Clay Parker
James Clayton Parker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 19, 1962 in Columbia, LA
School: Louisiana State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1987
Final Game: June 8, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 24 SEA AL 0 0 10.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 15 10 9 2 4 0 8 1 0 0 43 45 2.478 17.6 2.3 4.7 9.4 2.00
1989 26 NYY AL 4 5 .444 3.68 22 17 1 2 0 0 120.0 123 53 49 12 31 3 53 2 2 2 507 105 1.283 9.2 0.9 2.3 4.0 1.71
1990 27 TOT AL 3 3 .500 3.58 29 3 8 0 0 0 73.0 64 29 29 11 32 6 40 1 0 4 308 112 1.315 7.9 1.4 3.9 4.9 1.25
1990 27 NYY AL 1 1 .500 4.50 5 2 1 0 0 0 22.0 19 11 11 5 7 1 20 0 0 1 91 89 1.182 7.8 2.0 2.9 8.2 2.86
1990 27 DET AL 2 2 .500 3.18 24 1 7 0 0 0 51.0 45 18 18 6 25 5 20 1 0 3 217 126 1.373 7.9 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.80
1992 29 SEA AL 0 2 .000 7.56 8 6 1 0 0 0 33.1 47 28 28 6 11 0 20 2 0 1 154 52 1.740 12.7 1.6 3.0 5.4 1.82
4 Seasons 7 10 .412 4.42 62 27 11 2 0 0 234.0 249 120 115 31 78 9 121 6 2 7 1012 89 1.397 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.7 1.55
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .412 4.42 47 21 8 2 0 0 179 190 92 88 24 60 7 92 5 2 5 773 89 1.397 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.7 1.55
NYY (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 3.80 27 19 2 2 0 0 142.0 142 64 60 17 38 4 73 2 2 3 598 102 1.268 9.0 1.1 2.4 4.6 1.92
SEA (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 8.12 11 7 2 0 0 0 41.0 62 38 37 8 15 0 28 3 0 1 197 50 1.878 13.6 1.8 3.3 6.1 1.87
DET (1 yr) 2 2 .500 3.18 24 1 7 0 0 0 51.0 45 18 18 6 25 5 20 1 0 3 217 126 1.373 7.9 1.1 4.4 3.5 0.80

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 24 SEA AL 3 43 37 10 15 1 0 2 0 0 4 8 .405 .465 .595 1.060 .464 22 0 1 0 1 0
1989 26 NYY AL 22 507 466 53 123 17 3 12 4 1 31 53 .264 .311 .391 .702 .275 182 13 2 6 2 3
1990 27 DET AL 24 217 186 18 45 7 2 6 6 2 25 20 .242 .332 .398 .730 .241 74 4 1 3 2 5
1990 27 NYY AL 5 91 83 11 19 4 0 5 0 2 7 20 .229 .286 .458 .744 .237 38 0 0 0 1 1
1990 27 TOT AL 29 308 269 29 64 11 2 11 6 4 32 40 .238 .318 .416 .734 .240 112 4 1 3 3 6
1992 29 SEA AL 8 154 139 28 47 12 0 6 3 1 11 20 .338 .390 .554 .944 .357 77 4 2 0 2 0
4 Seasons 62 1012 911 120 249 41 5 31 13 6 78 121 .273 .332 .431 .763 .284 393 21 6 9 8 9
162 Game Avg. 47 773 696 92 190 31 4 24 10 5 60 92 .273 .332 .431 .763 .284 300 16 5 7 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 24 SEA AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 33 33 2 1 0 1 5.0 3.6 4.3
1989 26 NYY AL 22 17 4 5 8 0 2 9 8 .529 3 2 2 0 8 47% 49 77 19 20 7 0 7 4.0 3.6 6.0 90 5 9 2 1 129
1990 27 TOT AL 29 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 45 62 32 14 2 0 1 4.7 6.8 5.4 90 1 0 2 0 112
1990 27 NYY AL 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 51 62 40 3 0 0 1 5.5 7.1 7.2 108 0 0 2 0 112
1990 27 DET AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 11 2 0 0 3.0 4.5 2.0 54 1 0 0 0 54
1992 29 SEA AL 8 6 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 .500 1 3 0 0 1 17% 39 68 21 7 3 0 3 5.3 4.5 4.8 78 4 2 0 0 99
4 Seasons 62 27 5 9 13 0 2 14 13 .519 4 6 2 0 10 37% 46 77 19 43 13 0 12 4.4 4.1 5.6 87 10 11 4 1 129
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1987 24 SEA AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.813 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 5.0
1989 26 NYY AL 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 3 0.981 1 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 4 0 4 0 10.4 42
1990 27 TOT AL 29 26 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 24 12 50% 0.559 8 5 12 2 6 18 15 11 17 7 17 5 6.5 30
1990 27 NYY AL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.492 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.7 41
1990 27 DET AL 24 23 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 12 55% 4 0.587 8 4 10 2 6 15 14 9 14 7 14 5 6.4 29
1992 29 SEA AL 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.769 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7.0 41
4 Seasons 62 35 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 31 14 45% 0.813 9 8 17 2 6 27 18 17 23 7 23 5 7.0 33

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 24 SEA AL 43 42% 4.7% 18.6% 9.3% 7.0% 20% 0.67 65% 10 0 0%
1989 26 NYY AL 507 47% 2.4% 10.5% 6.1% 6.3% 26% 1.22 1.78 79% 20% 7.1% 9% 86 13 15%
1990 27 TOT AL 308 38% 3.6% 13.0% 10.4% 7.8% 38% 1.18 1.50 72% 15% 12.1% 13% 50 4 8%
1990 27 NYY AL 91 46% 5.5% 22.0% 7.7% 9.9% 47% 1.86 2.14 65% 11% 26.3% 14% 10 0 0%
1990 27 DET AL 217 35% 2.8% 9.2% 11.5% 6.9% 33% 1.00 1.34 75% 17% 8.3% 13% 40 4 10%
1992 29 SEA AL 154 48% 3.9% 13.0% 7.1% 11.7% 38% 0.57 0.93 75% 25% 8.8% 12% 33 4 12%
4 Seasons 1012 44% 3.1% 12.0% 7.7% 7.6% 31% 1.07 1.50 76% 19% 8.9% 11% 179 21 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 26 NYY AL 507 1736 3.42 1077 62% 27% 12% 22% 39% 73% 1% 45% 84% 58% 4% 21 11 15% 78 37 6 38% 7 7 0 1 0
1990 27 TOT AL 285 1032 3.62 611 59% 31% 16% 17% 36% 69% 3% 41% 77% 52% 8% 23 15 14% 41 21 2 28% 7 3 23 0 0
1990 27 NYY AL 91 339 3.73 207 61% 33% 20% 16% 31% 67% 3% 41% 70% 55% 7% 6 5 15% 14 7 1 30% 1 0 0 0 0
1990 27 DET AL 194 693 3.57 404 58% 29% 14% 18% 38% 71% 3% 41% 80% 51% 9% 17 10 14% 27 14 1 26% 6 3 23 0 0
1992 29 SEA AL 154 549 3.56 334 61% 23% 16% 25% 36% 77% 0% 47% 79% 53% 5% 8 7 18% 28 13 1 10% 3 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 946 3317 3.51 2022 61% 27% 14% 21% 38% 73% 2% 44% 81% 55% 5% 52 33 16% 147 71 9 29% 17 11 23 1 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 24 SEA AL 43 15 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 26 NYY AL 507 123 16 3 12 0 11 8 4 8 4 31 14 3 45% 6 2 0 161 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1990 27 TOT AL 308 64 10 1 11 1 7 10 1 6 5 14 10 0 71% 3 4 0 109 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1990 27 NYY AL 91 19 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 2 0 67% 2 1 0 25 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 27 DET AL 217 45 8 1 6 1 7 5 1 3 3 11 8 0 73% 1 3 0 84 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1992 29 SEA AL 154 47 14 0 6 0 3 4 2 2 4 14 8 1 57% 0 1 0 59 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
4 Seasons 1012 249 40 4 31 1 22 23 8 17 14 60 33 4 55% 9 7 0 351 13 6 68% 13 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 24 0 0 10.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 15 10 9 2 4 0 8 1 0 0 43 45 2.478 17.6 2.3 4.7 9.4 2.00 45
1988 25 0 0 10.57 3 1 1 0 0 0 7.2 15 10 9 2 4 0 8 1 0 0 43 45 2.478 17.6 2.3 4.7 9.4 2.00 45
1989 26 4 5 .444 4.09 25 18 2 2 0 0 127.2 138 63 58 14 35 3 61 3 2 2 550 96 1.355 9.7 1.0 2.5 4.3 1.74 96
1990 27 7 8 .467 3.90 54 21 10 2 0 0 200.2 202 92 87 25 67 9 101 4 2 6 858 101 1.341 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.5 1.51 101
1991 28 7 8 .467 3.90 54 21 10 2 0 0 200.2 202 92 87 25 67 9 101 4 2 6 858 101 1.341 9.1 1.1 3.0 4.5 1.51 101
1992 29 7 10 .412 4.42 62 27 11 2 0 0 234.0 249 120 115 31 78 9 121 6 2 7 1012 89 1.397 9.6 1.2 3.0 4.7 1.55 89

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 24 0 0 9.00 8.0 14 9 8 2 4 8 1 2.250 15.8 4.5 9.0 2.00 2.3 3
1989 26 5 7 .417 4.34 114.0 131 61 55 13 33 50 2 1.439 10.3 2.6 3.9 1.52 1.0 22
1990 27 3 4 .429 4.04 69.0 67 34 31 12 34 38 1 1.464 8.7 4.4 5.0 1.12 1.6 29
1992 29 0 3 .000 9.00 31.0 49 34 31 6 11 19 2 1.935 14.2 3.2 5.5 1.73 1.7 8
4 Seasons 8 14 .364 5.07 222.0 261 138 125 33 82 115 6 1.545 10.6 4.7 1.40 1.3 62

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