Dave Parker

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 5 in · 230 lb

BornJune 9, 1951 · Grenada, MS, USA

MLB debutJuly 12, 1973

Final gameOctober 2, 1991

Seasons19 (1973–1991)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1973–1983; Cincinnati Reds 1984–1987; Oakland Athletics 1988–1989; Milwaukee Brewers 1990; California Angels 1991; Toronto Blue Jays 1991

Percentile snapshot

1991 season — qualified batters

132

7.4

541

18.9

502

32.8

4.1

120

10.7

46.7

25.4

33.6

RBI

30.3

12.3

32.8

21.3

67.2

.239

7.4

OBP

.288

2.5

SLG

.365

17.2

OPS

.653

6.6

wRC+

77.9

4.9

OPS+

80.5

6.6

wOBA

.296

6.6

sWAR

-1.1

0.8

of 123 qualified 1991 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

119.2

OPS+

121.8

81.9

sWAR

42.4

98.2

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1973	54	144	139	17	40	9	1	4	14	2	27	1	1	.288	.308	.453	.761	110.2	112.1	.342	0.6
1974	73	233	220	27	62	10	3	4	29	10	53	3	3	.282	.322	.409	.731	107.7	108.0	.340	0.8
1975	148	602	558	75	172	35	10	25	101	38	89	8	6	.308	.357	.541	.898	151.0	150.0	.408	5.0
1976	138	573	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	30	80	19	7	.313	.349	.475	.824	133.3	134.0	.376	3.5
1977	159	706	637	107	215	44	8	21	88	58	107	17	19	.338	.397	.531	.927	147.2	146.0	.409	5.6
1978	148	642	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	57	92	20	7	.334	.394	.585	.979	167.3	167.7	.431	6.5
1979	158	707	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	101	20	4	.310	.380	.526	.906	141.7	141.6	.401	5.1
1980	139	550	518	71	153	31	1	17	79	25	69	10	7	.295	.327	.458	.785	115.1	115.9	.353	2.1
1981	67	254	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	9	25	6	2	.258	.287	.454	.742	99.3	105.0	.332	0.5
1982	73	270	244	41	66	19	3	6	29	22	45	7	5	.270	.330	.447	.776	113.0	112.7	.352	1.0
1983	144	586	552	68	154	29	4	12	69	28	89	12	9	.279	.311	.411	.722	94.0	97.4	.326	0.8
1984	156	655	607	73	173	28	0	16	94	41	89	11	10	.285	.328	.410	.738	100.1	103.0	.334	1.4
1985	160	694	635	88	198	42	4	34	125	52	80	5	13	.312	.365	.551	.916	144.7	148.3	.398	5.1
1986	162	700	637	89	174	31	3	31	116	56	126	1	6	.273	.330	.477	.807	112.8	117.1	.355	2.6
1987	153	647	589	77	149	28	0	26	97	44	104	7	3	.253	.311	.433	.744	86.6	92.0	.323	0.2
1988	101	411	377	43	97	18	1	12	55	32	70	0	1	.257	.314	.406	.720	104.6	105.0	.325	0.7
1989	144	600	553	56	146	27	0	22	97	38	91	0	0	.264	.308	.432	.741	104.4	112.3	.325	0.7
1990	157	669	610	71	176	30	3	21	92	41	102	4	7	.289	.330	.451	.781	111.9	117.6	.344	1.4
1991	132	541	502	47	120	26	2	11	59	33	98	3	3	.239	.288	.365	.653	77.9	80.5	.296	-1.1

Career totals

2,466

70th-most career G

10,184

76th-most career PA

9,358

55th-most career AB

1,272

144th-most career R

2,712

67th-most career H

526

46th-most career 2B

331st-most career 3B

339

113th-most career HR

RBI

1,493

58th-most career RBI

683

403rd-most career BB

1,537

73rd-most career SO

154

.2898

412th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3389

SLG

.4707

290th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8096

426th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1987-09-15	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	4	5	1	2	8	12
1976-05-01	PIT @ SD Gameday	5	4	4	1	2	5	11
1980-09-03	HOU @ PIT Gameday	4	3	4	0	2	5	10
1978-09-19	PIT @ CHC Gameday	6	2	4	0	2	4	10
1985-05-03	NYM @ CIN Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	3	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2025 (Classic Baseball Era)

3× Gold Glove3× Silver Slugger1× Most Valuable Player1× All-Star Game MVP7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.