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Billy Parker

William David Parker

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 14, 1942 in Hayneville, AL
High School: Central HS (Hayneville, MA)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1971
Team: Angels 1971-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973
Died: February 9, 2003 in Sun City West, AZ
Buried: Mt. Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Hayneville, AL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1969	27	ANA-min	A	111	383	383		105	11	5	17						.274	.274	.462	.736		177							QDS · MIDW
1970	28	ANA-min	AA	116	436	436		125	26	3	21						.287	.287	.505	.791		220							ELP · TL
1971	29	ANA-min	AAA	144	610	527	95	161	20	11	27	115	14	3	71	147	.306	.390	.539	.929		284		5	2	5			SLC · PCL
1971	29	CAL	AL	20	72	70	4	16	0	1	1	6	1	1	2	20	.229	.250	.300	.550	61	21	2	0	0	0	0	4
1972	30	ANA-min	AAA	103	418	376	63	112	15	4	18	67	13	8	36	72	.298	.364	.503	.866		189		4	0	2			SLC · PCL
1972	30	CAL	AL	36	91	80	11	17	2	0	2	8	0	2	9	17	.213	.286	.313	.598	83	25	3	0	0	2	0	5/476
1973	31	ANA-min	AAA	113	465	406	76	121	14	11	25	87	11	4	51	98	.298	.377	.571	.949		232		3	1	4			SLC · PCL
1973	31	CAL	AL	38	115	102	14	23	2	1	0	7	0	1	8	23	.225	.286	.265	.550	63	27	2	1	3	1	1	4/6D
1974	32	NYY-min	AAA	65	252	226	36	68	12	2	5	32	7	6	21	45	.301	.368	.438	.806		99		3	2	0			SYR · IL
1975	33	NYY-min	AAA	39	93	83	10	26	6	0	0	16	1	0	10	19	.313	.387	.386	.773		32		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1976	34	NYY-min	AAA	29	101	88	12	19	5	0	0	8	1	0	12	26	.216	.310	.273	.583		24		0	1	0			SYR,MTY · IL,MEX
1977	35	TAB,MTY	AAA																										TAB,MTY · MEX
3 Yrs				94	278	252	29	56	4	2	3	21	1	4	19	60	.222	.276	.290	.566	69	73	7	1	3	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	479	434	50	97	7	3	5	36	2	7	33	103	.222	.276	.290	.566	69	126	12	2	5	5	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1971	29	CAL	AL	20	72	-2	1	-0	2	0	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.506	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$	4
1972	30	CAL	AL	36	91	-1	-1	0	2	0	0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$	5/476
1973	31	CAL	AL	38	115	-5	-0	0	-8	1	-12	-1.2	4	-8	-0.9	.466	.492	-0.1	-0.7	-1	$	4/6D
3 Seasons				94	278	-9	-0	0	-4	2	-11	-1.1	9	-2	-0.3	.488	.498	0.1	-0.1	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1971	29	CAL	AL	72	57	5	2.4	86	.306	.229	.246	.250	.316	.300	.365	.550	.681	61	.274	-4.0	-0.4	.404	.100	.071	1.0
1972	30	CAL	AL	91	70	7	2.7	78	.238	.213	.240	.286	.307	.313	.346	.598	.654	83	.366	-1.4	-0.2	.471	.188	.100	.0
1973	31	CAL	AL	115	86	8	2.5	86	.288	.225	.249	.286	.316	.265	.366	.550	.682	63	.267	-4.6	-0.5	.427	.108	.039
3 Yrs				278	213	20	2.5	83	.276	.222	.245	.276	.313	.290	.359	.566	.673	69	.298	-10.0	-1.0	.435	.131	.067	1.5
162 Game Avg.				479	367	34	2.5	83	.276	.222	.245	.276	.313	.290	.359	.566	.673	69	.298	-10.0	-1.0	.435	.131	.067	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	29	CAL	AL	72	1.4%	27.8%	2.8%	2.8%	13%	10.00	3.5	70.0	11.7	0.79	68%
1972	30	CAL	AL	91	2.2%	18.7%	9.9%	4.4%	24%	1.89	4.7	40.0	10.0	1.50	69%
1973	31	CAL	AL	115	0.0%	20.0%	7.0%	2.6%	13%	2.88	4.4		14.6	1.18	70%
3 Yrs				278	1.1%	21.6%	6.8%	3.2%	16%	3.16	4.2	84.0	12.0	1.16	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.66	6.3	45.6	9.2	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	29	CAL	AL	-4.0	-0.4	76	0.1	1.5	-1.4	1.06	-0.1	0.2	-3.5	-0.4	0.99	-2.0		0
1972	30	CAL	AL	-1.4	-0.2	96	-0.9	1.0	-1.9	1.00	-0.3	-0.6	-4.9	-0.6	0.96	-1.5	0.88	1
1973	31	CAL	AL	-4.8	-0.5	116	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	.92	-0.6	0.3	-5.3	-0.6	0.94	-6.0	0.56	1
3 Yrs				-10.3	-1.1	288	-0.9	4.1	-5.0	.98	-0.9	-0.0	-13.6	-1.5	0.96	-9.5	0.72	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	29	CAL	AL	2	18%	24	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	80%	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
1972	30	CAL	AL	1	38%	43	0	2	0%	0	2	2	2	67%	7	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	2
1973	31	CAL	AL	1	44%	45	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	44%	10	7	3	3	2	1	5	1	4
3 Yrs				4	36%	112	1	4	20%	1	4	3	5	56%	20	11	9	4	2	2	8	1	7

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1971	29	CAL	AL	72	35%	16			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	17	2	12%	7	0	0%	46	5	11%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
1972	30	CAL	AL	91	23%	17			1	0	0	0	0.88	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		18	3	17%	11	5	45%	54	7	13%	6	2	33%	5	2	40%	0
1973	31	CAL	AL	115	35%	23			1	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	24	2	8%	17	5	29%	69	8	12%	5	2	40%	6	3	50%	0
3 Yrs				278	31%	56			2	0	0	0	0.72	3	0	6	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	75%	59	7	12%	35	10	29%	169	20	12%	12	5	42%	14	7	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			13%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1971	29	20	72	70	4	16	0	1	1	6	1	1	2	20	.229	.250	.300	.550	61	21	2	0	0	0	0
1972	30	56	163	150	15	33	2	1	3	14	1	3	11	37	.220	.270	.307	.577	73	46	5	0	0	2	0
1973	31	94	278	252	29	56	4	2	3	21	1	4	19	60	.222	.276	.290	.566	69	73	7	1	3	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	29	20	75	73	5	19	0	1	1	8	1	2	20	.260	.280	.329	.609	7	20
1972	30	38	100	87	16	21	2	0	2	11	0	11	18	.241	.320	.333	.653	10	36
1973	31	38	118	104	17	25	2	1	0	8	0	9	23	.240	.304	.279	.583	9	38
3 Yrs		96	293	264	38	65	4	2	3	27	1	22	61	.246	.303	.311	.614	26	94
162 Game Avg.		162	494	446	64	110	7	3	5	46	2	37	103	.246	.303	.311	.614	44	94

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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