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Tom Parsons

Thomas Anthony Parsons

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 13, 1939 in Lakeville, CT
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1963
Teams (by GP): Mets/Pirates 1963-1965

Final Game: September 9, 1965
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Standard Pitching

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
1957	17	PIT-min	D-	8	4	.667	4.88	16	15					96.0	93	76	52	3	90								1.906	8.7	0.3	8.4			SAL · APPY
1958	18	PIT-min	C	6	8	.429	5.12	23	17					102.0	119	77	58	4	93								2.078	10.5	0.4	8.2			GFK · NORL
1959	19	PIT-min	C	13	10	.565	4.57	26	26					187.0	183	120	95	12	97								1.497	8.8	0.6	4.7			IDF · PION
1960	20	PIT-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.19	32	30					189.0	179	75	67	6	79								1.365	8.5	0.3	3.8			SLC · PCL
1961	21	PIT-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.75	16	16					89.0	89	50	47	7	44								1.494	9.0	0.7	4.4			CLB · IL
1962	22	PIT-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.31	26	26		4	1		163.0	164	88	78	19	67	2	104	1	0	10			1.417	9.1	1.0	3.7	5.7	1.55	CLB · IL
1963	23	PIT-min	AAA	11	15	.423	3.47	28	26					174.0	161	83	67	19	47		121						1.195	8.3	1.0	2.4	6.3	2.57	CLB · IL
1963	23	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	44	2.077	14.5	2.1	4.2	4.2	1.00
1964	24	HOU-PIT-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.20	29	22		2	1		137.0	139	67	64	13	30	3	108	2	1	5			1.234	9.1	0.9	2.0	7.1	3.60	OKC,CLB · PCL,IL
1964	24	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	4.19	4	2	2	1	0	0	19.1	20	9	9	1	6	0	10	0	0	0	81	86	1.345	9.3	0.5	2.8	4.7	1.67
1965	25	NYM	NL	1	10	.091	4.67	35	11	6	1	1	1	90.2	108	53	47	17	17	2	58	0	0	2	391	75	1.379	10.7	1.7	1.7	5.8	3.41
1966	26	HOU-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.20	48	14		2	0		133.0	147	74	62	10	32	3	62	2	0	4			1.346	9.9	0.7	2.2	4.2	1.94	OKC · PCL
1967	27	HOU-min	AAA	7	11	.389	3.15	41	17		4	1		160.0	137	70	56	10	32	2	122	2	1	5			1.056	7.7	0.6	1.8	6.9	3.81	OKC · PCL
1968	28	HOU-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.85	49	3		0	0		104.0	128	63	56	11	27	5	79	3	0	2			1.490	11.1	1.0	2.3	6.8	2.93	OKC · PCL
1969	29	BOS-min	AA	7	7	.500	2.25	47	1		1	0	8	132.0	129	50	33	5	35	16	94	4	1	2			1.242	8.8	0.3	2.4	6.4	2.69	PFD · EL
3 Yrs				2	13	.133	4.72	40	14	8	2	1	1	114.1	135	68	60	19	25	2	70	0	0	2	494	75	1.399	10.6	1.5	2.0	5.5	2.80
162 Game Avg.				3	16	.133	4.72	50	18	10	3	1	1	144	170	86	76	24	31	3	88	0	0	3	622	75	1.399	10.6	1.5	2.0	5.5	2.80

NYM (2 yrs)				2	12	.143	4.58	39	13	8	2	1	1	110.0	128	62	56	18	23	2	68	0	0	2	472	77	1.373	10.5	1.5	1.9	5.6	2.96
PIT (1 yr)				0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	22	44	2.077	14.5	2.1	4.2	4.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	23	PIT	NL	4.1	1	1	6	12.46	4.20	0.02	0.07	96.0	4.08	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.188	.498	$
1964	24	NYM	NL	19.1	4	2	9	4.19	3.94	-0.28	-0.02	102.5	4.30	0	0.0	1.5	-0.0	0.2	2	.501	.500	$
1965	25	NYM	NL	90.2	35	11	53	5.26	4.16	-0.08	-0.02	99.4	4.19	-11	-1.2	.8	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.466	.493	$
3 Seasons				114.1	40	14	68	5.35	4.12	-0.11	-0.01	99.8	4.21	-15	-1.5	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-3	.463	.497	$

NYM (2 yrs)				110.0	39	13	62	5.07	4.12	-0.11	-0.02	99.9	4.21	-11	-1.2	.9	-0.1	-0.2	1	.470	.496	$
PIT (1 yr)				4.1	1	1	6	12.46	4.20	0.02	0.07	96.0	4.08	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-4	.188	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1963	23	PIT	NL	1	22	19	6	7	3	0	1	0	0	2	2	.368	.429	.684	1.113	.375	13	0	0	1	0	0	0
1964	24	NYM	NL	4	81	73	9	20	3	0	1	0	2	6	10	.274	.321	.356	.677	.297	26	2	0	0	2	0	1
1965	25	NYM	NL	35	391	371	53	108	11	3	17	2	1	17	58	.291	.321	.474	.796	.306	176	3	0	1	1	2	4
3 Yrs				40	494	463	68	135	17	3	19	2	3	25	70	.292	.326	.464	.790	.308	215	5	0	2	3	2	5
162 Game Avg.				50	622	583	86	170	21	4	24	3	4	31	88	.292	.326	.464	.790	.308	271	6	0	3	4	3	6
MLB Averages																.247	.311	.374	.684	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	23	PIT	NL	-2.8	-0.3	22	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.85	-1.8	0	0	0
1964	24	NYM	NL	-0.7	-0.1	83	-0.0	1.0	-1.0	.75	0.0	-0.1	0.9	0.1	0.75	0.6	1	0	1
1965	25	NYM	NL	-11.4	-1.2	402	-2.6	5.1	-7.7	.82	-1.4	-1.8	-15.8	-1.6	0.82	-14.9	5	7	12
3 Yrs				-14.9	-1.5	507	-2.9	6.3	-9.2	.81	-1.5	-2.1	-18.2	-1.8	0.81	-16.2	6	7	13

Starting Pitching*

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
1963	23	PIT	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	2	2	0	1	0.0	0.0	4.3
1964	24	NYM	NL	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	1	0	1	50%	43.0	70	16	2	2	0	1	3.0	1.4	6.0
1965	25	NYM	NL	35	11	1	7	3	0	1	3	8	.273	0	3	1	1	2	18%	47.3	76	32	21	6	2	4	2.5	2.0	5.4
3 Yrs				40	14	1	10	3	0	2	3	11	.214	0	3	2	1	3	21%	45	76	16	25	10	2	6	2.4	1.7	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						55%	53	116	0					4.0	4.0	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	24	NYM	NL	4	2	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	3	0	0%	4	.749	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	11.0
1965	25	NYM	NL	35	24	6	0	3	1	1	100%	3	2	15	8	53%	8	.816	5	7	12	3	4	17	11	13	14	8	15	3	4.0
2 Yrs				39	26	8	1	3	1	1	100%	4	2	18	8	44%		.805	6	7	13	4	4	18	12	14	16	8	17	3	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	23	PIT	NL	22	73%	4.6%	9.1%	9.1%	18.2%	57%	0.83	73%	4	0	0%
1964	24	NYM	NL	81	59%	1.2%	12.4%	7.4%	4.9%	20%	0.92	79%	22	2	9%
1965	25	NYM	NL	391	57%	4.4%	14.8%	4.4%	7.9%	29%	1.27	76%	56	3	5%
3 Yrs				494	58%	3.9%	14.2%	5.1%	7.9%	29%	1.18	76%	82	5	6%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.6%	8.0%	6.3%	28%	1.09	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1963	23	PIT	NL	22	7			1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	24	NYM	NL	81	20			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	32	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1965	25	NYM	NL	391	108			17	0	3	7	10	7	10	22	10	1	45%	4	2	3	132	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
3 Yrs				494	135			19	0	5	8	11	7	12	27	15	1	56%	5	2	3	174	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1963	23	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	7	6	4	1	2	0	2	0	22	44	2.077	14.5	2.1	4.2	4.2	1.00	44
1964	24	1	3	.250	4.94	5	3	2	1	0	0	23.2	27	15	13	2	8	0	12	0	103	73	1.479	10.3	0.8	3.0	4.6	1.50	73
1965	25	2	13	.133	4.72	40	14	8	2	1	1	114.1	135	68	60	19	25	2	70	2	494	75	1.399	10.6	1.5	2.0	5.5	2.80	75

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1963	23	0	0		9.00	4.0	7	4	4	1	2	2	2.250	15.8	4.5	4.5	1.00	2.3	1
1964	24	1	1	.500	5.00	18.0	21	11	10	1	6	9	1.500	10.5	3.0	4.5	1.50	0.5	4
1965	25	3	6	.333	5.34	86.0	113	57	51	18	18	55	1.523	11.8	1.9	5.8	3.06	1.9	35
3 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.42	108.0	141	72	65	20	26	66	1.546	11.8		5.5	2.54	1.7	40

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