Wes Parker
Maurice Wesley Parker (Mr. Steady)
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 13, 1939 in Evanston, IL
School: Claremont McKenna College
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1964
Final Game: October 1, 1972
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Standard Batting

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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
1964 24 LAD NL 124 240 214 29 55 7 1 3 10 5 4 14 45 .257 .303 .341 .644 87 73 2 1 9 2 3 938/7
1965 25 LAD NL 154 644 542 80 129 24 7 8 51 13 7 75 95 .238 .334 .352 .687 100 191 6 5 19 3 1 *3/8
1966 26 LAD NL 156 564 475 67 120 17 5 12 51 7 3 69 83 .253 .351 .385 .737 113 183 12 5 12 3 9 *3/897
1967 27 LAD NL 139 496 413 56 102 16 5 5 31 10 5 65 83 .247 .358 .346 .704 111 143 10 7 10 1 10 *38 GG
1968 28 LAD NL 135 534 468 42 112 22 2 3 27 4 6 49 87 .239 .312 .314 .626 96 147 3 2 12 3 6 *37/89 GG
1969 29 LAD NL 132 541 471 76 131 23 4 13 68 4 1 56 46 .278 .353 .427 .780 125 201 10 2 6 6 6 *3/89 MVP-30,GG
1970 30 LAD NL 161 705 614 84 196 47 4 10 111 8 2 79 70 .319 .392 .458 .850 133 281 14 0 4 8 18 *3 MVP-5,GG
1971 31 LAD NL 157 609 533 69 146 24 1 6 62 6 1 63 63 .274 .347 .356 .704 106 190 13 1 4 8 5 *39/7 GG
1972 32 LAD NL 130 502 427 45 119 14 3 4 59 3 5 62 43 .279 .367 .354 .721 108 151 13 1 6 6 5 *3/89 GG
9 Seasons 1288 4835 4157 548 1110 194 32 64 470 60 34 532 615 .267 .351 .375 .726 111 1560 83 24 82 40 63
162 Game Avg. 162 608 523 69 140 24 4 8 59 8 4 67 77 .267 .351 .375 .726 111 196 10 3 10 5 8

Advanced Batting

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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
1964 24 LAD NL 240 176 23 3.5 88 .310 .257 .255 .303 .312 .341 .379 .644 .690 87 .430 -3.2 -0.3 .539 .154 .084 3.8
1965 25 LAD NL 644 448 70 4.2 88 .274 .238 .250 .334 .312 .352 .378 .687 .690 100 .509 3.5 0.4 .650 .264 .114 9.9
1966 26 LAD NL 564 385 67 4.7 89 .282 .253 .255 .351 .312 .385 .384 .737 .697 113 .547 11.3 1.2 .705 .286 .133 8.8
1967 27 LAD NL 496 337 55 4.4 83 .298 .247 .247 .358 .308 .346 .363 .704 .672 111 .548 9.8 1.0 .675 .269 .099 6.7
1968 28 LAD NL 534 380 49 3.5 75 .286 .239 .243 .312 .300 .314 .342 .626 .642 96 .488 -0.2 0.0 .537 .175 .075 3.4
1969 29 LAD NL 541 363 73 5.4 89 .282 .278 .251 .353 .320 .427 .372 .780 .692 125 .615 17.2 1.8 .746 .274 .149 6.1
1970 30 LAD NL 705 446 113 6.8 99 .343 .319 .261 .392 .333 .458 .399 .850 .732 133 .668 32.8 3.2 .843 .277 .138 8.9
1971 31 LAD NL 609 413 69 4.5 87 .297 .274 .253 .347 .318 .356 .370 .704 .688 106 .545 7.2 0.8 .646 .210 .083 6.0
1972 32 LAD NL 502 338 57 4.6 90 .298 .279 .254 .367 .322 .354 .376 .721 .698 108 .553 7.6 0.8 .650 .215 .075 3.4
9 Seasons 4835 3286 576 4.7 88 .297 .267 .252 .351 .316 .375 .374 .726 .691 111 .562 85.9 8.9 .677 .242 .108 61.9
162 Game Avg. 608 413 72 4.7 88 .297 .267 .252 .351 .316 .375 .374 .726 .691 111 .562 11 1 .677 .242 .108 8

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 25 LAD NL WS MIN W 7 29 23 3 7 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 .304 .407 .522 .929 12 0 1 2 0 0
1966 26 LAD NL WS BAL L 4 14 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .231 .286 .385 .670 5 1 0 0 0 1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 11 43 36 3 10 2 1 1 2 2 0 4 6 .278 .366 .472 .838 17 1 1 2 0 1
2 WS 11 43 36 3 10 2 1 1 2 2 0 4 6 .278 .366 .472 .838 17 1 1 2 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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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
1964 24 LAD NL 240 1.3% 18.8% 5.8% 4.6% 20% 3.21 4.8 71.3 21.4 1.64 70%
1965 25 LAD NL 644 1.2% 14.8% 11.7% 6.1% 30% 1.27 5.7 67.8 10.6 1.52 69%
1966 26 LAD NL 564 2.1% 14.7% 12.2% 6.0% 28% 1.20 5.7 39.6 9.3 1.13 68%
1967 27 LAD NL 496 1.0% 16.7% 13.1% 5.2% 26% 1.28 5.0 82.6 13.3 1.40 66%
1968 28 LAD NL 534 0.6% 16.3% 9.2% 5.1% 24% 1.78 5.4 156.0 17.3 1.47 71%
1969 29 LAD NL 541 2.4% 8.5% 10.4% 7.4% 31% 0.82 10.2 36.2 6.9 1.31 77%
1970 30 LAD NL 705 1.4% 9.9% 11.2% 8.7% 31% 0.89 8.8 61.4 5.5 1.33 77%
1971 31 LAD NL 609 1.0% 10.3% 10.3% 5.1% 21% 1.00 8.5 88.8 8.6 1.18 78%
1972 32 LAD NL 502 0.8% 8.6% 12.4% 4.2% 18% 0.69 9.9 106.8 7.2 1.28 77%
9 Seasons 4835 1.3% 12.7% 11.0% 6.0% 26% 1.16 6.8 65.0 8.8 1.33 73%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 24 LAD NL 2 0 39% 102 5 4 56% 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 56% 19 10 8 4 1 3 11 2 8
1965 25 LAD NL 6 0 36% 234 13 7 65% 10 5 3 0 0 1 3 0 9 11 64% 33 15 17 10 3 7 24 5 19
1966 26 LAD NL 9 0 30% 231 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 10 57% 38 15 21 5 1 3 25 7 15
1967 27 LAD NL 2 0 30% 232 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 13 65% 23 9 13 9 6 3 20 2 18
1968 28 LAD NL 10 0 24% 189 4 6 40% 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 12 33% 32 20 10 4 3 1 10 6 4
1969 29 LAD NL 12 0 36% 245 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 48% 41 29 12 7 1 6 21 6 15
1970 30 LAD NL 12 0 28% 358 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 15 45% 51 31 17 11 7 4 30 9 20
1971 31 LAD NL 10 0 31% 314 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 15 45% 40 28 11 6 3 1 25 5 20
1972 32 LAD NL 4 0 23% 237 3 5 38% 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 50% 36 23 12 5 2 3 17 3 14
9 Seasons 67 0 30% 2142 60 34 64% 54 32 6 1 0 1 14 2 76 103 51% 313 180 121 61 27 31 183 45 133
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1964 24 LAD NL 240 100% 55 29 6 0 0 1.14 3 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 12 9 75% 48 2 4% 28 19 68% 120 10 8% 13 7 54% 14 3 21% 0
1965 25 LAD NL 644 100% 129 1 1 0 0 1.51 8 0 11 6 2 3 5 0 25 19 76% 112 6 5% 77 31 40% 371 45 12% 38 13 34% 49 12 24% 0
1966 26 LAD NL 564 100% 120 8 2 0 0 0.95 12 0 12 8 4 4 8 0 14 12 86% 99 12 12% 51 22 43% 319 41 13% 30 13 43% 46 17 37% 0
1967 27 LAD NL 496 100% 102 12 4 0 2 1.07 5 0 6 3 2 1 4 1 13 10 77% 78 10 13% 36 14 39% 247 34 14% 18 9 50% 31 13 42% 0
1968 28 LAD NL 533 100% 112 7 0 0 0 1.77 3 0 12 2 1 3 0 0 14 12 86% 73 3 4% 37 17 46% 249 27 11% 27 13 48% 24 6 25% 1
1969 29 LAD NL 541 100% 131 5 3 0 1 1.28 13 0 15 5 8 5 8 0 6 6 100% 110 10 9% 52 20 38% 357 59 17% 43 22 51% 34 14 41% 0
1970 30 LAD NL 704 100% 196 0 0 0 0 10 0 12 3 7 3 7 0 4 4 100% 118 14 12% 68 32 47% 473 106 22% 69 41 59% 51 21 41% 1
1971 31 LAD NL 609 100% 146 1 1 0 2 0.94 6 0 21 5 1 2 4 0 6 4 67% 142 13 9% 62 27 44% 422 58 14% 51 27 53% 39 11 28% 0
1972 32 LAD NL 502 100% 119 8 2 0 2 1.96 4 0 12 2 2 2 2 0 6 6 100% 86 13 15% 40 20 50% 323 59 18% 36 24 67% 23 12 52% 0
9 Seasons 4833 100% 1110 71 19 0 7 1.27 64 0 105 35 29 23 41 1 100 82 82% 866 83 10% 451 202 45% 2881 439 15% 325 169 52% 311 109 35% 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 24 124 240 214 29 55 7 1 3 10 5 4 14 45 .257 .303 .341 .644 87 73 2 1 9 2 3
1965 25 278 884 756 109 184 31 8 11 61 18 11 89 140 .243 .326 .349 .675 97 264 8 6 28 5 4
1966 26 434 1448 1231 176 304 48 13 23 112 25 14 158 223 .247 .336 .363 .699 103 447 20 11 40 8 13
1967 27 573 1944 1644 232 406 64 18 28 143 35 19 223 306 .247 .342 .359 .700 105 590 30 18 50 9 23
1968 28 708 2478 2112 274 518 86 20 31 170 39 25 272 393 .245 .335 .349 .684 103 737 33 20 62 12 29
1969 29 840 3019 2583 350 649 109 24 44 238 43 26 328 439 .251 .339 .363 .702 107 938 43 22 68 18 35
1970 30 1001 3724 3197 434 845 156 28 54 349 51 28 407 509 .264 .349 .381 .730 112 1219 57 22 72 26 53
1971 31 1158 4333 3730 503 991 180 29 60 411 57 29 470 572 .266 .349 .378 .726 111 1409 70 23 76 34 58
1972 32 1288 4835 4157 548 1110 194 32 64 470 60 34 532 615 .267 .351 .375 .726 111 1560 83 24 82 40 63

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 24 124 240 221 35 62 8 1 3 12 6 16 45 .281 .329 .367 .696 27 124
1965 25 153 656 560 93 150 28 8 9 59 15 87 94 .268 .370 .395 .765 81 154
1966 26 156 580 492 79 137 19 6 14 60 8 79 83 .278 .383 .427 .810 79 156
1967 27 139 524 435 71 124 19 6 6 39 12 79 83 .285 .405 .398 .802 69 139
1968 28 134 563 495 58 141 28 3 4 38 5 62 86 .285 .366 .378 .744 68 135
1969 29 132 558 487 89 147 26 4 15 80 4 63 46 .302 .380 .464 .844 86 132
1970 30 161 708 619 86 201 48 4 10 114 8 81 70 .325 .398 .464 .862 116 161
1971 31 157 635 554 83 167 27 1 7 74 7 72 63 .301 .378 .392 .770 83 157
1972 32 136 539 460 55 138 16 3 5 72 3 72 45 .300 .391 .380 .772 69 130
9 Seasons 1292 5003 4323 649 1267 219 36 73 548 68 611 615 .293 .381 .411 .792 678 1288
162 Game Avg. 162 627 542 81 159 27 5 9 69 9 77 77 .293 .381 .411 .792 85 1288

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Gold Gloves
1967-NL-1B
1968-NL-1B
1969-NL-1B
1970-NL-1B
1971-NL-1B
1972-NL-1B
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1969-NL-30-1%
1970-NL-5-27%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1970 NL--.319--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1966 NL--156--7th
1970 NL--161--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1970 NL--614--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1970 NL--705--7th

Hits s c a p y
1970 NL--196--7th

Doubles s c a p y
1970 NL--47--1st

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 NL--111--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 NL--75--8th
1966 NL--69--7th
1967 NL--65--10th

Singles s c a p y
1970 NL--135--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1970 NL--275--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL--7--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1965 NL--19--1st
1966 NL--12--6th
1967 NL--10--7th
1968 NL--12--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 NL--8--3rd
1971 NL--8--5th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 NL--18--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (931), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1659), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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