Billy Parker

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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 (Age 29)
Team: Angels 1971-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973 (Age 31)
Died: February 9, 2003 in Sun City West, AZ
Buried: Mt. Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Hayneville, AL
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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
1969	27	ANA-min	A,WRk	156	599	540	89	150	16	8	22	96	15	5	44	137	.278	.338	.459	.798		248		8	2	5			QDS,ANG · MIDW,AZIL
1970	28	ANA-min	AA	116	480	436	72	125	26	3	21	71	9	2	39	126	.287	.342	.505	.846		220			0	5	9		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 (v2.2): 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	Pos
1971	29	CAL	AL	20	72	-2	1	-0	2	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.505	.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	.501	.500	0.2	0.2	2	5/476
1973	31	CAL	AL	38	115	-5	-0	0	-8	1	-12	-1.2	4	-8	-0.9	.466	.492	-0.0	-0.7	-0	4/6D
3 Seasons				94	278	-9	-0	0	-4	2	-11	-1.2	10	-1	-0.2	.488	.498	0.2	-0.1	3

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1971	CAL	AL	29	2B	20	20	17	175.0	95	39	52	4	13	.958	2	15	4.68	4.55	.980	5.31	5.28
1972	CAL	AL	30	3B	21	12	10	123.0	41	16	23	2	3	.951	0	4	2.85	1.86	.954	2.98	2.96
1972	CAL	AL	30	2B	9	5	2	51.0	27	9	18	0	5	1.000	1	33	4.76	3.00	.977	5.17	5.14
1972	CAL	AL	30	LF	6	4	2	37.1	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	1.45	1.00	.980	1.88	1.88
1972	CAL	AL	30	OF	5	4	2	37.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	0.96	0.80	.982	2.22	2.20
1972	CAL	AL	30	SS	1	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	28	4.15	2.00	.965	4.98	5.00
1973	CAL	AL	31	2B	32	30	22	256.1	145	81	58	6	15	.959	-7	-34	4.88	4.34	.980	5.44	5.41
1973	CAL	AL	31	SS	3	0	0	11.2	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-62	3.09	1.33	.962	5.09	5.07
1973	CAL	AL	31	DH	2	0
	3 Seasons			2B	61	55	41	482.1	267	129	128	10	33	.963	-4	-9	4.80	4.21	.980	5.36	5.33
	1 Season			3B	21	12	10	123.0	41	16	23	2	3	.951	0	4	2.85	1.86	.954	2.98	2.96
	1 Season			LF	6	4	2	37.1	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	1.45	1.00	.980	1.88	1.88
	1 Season			OF	5	4	2	37.1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-6	0.96	0.80	.982	2.22	2.20
	2 Seasons			SS	4	0	0	16.0	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-38	3.38	1.50	.963	5.06	5.05
	3 Seasons			TOT	91	71	53	658.2	318	150	156	12	36	.962	-4	-7	4.18	3.36	.976	4.73	4.60

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

Before 1969 Season: Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent.
December 3, 1973: Drafted by the New York Yankees from the California Angels in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

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