Mike Parrott
Michael Everett Arch Parrott
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 6, 1954 in Oxnard, CA
High School: Adolfo Camarillo (Camarillo, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1977
Final Game: September 29, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 22 BAL AL 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18 184 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1978 23 SEA AL 1 5 .167 5.14 27 10 7 0 0 1 82.1 108 59 47 8 32 5 41 3 1 1 389 74 1.700 11.8 0.9 3.5 4.5 1.28
1979 24 SEA AL 14 12 .538 3.77 38 30 4 13 2 0 229.1 231 104 96 17 86 16 127 6 1 1 973 117 1.382 9.1 0.7 3.4 5.0 1.48
1980 25 SEA AL 1 16 .059 7.28 27 16 8 1 0 3 94.0 136 83 76 16 42 9 53 1 0 2 442 57 1.894 13.0 1.5 4.0 5.1 1.26
1981 26 SEA AL 3 6 .333 5.08 24 12 6 0 0 1 85.0 102 51 48 3 28 1 43 1 1 1 378 76 1.529 10.8 0.3 3.0 4.6 1.54
5 Seasons 19 39 .328 4.87 119 68 27 14 2 5 495.0 581 298 268 44 190 31 266 11 3 6 2200 85 1.558 10.6 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.40
162 Game Avg. 7 14 .328 4.87 43 25 10 5 1 2 180 211 108 97 16 69 11 97 4 1 2 800 85 1.558 10.6 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.40
SEA (4 yrs) 19 39 .328 4.90 116 68 25 14 2 5 490.2 577 297 267 44 188 31 264 11 3 5 2182 85 1.559 10.6 0.8 3.4 4.8 1.40
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18 184 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 22 BAL AL 3 18 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .250 .333 .250 .583 .286 4 0 0 0 0 0
1978 23 SEA AL 27 389 342 59 108 10 2 8 17 1 32 41 .316 .373 .427 .800 .334 146 8 3 6 6 5
1979 24 SEA AL 38 973 865 104 231 37 5 17 34 4 86 127 .267 .336 .380 .716 .295 329 27 6 11 5 16
1980 25 SEA AL 27 442 391 83 136 21 2 16 21 7 42 53 .348 .411 .535 .945 .370 209 9 1 6 2 9
1981 26 SEA AL 24 378 341 51 102 23 4 3 11 2 28 43 .299 .350 .416 .767 .331 142 6 1 4 4 1
5 Seasons 119 2200 1955 298 581 91 13 44 83 15 190 266 .297 .360 .425 .784 .323 830 50 11 27 17 31
162 Game Avg. 43 800 711 108 211 33 5 16 30 5 69 97 .297 .360 .425 .784 .323 302 18 4 10 6 11
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 23 SEA AL 27 10 1 4 5 1 0 5 5 .500 0 4 0 0 1 10% 40 56 30 22 2 1 6 4.5 5.1 4.0
1979 24 SEA AL 38 30 13 12 5 3 2 16 14 .533 2 0 13 2 14 47% 52 87 24 24 11 6 4 4.8 5.5 7.0
1980 25 SEA AL 27 16 1 14 1 0 2 2 14 .125 0 1 1 0 3 19% 37 61 18 18 8 1 8 3.0 2.1 4.8
1981 26 SEA AL 24 12 3 6 3 1 1 4 8 .333 1 0 0 0 5 42% 45 68 25 16 3 1 8 4.3 5.7 5.3
4 Seasons 116 68 18 36 14 5 5 27 41 .397 3 5 14 2 23 34% 45 87 18 80 24 9 26 4.2 4.8 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 22 BAL AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 0.102 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3
1978 23 SEA AL 27 17 7 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 21 10 48% 4 0.827 5 5 7 4 1 12 14 3 10 2 10 1 7.5
1979 24 SEA AL 38 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 7 0.835 1 2 5 1 1 6 3 5 6 1 6 1 7.8
1980 25 SEA AL 27 11 8 0 2 4 3 1 75% 4 0 10 3 30% 6 1.026 4 2 5 4 1 6 6 5 4 5 5 1 4.9
1981 26 SEA AL 24 12 6 0 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 19 5 26% 8 0.897 2 3 7 5 0 7 10 2 7 3 9 2 5.3
5 Seasons 119 51 27 1 3 7 5 2 71% 10 3 58 23 40% 0.877 12 12 27 14 3 34 34 17 29 11 32 5 6.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 22 BAL AL 18 56% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 78% 2 0 0%
1978 23 SEA AL 389 43% 2.1% 10.5% 8.2% 5.1% 19% 1.11 77% 87 8 9%
1979 24 SEA AL 973 48% 1.8% 13.1% 8.8% 6.1% 26% 1.93 75% 172 27 16%
1980 25 SEA AL 442 52% 3.6% 12.0% 9.5% 8.8% 29% 1.19 73% 73 9 12%
1981 26 SEA AL 378 52% 0.8% 11.4% 7.4% 7.9% 29% 1.00 79% 89 6 7%
5 Seasons 2200 49% 2.0% 12.1% 8.6% 6.7% 26% 1.41 76% 423 50 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 22 BAL AL 18 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 23 SEA AL 389 108 8 1 14 4 4 4 4 34 21 2 62% 11 1 0 174 17 1 94% 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1979 24 SEA AL 973 231 17 0 16 6 11 11 6 42 23 4 55% 6 1 1 374 34 4 89% 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1980 25 SEA AL 442 136 16 0 13 7 9 7 9 27 14 4 52% 4 2 1 169 21 7 75% 20 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 0
1981 26 SEA AL 378 102 3 0 9 1 2 3 0 22 15 3 68% 4 1 0 167 11 2 85% 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
5 Seasons 2200 581 44 1 53 18 26 25 19 125 73 13 58% 25 6 2 890 83 15 85% 80 12 3 2 0 1 2 0 43 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1977 22 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 18 184 1.385 8.3 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00 184
1978 23 1 5 .167 4.98 30 10 9 0 0 1 86.2 112 60 48 8 34 5 43 3 1 2 407 77 1.685 11.6 0.8 3.5 4.5 1.26 77
1979 24 15 17 .469 4.10 68 40 13 13 2 1 316.0 343 164 144 25 120 21 170 9 2 3 1380 103 1.465 9.8 0.7 3.4 4.8 1.42 103
1980 25 16 33 .327 4.83 95 56 21 14 2 4 410.0 479 247 220 41 162 30 223 10 2 5 1822 87 1.563 10.5 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.38 87
1981 26 19 39 .328 4.87 119 68 27 14 2 5 495.0 581 298 268 44 190 31 266 11 3 6 2200 85 1.558 10.6 0.8 3.5 4.8 1.40 85

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 22 0 0 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 3
1978 23 2 6 .250 6.04 79.0 116 59 53 9 34 39 3 1.899 13.2 3.9 4.4 1.15 1.0 27
1979 24 12 12 .500 3.85 220.0 227 104 94 17 85 122 6 1.418 9.3 3.5 5.0 1.44 0.7 38
1980 25 2 7 .222 7.97 87.0 137 86 77 16 42 49 1 2.057 14.2 4.3 5.1 1.17 1.7 27
1981 26 4 9 .308 5.83 122.0 160 88 79 5 44 62 2 1.672 11.8 3.2 4.6 1.41 0.4 24
5 Seasons 20 34 .370 5.34 512.0 645 338 304 47 207 274 12 1.664 11.3 4.8 1.32 0.8 119

* 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

Complete Games s c a p y
1979 AL--13--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL--86--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL--.667--7th

Losses s c a p y
1980 AL--16--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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