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Rick Parker

Richard Alan Parker

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 20, 1963 in Kansas City, MO
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1990
Teams (by GP): Giants/Astros/Dodgers/Mets 1990-1996
Agents: Jordan Feagan [*]
Final Game: August 30, 1996
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Standard Batting

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
1985	22	PHI-min	A-	55	252	205	45	51	9	1	2	20	14	7	40	42	.249	.377	.332	.709		68		4	0	3	0		BND · NORW
1986	23	PHI-min	A	125	519	451	63	120	17	5	5	43	22	18	57	68	.266	.352	.359	.711		162		4	5	2	1		SPB,CLW · SALL,FLOR
1987	24	PHI-min	A	101	369	330	56	83	13	3	3	34	6	4	31	36	.252	.319	.336	.655		111		3	2	3	3		CLW · FLOR
1988	25	PHI-min	AA	116	408	362	50	93	13	3	3	47	24	6	36	50	.257	.324	.334	.659		121		3	1	6	2		REA · EL
1989	26	PHI-SFG-min	AA,AAA	121	512	456	64	110	9	11	3	43	18	15	44	76	.241	.314	.329	.643		150		6	3	3	0		REA,PHX · EL,PCL
1990	27	SFG-min	AAA	44	195	173	38	58	7	4	1	18	18	10	22	25	.335	.410	.439	.850		76		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1990	27	SFG	NL	54	121	107	19	26	5	0	2	14	6	1	10	15	.243	.314	.346	.659	85	37	1	1	3	0	0	97/8456
1991	28	SFG-min	AAA	85	331	297	41	89	10	9	6	41	16	3	26	35	.300	.353	.455	.808		135	7	2	0	6	1		PHX · PCL
1991	28	SFG	NL	13	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.071	.133	.071	.205	-39	1	0	0	0	0	0	/78

1992	29	HOU-min	AAA	105	353	319	51	103	10	11	4	38	20	3	28	36	.323	.383	.461	.844		147	7	3	3	0	0		TUC · PCL
1993	30	HOU-min	AAA	29	134	120	28	37	9	3	2	12	6	2	14	20	.308	.381	.483	.864		58	2	0	0	0	1		TUC · PCL
1993	30	HOU	NL	45	49	45	11	15	3	0	0	4	1	2	3	8	.333	.375	.400	.775	113	18	2	0	1	0	0	8/7496
1994	31	NYM-min	AAA	73	268	228	29	61	9	0	2	16	9	5	29	39	.268	.364	.333	.697		76	7	6	4	1	1		NFK · IL
1994	31	NYM	NL	8	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0	/798
1995	32	LAD-min	AAA	58	207	175	33	49	7	2	1	14	1	6	27	17	.280	.383	.360	.743		63	4	3	1	1	4		ABQ · PCL
1995	32	LAD	NL	27	33	29	3	8	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	4	.276	.323	.276	.598	67	8	1	0	2	0	0	7/5689
1996	33	LAD-min	AAA	50	207	175	26	53	7	3	0	23	7	6	23	27	.303	.389	.377	.766		66	2	3	4	2	1		ABQ · PCL
1996	33	LAD	NL	16	15	14	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	89	5	1	1	0	0	0	/87
1997	34	LAD-min	AAA	49	166	151	33	41	7	3	6	21	6	0	10	26	.272	.337	.477	.814		72	4	5	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1998	35	NYM-min	AAA	90	288	246	38	60	11	2	9	31	13	6	35	43	.244	.348	.415	.763		102	6	5	1	1	1		NFK · IL
6 Yrs				163	251	225	36	55	9	0	2	24	9	4	16	36	.244	.300	.311	.612	70	70	5	2	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	249	224	36	55	9	0	2	24	9	4	16	36	.244	.300	.311	.612	70	70	5	2	8	0	0

SFG (2 yrs)				67	136	121	19	27	5	0	2	15	6	1	11	20	.223	.293	.314	.607	71	38	1	1	3	0	0
LAD (2 yrs)				43	48	43	5	12	1	0	0	5	2	1	2	6	.279	.326	.302	.628	74	13	2	1	2	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				8	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.063	.063	.063	.125	-67	1	0	0	2	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				45	49	45	11	15	3	0	0	4	1	2	3	8	.333	.375	.400	.775	113	18	2	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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	Salary	Pos
1990	27	SFG	NL	54	121	0	2	0	-1	-2	-0	0.0	3	3	0.4	.499	.500	0.4	-0.2	4	$100,000	97/8456
1991	28	SFG	NL	13	15	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.475	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$115,000	/78

1993	30	HOU	NL	45	49	1	-1	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.0	1	$140,000	8/7496
1994	31	NYM	NL	8	18	-4	-1	0	1	-0	-4	-0.5	0	-4	-0.4	.442	.497	-0.5	0.1	-5	$	/798
1995	32	LAD	NL	27	33	-1	-0	-0	2	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	7/5689
1996	33	LAD	NL	16	15	-0	0	-0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/87
6 Seasons				163	251	-7	-0	-0	0	-2	-9	-0.9	7	-2	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$355,000

SFG (2 yrs)				67	136	-2	2	0	-2	-2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$215,000
LAD (2 yrs)				43	48	-2	0	-0	2	-0	-1	-0.1	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
NYM (1 yr)				8	18	-4	-1	0	1	-0	-4	-0.5	0	-4	-0.4	.442	.497	-0.5	0.1	-5	$
HOU (1 yr)				45	49	1	-1	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.0	1	$140,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1990	27	SFG	NL	121	86	13	4.0	95	.267	.243	.260	.314	.325	.346	.390	.659	.715	85	.462	-2.1	-0.2	.639	.243	.103	3.0
1991	28	SFG	NL	15	13	0	0.0	90	.111	.071	.253	.133	.320	.071	.379	.205	.699	-39	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.154	.071	.000

1993	30	HOU	NL	49	35	6	4.6	99	.405	.333	.265	.375	.329	.400	.404	.775	.733	113	.496	0.9	0.1	.588	.111	.067	.0
1994	31	NYM	NL	18	17	0	0.0	108	.071	.063	.273	.063	.340	.063	.427	.125	.768	-67	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.067	.000	.000
1995	32	LAD	NL	33	25	2	2.2	99	.320	.276	.260	.323	.327	.276	.404	.598	.731	67	.184	-1.3	-0.1	.435	.069	.000	.0
1996	33	LAD	NL	15	11	2	4.9	101	.333	.286	.261	.333	.329	.357	.409	.690	.738	89	.504	-0.2	-0.0	.636	.143	.071	.0
6 Yrs				251	187	23	3.3	97	.283	.244	.261	.300	.327	.311	.398	.612	.725	70	.356	-9.2	-0.9	.520	.160	.067	3.3
162 Game Avg.				249	186	23	3.3	97	.283	.244	.261	.300	.327	.311	.398	.612	.725	70	.356	-9.2	-0.9	.520	.160	.067	3

SFG (2 yrs)				136	99	13	3.5	94	.253	.223	.259	.293	.325	.314	.389	.607	.713	71	.402	-4.7	-0.5	.573	.223	.091	3.0
LAD (2 yrs)				48	36	4	3.0	99	.324	.279	.260	.326	.328	.302	.406	.628	.734	74	.292	-1.5	-0.2	.500	.093	.023	.0
NYM (1 yr)				18	17	0	0.0	108	.071	.063	.273	.063	.340	.063	.427	.125	.768	-67	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.067	.000	.000
HOU (1 yr)				49	35	6	4.6	99	.405	.333	.265	.375	.329	.400	.404	.775	.733	113	.496	0.9	0.1	.588	.111	.067	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1990	27	SFG	NL	121	1.7%	12.4%	8.3%	5.8%	27%	1.50	7.1	53.5	7.6	0.74	0.77	74%	16%	6.5%	38%
1991	28	SFG	NL	15	0.0%	33.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.8		14.0	1.67	1.67	60%	11%	0.0%	0%

1993	30	HOU	NL	49	0.0%	16.3%	6.1%	6.1%	20%	2.67	5.6		11.3	1.19	1.78	76%	24%	0.0%	13%
1994	31	NYM	NL	18	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0			1.00	1.14	78%	25%	0.0%	0%
1995	32	LAD	NL	33	0.0%	12.1%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.3		7.3	0.92	1.00	76%	19%	0.0%	23%
1996	33	LAD	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	0.0%	6.7%	25%		7.0		14.0	1.40	1.25	80%	17%	0.0%	20%
6 Yrs				251	0.8%	14.3%	6.4%	4.4%	20%	2.25	6.3	112.5	9.4	0.93	1.03	75%	18%	2.9%	27%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.5%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	1.76	5.7	37.9	7.9	0.81	1.08	72%	21%	7.0%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	27	SFG	NL	-2.1	-0.2	130	-0.1	1.9	-2.1	1.07	-0.1	-0.0	2.1	0.2	0.99	0.2	1.18	19
1991	28	SFG	NL	-2.6	-0.3	15	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.98	-0.2	-0.0	-1.4	-0.2	1.01	-2.3	1.07	8

1993	30	HOU	NL	0.9	0.1	53	0.0	0.9	-0.9	1.00	-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	1.00	0.0	0.86	17
1994	31	NYM	NL	-4.0	-0.4	18	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.74	-0.4	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.72	-4.1	0.19	1
1995	32	LAD	NL	-1.3	-0.1	36	0.4	1.0	-0.6	1.20	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.1	0.99	-0.6	1.13	4
1996	33	LAD	NL	-0.2	-0.0	16	0.2	0.6	-0.5	1.88	-0.0	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.97	-0.6	1.62	10
6 Yrs				-9.3	-0.9	268	-0.0	4.6	-4.6	1.09	-0.9	0.9	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-7.4	1.13	59

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	27	SFG	NL	4	0	49%	52	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	72%	7	3	4	1	0	0	10	1	9
1991	28	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1993	30	HOU	NL	1	0	61%	41	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	44%	4	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	2
1994	31	NYM	NL	0	0	100%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1995	32	LAD	NL	0	0	30%	20	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	33	LAD	NL	0	0	40%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				5	0	48%	133	9	4	69%	9	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	62%	12	6	6	3	1	1	14	2	11

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1990	27	SFG	NL	121	74%	26	6	2	19	4	0	2	1.18	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	3	75%	24	1	4%	12	6	50%	80	13	16%	6	5	83%	7	4	57%	0
1991	28	SFG	NL	15	20%	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	1.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	1	11%	0	0		0	0		0

1993	30	HOU	NL	49	73%	15	3	1	17	5	0	1	0.86	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	6	3	50%	27	4	15%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
1994	31	NYM	NL	18	89%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1995	32	LAD	NL	33	30%	8	3	0	4	0	0	0	1.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	1	17%	4	4	100%	20	5	25%	1	1	100%	3	3	100%	0
1996	33	LAD	NL	15	33%	4	2	0	10	3	0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				251	64%	55	16	3	59	12	0	3	1.13	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	11	8	73%	51	5	10%	28	16	57%	152	24	16%	10	7	70%	13	9	69%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	27	SFG	NL	96	311	3.24	199	64%	24%	12%	25%	38%	75%	0%	48%	83%	38%	5%	5	0	18%	17	6	7%	7	4	50%	25	0	1
1991	28	SFG	NL	15	42	2.80	31	74%	19%	16%	35%	29%	81%	0%	60%	80%	67%	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	7%	1	0	40%	0	0	0

1993	30	HOU	NL	43	161	3.74	101	63%	24%	17%	26%	33%	75%	0%	47%	77%	37%	2%	1	0	9%	4	1	5%	2	2	29%	6	0	1
1994	31	NYM	NL	15	44	2.93	25	58%	12%	4%	28%	56%	88%	0%	50%	95%	44%	0%	0	0	20%	3	3	7%	1	1	0%	3	1	0
1995	32	LAD	NL	30	114	3.80	73	64%	16%	8%	41%	34%	84%	0%	54%	90%	43%	3%	1	0	13%	4	2	10%	3	2	67%	3	0	0
1996	33	LAD	NL	11	38	3.45	27	71%	26%	11%	30%	33%	74%	0%	53%	85%	64%	0%	0	0	9%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	4	0	0
6 Yrs				210	710	3.38	456	64%	22%	12%	29%	36%	78%	0%	50%	84%	42%	4%	8	0	14%	30	12	7%	14	9	43%	41	1	2
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1990	27	54	121	107	19	26	5	2	14	6	1	10	15	.243	.314	.346	.659	85	37	1	1	3
1991	28	67	136	121	19	27	5	2	15	6	1	11	20	.223	.293	.314	.607	71	38	1	1	3
1992	29	67	136	121	19	27	5	2	15	6	1	11	20	.223	.293	.314	.607	71	38	1	1	3
1993	30	112	185	166	30	42	8	2	19	7	3	14	28	.253	.315	.337	.652	83	56	3	1	4
1994	31	120	203	182	31	43	8	2	19	7	3	14	30	.236	.294	.313	.608	69	57	3	1	6
1995	32	147	236	211	34	51	8	2	23	8	4	16	34	.242	.298	.308	.606	69	65	4	1	8
1996	33	163	251	225	36	55	9	2	24	9	4	16	36	.244	.300	.311	.612	70	70	5	2	8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	27	54	122	108	20	27	5	0	2	15	6	10	15	.250	.319	.352	.671	12	54
1991	28	13	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	13

1993	30	45	49	45	11	15	3	0	0	4	1	3	8	.333	.375	.400	.775	7	45
1994	31	11	26	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1995	32	30	38	34	4	10	0	0	0	5	1	2	4	.294	.333	.294	.627	3	27
1996	33	16	14	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	1	16
6 Yrs		169	264	237	36	55	9	0	2	25	9	16	37	.232	.286	.295	.582	23	163
162 Game Avg.		162	253	227	35	53	9	0	2	24	9	15	35	.232	.286	.295	.582	22	163

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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