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Harry Parker

Harry William Parker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 14, 1947 in Highland, IL
High School: Collinsville HS (Collinsville, IL)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1970
Teams (by GP): Mets/Cardinals/Indians 1970-1976

Final Game: September 14, 1976
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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
1970 22 STL NL 1 1 .500 3.22 7 4 1 0 0 0 22.1 24 13 8 0 15 0 9 0 0 0 105 130 1.746 9.7 0.0 6.0 3.6 0.60
1971 23 STL NL 0 0 7.20 4 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 23 54 1.600 10.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 1.00
1973 25 NYM NL 8 4 .667 3.35 38 9 16 0 0 5 96.2 79 40 36 7 36 3 63 3 0 2 410 109 1.190 7.4 0.7 3.4 5.9 1.75
1974 26 NYM NL 4 12 .250 3.92 40 16 14 1 0 4 131.0 145 64 57 10 46 5 58 3 0 6 575 92 1.458 10.0 0.7 3.2 4.0 1.26
1975 27 TOT NL 2 4 .333 5.06 32 1 9 0 0 3 53.1 58 30 30 5 29 7 35 0 0 6 246 72 1.631 9.8 0.8 4.9 5.9 1.21
1975 27 NYM NL 2 3 .400 4.41 18 1 5 0 0 2 34.2 37 17 17 2 19 5 22 0 0 4 159 79 1.615 9.6 0.5 4.9 5.7 1.16
1975 27 STL NL 0 1 .000 6.27 14 0 4 0 0 1 18.2 21 13 13 3 10 2 13 0 0 2 87 62 1.661 10.1 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
1976 28 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 6.4
6 Yrs 15 21 .417 3.85 124 30 44 1 0 12 315.1 315 151 135 24 128 15 172 6 0 14 1381 95 1.405 9.0 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.34
162 Game Avg. 7 9 .417 3.85 55 13 19 0 0 5 139 139 67 60 11 57 7 76 3 0 6 610 95 1.405 9.0 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.34
NYM (3 yrs) 14 19 .424 3.77 96 26 35 1 0 11 262.1 261 121 110 19 101 13 143 6 0 12 1144 96 1.380 9.0 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.42
STL (3 yrs) 1 2 .333 4.89 25 4 6 0 0 1 46.0 51 30 25 5 27 2 24 0 0 2 215 82 1.696 10.0 1.0 5.3 4.7 0.89
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 6.4
NL (5 yrs) 15 21 .417 3.94 121 30 41 1 0 12 308.1 312 151 135 24 128 15 167 6 0 14 1359 93 1.427 9.1 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.30
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 22 0.429 3.9 0.0 0.0 6.4

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 Awards
1970 22 STL NL 22.1 7 4 13 5.24 4.43 -0.53 0.04 103.4 5.17 -0 -0.1 .5 -0.0 0.1 2 .493 .500 $
1971 23 STL NL 5.0 4 0 4 7.20 4.37 -0.41 -0.19 116.3 5.34 -1 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -1 .470 .499 $
1973 25 NYM NL 96.2 38 9 40 3.72 4.12 -0.01 -0.11 99.3 4.00 3 0.3 1.8 -0.0 1.1 12 .508 .502 $
1974 26 NYM NL 131.0 40 16 64 4.40 4.21 -0.45 -0.01 99.4 4.62 3 0.3 1.7 -0.1 1.3 15 .507 .502 $
1975 27 NYM NL 34.2 18 1 17 4.41 4.06 -0.00 -0.29 97.9 3.69 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.1 -0.2 0 .481 .498 $
1975 27 STL NL 18.2 14 0 13 6.27 4.35 -0.21 -0.35 106.3 4.47 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.3 -2 .470 .497 $
1976 28 CLE AL 7.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.22 -0.14 -0.35 107.5 4.31 3 0.4 .0 -0.2 0.3 4 .640 .503 $
6 Seasons 315.1 124 30 151 4.31 4.19 -0.25 -0.10 100.3 4.36 0 0.1 1.5 -0.4 2.3 31 .501 .500 $
NYM (3 yrs) 262.1 96 26 121 4.15 4.16 -0.23 -0.08 99.2 4.27 2 0.3 1.7 -0.2 2.2 28 .503 .501 $
STL (3 yrs) 46.0 25 4 30 5.87 4.39 -0.39 -0.15 106.0 4.90 -5 -0.6 .7 0.0 -0.2 -1 .476 .499 $
CLE (1 yr) 7.0 3 0 0 0.00 4.22 -0.14 -0.35 107.5 4.31 3 0.4 .0 -0.2 0.3 4 .640 .503 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1973 25 NYM NL NLCS W CIN 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1973 25 NYM NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 2 .000 2.08 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 3 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.154 6.2 2.1 4.2 4.2 1.00
1 NLCS 0 1 .000 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 1 .000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

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
1970 22 STL NL 7 105 87 13 24 3 0 0 0 0 15 9 .276 .382 .310 .693 .308 27 1 0 3 0 0 2
1971 23 STL NL 4 23 21 4 6 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 .286 .348 .619 .967 .235 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 25 NYM NL 38 410 364 40 79 9 3 7 5 1 36 63 .217 .291 .316 .607 .242 115 2 3 4 3 3 5
1974 26 NYM NL 40 575 515 64 145 24 7 10 6 2 46 58 .282 .343 .414 .756 .301 213 11 3 8 2 5 6
1975 27 TOT NL 32 246 209 30 58 10 0 5 7 2 29 35 .278 .363 .397 .760 .310 83 1 0 6 2 7 2
1975 27 NYM NL 18 159 136 17 37 9 0 2 7 2 19 22 .272 .361 .382 .744 .313 52 1 0 4 0 5 2
1975 27 STL NL 14 87 73 13 21 1 0 3 0 0 10 13 .288 .365 .425 .789 .305 31 0 0 2 2 2 0
1976 28 CLE AL 3 22 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .136 .136 .136 .273 .176 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 124 1381 1218 151 315 47 10 24 18 7 128 172 .259 .330 .373 .703 .283 454 16 6 21 7 15 16
162 Game Avg. 55 610 538 67 139 21 4 11 8 3 57 76 .259 .330 .373 .703 .283 200 7 3 9 3 7 7
MLB Averages .253 .322 .370 .691 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 22 STL NL 0.6 0.1 105 0.0 2.0 -2.0 1.24 0.1 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 1.24 0.4 0 0 3
1971 23 STL NL -1.5 -0.2 23 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .15 -0.1 0.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.15 -3.5 0 0 3
1973 25 NYM NL 3.5 0.4 417 0.4 8.9 -8.5 1.28 0.7 -0.3 1.4 0.1 1.28 5.6 14 8 7
1974 26 NYM NL -4.0 -0.4 590 -0.2 10.9 -11.1 1.11 -1.5 1.3 -10.0 -1.0 1.11 -16.3 10 4 10
1975 27 TOT NL -6.6 -0.7 264 -0.3 4.5 -4.9 1.17 -0.3 -0.0 1.6 0.2 1.18 -1.6 12 3 16
1975 27 NYM NL -2.6 -0.3 172 0.1 3.8 -3.8 1.43 -0.1 0.1 2.6 0.3 1.43 -0.3 10 2 5
1975 27 STL NL -3.9 -0.4 92 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .70 -0.2 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 0.70 -1.3 2 1 11
1976 28 CLE AL 2.9 0.3 22 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 0.2 0.3 3.2 0.4 0.01 4.1 0 0 3
6 Yrs -5.1 -0.5 1421 -0.1 26.4 -26.5 1.15 -1.0 0.9 -6.2 -0.6 1.15 -11.3 36 15 42

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
1970 22 STL NL 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .250 1 1 0 0 1 25% 49.2 76 34 8 3 2 2 4.3 4.0 4.8
1973 25 NYM NL 38 9 4 2 3 0 0 4 5 .444 1 2 0 0 4 44% 49.3 78 29 13 4 2 5 4.4 4.8 5.3
1974 26 NYM NL 40 16 4 10 2 0 4 6 10 .375 0 0 1 0 9 56% 48.9 67 23 19 6 4 4 2.3 2.2 5.7
1975 27 TOT NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 31 16 9 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.7
1975 27 NYM NL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31.0 31 31 11 4 0 1 4.0 4.5 2.7
4 Yrs 103 30 8 13 9 0 4 11 19 .367 2 3 1 0 14 47% 48 78 23 51 17 8 12 3.3 3.2 5.4
MLB Averages .500 55% 53 109 -5 4.1 4.0 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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
1970 22 STL NL 7 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 1.236 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 3.0
1971 23 STL NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .146 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 2 1 3.8
1973 25 NYM NL 38 29 16 4 2 6 5 1 83% 7 1 27 10 37% 7 1.281 14 8 7 8 7 14 12 17 15 8 15 3 5.1
1974 26 NYM NL 40 24 14 0 2 7 4 3 57% 10 3 18 12 67% 6 1.109 10 4 10 10 3 11 9 15 13 5 15 1 5.0
1975 27 TOT NL 32 31 9 2 3 3 3 0 100% 4 0 27 3 11% 1.174 12 3 16 6 6 19 14 17 19 7 19 3 4.9
1975 27 NYM NL 18 17 5 2 2 2 2 0 100% 2 0 17 2 12% 9 1.434 10 2 5 4 5 8 8 9 12 3 12 0 5.6
1975 27 STL NL 14 14 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 10 1 10% 6 .698 2 1 11 2 1 11 6 8 7 4 7 3 4.0
1976 28 CLE AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .007 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 7.0
6 Yrs 124 94 44 7 8 16 12 4 75% 21 4 74 25 34% 1.148 36 15 42 24 16 54 37 57 52 22 54 8 4.9

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%
1970 22 STL NL 105 57% 0.0% 8.6% 14.3% 2.9% 13% 1.32 74% 20 1 5%
1971 23 STL NL 23 52% 8.7% 8.7% 8.7% 13.0% 50% 1.40 74% 5 0 0%
1973 25 NYM NL 410 53% 1.7% 15.4% 8.8% 4.6% 24% 0.71 72% 76 2 3%
1974 26 NYM NL 575 60% 1.7% 10.1% 8.0% 7.1% 28% 1.02 78% 124 11 9%
1975 27 TOT NL 246 63% 2.0% 14.2% 11.8% 6.1% 26% 0.63 70% 52 1 2%
1975 27 NYM NL 159 62% 1.3% 13.8% 12.0% 6.9% 30% 0.60 70% 32 1 3%
1975 27 STL NL 87 66% 3.5% 14.9% 11.5% 4.6% 19% 0.68 68% 20 0 0%
1976 28 CLE AL 22 55% 0.0% 22.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.14 77% 3 1 33%
6 Yrs 1381 58% 1.7% 12.5% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 0.87 75% 280 16 6%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.8% 8.7% 6.0% 27% 1.09 74% 11%

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
1970 22 STL NL 105 24 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 STL NL 23 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 NYM NL 410 79 7 1 15 5 2 3 4 21 11 4 52% 5 2 0 147 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1974 26 NYM NL 575 145 10 0 14 4 6 2 8 45 25 3 56% 6 6 1 222 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1975 27 TOT NL 246 58 5 0 15 5 0 3 2 15 5 1 33% 2 6 2 107 7 2 78% 6 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 17 0
1975 27 NYM NL 159 37 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 11 3 1 27% 2 4 0 69 7 2 78% 6 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 4 0
1975 27 STL NL 87 21 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 4 2 0 50% 0 2 2 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1976 28 CLE AL 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1381 315 24 1 49 15 9 9 15 82 41 8 50% 16 14 3 537 18 7 72% 16 4 2 3 0 0 3 1 38 0
MLB Averages 50% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1970 22 1 1 .500 3.22 7 4 1 0 0 0 22.1 24 13 8 0 15 0 9 0 0 0 105 130 1.746 9.7 0.0 6.0 3.6 0.60 130
1971 23 1 1 .500 3.95 11 4 2 0 0 0 27.1 30 17 12 2 17 0 11 0 0 0 128 105 1.720 9.9 0.7 5.6 3.6 0.65 105
1972 24 1 1 .500 3.95 11 4 2 0 0 0 27.1 30 17 12 2 17 0 11 0 0 0 128 105 1.720 9.9 0.7 5.6 3.6 0.65 105
1973 25 9 5 .643 3.48 49 13 18 0 0 5 124.0 109 57 48 9 53 3 74 3 0 2 538 108 1.306 7.9 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.40 108
1974 26 13 17 .433 3.71 89 29 32 1 0 9 255.0 254 121 105 19 99 8 132 6 0 8 1113 99 1.384 9.0 0.7 3.5 4.7 1.33 99
1975 27 15 21 .417 3.94 121 30 41 1 0 12 308.1 312 151 135 24 128 15 167 6 0 14 1359 93 1.427 9.1 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.30 93
1976 28 15 21 .417 3.85 124 30 44 1 0 12 315.1 315 151 135 24 128 15 172 6 0 14 1381 95 1.405 9.0 0.7 3.7 4.9 1.34 95

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1970 22 1 1 .500 3.27 22.0 24 9 8 0 15 9 0 1.773 9.8 6.1 3.7 0.60 0.0 7
1971 23 0 0 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 2 2 2 0 1.600 10.8 3.6 3.6 1.00 3.6 4
1973 25 5 5 .500 3.66 96.0 82 43 39 7 37 63 3 1.240 7.7 3.5 5.9 1.70 0.7 38
1974 26 6 7 .462 4.43 124.0 151 68 61 10 48 55 3 1.605 11.0 3.5 4.0 1.15 0.7 40
1975 27 2 3 .400 5.54 52.0 60 36 32 5 30 34 0 1.731 10.4 5.2 5.9 1.13 0.9 32
1976 28 0 0 0.00 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 6.4 0.0 3
6 Yrs 14 16 .467 4.24 306.0 323 160 144 24 132 168 6 1.487 9.5 4.9 1.27 0.7 124

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