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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAD NL 24 OF 69 19 278.1 70 66 2 2 0 .971 3.7 16.0 1.7 0.6 1.1 2 2.20 0.99 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 LAD NL 24 RF 49 2 122.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 0.4 3.9 -0.6 -1.1 0.5 1 1.77 0.49 .976 1.90 1.62
1964 LAD NL 24 1B 31 28 240.0 288 260 24 4 18 .986 2.7 13.5 1.7 -0.5 2.2 1 10.65 9.16 .990 10.02 8.83
1964 LAD NL 24 CF 15 12 105.1 28 26 1 1 0 .964 1.6 18.2 0.6 0.0 0.6 1 2.31 1.80 .979 2.35 2.10
1964 LAD NL 24 LF 9 5 51.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.7 40.0 1.7 1.7 0.0 0 3.00 1.89 .965 1.71 1.34
1965 LAD NL 25 1B 154 150 1375.2 1534 1434 95 5 112 .997 5.5 4.8 5.5 2.0 3.5 0 10.00 9.93 .990 6.54 6.49
1965 LAD NL 25 CF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1965 LAD NL 25 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -720.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1966 LAD NL 26 1B 140 118 1095.1 1197 1118 70 9 74 .992 3.1 3.4 3.1 1.3 1.8 0 9.76 8.49 .989 8.22 7.14
1966 LAD NL 26 OF 14 9 89.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 4.3 58.0 4.3 3.0 1.3 0 3.13 2.21 .974 2.03 1.78
1966 LAD NL 26 CF 9 5 53.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 4.2 95.1 4.2 2.4 1.8 0 4.42 2.89 .981 2.38 2.11
1966 LAD NL 26 RF 5 4 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 10.9 0.3 0.8 -0.5 0 2.18 1.60 .975 1.96 1.68
1966 LAD NL 26 LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -80.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.40
1967 LAD NL 27 1B 112 94 870.2 985 913 68 4 72 .996 -2.1 -2.9 -3.1 -1.2 -1.9 1 10.14 8.76 .991 9.96 8.82 GG
1967 LAD NL 27 CF 18 15 137.0 38 35 2 1 0 .974 -0.7 -6.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.43 2.06 .982 2.30 2.04 GG
1967 LAD NL 27 OF 18 15 137.0 39 36 2 1 0 .974 -0.7 -6.1 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0 2.50 2.11 .977 2.03 1.81 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 1B 114 96 916.2 1009 939 69 1 74 .999 2.7 3.5 2.7 0.2 2.5 0 9.90 8.84 .992 9.82 8.77 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 OF 28 28 210.1 43 41 1 1 0 .977 1.0 5.7 0.0 0.3 -0.3 1 1.80 1.50 .974 2.02 1.82 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 LF 23 23 161.1 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 6.0 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 1 1.67 1.30 .960 1.64 1.38 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 CF 5 4 40.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0.2 6.0 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 2.70 2.40 .977 2.38 2.18 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.80 GG
1969 LAD NL 29 1B 128 125 1117.0 1274 1189 79 6 87 .995 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 -1 10.22 9.91 .992 8.06 7.81 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 OF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 180.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60 MVP-30,GG
1970 LAD NL 30 1B 161 161 1441.1 1630 1498 125 7 116 .996 8.0 6.7 8.0 1.7 6.3 0 10.13 10.08 .992 6.24 6.21 MVP-5,GG
1971 LAD NL 31 1B 148 127 1148.0 1317 1215 97 5 113 .996 6.8 7.1 6.8 3.4 3.4 0 10.29 8.86 .992 7.84 6.76 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 OF 18 18 149.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -9.6 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 0 1.56 1.44 .977 2.19 1.92 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 RF 18 18 148.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -1.4 -11.3 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 0 1.57 1.44 .981 2.07 1.80 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 LF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.50 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 1B 120 110 1005.0 1146 1074 68 4 91 .997 1.8 2.1 2.8 2.9 -0.2 -1 10.23 9.52 .992 8.95 8.33 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 OF 5 5 41.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 2.41 2.20 .982 2.17 1.96 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 CF 3 3 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 23.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 2.77 2.67 .975 2.60 2.33 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 RF 3 2 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -40.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.20 0.67 1.000 2.04 1.73 GG
9 Seasons 1B 1108 1009 9209.2 10380 9640 695 45 757 .996 29.0 3.8 29.0 11.3 17.6 0 10.10 9.33 .991 8.04 7.46
8 Seasons OF 155 94 908.2 221 211 6 4 1 .982 7.2 9.5 4.2 3.3 0.9 3 2.15 1.40 .975 2.05 1.79
6 Seasons RF 77 27 328.2 62 60 1 1 1 .984 -1.2 -4.4 -2.2 -1.1 -1.1 1 1.67 0.79 .979 1.99 1.67
7 Seasons CF 52 39 363.2 114 108 3 3 0 .974 5.9 19.5 4.9 2.1 2.8 1 2.75 2.13 .980 2.36 2.10
4 Seasons LF 34 28 216.1 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.5 13.9 1.5 2.3 -0.8 1 2.00 1.41 .962 1.66 1.37
9 Seasons TOT 1263 1103 10118.1 10601 9851 701 49 758 .995 36.2 4.3 33.2 14.6 18.5 3 0 9.39 8.35 .986 7.50 6.76
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 LAD NL 24 124 47 124 124 0 0 31 0 0 0 9 15 49 69 30 15
1965 LAD NL 25 154 150 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
1966 LAD NL 26 156 127 156 156 0 0 140 0 0 0 1 9 5 14 8 9
1967 LAD NL 27 139 109 139 139 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 18 0 18 15 2
1968 LAD NL 28 135 124 135 135 0 0 114 0 0 0 23 5 1 28 8 0
1969 LAD NL 29 132 125 132 132 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 1
1970 LAD NL 30 161 161 161 161 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 LAD NL 31 157 145 157 157 0 0 148 0 0 0 1 0 18 18 2 0
1972 LAD NL 32 130 115 130 130 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 11 1
9 Seasons 1288 1103 1288 1288 0 0 1108 0 0 0 34 52 77 155 80 29
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 LAD NL 24 1009 64% 76% 29% 71 96% 0 261 27 232 4 24 22 12 8 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 18 1 1 2 17 4 1 1 0 6 83%
1965 LAD NL 25 5738 71% 75% 28% 266 98% 3 1431 94 1320 19 92 92 57 11 3 3 5 3 2 0 1 112 1 3 1 103 5 9 3 5 23 100%
1966 LAD NL 26 4577 70% 77% 27% 244 93% 0 1121 75 1032 15 86 73 51 16 0 2 9 3 6 0 4 76 0 2 1 74 3 2 1 1 32 97%
1967 LAD NL 27 3760 63% 77% 27% 186 96% 3 920 58 840 22 68 68 35 19 1 5 4 0 4 0 3 71 2 2 2 64 6 6 2 4 9 89%
1968 LAD NL 28 3872 66% 77% 28% 208 94% 1 930 71 849 11 69 70 42 12 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 74 1 0 1 68 3 5 1 4 12 83%
1969 LAD NL 29 4772 67% 76% 28% 250 97% 0 1190 83 1099 8 90 77 58 12 1 1 6 1 4 1 3 87 1 1 0 84 2 3 0 3 25 92%
1970 LAD NL 30 6327 66% 78% 26% 378 95% 2 1498 122 1360 16 128 125 88 23 1 5 7 2 5 0 4 118 4 1 1 105 8 11 5 5 28 79%
1971 LAD NL 31 4918 68% 80% 29% 271 95% 1 1220 80 1128 12 94 97 70 14 0 4 5 1 4 0 3 111 5 0 1 102 5 9 4 5 14 86%
1972 LAD NL 32 4286 69% 78% 29% 213 94% 1 1072 63 999 11 81 67 47 12 0 2 4 2 2 0 2 91 0 0 1 81 0 10 2 8 19 89%
9 Seasons 39259 67% 77% 28% 2087 95% 11 9643 673 8859 118 732 691 460 127 9 27 45 14 30 1 23 758 15 10 10 698 36 56 19 35 168 90%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 LAD NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 525 70% 74% 31% 45 53%
1966 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 139 64% 77% 27% 13 62%
1968 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 34 71% 85% 35% 2 50%
1969 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 75% 50% 0
1971 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 619 62% 79% 22% 55 45%
1972 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 73% 84% 17% 4 50%
6 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 7 0 8 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 1 1391 66% 77% 26% 119 50%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.2% 62% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 LAD NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 16 8 50.0% 7 1 6.3% 0 456 64% 76% 33% 52 52%
1965 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67% 67% 0% 0
1966 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 213 75% 76% 24% 41 63%
1967 LAD NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 3 16.7% 13 2 11.1% 0 594 66% 79% 22% 76 49%
1968 LAD NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 170 64% 75% 19% 25 48%
1969 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 57% 71% 43% 1 100%
1972 LAD NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 100 62% 84% 30% 17 47%
7 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 23 9 1 15 2 2 1 0 0 6 1 0 6 6 0 51 18 35.3% 30 3 5.9% 0 1543 66% 77% 26% 212 52%
MLB Averages 40.9% 2.1% 62% 77% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1964 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 1 213 65% 72% 33% 28 57%
1966 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 58% 83% 42% 1 0%
1968 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 8 0 6 2 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 13 61.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 684 65% 75% 22% 79 38%
1971 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 5 80% 100% 60% 2 50%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 15 12 0 7 2 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 31 19 61.3% 12 0 0.0% 2 914 65% 75% 25% 110 43%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 26% 47%

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