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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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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

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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
1990 27 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 27 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 SEA AL 24 P 3 1 7.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.33 1.000 1.88 0.67
1989 NYY AL 26 P 22 17 120.0 27 7 20 0 1 1.000 2.02 1.23 .959 1.87 0.66
1990 TOT AL 27 P 29 3 73.0 15 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.85 0.52 .953 1.79 0.59
1990 NYY AL 27 P 5 2 22.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.82 0.40 .950 1.80 0.58
1990 DET AL 27 P 24 1 51.0 13 5 8 0 1 1.000 2.29 0.54 .954 1.78 0.59
1992 SEA AL 29 P 8 6 33.1 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.35 0.63 .967 1.73 0.56
4 Seasons P 62 27 234.0 49 13 35 1 2 .980 1.85 0.77 .959 1.82 0.61
4 Seasons TOT 62 27 234.0 49 13 35 1 2 .980 1.85 0.77 .939 1.82 0.61

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

December 22, 1987: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Lee Guetterman and Wade Taylor to the New York Yankees for Henry Cotto and Steve Trout.

June 4, 1990: Traded by the New York Yankees with Lance McCullers to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Nokes.

March 15, 1991: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 15, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989New York Yankees$68,000
1990New York Yankees$150,000
Career (may be incomplete)$218,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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