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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	DET		TEX	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 9	DET	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	DET	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 14	DET	@	TEX	L,5-7	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	6	Apr 15	DET	@	TEX	W,11-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
6	9 (2)	Apr 20	DET		TOR	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	10	Apr 21	DET		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	11	Apr 22	DET		TOR	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
9	12	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
10	13	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
11	14	Apr 27	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
12	15	Apr 28	DET		MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	16	Apr 29	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	17	May 1	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	18	May 3	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
16	19	May 4	DET	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	20	May 5	DET	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	21	May 6	DET	@	MIN	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	22	May 7	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
20	23	May 8	DET		CHW	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	24	May 9	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	25	May 11	DET		MIL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	26	May 12	DET		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
24	27	May 13	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	28	May 14	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	29	May 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	30	May 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	31	May 18	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	32	May 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
30	33	May 20	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	43	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	34	May 21	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
32	35	May 22	DET		NYY	L,8-12	CG	48	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
33	36	May 23	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	37	May 26	DET		BAL	L,5-7	CG	71	16.0	15	3	1	19	0	C
35	39 (1)	May 27 (2)	DET		BAL	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	40	May 28	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	41	May 29	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	42	May 30	DET	@	TOR	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	43	May 31	DET	@	TOR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 1	DET	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
41	45	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	46	Jun 3	DET	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	47	Jun 4	DET	@	SEA	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	48	Jun 5	DET	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	49	Jun 6	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	50	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
47	51	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	52	Jun 10	DET	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	53	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	54	Jun 12	DET		OAK	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
51	56 (1)	Jun 14	DET		SEA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
52	57	Jun 15	DET		CAL	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
53	58	Jun 16	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	59	Jun 17	DET		CAL	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
55	61 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	57	14.0	11	3	0	14	0	C
56	62	Jun 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
57	63	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
58	64	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	65	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,6-8	CG	40	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	68	Jun 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	69	Jun 27	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	70	Jun 28	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
64	71	Jun 29	DET		CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
65	72	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,10-2	GS	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
67	74	Jul 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	48	11.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
68	75	Jul 3	DET		TOR	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
69	76	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
70	77	Jul 5	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	78	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
72	80 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	81	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	82	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
75	83	Jul 9	DET		MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	84	Jul 10	DET		MIN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
77	85	Jul 11	DET		MIN	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	86	Jul 12 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	88 (1)	Jul 13	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
80	89	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
81	90	Jul 15	DET	@	CHW	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	91	Jul 19	DET	@	MIN	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	92	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	L,6-14	GS	40	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
84	93	Jul 21	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
85	94	Jul 22	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	95	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,3-11	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	96	Jul 24	DET		MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
88	97	Jul 25	DET		MIL	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	98	Jul 26	DET		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	99	Jul 27	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
91	100	Jul 28	DET	@	TOR	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
92	101	Jul 29	DET	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	102	Jul 30	DET	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	103	Jul 31	DET	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	104	Aug 1	DET	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	105	Aug 3 (1)	DET		KCR	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
97	106	Aug 3 (2)	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
98	107	Aug 4	DET		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
99	108	Aug 5	DET		KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
100	109	Aug 7 (1)	DET		TEX	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	110	Aug 7 (2)	DET		TEX	W,8-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
102	111	Aug 8 (1)	DET		TEX	L,9-16	GS	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
103	112	Aug 8 (2)	DET		TEX	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	113	Aug 9	DET		TEX	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
105	114	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
106	116 (1)	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
107	117	Aug 12	DET	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	118	Aug 13	DET	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
109	119	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
110	120	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	123 (2)	Aug 19	DET	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
112	127 (3)	Aug 24	DET		SEA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	128	Aug 25	DET		SEA	L,4-8	GS	15	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
114	130 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	DET		SEA	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
115	131	Aug 27	DET		CAL	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
116	133 (1)	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-1	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
117	134	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
118	135	Aug 31	DET		OAK	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	136	Sep 1	DET		OAK	L,3-6	CG	40	10.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
120	137	Sep 2	DET		OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
121	138	Sep 3	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	139	Sep 4	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
123	140	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	141	Sep 6	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	10.0	5	3	1	9	0	C
125	142	Sep 7	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
126	143	Sep 8	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	144	Sep 9	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
128	145	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,14-1	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	146	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
130	147	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
131	149 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	47	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
132	150	Sep 17	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
133	151	Sep 18	DET		BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
134	152	Sep 19	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
135	153	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
136	154	Sep 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
137	156 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
138	157	Sep 25	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
139	158	Sep 26	DET	@	BAL	L,2-13	GS	31	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
140	159	Sep 28	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
141	160	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
142	161	Sep 30	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							142gm		1178.1	707	79	9	795	10