Dave Parker

Silent Sensei from Santa Cruz, USA / CC BY 2.0

Dave Parker

1973–1991 · Bats L · Throws R · 6'5", 230 lb · b. 1951 Grenada, MS

Career 2,466 G · 2,712 H · 339 HR · 1,493 RBI · .290 AVG

Seasons leading his league

14

3 best in baseball 11 league only

43 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

9 Categories led

1977 Best season

Spanning 1975–1986, peaking at 5 titles in 1977.

Clubs 200 Hit Seasons

Team records #6 Pirates career HR #10 Reds 1985 RBI

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

293rd League titles 14
898th Best in baseball 3
519th Top-5 finishes 43

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

46th Doubles 526
56th Total Bases 4,405
58th Runs Batted In 1,493
67th Hits 2,712
93rd Outfield Putouts 3,791
114th Home Runs 339
134th Outfield Assists 143
145th Runs 1,272
249th Outfield Range Factor 2.11
288th Slugging Percentage .471
330th Triples 75
401st Batting Average .290
408th Walks 683
419th On-Base Plus Slug. .810
419th Outfield Fielding Percentage .965

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Total Bases	3	1st	2 yrs (1985–1986)	1978 NL 340 1985 NL 350 1986 NL 304 1975 #3 1977 #2 1979 #2
Doubles	2	1st	—	1977 NL 44 1985 NL 42 1979 #3
Slugging Percentage	2	1st	—	1975 NL .541 1978 NL .585 1985 #2
Batting Average	2	1st	2 yrs (1977–1978)	1978 .334 1977 NL .338
Outfield Assists	1	1st	—	1977 26
Outfield Putouts	1	1st	—	1977 NL 389
On-Base Plus Slug.	1	1st	—	1978 .979 1975 #3 1985 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1977 NL 215 1985 #2
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	1985 NL 125 1978 #2 1986 #2
Triples	—	#2	—	1975 #2 1976 #3 1978 #2
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1978 #2
Runs	—	#3	—	1978 #3 1979 #3
Home Runs	—	#2	—	1978 #3 1985 #2 1986 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1986	1	TB 304
1985	3	RBI 125 2B 42 TB 350
1978	4	AVG .334 OPS .979 SLG .585 TB 340
1977	5	AVG .338 H 215 2B 44 OF PO 389 OF A 26
1975	1	SLG .541

Batting

led the league 19 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1973	PIT	NL	54	139	17	40	9	1	4	14	2	27	1	.288	.308	.453	.761
1974	PIT	NL	73	220	27	62	10	3	4	29	10	53	3	.282	.322	.409	.731
1975	PIT	NL	148	558	75	172	35	10	25	101	38	89	8	.308	.357	.541	.898
1976	PIT	NL	138	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	30	80	19	.313	.349	.475	.824
1977	PIT	NL	159	637	107	215	44	8	21	88	58	107	17	.338	.397	.531	.927
1978	PIT	NL	148	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	57	92	20	.334	.394	.585	.979
1979	PIT	NL	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	67	101	20	.310	.381	.526	.906
1980	PIT	NL	139	518	71	153	31	1	17	79	25	69	10	.295	.327	.458	.785
1981	PIT	NL	67	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	9	25	6	.258	.287	.454	.742
1982	PIT	NL	73	244	41	66	19	3	6	29	22	45	7	.271	.330	.447	.776
1983	PIT	NL	144	552	68	154	29	4	12	69	28	89	12	.279	.311	.411	.722
1984	CIN	NL	156	607	73	173	28	0	16	94	41	89	11	.285	.328	.410	.738
1985	CIN	NL	160	635	88	198	42	4	34	125	52	80	5	.312	.365	.551	.916
1986	CIN	NL	162	637	89	174	31	3	31	116	56	126	1	.273	.330	.477	.807
1987	CIN	NL	153	589	77	149	28	0	26	97	44	104	7	.253	.311	.433	.744
1988	OAK	AL	101	377	43	97	18	1	12	55	32	70	0	.257	.314	.406	.720
1989	OAK	AL	144	553	56	146	27	0	22	97	38	91	0	.264	.308	.432	.741
1990	ML4	AL	157	610	71	176	30	3	21	92	41	102	4	.289	.330	.451	.781
1991	CAL +1	AL	132	502	47	120	26	2	11	59	33	98	3	.239	.288	.365	.653
Career	—	—	2,466	9,358	1,272	2,712	526	75	339	1,493	683	1,537	154	.290	.339	.471	.810

Fielding

3 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1973	PIT	NL	OF	39	31	263.1	77	3	3	1	83	.964	2.05
1974	PIT	NL	OF	49	42	390.1	101	5	4	1	110	.964	2.16
			1B	6	5	55.0	53	3	0	9	56	1.000	9.33
1975	PIT	NL	OF	141	141	1253.2	311	7	9	2	327	.973	2.26
1976	PIT	NL	OF	134	134	1196.1	294	12	14	0	320	.956	2.28
1977	PIT	NL	OF	158	158	1420.1	389	26	15	9	430	.965	2.63
			2B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1978	PIT	NL	OF	147	147	1303.2	302	12	13	3	327	.960	2.14
1979	PIT	NL	OF	158	158	1432.1	341	15	15	1	371	.960	2.25
1980	PIT	NL	OF	130	129	1091.0	235	14	9	0	258	.965	1.92
1981	PIT	NL	OF	60	59	492.0	110	1	7	0	118	.941	1.85
1982	PIT	NL	OF	63	62	527.0	108	2	5	1	115	.957	1.75
1983	PIT	NL	OF	142	139	1226.2	282	3	8	2	293	.973	2.01
1984	CIN	NL	OF	151	150	1301.2	296	6	8	1	310	.974	2.00
1985	CIN	NL	OF	159	158	1404.1	329	12	10	1	351	.972	2.15
1986	CIN	NL	OF	159	157	1399.0	278	9	9	2	296	.970	1.81
1987	CIN	NL	OF	142	141	1211.1	278	13	10	3	301	.967	2.05
			1B	9	9	77.2	76	4	1	7	81	.988	8.89
1988	OAK	AL	OF	34	34	269.0	58	3	3	0	64	.953	1.79
			1B	1	1	6.0	5	2	0	0	7	1.000	7.00
1989	OAK	AL	OF	1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1990	ML4	AL	1B	3	3	23.0	24	0	1	4	25	.960	8.00
Career	—	—	OF	1,867	1,841	16190.0	3,791	143	142	27	4,076	.965	2.11
	—	—	1B	19	18	161.2	158	9	2	20	169	.988	8.79
	—	—	2B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00