Dave Parker

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-5, 230lb (196cm, 104kg)

Born: June 9, 1951 in Grenada, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Courter Tech HS (Cincinnati, OH).

High School: Courter Tech HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: July 12, 1973 (Age 22-033d, 13,379th in major league history)
vs. SDP 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1991 (Age 40-115d)
vs. CAL 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Agents: Bill Landman, Tom Reich

Full Name: David Gene Parker

Nicknames: Cobra

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MVP
7x All-Star
HR Derby Champ
2x World Series
3x Gold Glove
3x Silver Slugger
2x Batting Title
AS MVP

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.1

9358

2712

339

.290

1272

RBI

1493

154

OBP

.339

SLG

.471

OPS

.810

OPS+

121

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-39 / in Starts: 23-35
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	7

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 254 PAs	48
Actual Runners on Base	143 (66-48-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 254 PAs	25
Avg. Runners on Base	154 (76-51-26)

Most Driven In
O Moreno	20
T Foli	11
Self	9
B Madlock	3
P Garner	2
R Rhoden	1
S Nicosia	1
D Berra	1

Most Driven In By
M Easler	9
Self	9
J Thompson	2
B Madlock	2
P Garner	1
J Milner	1
L Tiant	1
W Stargell	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1018	1	Apr 9	PIT		MON	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	1.18	-0.119	.95	-0.06%	-0.98	RF
2	1019	2	Apr 12	PIT		MON	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	3	.62	0.157	.45	0.07%	1.15	RF
3	1020	3	Apr 13	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	3	.98	-0.101	.78	-0.05%	-1.18	RF
4	1021	4	Apr 15	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG(11)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.278	.444	.722	3	.91	0.033	.68	0.02%	0.26	RF
5	1022	5	Apr 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.364	.591	3	1.59	-0.294	1.12	-0.12%	-1.78	RF
6	1023	6	Apr 17	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.240	.231	.360	.591	3	1.42	0.038	.72	0.01%	0.34	RF
7	1024	7	Apr 18	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-11	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.194	.300	.494	3	1.75	-0.138	1.01	-0.05%	-0.79	RF
8	1025	8	Apr 19	PIT	@	HOU	W,2-0	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.219	.355	.574	9	2.40	0.182	1.44	0.07%	0.86	PH
9	1026	9	Apr 22	PIT		NYM	T,2-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.206	.194	.324	.518	3	.88	-0.025	.64	-0.01%	-0.21	RF
10	1027	10	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.175	.289	.464	3	1.04	-0.112	.77	-0.05%	-1.16	RF
11	1028	11	Apr 26	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.159	.262	.421	3	1.10	-0.076	.73	-0.03%	-0.68	RF
12	1029	12	Apr 28	PIT	@	NYM	W,8-0	GS-7	4	4	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.229	.370	.599	3	.62	0.200	.32	0.06%	3.25	RF
13	1030	13	Apr 29	PIT	@	NYM	W,10-0	GS-5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.231	.360	.591	3	.30	0.035	.18	0.01%	0.48	RF
14	1031	14	Apr 30	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-6	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.232	.407	.640	3	.49	0.169	.33	0.07%	1.17	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	1032	17 (2)	May 3	PIT		HOU	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.228	.400	.628	7	1.91	-0.047	1.10	-0.02%	-0.21	PH
16	1033	18	May 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-9	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.242	.450	.692	3	.82	0.312	.39	0.09%	2.84	RF
17	1034	19	May 7 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.242	.438	.680	3	.62	-0.040	.30	-0.01%	-0.13	RF
18	1035	20	May 7 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-1	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.246	.448	.694	3	.43	-0.007	.24	0.00%	-0.29	RF
19	1036	21	May 8	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.247	.437	.683	3	1.37	-0.116	1.12	-0.06%	-0.80	RF
20	1037	22	May 9	PIT	@	STL	L,0-13	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.237	.419	.656	3	.21	-0.016	.17	-0.01%	-0.45	RF
21	1038	23	May 10	PIT	@	STL	W,8-2	GS-9	5	5	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.272	.494	.765	3	.29	0.107	.21	0.05%	3.29	RF
22	1039	24	May 11	PIT	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.267	.476	.744	3	1.77	-0.160	1.12	-0.06%	-0.66	RF
23	1040	25	May 12	PIT	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.264	.267	.460	.726	3	.97	-0.033	.57	-0.01%	-0.31	RF
24	1041	26	May 13	PIT	@	ATL	W,7-5	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.266	.451	.717	3	.84	-0.066	.44	-0.02%	-0.23	RF
25	1042	39 (12)	May 29	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.255	.432	.687	3	1.35	-0.174	1.20	-0.09%	-1.47	RF
26	1043	40	May 30	PIT	@	MON	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.265	.439	.703	3	.87	0.133	.70	0.07%	1.47	RF
27	1044	41	May 31	PIT	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.264	.441	.705	3	.65	-0.016	.60	-0.01%	-0.15	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1045	42	Jun 2	PIT		CHC	W,16-3	GS-8	5	5	3	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.288	.467	.756	3	.52	0.194	.34	0.08%	2.94	RF
29	1046	43	Jun 3	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.281	.455	.735	3	1.06	-0.107	.71	-0.04%	-0.91	RF
30	1047	44	Jun 4	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	4	2	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.303	.491	.794	3	1.33	0.220	1.01	0.10%	2.47	RF
31	1048	45	Jun 5	PIT		SFG	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.293	.475	.767	3	1.55	-0.129	1.20	-0.06%	-0.83	RF
32	1049	46	Jun 6	PIT		SFG	W,7-6	GS-6	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.299	.471	.770	3	1.14	0.055	.85	0.03%	0.91	RF
33	1050	48 (1)	Jun 9	PIT		SDP	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280	.298	.464	.762	3	1.06	-0.016	.76	-0.01%	-0.43	RF
34	1051	49	Jun 10	PIT		SDP	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.303	.476	.779	9	1.06	0.070	.71	0.03%	0.40	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	1052	50	Aug 10	PIT	@	MON	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.296	.465	.761	3	.89	-0.065	1.19	-0.05%	-0.44	RF
36	1053	51	Aug 11	PIT	@	MON	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.295	.466	.761	3	1.45	0.304	1.72	0.22%	0.68	RF
37	1054	52	Aug 12	PIT		MON	L,2-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.292	.453	.744	3	2.38	-0.290	3.07	-0.23%	-1.11	RF
38	1055	53	Aug 13	PIT		MON	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.284	.440	.724	3	.60	-0.057	.67	-0.04%	-0.79	RF
39	1056	54	Aug 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-12	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.279	.429	.708	3	2.67	-0.258	2.47	-0.14%	-0.92	RF
40	1057	55	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	11-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.284	.429	.712	7	4.36	0.016	3.83	0.01%	0.13	PH RF
41	1058	56	Aug 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.283	.430	.713	3	.89	0.034	.87	0.02%	1.19	RF
42	1059	57	Aug 17	PIT		SFG	L,1-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.280	.429	.710	3	.88	-0.033	.60	-0.01%	-0.18	RF
43	1060	58	Aug 18	PIT		SFG	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.274	.419	.693	3	.82	-0.080	.39	-0.02%	-0.65	RF
44	1061	60 (1)	Aug 21 (1)	PIT		SDP	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.433	.706	3	.76	0.158	.45	0.06%	1.22	RF
45	1062	61	Aug 21 (2)	PIT		SDP	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.267	.423	.690	3	1.12	-0.142	.72	-0.05%	-1.68	RF
46	1063	62	Aug 22	PIT		SDP	L,6-7	CG	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.251	.276	.439	.715	3	1.41	0.138	1.19	0.07%	1.27	RF
47	1064	64 (1)	Aug 24	PIT		LAD	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.270	.429	.699	3	.58	-0.057	.41	-0.03%	-0.54	RF
48	1065	65	Aug 25	PIT		LAD	L,7-9	CG(11)	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.272	.442	.714	3	.66	0.461	.37	0.16%	2.41	RF
49	1066	70 (4)	Aug 30	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.271	.440	.710	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
50	1067	71	Aug 31	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-4	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.275	.443	.717	9	.77	0.024	.05	0.00%	0.11	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
51	1068	72	Sep 1	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-3	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.273	.440	.713	9	2.20	-0.053	.25	0.00%	-0.20	PH
52	1069	73	Sep 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-6	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.251	.274	.439	.713	4	1.06	0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.10	RF
53	1070	78 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.251	.274	.439	.713	4						PR
54	1071	85 (6)	Sep 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.260	.282	.458	.741	5	.52	0.162	.08	0.02%	0.62	RF
55	1072	86	Sep 18	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.277	.449	.726	5	1.55	-0.048	.31	-0.01%	-0.44	RF
56	1073	87	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.255	.276	.445	.721	3	.76	0.013	.27	0.00%	0.26	RF
57	1074	88	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.265	.285	.461	.746	3	1.09	0.200	.33	0.04%	1.94	RF
58	1075	89	Sep 21	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.264	.284	.457	.741	3	1.19	0.033	.26	0.00%	0.22	RF
59	1076	91 (1)	Sep 23	PIT	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.284	.450	.734	3	.99	-0.070	.18	-0.01%	-0.45	RF
60	1077	92	Sep 24	PIT	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.283	.447	.730	5	.63	-0.057	.06	0.00%	-0.12	RF
61	1078	93	Sep 25	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.260	.283	.452	.735	5	.89	0.012	.02	0.00%	-0.23	RF
62	1079	94	Sep 26	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.282	.448	.730	5	1.17	-0.091	.03	0.00%	-0.64	RF
63	1080	95	Sep 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.290	.469	.759	4	1.21	0.276	.00	0.00%	3.90	RF
64	1081	96	Sep 28 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.286	.463	.749	4	.26	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.52	RF
65	1082	99 (2)	Sep 30	PIT		MON	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.286	.464	.749	3	2.07	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.08	RF
66	1083	100	Oct 1	PIT		MON	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.281	.456	.737	3	.80	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.82	RF
67	1084	101	Oct 2	PIT		STL	W,8-7	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.287	.454	.742	3	1.61	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.05	RF
							27-39		254	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	9	2	25	2	0	3	2	5	6	2	.258	.287	.454	.742		1.08	0.688	.65	-0.05%	13.38

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