Clay Parker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 19, 1962 in Columbia, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Caldwell Parish HS (Columbia, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: September 14, 1987 (Age 24-269d, 15,419th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 8, 1992 (Age 29-172d)
vs. TEX 3.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: James Clayton Parker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.42

234.0

121

WHIP

1.397

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 31 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	17
SEA	8
DET	6

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	8

Home/Road
Home	17
Away	14

Outs
0	17
2	8
1	6

11 Opps
OAK	7
BOS	4
TEX	4
CLE	4
TOR	3
KCR	2
NYY	2
DET	2
SEA	1
BAL	1
MIL	1

29 Batters
Mark McGwire	2
José Canseco	2
Rickey Henderson	1
Jay Bell	1
Albert Belle	1
Jody Reed	1
Rubén Sierra	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Brad Wellman	1
Juan González	1
Ron Hassey	1
Carlos Baerga	1
Dave Winfield	1
Steve Buechele	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Joe Carter	1
Kevin Reimer	1
Tim Naehring	1
Jim Leyritz	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Dwight Evans	1
Mike Devereaux	1
Paul Molitor	1
Wade Boggs	1
Rob Deer	1
Bill Pecota	1
Fred McGriff	1
Dave Henderson	1

8 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	13
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Arlington St (ARL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1

Where Hit
7	14
78	10
8	3
9	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	7
3	6
2	4
1	4
Unk	3
5	3
6	2
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	16
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	5
-2-	2
123	1
1-3	1

43 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	22
1 on	7
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	9

Inning
1	1
2	1
3	7
4	6
5	5
6	3
7	6
8	1
9	1

1-3	9
4-6	14
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	5
-1	1
-2	6
-4..	2

Ahead	17
Tied	5
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-1	5
0-0	4
3-2	3
1-2	3
Unk	3
1-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
2-2	2
1-0	1
3-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	5
3B	5
1B	4
CF	4
LF	4
2B	3
SS	3
DH	2
C	1

OrderPos
3rd	7
4th	6
7th	5
1st	3
5th	3
8th	3
9th	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-09-14	Jay Bell	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 9-5	t 7	0	1--		2	8	6	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Williams Scores
2	2	2	1	1987-10-02	Rubén Sierra	TEX		SEA	behind 0-2	b 3	1	-2-		2	3	9	17%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Fletcher Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1989-05-21	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA		NYY	behind 0-6	b 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	1%	2%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); S. Bradley Scores
4	4	2	1	1989-05-28	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	NYY	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	4	3	13%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
5	5	3	2	1989-05-28	Ron Hassey	OAK	@	NYY	ahead 3-2	t 7	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	13%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	4	1	1989-06-08	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 4	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	11%	37%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	5	2	1989-06-08	Wade Boggs	BOS	@	NYY	behind 1-3	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	3	5	11%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
8	8	6	1	1989-07-01	Paul Molitor	MIL	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	5	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
9	9	7	1	1989-07-14 (2)	Bill Pecota	KCR	@	NYY	behind 2-4	t 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	6	11%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
10	10	8	2	1989-07-14 (2)	Brad Wellman	KCR	@	NYY	behind 3-4	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	9	4	13%	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1989-07-24	Joe Carter	CLE		NYY	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	14%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	10	1	1989-07-30	Fred McGriff	TOR	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	7,(3-2) CBBFFBX	1	5	3	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	11	1	1989-09-09	José Canseco	OAK		NYY	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	17%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Lansford Scores
14	14	12	2	1989-09-09	Dave Henderson	OAK		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	---	5,(1-2) CFBFX	1	7	8	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1990-04-18	Cecil Fielder	DET		NYY	ahead 5-3	b 5	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	4	3	7%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	1990-04-21	Steve Buechele	TEX		NYY	ahead 7-3	b 5	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
17	17	3	1	1990-04-30	Mark McGwire	OAK	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
18	18	4	2	1990-04-30	José Canseco	OAK	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	4,(1-2) SBSX	1	3	9	9%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
19	19	5	3	1990-04-30	Rickey Henderson	OAK	@	NYY	ahead 4-0	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	7	3%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1990-07-23	Mike Devereaux	BAL	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	123	3,(1-1) .BCX	4	7	8	15%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Tettleton Scores; C. Ripken Scores; C. Worthington Scores
21	21	7	1	1990-07-28	Jody Reed	BOS	@	DET	ahead 6-4	t 3	0	1--		2	1	4	12%	87%		Home Run; J. Marzano Scores
22	22	8	1	1990-07-31	Jesse Barfield	NYY		DET	ahead 6-0	b 5	0	1--	7,(3-2) CSBBFBX	2	6	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); K. Maas Scores
23	23	9	2	1990-07-31	Jim Leyritz	NYY		DET	ahead 9-2	b 7	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
24	24	10	1	1990-08-03	Tim Naehring	BOS		DET	ahead 12-4	b 7	0	1--	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	2	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Peña Scores
25	25	11	1	1990-09-05	Rance Mulliniks	TOR	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	3	5	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1992-05-08	Rob Deer	DET	@	SEA	behind 0-6	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	8	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Deer Scores
27	27	2	1	1992-05-16	Dave Winfield	TOR		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	5,(2-2) B1SSBX	3	4	DH	18%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. White Scores; J. Carter Scores; D. Winfield Scores
28	28	3	1	1992-05-24	Albert Belle	CLE	@	SEA	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	4	7	8%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Belle Scores
29	29	4	1	1992-06-03	Carlos Baerga	CLE		SEA	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	3	4	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Baerga Scores
30	30	5	1	1992-06-08	Kevin Reimer	TEX		SEA	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	---	4,(1-2) BSSX	1	5	7	8%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive); K. Reimer Scores
31	31	6	2	1992-06-08	Juan González	TEX		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	8	6%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. González Scores