 10 7 .588 9 0 n/a 30.5 7.5 6.6 - - -
1981 Pirates 6 2 .750 7 1 n/a 26.7 9.6 5.0 - - -
1982 Pirates 7 5 .583 10 0 n/a 40.7 5.4 8.4 - - -
1983 Pirates 12 9 .571 2 0 n/a 46.0 6.2 8.0 - - -
1984 Reds 11 10 .524 6 0 n/a 37.9 6.8 6.5 - - -
1985 Reds 5 13 .278 2 0 n/a 18.7 7.9 5.1 - - -
1986 Reds 1 6 .143 4 0 n/a 20.5 5.1 5.5 - - -
1987 Reds 7 3 .700 3 0 n/a 22.7 5.7 6.1 - - -
1988 Athletics 0 1 .000 9 0 61 31.4 5.4 6.9 - - -
1989 Athletics 0 0 .000 7 0 140 25.1 6.1 5.7 - - -
1990 Brewers 4 7 .364 1 0 153 29.0 6.0 6.6 - - -
1991 Angels 3 2 .600 0 0 119 42.4 5.1 8.3 - - -
1991 Blue Jays 0 1 .000 3 0 11 0.0 5.1 12.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 154 113 .577 112 5 484 27.6 6.1 6.3 - - -
Dave Parker

Dave Parker Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1973 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $15,000.00 - -
1974 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $15,000.00 - -
1975 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $16,000.00 - -
1976 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $68,500.00 - -
1977 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 $175,000.00 Stats -
1978 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined Stats Stats
1980 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined Stats -
1981 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined Stats -
1982 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1983 Pittsburgh Pirates 39 Undetermined - -
1984 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined - -
1985 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined Stats -
1986 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined Stats -
1987 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined - -
1988 Oakland Athletics 39 $1,000,000.00 - Stats
1989 Oakland Athletics 39 $1,125,000.00 - Stats
1990 Milwaukee Brewers 39 $1,200,000.00 Stats -
1991 California Angels 39 $1,600,000.00 - -
1991 Toronto Blue Jays 39 Undetermined - -


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