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Lance Parrish
Lance Michael Parrish (Big Wheel)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 15, 1956 in Clairton, PA
High School: Walnut (Diamond Bar, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1977
Final Game: September 23, 1995
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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
1977 21 DET AL 12 51 46 10 9 2 0 3 7 0 0 5 12 .196 .275 .435 .709 87 20 2 0 0 0 0 2
1978 22 DET AL 85 304 288 37 63 11 3 14 41 0 0 11 71 .219 .254 .424 .678 86 122 8 3 1 1 0 2
1979 23 DET AL 143 548 493 65 136 26 3 19 65 6 7 49 105 .276 .343 .456 .800 112 225 15 2 3 1 2 *2
1980 24 DET AL 144 592 553 79 158 34 6 24 82 6 4 31 109 .286 .325 .499 .825 121 276 24 3 2 3 3 *2D/397 AS,SS
1981 25 DET AL 96 384 348 39 85 18 2 10 46 2 3 34 52 .244 .311 .394 .704 99 137 16 0 1 1 6 *2/D
1982 26 DET AL 133 529 486 75 138 19 2 32 87 3 4 40 99 .284 .338 .529 .867 135 257 5 1 0 2 5 *2/7 AS,MVP-13,SS
1983 27 DET AL 155 663 605 80 163 42 3 27 114 1 3 44 106 .269 .314 .483 .796 119 292 21 1 0 13 7 *2D AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 28 DET AL 147 629 578 75 137 16 2 33 98 2 3 41 120 .237 .287 .443 .730 99 256 12 2 2 6 6 *2D AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1985 29 DET AL 140 600 549 64 150 27 1 28 98 2 6 41 90 .273 .323 .479 .802 117 263 10 2 3 5 5 *2D AS,GG
1986 30 DET AL 91 374 327 53 84 6 1 22 62 0 0 38 83 .257 .340 .483 .824 122 158 3 5 1 3 3 2/D AS,SS
1987 31 PHI NL 130 518 466 42 114 21 0 17 67 0 1 47 104 .245 .313 .399 .712 85 186 23 1 1 3 2 *2
1988 32 PHI NL 123 478 424 44 91 17 2 15 60 0 0 47 93 .215 .293 .370 .663 89 157 11 2 0 5 7 *2/3 AS
1989 33 CAL AL 124 482 433 48 103 12 1 17 50 1 1 42 104 .238 .306 .388 .694 97 168 10 2 1 4 6 *2/D
1990 34 CAL AL 133 523 470 54 126 14 0 24 70 2 2 46 107 .268 .338 .451 .789 123 212 12 5 0 2 4 *2/3D AS,SS
1991 35 CAL AL 119 445 402 38 87 12 0 19 51 0 1 35 117 .216 .285 .388 .673 86 156 7 5 0 3 2 *2/D3
1992 36 TOT AL 93 304 275 26 64 13 1 12 32 1 1 24 70 .233 .294 .418 .712 98 115 7 1 1 3 3 23D
1992 36 CAL AL 24 90 83 7 19 2 0 4 11 0 0 5 22 .229 .270 .398 .667 85 33 1 0 1 1 1 2/D
1992 36 SEA AL 69 214 192 19 45 11 1 8 21 1 1 19 48 .234 .304 .427 .731 103 82 6 1 0 2 2 23D
1993 37 CLE AL 10 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .200 .333 .400 .733 97 8 2 0 0 0 0 2
1994 38 PIT NL 40 147 126 10 34 5 0 3 16 1 1 18 28 .270 .363 .381 .744 94 48 5 1 1 1 1 2/3
1995 39 TOR AL 70 202 178 15 36 9 0 4 22 0 0 15 52 .202 .265 .320 .586 53 57 4 1 6 2 0 2/D
19 Seasons 1988 7797 7067 856 1782 305 27 324 1070 28 37 612 1527 .252 .313 .440 .753 106 3113 197 37 23 58 62
162 Game Avg. 162 635 576 70 145 25 2 26 87 2 3 50 124 .252 .313 .440 .753 106 254 16 3 2 5 5
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
DET (10 yrs) 1146 4674 4273 577 1123 201 23 212 700 22 30 334 847 .263 .317 .469 .786 113 2006 116 19 13 35 37
CAL (4 yrs) 400 1540 1388 147 335 40 1 64 182 3 4 128 350 .241 .309 .410 .719 102 569 30 12 2 10 13
PHI (2 yrs) 253 996 890 86 205 38 2 32 127 0 1 94 197 .230 .304 .385 .689 87 343 34 3 1 8 9
PIT (1 yr) 40 147 126 10 34 5 0 3 16 1 1 18 28 .270 .363 .381 .744 94 48 5 1 1 1 1
CLE (1 yr) 10 24 20 2 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 4 5 .200 .333 .400 .733 97 8 2 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 69 214 192 19 45 11 1 8 21 1 1 19 48 .234 .304 .427 .731 103 82 6 1 0 2 2
TOR (1 yr) 70 202 178 15 36 9 0 4 22 0 0 15 52 .202 .265 .320 .586 53 57 4 1 6 2 0
AL (16 yrs) 1695 6654 6051 760 1543 262 25 289 927 27 35 500 1302 .255 .313 .450 .763 109 2722 158 33 21 49 52
NL (3 yrs) 293 1143 1016 96 239 43 2 35 143 1 2 112 225 .235 .311 .385 .696 88 391 39 4 2 9 10

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
1984 28 DET AL ALCS KCR W 3 13 12 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .231 .583 .814 7 0 0 0 1 0
1984 28 DET AL WS SDP W 5 22 18 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 .278 .364 .500 .864 9 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 8 35 30 4 8 2 0 2 5 1 0 3 5 .267 .314 .533 .848 16 0 0 0 2 0
1 ALCS 3 13 12 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .231 .583 .814 7 0 0 0 1 0
1 WS 5 22 18 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 2 .278 .364 .500 .864 9 0 0 0 1 0

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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1977 DET AL 21 C 12 12 104.1 82 76 6 0 0 1.000 1.0 11.5 1 7.07 6.83 .985 6.00 5.06 1 5 2 5 71%
1978 DET AL 22 C 79 73 653.0 397 353 39 5 5 .987 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 4.96 .983 5.53 4.86 5 27 30 24 44%
1979 DET AL 23 C 142 135 1178.1 795 707 79 9 10 .989 8.0 8.1 8 6.00 5.54 .982 5.46 4.69 21 38 69 57 45%
1980 DET AL 24 C 121 114 1013.2 629 557 66 6 8 .990 -1.0 -1.2 -1 5.53 5.15 .986 5.48 4.60 17 37 58 36 38% AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 DH 16 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 1B 5 5 36.1 44 42 1 1 7 .977 -0.6 -19.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 10.65 8.60 .993 10.01 8.40 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 OF 5 4 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.06 1.60 .975 2.47 2.16 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 RF 4 4 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.12 1.78 AS,SS
1980 DET AL 24 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 2.70 1.90 AS,SS
1981 DET AL 25 C 90 88 766.0 450 407 40 3 6 .993 4.0 6.3 4 5.25 4.97 .987 5.51 4.76 7 19 42 33 44%
1981 DET AL 25 DH 5
1982 DET AL 26 C 132 127 1113.2 711 627 76 8 8 .989 5.0 5.4 5 5.68 5.33 .988 5.69 4.90 11 41 54 46 46% AS,MVP-13,SS
1982 DET AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90 AS,MVP-13,SS
1982 DET AL 26 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS,MVP-13,SS
1983 DET AL 27 C 131 126 1113.0 772 695 73 4 8 .995 12.0 12.9 12 6.21 5.86 .986 5.70 4.76 10 42 57 54 49% AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1983 DET AL 27 DH 27 AS,MVP-9,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 28 C 127 123 1075.0 794 720 67 7 11 .991 5.0 5.6 5 6.59 6.20 .987 5.96 5.05 11 33 44 38 46% AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1984 DET AL 28 DH 22 AS,MVP-16,GG,SS
1985 DET AL 29 C 120 117 1040.0 753 695 53 5 9 .993 4.0 4.6 4 6.47 6.23 .987 6.05 5.03 8 40 60 37 38% AS,GG
1985 DET AL 29 DH 22 AS,GG
1986 DET AL 30 C 85 82 717.1 537 483 48 6 5 .989 5.0 8.4 5 6.66 6.25 .989 6.62 5.44 8 21 39 31 44% AS,SS
1986 DET AL 30 DH 6 AS,SS
1987 PHI NL 31 C 127 124 1100.1 799 724 66 9 1 .989 -2.0 -2.2 -2 6.46 6.22 .987 6.94 5.91 15 25 142 54 28%
1988 PHI NL 32 C 117 114 997.1 721 639 73 9 11 .988 -5.0 -6.0 -5 6.43 6.09 .987 6.56 5.58 12 37 126 50 28% AS
1988 PHI NL 32 1B 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 1.00 1.000 10.80 8.60 AS
1989 CAL AL 33 C 122 118 1055.1 706 638 63 5 7 .993 -4.0 -4.5 -4 5.98 5.75 .989 6.24 5.20 12 40 74 29 28%
1989 CAL AL 33 DH 2
1990 CAL AL 34 C 131 125 1098.0 854 760 88 6 15 .993 9.0 9.8 9 6.95 6.47 .991 6.42 5.36 12 39 62 55 47% AS,SS
1990 CAL AL 34 1B 4 3 33.0 36 34 2 0 6 1.000 -0.7 -25.5 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 0 9.82 9.00 .992 9.63 8.35 AS,SS
1990 CAL AL 34 DH 1 AS,SS
1991 CAL AL 35 C 111 102 912.2 717 658 57 2 11 .997 3.0 3.9 3 7.05 6.44 .990 6.49 5.28 19 23 53 39 42%
1991 CAL AL 35 DH 5
1991 CAL AL 35 1B 3 1 17.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.35 4.00 .992 9.74 8.30
1992 TOT AL 36 C 56 44 416.0 314 290 20 4 6 .987 -3.0 -8.7 -3 6.71 5.54 .989 6.20 5.26 4 14 59 23 28%
1992 TOT AL 36 DH 16
1992 CAL AL 36 C 22 21 177.0 118 107 8 3 2 .975 0.0 0.0 0 5.85 5.23 .989 6.20 5.26 1 4 22 10 31%
1992 CAL AL 36 DH 2
1992 SEA AL 36 C 34 23 239.0 196 183 12 1 4 .995 -3.0 -15.1 -3 7.34 5.74 .989 6.20 5.26 3 10 37 13 26%
1992 SEA AL 36 1B 16 14 95.0 98 93 3 2 9 .980 -1.2 -15.2 -1.2 0.3 -1.5 0 9.09 6.00 .993 9.68 8.36
1992 SEA AL 36 DH 14
1993 CLE AL 37 C 10 7 62.1 60 47 10 3 1 .950 -1.0 -19.3 -1 8.23 5.70 .992 6.56 5.46 3 2 12 6 33%
1994 PIT NL 38 C 38 35 318.1 243 225 15 3 4 .988 -1.0 -3.8 -1 6.79 6.32 .991 7.10 6.15 7 9 22 11 33%
1994 PIT NL 38 1B 1 1 6.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0.7 -140.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 4.50 3.00 1.000 9.75 8.10
1995 TOR AL 39 C 67 49 467.2 387 346 41 0 7 1.000 4.0 10.3 4 7.45 5.78 .990 6.74 5.64 9 23 38 27 42%
1995 TOR AL 39 DH 1
19 Seasons C 1818 1715 15202.1 10721 9647 980 94 133 .991 43.0 3.4 43 6.29 5.85 .987 6.10 5.15 192 515 1043 655 39%
11 Seasons DH 123
6 Seasons 1B 30 24 188.0 195 185 6 4 23 .979 -3.2 -20.4 -3.2 0.0 -3.2 0 9.14 6.37 .993 9.75 8.36
2 Seasons OF 6 4 36.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0 2.00 1.33 .975 2.48 2.17
1 Season RF 4 4 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.59 1.50 .967 2.12 1.78
2 Seasons LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 1.90
19 Seasons TOT 1854 1743 15426.1 10924 9840 986 98 156 .991 39.8 3.1 -3.2 0.2 -3.4 0 0 43 6.32 5.84 .978 6.13 5.19 192 515 1043 655 39%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 *
1982 *
1983 *
1984 (C)
1985
1986 (C)
1988 *
1990 *

Gold Gloves
1983-AL-C
1984-AL-C
1985-AL-C
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
1980-AL-C
1982-AL-C
1983-AL-C
1984-AL-C
1986-AL-C
1990-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1982-AL-13-7%
1983-AL-9-17%
1984-AL-16-2%
0.26 Career Shares (636th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 AL--.499--9th
1982 AL--.529--8th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--1988--226th

At Bats s c a p y
1983 AL--605--9th
Career--7067--249th

Total Bases s c a p y
1983 AL--292--8th
Career--3113--238th

Doubles s c a p y
1980 AL--34--7th
1983 AL--42--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL--24--9th
1982 AL--32--5th
1983 AL--27--9th
1984 AL--33--3rd
1990 AL--24--10th
Career--324--98th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1983 AL--114--4th
Career--1070--212th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1979 AL--105--7th
1980 AL--109--4th
1983 AL--106--9th
1984 AL--120--7th
Career--1527--39th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1980 AL--64--8th
1983 AL--72--3rd
Career--656--206th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1983 AL--13--1st
Career--58--216th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL--24--2nd
1981 AL--16--3rd
1983 AL--21--9th
1987 NL--23--2nd
Career--197--88th

AB per HR s c a p y
1982 AL--15.188--4th
1984 AL--17.515--6th
1990 AL--19.583--10th
Career--21.812--168th

Outs Made s c a p y
1983 AL--479--6th
Career--5600--194th

Oldest s c a p y
1994 NL--born 1956-06-15--5th
1995 AL--born 1956-06-15--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 29 (666), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 107 (133), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (464), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

March 13, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 3, 1988: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the California Angels for David Holdridge.

June 23, 1992: Released by the California Angels.

June 28, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

November 3, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 7, 1993: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 7, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

May 30, 1993: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

February 14, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 30, 1994: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

February 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

April 22, 1995: Sent to the Toronto Blue Jays by the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Detroit Tigers$766,667
1986Detroit Tigers$850,000
1987Philadelphia Phillies$1,000,000
1988Philadelphia Phillies$1,000,000
1989California Angels$1,000,000
1990California Angels$1,916,667
1991California Angels$2,416,667
1992California Angels$2,416,667
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$209,000
Cleveland Indians$125,000
1995Toronto Blue Jays$290,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,990,668
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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