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

Born: November 13, 1939 in Evanston, IL
Schools: 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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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

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

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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 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 (591), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 22 (940), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 15 (912), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1973: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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