MLB / Players

William Parks

HandednessThrows Right
BornJune 11, 1885 · Columbus, OH, USA
Seasons9 (1910–1919)

Chicago Giants 1910; Philadelphia Giants 1910; Chicago American Giants 1911; Chicago Giants 1911; Chicago American Giants 1912–1913; Chicago Giants 1913; New York Lincoln Stars 1914; Chicago American Giants 1915; New York Lincoln Giants 1915; New York Lincoln Stars 1915–1916; Brooklyn Royal Giants 1918; New York Lincoln Giants 1918; Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1919

Percentile snapshot

1916 season — qualified batters

G
26
16.8
PA
125
16.8
AB
108
16.8
R
22
19.3
H
31
17.6
2B
4
16.8
3B
1
12.6
HR
1
32.8
RBI
12
15.1
BB
11
15.1
SO
0
64.7
SB
3
14.3
CS
0
31.1
BA
.287
68.9
OBP
.358
66.4
SLG
.370
54.6
OPS
.729
63
wRC+
97.9
36.1
OPS+
97.5
37.8
wOBA
.358
65.5
sWAR
0.4
24.4

of 120 qualified 1916 batters (min 89 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
1.7
68.3

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1910831283600033000.214.290.214.50565.350.5.254-0.4
1911228680824610124010.300.333.400.733114.2121.7.3481.0
19121430000001000.000.250.000.25026.6-23.3.1910.0
1913522205621012000.300.364.500.864133.2143.2.3990.2
1914524212801032030.381.435.476.911140.3147.0.4400.2
1915269980921200911010.263.352.288.63993.783.1.3220.2
19162612510822314111211030.287.358.370.72997.997.5.3580.4
1918731252800013000.320.393.320.713108.4105.3.3640.1
191921180000001000.000.200.000.200-3.1-38.8.156-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19101000000864505.010.802.4009.003.4799.732.2-0.4
19111110010905109.00.001.5561.004.86148.81.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
102
PA
433
AB
373
R
51
H
104
2B
14
3B
4
HR
1
RBI
41
BB
38
SO
0
SB
8
BA
.2788
OBP
.3487
SLG
.3458
OPS
.6945

Pitching

G (P)
2
GS
1
W
1
L
0
SV
0
CG
1
SHO
0
IP
14
SO (P)
6
BB allowed
9
ERA
3.857
WHIP
1.8571
K/9
3.86

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.