Lance Parrish

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: June 15, 1956 in Clairton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (16th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Walnut HS (Walnut, CA).

High School: Walnut HS (Walnut, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1977 (Age 21-082d, 13,944th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1995 (Age 39-100d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Bill Landman, Tom Reich

Full Name: Lance Michael Parrish

Nicknames: Big Wheel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.5

7067

1782

324

.252

856

RBI

1070

OBP

.313

SLG

.441

OPS

.753

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	DET		TOR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
2	3	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 12	DET	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 17	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
6	11 (1)	Apr 23 (1)	DET		TEX	W,9-6	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
7	13 (1)	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	15 (1)	Apr 26	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	16	Apr 28	DET	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	15	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	19 (2)	May 2	DET	@	CAL	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	20	May 3	DET	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	21	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	3	1	10	0	C
13	24 (2)	May 9	DET		CAL	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	25	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-10	GS	24	6.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
15	29 (3)	May 16	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	63	16.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	30	May 17	DET	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	34 (3)	May 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
18	36 (1)	May 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
19	37	May 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	39 (1)	May 25	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
21	40	May 26	DET	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
22	44 (3)	May 29	DET		BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	46 (1)	May 31	DET		MIL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	50 (3)	Jun 4	DET		MIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	53 (2)	Jun 9	DET		KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
26	55 (1)	Jun 11	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	57 (1)	Jun 13	DET		MIL	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	58	Jun 14	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	60 (1)	Jun 16	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
30	63 (2)	Jun 20	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	50	13.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	64	Jun 21	DET	@	TOR	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
32	65	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	68 (2)	Jun 25	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	69	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	71 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	73 (1)	Jun 29	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	76 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
39	77	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	GF	4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	79 (1)	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	81 (1)	Jul 6	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	86 (4)	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	87	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	92 (4)	Jul 21 (1)	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	53	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	96 (3)	Jul 23 (2)	DET		CAL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	99 (2)	Jul 26	DET		BAL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
47	100	Jul 27	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	102 (1)	Jul 29	DET		SEA	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	104 (1)	Jul 31	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	54	13.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	106 (1)	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	107	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	108	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	109	Aug 6	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	110	Aug 8	DET		TEX	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
55	112 (1)	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	113	Aug 12	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	117 (3)	Aug 16	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	120 (2)	Aug 19	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
59	121	Aug 20	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
60	122	Aug 21	DET	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	123	Aug 22	DET	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
62	124	Aug 23 (1)	DET		TOR	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	126 (1)	Aug 24	DET		TOR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	127	Aug 25	DET		MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	128	Aug 26	DET		MIL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
66	130 (1)	Aug 28	DET		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	132 (1)	Aug 31	DET		MIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	134 (1)	Sep 2	DET	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
69	136 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	140 (3)	Sep 8	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	142 (1)	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	147 (4)	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
73	148	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
74	149	Sep 18	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
75	153 (3)	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	46	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
76	154	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	155	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	156	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	161 (4)	Sep 30	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
							79gm		653.0	353	39	5	397	5