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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	DET	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	DET	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 7	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	DET		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 10	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	DET	@	NYY	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	DET	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	9 (1)	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	10	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	11	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
11	12	Apr 20	DET		KCR	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	13	Apr 22	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	14	Apr 23	DET		SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	15	Apr 24	DET		SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	16	Apr 27	DET	@	CAL	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	17	Apr 29	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	19	May 1 (2)	DET	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	20	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
20	21	May 4	DET	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	22	May 6	DET		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
22	23	May 7	DET		CAL	L,5-6	CG	51	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	24	May 8	DET		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	25	May 10	DET		OAK	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	26	May 11	DET		OAK	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	27	May 12	DET		OAK	L,4-11	GS	34	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
27	28	May 13	DET	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	29	May 14	DET	@	KCR	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
29	30	May 15	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH C
30	31	May 16	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	C
31	32	May 17	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	50	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	33	May 18	DET		NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	34	May 19	DET		TEX	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	35	May 20	DET		TEX	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
35	38 (2)	May 23	DET	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	39	May 24	DET	@	TOR	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	40	May 25	DET	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	42 (1)	May 27 (2)	DET		MIN	W,2-1	GF	17	4.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	45 (2)	May 30	DET		TOR	L,4-6	GS	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	46	Jun 1	DET		TOR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
41	47	Jun 2	DET		TOR	L,1-6	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	48	Jun 3	DET	@	TEX	W,12-1	GS	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	49	Jun 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	50	Jun 5	DET	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
45	51	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	52	Jun 7	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	53	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
48	55 (1)	Jun 10	DET		CLE	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	57 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	60 (2)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
51	61	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	62	Jun 17	DET	@	CLE	W,11-4	GS	28	6.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
53	63	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,8-12	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
54	64	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-7	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	65	Jun 20	DET		MIL	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
56	66	Jun 21	DET		MIL	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	67	Jun 22	DET		MIL	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
58	68	Jun 24	DET	@	BAL	W,9-0	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	69	Jun 25	DET	@	BAL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	70	Jun 26	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	71	Jun 28	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	72	Jun 29	DET	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
63	73	Jun 30	DET	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	74	Jul 1	DET		BAL	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
65	76 (1)	Jul 3	DET		BAL	W,10-1	GS	28	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
66	77	Jul 8	DET		OAK	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	DH C
67	78	Jul 9	DET		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	79	Jul 10	DET		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
69	81 (1)	Jul 12	DET		CAL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
70	83 (1)	Jul 14	DET	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
71	84	Jul 15	DET	@	SEA	L,2-7	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
72	85	Jul 16	DET	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	34	8.2	4	2	0	6	0	C
73	86	Jul 17	DET	@	SEA	W,8-1	GS	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	87	Jul 18	DET	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
75	88	Jul 19	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
76	89	Jul 20	DET	@	OAK	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
77	90	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
78	92 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	CAL	W,13-11	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	93	Jul 23	DET	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	94	Jul 24	DET	@	CAL	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
81	95	Jul 26	DET		SEA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	96	Jul 27	DET		SEA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	103 (6)	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	104	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
85	105	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
86	107 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	NYY	L,3-13	GS	41	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	108	Aug 7	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	109	Aug 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	111 (1)	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
90	112	Aug 11	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	113	Aug 12	DET		NYY	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
92	114	Aug 13	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
93	115	Aug 14	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	116	Aug 15	DET	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
95	117	Aug 16	DET	@	KCR	L,7-18	GS	43	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
96	118	Aug 17	DET	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	119	Aug 19	DET	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	120	Aug 20	DET	@	MIN	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	122 (1)	Aug 22	DET	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	123	Aug 23	DET	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
101	124	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
102	126 (1)	Aug 26	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
103	127	Aug 27	DET		TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
104	128	Aug 28	DET		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
105	130 (1)	Aug 30	DET		MIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
106	131	Aug 31	DET		TEX	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	132	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	133	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	134	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	TOR	L,7-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH C
110	135	Sep 3	DET	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
111	136	Sep 4	DET	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	42	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
112	137	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	C
113	138	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	139	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
115	140	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
116	141	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
117	142	Sep 10	DET	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
118	143	Sep 11	DET	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
119	144	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
120	145	Sep 13	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
121	146	Sep 14	DET		CLE	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
122	148 (1)	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	149	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
124	150	Sep 20	DET		BAL	W,14-1	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
125	151	Sep 21 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
126	153 (1)	Sep 22	DET		BAL	W,5-4	CG	47	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
127	154	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	156 (1)	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	157	Sep 27	DET	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
130	158	Sep 28	DET	@	BAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
131	160 (1)	Sep 30	DET		MIL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
132	161	Oct 1	DET		MIL	L,1-10	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
133	162	Oct 2	DET		MIL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
							131gm		1113.2	695	73	4	772	8