MLB / Players

Larry Parrish

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 190 lb

BornNovember 10, 1953 · Winter Haven, FL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 6, 1974

Final gameOctober 2, 1988

Seasons15 (1974–1988)

Montreal Expos 1974–1981; Texas Rangers 1982–1987; Boston Red Sox 1988; Texas Rangers 1988

Percentile snapshot

1987 season — qualified batters

152

62.4

613

49.6

557

57.1

44.4

149

45.9

17.3

7.5

84.2

RBI

100

83.5

39.1

154

4.5

20.3

83.5

.268

33.1

OBP

.328

29.3

SLG

.483

69.9

OPS

.811

56.4

wRC+

108.8

43.6

OPS+

111.6

51.1

wOBA

.347

43.6

sWAR

1.4

20.3

of 134 qualified 1987 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

104.7

51.7

OPS+

106.7

55.8

sWAR

24.0

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
1974	25	79	69	9	14	5	0	0	4	6	19	0	0	.203	.286	.275	.561	47.8	54.6	.264	-0.2
1975	145	573	532	50	146	32	5	10	65	28	74	4	5	.274	.314	.410	.724	94.0	96.6	.333	1.7
1976	154	593	543	65	126	28	5	11	61	41	91	2	6	.232	.285	.363	.648	79.1	81.7	.302	0.8
1977	123	449	402	50	99	19	2	11	46	37	71	2	4	.246	.314	.386	.699	84.3	88.3	.312	0.8
1978	144	560	520	68	144	39	4	15	70	32	103	2	3	.277	.321	.454	.775	114.2	116.8	.348	3.1
1979	153	595	544	83	167	39	2	30	82	41	101	5	1	.307	.357	.551	.909	145.9	147.0	.400	5.6
1980	126	501	452	55	115	27	3	15	72	36	80	2	6	.254	.310	.427	.737	102.2	105.2	.331	2.0
1981	97	385	349	41	85	19	3	8	44	28	73	0	0	.244	.297	.384	.681	90.9	92.4	.316	1.0
1982	128	478	440	59	116	15	0	17	62	30	84	5	2	.264	.314	.414	.727	102.6	102.7	.326	1.2
1983	145	613	555	76	151	26	4	26	88	46	91	0	0	.272	.326	.474	.800	116.1	120.0	.349	2.5
1984	156	664	613	72	175	42	1	22	101	42	116	2	4	.285	.336	.465	.801	116.2	117.1	.354	2.4
1985	94	382	346	44	86	11	1	17	51	33	77	0	2	.249	.314	.434	.748	101.5	102.0	.331	0.8
1986	129	524	464	67	128	22	1	28	94	52	114	3	1	.276	.347	.509	.856	125.1	127.8	.370	2.3
1987	152	613	557	79	149	22	1	32	100	49	154	3	1	.268	.328	.483	.811	108.8	111.6	.347	1.4
1988	120	441	406	32	88	14	1	14	52	28	111	0	1	.217	.270	.360	.629	69.5	72.7	.284	-1.4

Career totals

1,891

338th-most career G

7,450

372nd-most career PA

6,792

345th-most career AB

850

1,789

417th-most career H

360

289th-most career 2B

256

240th-most career HR

RBI

992

313th-most career RBI

529

1,359

141st-most career SO

.2634

OBP

.3181

SLG

.4392

OPS

.7573

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
1977-05-29	WSH @ STL Gameday	5	5	5	0	3	5	14
1978-07-30	WSH @ ATL Gameday	6	4	4	1	3	5	14
1980-04-25	WSH @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	7	12
1985-04-29	NYY @ TEX Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	6	12
1983-07-14	TEX @ NYY Gameday	5	4	4	0	2	5	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

2× 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.