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Wes Parker

Maurice Wesley Parker (Mr. Steady)

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
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
Team: Dodgers 1964-1972

Final Game: October 1, 1972
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:16AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #707. Don Mincher… #708. Alvin Davis… #709. Curt Walker… #710. WES PARKER… #711. Vic Power… #712. Lou Piniella… #713. Irish Meusel… 

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 3
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/
1966 26 LAD NL 156 564 475 67 120 17 5 12 51 7 3 69 83 .253 .351 .385 .737 112 183 12 5 12 3 9 *3
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 *3 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 *3 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/ 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 *3 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/ 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 24 LAD NL 240 -4 -1 -1 2 6 -3 8 8 0.8 1 0.1 0.7 $ 3
1965 25 LAD NL 644 7 3 -4 2 5 -10 22 26 2.7 20 2.1 0.6 $ *3/
1966 26 LAD NL 564 8 -1 0 0 7 -8 19 25 2.6 18 1.9 0.7 $15,000 *3
1967 27 LAD NL 496 4 1 -3 0 -3 -6 17 10 1.0 13 1.4 -0.4 $ *3 GG
1968 28 LAD NL 534 -2 -2 0 1 4 -8 18 11 1.1 7 0.8 0.3 $ *3 GG
1969 29 LAD NL 541 18 3 2 1 1 -8 19 36 3.9 35 3.7 0.2 $ *3/ MVP-30,GG
1970 30 LAD NL 705 30 0 2 0 8 -11 20 49 5.0 41 4.1 0.9 $ *3 MVP-5,GG
1971 31 LAD NL 609 10 1 1 4 6 -9 18 31 3.4 25 2.7 0.7 $80,000 *3 GG
1972 32 LAD NL 502 6 -2 -2 -1 2 -8 15 10 1.0 8 0.9 0.1 $ *3/ GG
9 Seasons 4835 77 2 -5 9 36 -71 156 206 21.5 168 17.7 3.8 $95,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 LAD NL 24 OF 69 70 66 2 2 0 .971 4 0.99 .973 1.98
1964 LAD NL 24 1B 31 288 260 24 4 18 .986 3 9.16 .990 9.95
1964 LAD NL 24 RF 49 2 2 122.0 25 24 0 1 0 .960 0 4 1.77 0.49 .973 1.89 1.87
1964 LAD NL 24 CF 15 12 9 105.1 28 26 1 1 0 .964 2 18 2.31 1.80 .977 2.35 2.33
1964 LAD NL 24 LF 9 5 5 51.0 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 2 40 3.00 1.89 .965 1.69 1.69
1965 LAD NL 25 1B 154 1534 1434 95 5 112 .997 6 9.93 .990 10.03
1965 LAD NL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.00
1965 LAD NL 25 CF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1966 LAD NL 26 1B 140 1197 1118 70 9 74 .992 3 8.49 .989 9.89
1966 LAD NL 26 OF 14 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 4 2.21 .974 2.03
1966 LAD NL 26 CF 9 5 5 53.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 4 95 4.42 2.89 .980 2.38 2.37
1966 LAD NL 26 RF 5 4 3 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 11 2.18 1.60 .978 1.96 1.96
1966 LAD NL 26 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.70
1967 LAD NL 27 1B 112 985 913 68 4 72 .996 -2 8.76 .991 9.96 GG
1967 LAD NL 27 OF 18 39 36 2 1 0 .974 -1 2.11 .976 2.03 GG
1967 LAD NL 27 CF 18 15 12 137.0 38 35 2 1 0 .974 -1 -6 2.43 2.06 .981 2.30 2.30 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 1B 114 1009 939 69 1 74 .999 3 8.84 .992 10.12 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 OF 28 43 41 1 1 0 .977 1 1.50 .975 2.03 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 LF 23 23 9 161.1 30 29 1 0 0 1.000 1 6 1.67 1.30 .963 1.64 1.65 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 CF 5 4 3 40.0 13 12 0 1 0 .923 0 6 2.70 2.40 .978 2.38 2.40 GG
1968 LAD NL 28 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.00 1.00 .980 2.00 2.00 GG
1969 LAD NL 29 1B 128 1274 1189 79 6 87 .995 0 9.91 .992 9.76 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0.50 .970 2.00 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.30 MVP-30,GG
1969 LAD NL 29 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80 MVP-30,GG
1970 LAD NL 30 1B 161 1630 1498 125 7 116 .996 8 10.08 .992 9.64 MVP-5,GG
1971 LAD NL 31 1B 148 1317 1215 97 5 113 .996 7 8.86 .992 9.87 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 OF 18 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -1 1.44 .979 2.19 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 RF 18 18 8 148.2 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -11 1.57 1.44 .982 2.07 2.06 GG
1971 LAD NL 31 LF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .970 1.80 1.90 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 1B 120 1146 1074 68 4 91 .997 2 9.52 .992 9.76 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 OF 5 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.20 .978 2.20 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 CF 3 3 3 26.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 23 2.77 2.67 .980 2.60 2.60 GG
1972 LAD NL 32 RF 3 2 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -40 1.20 0.67 .980 2.04 2.03 GG
9 Seasons 1B 1108 10380 9640 695 45 757 .996 29 9.33 .991 9.87
8 Seasons OF 155 221 211 6 4 1 .982 7 1.40 .975 2.03
6 Seasons RF 77 27 14 328.2 62 60 1 1 1 .984 -1 -4 1.67 0.79 .978 1.99 1.93
7 Seasons CF 52 39 32 363.2 114 108 3 3 0 .974 6 19 2.75 2.13 .979 2.36 2.35
4 Seasons LF 34 28 14 216.1 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 3 14 2.00 1.41 .964 1.66 1.67
9 Seasons TOT 1263 10601 9851 701 49 758 .995 36 8.35 .991 8.91
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 NL (30, 1%)
1970 NL (5, 27%)
0.28 Career Shares (631st)

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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1966 NL  0.7 (8th)
1970 NL  0.9 (7th)

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)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1970 NL  49.72 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1970 NL  5.1 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1970 NL  4.9 (6th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1965 NL  1,434 (3rd)
1970 NL  1,498 (1st)
1971 NL  1,240 (3rd)
1972 NL  1,085 (4th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  154 (4th)
1966 NL  140 (4th)
1970 NL  161 (1st)
1971 NL  148 (2nd)
1972 NL  120 (4th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  1,434 (3rd)
1970 NL  1,498 (1st)
1971 NL  1,215 (4th)
1972 NL  1,074 (4th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  95 (4th)
1970 NL  125 (2nd)
1971 NL  97 (4th)
1972 NL  68 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1970 NL  7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  6 (2nd)
1966 NL  3 (3rd)
1968 NL  3 (4th)
1970 NL  8 (2nd)
1971 NL  7 (2nd)
Career  29 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1965 NL  10.00 (4th)
1967 NL  10.14 (4th)
1969 NL  10.22 (4th)
1970 NL  10.13 (3rd)
1971 NL  10.29 (2nd)
1972 NL  10.23 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  9.93 (4th)
1969 NL  9.91 (2nd)
1970 NL  10.08 (1st)
1972 NL  9.52 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1965 NL  .997 (1st)
1966 NL  .993 (2nd)
1967 NL  .996 (2nd)
1968 NL  .999 (1st)
1969 NL  .995 (3rd)
1970 NL  .996 (1st)
1971 NL  .996 (3rd)
1972 NL  .997 (1st)
Career  .996 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (523), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 16 (948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1566), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  6. Gerald Perry (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Lee Mazzilli (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196626Los Angeles Dodgers$15,0003/5/66 TSN
197131Los Angeles Dodgers$80,0001972 TSN Guide4/17/71 TSN says $70,000; 2/27/71 says $75,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$95,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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