LF Gary Parker #39
St. Louis Explorers MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Good
10/10/1975
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LF GARY PARKER #39 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
155 583 162 32 5 13 71 51 71 .278 .335 .417 1 4.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 55 50 50
Gap 60 65 55 60
Power 50 50 50 50
Eye 45 50 45 45
Avoid K's 55 55 55 55
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 60
Errors: - 35 60
Arm: 20 35 55
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: - Center Field: 40
2nd Base: - Right Field: 60
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 65
Stealing Aggressiveness: 70
Stealing Ability: 70
Baserunning Inst.: 80
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 40
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/28/1975 WAS Win, 6-0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/27/1975 WAS Loss, 0-5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1975 WAS Loss, 0-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/25/1975 KCB Win, 6-2 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
09/24/1975 KCB Loss, 4-7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1975 KCB Loss, 4-14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1975 LAB Loss, 1-2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/20/1975 LAB Win, 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
09/19/1975 LAB Win, 3-2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
09/18/1975 @ WAS Win, 5-3 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
"Steady as you go" describes Gary.
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Financial Ambition
Birthday:04/22/1947
Born in:Peoria, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$219,200
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 28 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$1,856,000 total for 4 years
Drafted:1968, 27th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 155 583 162 32 5 13 71 88 51 71 .278 .335 .417 .752 .334 .139 120
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 149 645 2 8 0 21 4 5 243 50 1 0 100.0 78.2 4.68 4.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   159 47 14 2 2 16 28 16 14 2 2 0 .296 .356 .447 .802
Versus Right   424 115 18 3 11 55 60 35 57 3 2 2 .271 .328 .406 .733
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   75 25 7 2 2 10 13 9 10 1 0 1 .333 .407 .560 .967
May   104 30 8 1 1 14 13 9 14 0 0 0 .288 .345 .413 .759
June   106 30 2 0 4 14 19 4 12 1 1 0 .283 .306 .415 .721
July   97 22 4 1 1 7 13 6 10 1 0 0 .227 .269 .320 .589
August   111 29 5 0 4 16 18 10 18 0 1 0 .261 .322 .414 .737
September   90 26 6 1 1 10 12 13 7 2 2 1 .289 .377 .411 .788
Spring Training   40 14 1 1 0 5 5 3 5 0 1 0 .350 .395 .425 .820
Last Year   576 159 33 5 14 68 68 54 60 6 6 2 .276 .337 .424 .761
2 Years Ago   570 151 27 11 11 63 84 47 74 4 7 0 .265 .319 .409 .728
Career   2946 786 152 31 69 361 395 263 371 32 19 8 .267 .325 .410 .735
Home   285 81 12 1 6 29 41 24 30 3 2 1 .284 .339 .396 .735
Road   298 81 20 4 7 42 47 27 41 2 2 1 .272 .332 .436 .769
Grass   583 162 32 5 13 71 88 51 71 5 4 2 .278 .335 .417 .752
Day   372 104 22 4 8 45 49 32 43 2 3 1 .280 .337 .425 .761
Night   211 58 10 1 5 26 39 19 28 3 1 1 .275 .333 .403 .736
As Starter   579 160 32 4 13 69 86 49 71 5 4 2 .276 .332 .413 .745
As Reliever / Substitution   4 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
Pinch Hitting   4 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 1.000 1.667
Close/Late   128 33 8 2 2 16 17 13 13 1 0 1 .258 .329 .398 .727
Inning 1-3   205 62 15 2 7 34 35 15 23 4 3 1 .302 .347 .498 .844
Inning 4-6   199 53 5 1 1 12 28 19 32 0 1 0 .266 .330 .317 .647
Inning 7-9   174 45 12 1 5 25 24 14 15 1 0 1 .259 .316 .425 .741
Extra Innings   5 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 .400 .625 .800 1.425
0 Outs   194 50 8 1 5 12 36 18 27 0 4 0 .258 .321 .387 .707
1 Outs   185 54 12 2 4 32 36 22 22 5 0 1 .292 .362 .443 .805
2 Outs   204 58 12 2 4 27 16 11 22 0 0 1 .284 .324 .422 .746
Scoring Position   144 46 8 1 2 50 26 18 11 5 4 1 .319 .387 .431 .817
Bases Empty   293 71 12 3 6 6 36 21 43 0 0 1 .242 .295 .365 .660
Runner on 1st   146 45 12 1 5 15 26 12 17 0 0 0 .308 .361 .507 .868
Runner on 2nd   64 17 5 0 1 15 11 10 6 0 2 0 .266 .365 .391 .755
Runner on 3rd   14 7 0 0 0 8 3 6 0 1 0 1 .500 .636 .500 1.136
Runner on 1st & 2nd   39 14 1 1 1 11 8 2 5 0 0 0 .359 .390 .513 .903
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 4 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 .333 .267 .417 .683
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Bases Loaded   7 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .250 .286 .536
Two Strikes   241 57 8 3 6 37 24 18 71 2 0 0 .237 .287 .369 .657
First Pitch   102 26 5 0 2 6 14 8 0 0 1 0 .255 .309 .363 .672
Count 0-1   71 25 4 1 1 6 16 0 0 1 1 2 .352 .365 .479 .844
Count 0-2   44 11 2 0 3 8 5 0 11 1 0 0 .250 .244 .500 .744
Count 1-0   48 18 3 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .604 .979
Count 1-1   46 16 6 0 1 5 10 0 0 1 2 0 .348 .340 .543 .884
Count 1-2   78 22 5 3 0 13 10 0 24 1 0 0 .282 .278 .423 .702
Count 2-0   19 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316
Count 2-1   43 13 5 0 1 9 9 0 0 1 0 0 .302 .295 .488 .784
Count 2-2   77 13 1 0 2 11 4 0 22 0 0 0 .169 .169 .260 .429
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   13 4 1 0 0 1 5 12 0 0 0 0 .308 .640 .385 1.025
Full Count   42 11 0 0 1 5 5 18 14 0 0 0 .262 .483 .333 .817
Behind in Count   193 58 11 4 4 27 31 0 35 3 1 2 .301 .303 .461 .764
Ahead in Count   123 38 9 1 3 17 24 25 0 1 0 0 .309 .423 .472 .894
Batting 3rd   190 55 10 1 4 25 28 22 24 2 3 1 .289 .363 .416 .779
Batting 4th   390 105 22 3 9 44 58 27 47 3 1 1 .269 .316 .410 .726
Batting 8th   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
Batting 9th   2 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250
Low Leverage   200 47 9 1 4 12 23 15 28 1 0 1 .235 .290 .350 .640
Medium Leverage   277 83 18 3 7 33 46 26 34 0 4 0 .300 .360 .462 .822
High Leverage   103 32 5 1 2 26 19 10 9 4 0 1 .311 .364 .437 .801
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1969 St. Louis - MLB 22 10 29 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 .138 .219 .310 .529 58 63 -0.2
1970 St. Louis - MLB 23 56 134 33 3 1 6 17 15 5 1 0 26 3 0 .246 .279 .418 .696 94 90 0.3
1971 St. Louis - MLB 24 132 476 116 24 3 16 62 63 55 1 7 41 18 7 .244 .319 .408 .727 116 117 4.8
1972 St. Louis - MLB 25 156 578 161 33 5 8 79 76 48 2 10 96 11 15 .279 .331 .394 .725 119 123 4.4
1973 St. Louis - MLB 26 154 570 151 27 11 11 63 84 47 0 4 74 1 1 .265 .319 .409 .728 106 108 4.3
1974 St. Louis - MLB 27 155 576 159 33 5 14 68 68 54 2 6 60 0 0 .276 .337 .424 .761 123 124 4.5
1975 St. Louis - MLB 28 155 583 162 32 5 13 71 88 51 2 5 71 1 0 .278 .335 .417 .752 111 120 4.1
Total MLB 818 2946 786 152 31 69 361 395 263 8 32 371 34 23 .267 .325 .410 .735 114 117 22.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Total - 21 43 198 56 9 5 6 38 40 18 1 2 18 32 6 .283 .342 .470 .812 100 100 1.1
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1974 St. Louis - MLB 27 5 22 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .136 .174 .136 .310 -8 -0 0.0
Total MLB 5 22 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 .136 .174 .136 .310 -8 -0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 St. Louis - MLB CF 10 9 19 0 0 20 1 .950 75.0 2.28 -2.4 .886
1970 St. Louis - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 St. Louis - MLB CF 30 25 52 0 0 53 1 .981 229.0 2.04 -3.0 .955
1970 St. Louis - MLB RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 -0.1 .979
1971 St. Louis - MLB CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 St. Louis - MLB RF 125 125 254 4 1 263 5 .981 1118.1 2.08 +12.7 1.055
1972 St. Louis - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 St. Louis - MLB RF 150 148 269 15 2 286 2 .993 1338.2 1.91 +6.5 1.035
1973 St. Louis - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.1 1.012
1973 St. Louis - MLB RF 139 137 297 12 0 313 4 .987 1223.1 2.27 +17.2 1.075
1974 St. Louis - MLB RF 150 150 264 15 0 285 6 .979 1333.1 1.88 +9.4 1.042
1975 St. Louis - MLB LF 48 48 83 0 0 84 1 .988 424.1 1.76 -2.6 .972
1975 St. Louis - MLB CF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.1 1.007
1975 St. Louis - MLB RF 105 101 201 11 0 217 5 .977 888.1 2.15 +6.3 1.037
TOTAL LF 48 48 83 0 0 84 1 .988 424.1 1.76 -2.6 .972
TOTAL CF 46 34 74 0 0 76 2 .974 313.0 2.13 -5.2 .939
TOTAL RF 670 661 1286 57 3 1365 22 .984 5905.0 2.05 +52.0 1.050
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 27, 55th overall pick) by the St. Louis Explorers, out of college Virginia
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 35 (50).
07/03/1969 Named the #72 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1969 Named the #83 prospect in the MLB
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 40 (50).
04/07/1970 Named the #95 prospect in the MLB
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $94,410.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $115,830.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
06/13/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Cincinnati Packers, with 2 2B, 0 RBI and 3 R.
07/07/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
09/23/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Kansas City Bulls, with 2 HR, 3 RBI and 5 R.
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $219,200.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
05/23/1975 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,856,000 with the St. Louis Explorers organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1974 150 7
Year 3B Rank
1973 11 2
Year IBB Rank
1971 5 8
Year SF Rank
1971 7 7
1972 10 2
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