Billy Parker
William David Parker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 168 lb.

Born: January 14, 1947 in Hayneville, AL
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1971
Final Game: September 29, 1973
Died: February 9, 2003 in Sun City West, AZ
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Standard Batting

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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
1971 24 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 25 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 26 CAL AL 38 115 102 14 23 2 1 0 7 0 1 8 23 .225 .286 .265 .550 62 27 2 1 3 1 1 4/6D
3 Seasons 94 278 252 29 56 4 2 3 21 1 4 19 60 .222 .276 .290 .566 68 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 68 126 12 2 5 5 2

Advanced Batting

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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 24 CAL AL 72 57 5 2.4 86 .306 .229 .247 .250 .318 .300 .366 .550 .684 61 .272 -4.0 -0.4 .404 .100 .071 1.0
1972 25 CAL AL 91 70 7 2.7 78 .238 .213 .240 .286 .307 .313 .346 .598 .653 83 .366 -1.4 -0.2 .471 .188 .100 .0
1973 26 CAL AL 115 86 8 2.5 87 .288 .225 .250 .286 .317 .265 .368 .550 .685 62 .267 -4.8 -0.5 .427 .108 .039
3 Seasons 278 213 20 2.5 84 .276 .222 .246 .276 .314 .290 .360 .566 .675 68 .298 -10.2 -1.1 .435 .131 .067 1.5
162 Game Avg. 479 367 34 2.5 84 .276 .222 .246 .276 .314 .290 .360 .566 .675 68 .298 -10.2 -1.1 .435 .131 .067 3

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 24 CAL AL 72 1.4% 27.8% 2.8% 2.8% 13% 10.00 3.5 70.0 11.7 0.79 68%
1972 25 CAL AL 91 2.2% 18.7% 9.9% 4.4% 24% 1.89 4.7 40.0 10.0 1.50 69%
1973 26 CAL AL 115 0.0% 20.0% 7.0% 2.6% 13% 2.88 4.4 14.6 1.18 70%
3 Seasons 278 1.1% 21.6% 6.8% 3.2% 16% 3.16 4.2 84.0 12.0 1.16 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 24 CAL AL 2 0 18% 24 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 80% 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1972 25 CAL AL 1 0 38% 43 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 67% 7 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 2
1973 26 CAL AL 1 0 44% 45 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44% 10 7 3 3 2 1 5 1 4
3 Seasons 4 0 36% 112 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 56% 20 11 9 4 2 2 8 1 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 24 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% 2 1 50% 0
1972 25 CAL AL 91 23% 17 1 0 0 0 1.02 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 3 17% 11 5 45% 54 7 13% 6 2 33% 4 1 25% 0
1973 26 CAL AL 115 35% 23 1 0 0 0 0.73 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 24 2 8% 17 5 29% 69 8 12% 5 2 40% 7 1 14% 0
3 Seasons 278 31% 56 2 0 0 0 0.88 3 0 6 1 2 1 2 0 4 3 75% 59 7 12% 35 10 29% 169 20 12% 12 5 42% 13 3 23% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 24 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 25 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 26 94 278 252 29 56 4 2 3 21 1 4 19 60 .222 .276 .290 .566 68 73 7 1 3 3 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 24 20 73 71 5 17 0 1 1 8 1 2 20 .239 .260 .310 .570 6 20
1972 25 38 99 86 16 20 2 0 2 11 0 11 18 .233 .313 .326 .639 9 36
1973 26 38 115 104 16 25 2 1 0 8 0 9 23 .240 .304 .279 .583 9 38
3 Seasons 96 287 261 37 62 4 2 3 27 1 22 61 .238 .296 .303 .599 24 94
162 Game Avg. 162 484 440 62 105 7 3 5 46 2 37 103 .238 .296 .303 .599 41 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 1954 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.

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