Lance Parrish

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 210 lb

BornJune 15, 1956 · Clairton, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 5, 1977

Final gameSeptember 23, 1995

Seasons19 (1977–1995)

Detroit Tigers 1977–1986; Philadelphia Phillies 1987–1988; California Angels 1989–1992; Seattle Mariners 1992; Cleveland Indians 1993; Pittsburgh Pirates 1994; Toronto Blue Jays 1995

Percentile snapshot

1990 season — qualified batters

133

11.7

523

11.7

470

17.2

10.9

126

21.9

2.3

80.5

RBI

53.9

35.2

107

16.4

11.7

75.8

.268

42.2

OBP

.338

46.9

SLG

.451

74.2

OPS

.789

65.6

wRC+

122.3

68.8

OPS+

122.3

71.9

wOBA

.356

60.9

sWAR

4.3

79.7

of 129 qualified 1990 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

104.0

OPS+

105.9

54.2

sWAR

44.6

98.4

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
1977	12	51	46	10	9	2	0	3	7	5	12	0	0	.196	.275	.435	.709	85.4	86.4	.315	0.2
1978	85	304	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	11	71	0	0	.219	.254	.424	.678	81.6	86.3	.303	1.1
1979	143	548	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	49	105	6	7	.276	.343	.456	.800	113.4	112.1	.358	4.0
1980	144	592	553	79	158	34	6	24	82	31	109	6	4	.286	.325	.499	.825	121.1	122.1	.364	4.3
1981	96	384	348	39	85	18	2	10	46	34	52	2	3	.244	.311	.394	.704	97.3	100.3	.320	2.0
1982	133	529	486	75	138	19	2	32	87	40	99	3	4	.284	.338	.529	.867	134.6	136.0	.377	5.2
1983	155	663	605	80	163	42	3	27	114	44	106	1	3	.269	.314	.483	.796	114.7	119.6	.345	4.3
1984	147	629	578	75	137	16	2	33	98	41	120	2	3	.237	.287	.443	.730	96.6	101.0	.319	2.7
1985	140	600	549	64	150	27	1	28	98	41	90	2	6	.273	.323	.479	.802	116.4	118.7	.349	4.0
1986	91	374	327	53	84	6	1	22	62	38	83	0	0	.257	.340	.483	.824	122.2	123.2	.361	2.9
1987	130	518	466	42	114	21	0	17	67	47	104	0	1	.245	.313	.399	.712	85.2	84.8	.321	1.8
1988	123	478	424	44	91	17	2	15	60	47	93	0	0	.215	.293	.370	.663	84.9	87.5	.303	1.8
1989	124	482	433	48	103	12	1	17	50	42	104	1	1	.238	.306	.388	.694	93.8	96.7	.314	2.4
1990	133	523	470	54	126	14	0	24	70	46	107	2	2	.268	.338	.451	.789	122.3	122.3	.356	4.3
1991	119	445	402	38	87	12	0	19	51	35	117	0	1	.216	.285	.388	.673	83.9	85.7	.304	1.5
1992	93	304	275	26	64	13	1	12	32	24	70	1	1	.233	.294	.418	.712	93.5	97.8	.319	1.0
1993	10	24	20	2	4	1	0	1	2	4	5	1	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	102.5	96.9	.341	0.2
1994	40	147	126	10	34	5	0	3	16	18	28	1	1	.270	.363	.381	.744	97.6	93.5	.340	0.8
1995	70	202	178	15	36	9	0	4	22	15	52	0	0	.202	.265	.320	.586	51.2	52.4	.267	0.0

Career totals

1,988

266th-most career G

7,797

325th-most career PA

7,067

293rd-most career AB

856

1,782

419th-most career H

305

472nd-most career 2B

324

133rd-most career HR

RBI

1,070

249th-most career RBI

612

1,527

76th-most career SO

.2522

OBP

.3127

SLG

.4405

OPS

.7532

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
1980-07-19	DET @ SEA Gameday	4	3	4	2	2	2	12
1990-05-01	LAA @ BAL Gameday	4	3	4	1	2	4	11
1985-08-24	DET @ LAA Gameday	5	3	3	1	2	3	10
1991-09-09	TEX @ LAA Gameday	3	2	3	1	2	3	10
1980-08-22	DET @ MIN Gameday	6	2	4	2	1	3	9

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

6× Silver Slugger3× Gold Glove8× 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.