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Clay Parker

James Clayton Parker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 19, 1962 in Columbia, LA
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1987
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Mariners 1987-1992

Final Game: June 8, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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
1985	22	SEA-min	A-	6	1	.857	1.55	10	9	1	2	0	0	63.2	40	16	11	1	16	0	69	2	0	5			0.880	5.7	0.1	2.3	9.8	4.31	BLH · NORW
1986	23	SEA-min	A	8	7	.533	2.88	26	26	0	4	0	0	178.0	171	77	57	11	39	1	154	7	1	13			1.180	8.6	0.6	2.0	7.8	3.95	WAU · MIDW
1987	24	SEA-min	AA,AAA	15	6	.714	2.82	28	28	0	9	1	0	198.0	181	82	62	11	42	2	104	1	1	6			1.126	8.2	0.5	1.9	4.7	2.48	CNG,CGY · SOUL,PCL
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	47	2.478	17.6	2.3	4.7	9.4	2.00

1988	25	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.26	10	10	0	0	0	0	49.2	49	21	18	3	9	0	51	3	2	2			1.168	8.9	0.5	1.6	9.2	5.67	CLB · IL
1989	26	NYY-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	1.66	5	5	0	1	1	0	38.0	25	9	7	1	10	2	25	0	1	2			0.921	5.9	0.2	2.4	5.9	2.50	CLB · IL
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	106	1.283	9.2	0.9	2.3	4.0	1.71
1990	27	DET-NYY-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.33	9	9	0	2	1	0	54.0	58	23	20	3	13	0	34	0	0	3			1.315	9.7	0.5	2.2	5.7	2.62	TOL,CLB · IL
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	113	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	127	1.373	7.9	1.1	4.4	3.5	0.80

1991	28	OAK-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.67	25	20	2	3	1	0	132.1	123	65	54	6	44	0	78	2	2	5	555		1.262	8.4	0.4	3.0	5.3	1.77	TAC · PCL
1992	29	SEA-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	20	9	8	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	77		1.278	10.0	0.0	1.5	5.5	3.67	CGY · PCL
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	53	1.740	12.7	1.6	3.0	5.4	1.82
1995	32	MIL-min	AAA	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	9		3.750	20.2	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	NOR · AA
4 Yrs				7	10	.412	4.42	62	27	11	2	0	0	234.0	249	120	115	31	78	9	121	6	2	7	1012	90	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	90	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	103	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	51	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	127	1.373	7.9	1.1	4.4	3.5	0.80

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1987	24	SEA	AL	7.2	3	1	10	11.74	4.87	-0.08	-0.07	105.9	5.17	-6	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-5	.344	.497	$

1989	26	NYY	AL	120.0	22	17	53	3.98	4.39	0.14	0.08	99.4	4.30	4	0.4	.6	-0.1	1.3	16	.518	.503	$68,000
1990	27	NYY	AL	22.0	5	2	11	4.50	4.52	0.21	-0.01	99.2	4.26	-0	-0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.491	.500	$150,000
1990	27	DET	AL	51.0	24	1	18	3.18	4.22	-0.06	-0.30	104.0	4.13	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.0	11	.526	.504	$

1992	29	SEA	AL	33.1	8	6	28	7.56	4.37	-0.32	0.08	99.9	4.76	-10	-1.0	.6	0.0	-0.7	-7	.377	.494	$
4 Seasons				234.0	62	27	120	4.62	4.38	0.03	-0.02	100.6	4.35	-7	-0.5	.9	-0.2	1.4	18	.493	.499	$218,000

NYY (2 yrs)				142.0	27	19	64	4.06	4.41	0.15	0.07	99.3	4.29	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	1.4	18	.513	.501	$218,000
SEA (2 yrs)				41.0	11	7	38	8.34	4.46	-0.27	0.05	101.0	4.84	-16	-1.5	.5	0.1	-1.0	-11	.368	.496	$
DET (1 yr)				51.0	24	1	18	3.18	4.22	-0.06	-0.30	104.0	4.13	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.0	11	.526	.504	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	6
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	1
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	2
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	3

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	0
4 Yrs				62	1012	911	120	249	41	5	31	13	6	78	121	.273	.332	.431	.763	.284	393	21	6	9	8	9	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	7
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.386	.709	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1987	24	SEA	AL	-4.5	-0.4	43	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.82	-0.4	-0.0	-5.5	-0.5	0.82	-4.7	0	1	0

1989	26	NYY	AL	3.3	0.3	516	0.3	8.6	-8.3	.98	0.5	-0.2	7.3	0.8	0.98	4.8	0	1	4
1990	27	TOT	AL	5.1	0.5	322	-0.2	2.5	-2.7	.53	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	-0.0	0.53	0.2	8	3	14
1990	27	NYY	AL	-0.5	-0.1	94	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.47	-0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.46	-2.5	0	0	3
1990	27	DET	AL	5.6	0.6	228	-0.0	1.8	-1.9	.56	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.1	0.56	2.7	8	3	11

1992	29	SEA	AL	-11.9	-1.1	160	-1.1	1.6	-2.8	.76	-1.1	-0.3	-12.7	-1.2	0.76	-11.8	0	1	1
4 Yrs				-8.1	-0.7	1041	-1.4	13.3	-14.6	.80	-0.9	-0.8	-11.0	-0.9	0.80	-11.4	8	6	19

Starting Pitching*

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%	33.0	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%	49.2	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%	44.6	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%	51.0	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%	32.0	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%	38.5	68	21	7	3	0	3	5.3	4.5	4.8	79	4	2	0	0	99
4 Yrs				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													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.3	4.3	6.2	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.820	0	1	0	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	.982	0	1	4	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%		.531	8	3	14	2	6	18	15	11	17	7	17	5	6.5	31
1990	27	NYY	AL	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	.465	0	0	3	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	.558	8	3	11	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	.763	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	7.0	41
4 Yrs				62	35	11	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	31	14	45%		.804	8	6	19	2	6	27	18	17	23	7	23	5	7.0	33

Ratio Pitching*

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	58%	4.7%	18.6%	9.3%	7.0%	20%		0.67	65%				10	0	0%

1989	26	NYY	AL	507	53%	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	62%	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	54%	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	65%	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	52%	3.9%	13.0%	7.1%	11.7%	38%	0.57	0.93	75%	25%	8.8%	12%	33	4	12%
4 Yrs				1012	56%	3.1%	12.0%	7.7%	7.6%	31%	1.07	1.50	76%	19%	8.9%	11%	179	21	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	286	1037	3.63	613	59%	31%	16%	17%	36%	69%	3%	41%	77%	52%	8%	23	15	14%	41	21	2	28%	7	3	22	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	195	698	3.58	406	58%	30%	14%	18%	38%	70%	3%	41%	80%	51%	9%	17	10	14%	27	14	1	26%	6	3	22	0	0

1992	29	SEA	AL	155	552	3.56	336	61%	23%	16%	24%	36%	77%	0%	47%	79%	53%	5%	8	7	19%	29	13	1	10%	3	1	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				948	3325	3.51	2026	61%	27%	14%	21%	38%	73%	2%	44%	81%	55%	5%	52	33	16%	148	71	9	29%	17	11	21	1	0
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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	7.2	15	10	9	2	4	0	8	1	0	0	43	47	2.478	17.6	2.3	4.7	9.4	2.00	47
1988	25	0	0		10.57	3	1	1	0	7.2	15	10	9	2	4	0	8	1	0	0	43	47	2.478	17.6	2.3	4.7	9.4	2.00	47
1989	26	4	5	.444	4.09	25	18	2	2	127.2	138	63	58	14	35	3	61	3	2	2	550	97	1.355	9.7	1.0	2.5	4.3	1.74	97
1990	27	7	8	.467	3.90	54	21	10	2	200.2	202	92	87	25	67	9	101	4	2	6	858	102	1.341	9.1	1.1	3.0	4.5	1.51	102
1991	28	7	8	.467	3.90	54	21	10	2	200.2	202	92	87	25	67	9	101	4	2	6	858	102	1.341	9.1	1.1	3.0	4.5	1.51	102
1992	29	7	10	.412	4.42	62	27	11	2	234.0	249	120	115	31	78	9	121	6	2	7	1012	90	1.397	9.6	1.2	3.0	4.7	1.55	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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	6	6	.500	4.26	114.0	129	60	54	13	33	50	2	1.421	10.2	2.6	3.9	1.52	1.0	22
1990	27	4	3	.571	4.04	69.0	66	34	31	11	33	38	1	1.435	8.6	4.3	5.0	1.15	1.4	29

1992	29	0	3	.000	9.00	31.0	49	34	31	6	11	18	2	1.935	14.2	3.2	5.2	1.64	1.7	8
4 Yrs		10	12	.455	5.03	222.0	258	137	124	32	81	114	6	1.527	10.5		4.6	1.41	1.3	62

* 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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