RF Gary Parker #39
St. Louis Explorers MLB
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Good
11/07/1977
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RF GARY PARKER #39 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
152 585 150 32 12 13 66 42 95 .256 .305 .419 35 3.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 50 50 50
BABIP 50 50 45 50
Avoid K's 50 55 50 50
Gap 60 65 60 60
Power 45 50 45 45
Eye 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 60
Errors: - 35 60
Arm: 20 30 55
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: - Center Field: 45
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
10/21/1977 SFS Loss, 0-5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/20/1977 SFS Loss, 0-7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10/19/1977 SFS Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/17/1977 @ SFS Win, 6-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
10/16/1977 @ SFS Loss, 1-4 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
10/11/1977 KCB Win, 5-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/10/1977 KCB Loss, 6-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/09/1977 KCB Win, 9-0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
10/07/1977 @ KCB Win, 1-0 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
10/06/1977 @ KCB Win, 4-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
PERSONALITY
Personality? What personality?
Low: Leader, Financial Ambition
Birthday:04/22/1947
Born in:Peoria, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$464,000
Signed Through:1979 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 28 Days
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 27th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 152 585 150 32 12 13 66 76 42 95 .256 .305 .419 .724 .312 .162 104
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 144 637 1 4 0 17 4 5 245 57 35 12 74.5 71.6 4.09 3.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   160 35 6 3 5 16 13 14 21 1 0 0 .219 .280 .388 .667
Versus Right   425 115 26 9 8 50 63 28 74 4 4 1 .271 .314 .431 .745
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   89 22 6 1 2 17 7 9 15 2 0 0 .247 .310 .404 .714
May   116 34 7 2 6 15 17 7 11 1 0 0 .293 .331 .543 .874
June   109 21 6 3 1 7 15 5 23 1 1 0 .193 .226 .330 .556
July   108 26 2 3 1 11 15 9 19 0 1 0 .241 .299 .343 .642
August   96 27 7 1 0 8 14 8 14 1 0 0 .281 .333 .375 .708
September   67 20 4 2 3 8 8 4 13 0 2 1 .299 .347 .552 .899
Spring Training   54 15 2 0 2 6 10 8 7 0 1 1 .278 .381 .426 .807
Postseason   50 15 3 1 1 4 7 6 7 0 0 1 .300 .386 .460 .846
Last Year   590 150 30 4 7 62 69 54 65 0 9 0 .254 .317 .354 .671
2 Years Ago   583 162 32 5 13 71 88 51 71 5 4 2 .278 .335 .417 .752
Career   4121 1086 214 47 89 489 540 359 531 37 32 9 .264 .321 .403 .724
Home   303 82 21 6 4 36 37 26 39 2 4 0 .271 .326 .419 .745
Road   282 68 11 6 9 30 39 16 56 3 0 1 .241 .281 .418 .700
Grass   575 148 31 12 13 64 76 41 93 5 4 1 .257 .305 .421 .726
Turf   10 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .200 .273 .300 .573
Day   358 85 23 11 6 35 49 30 56 2 3 1 .237 .297 .413 .710
Night   227 65 9 1 7 31 27 12 39 3 1 0 .286 .318 .427 .745
As Starter   579 150 32 12 13 66 76 41 92 5 4 1 .259 .307 .423 .730
As Reliever / Substitution   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Pinch Hitting   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Close/Late   147 37 5 4 3 18 17 6 27 1 2 0 .252 .279 .401 .681
Inning 1-3   203 50 12 6 5 20 29 18 34 1 1 0 .246 .306 .438 .745
Inning 4-6   187 51 12 1 5 23 23 14 23 3 1 1 .273 .322 .428 .750
Inning 7-9   175 40 7 5 1 19 22 9 36 1 1 0 .229 .265 .343 .608
Extra Innings   20 9 1 0 2 4 2 1 2 0 1 0 .450 .476 .800 1.276
0 Outs   211 52 13 6 4 14 32 12 34 1 4 0 .246 .286 .422 .708
1 Outs   188 53 10 5 3 30 31 15 30 4 0 1 .282 .332 .436 .768
2 Outs   186 45 9 1 6 22 13 15 31 0 0 0 .242 .299 .398 .696
Scoring Position   139 39 7 2 1 47 19 15 27 5 4 0 .281 .340 .381 .721
Bases Empty   331 81 18 8 10 10 44 20 43 0 0 1 .245 .290 .438 .728
Runner on 1st   115 30 7 2 2 9 13 7 25 0 0 0 .261 .303 .409 .712
Runner on 2nd   58 12 2 1 0 7 4 7 12 0 4 0 .207 .292 .276 .568
Runner on 3rd   20 7 1 0 0 11 3 1 4 3 0 0 .350 .333 .400 .733
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 7 2 0 0 6 5 4 7 0 0 0 .241 .333 .310 .644
Runner on 1st & 3rd   13 5 1 1 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 .385 .467 .615 1.082
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 3 0 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .571 1.000 1.571
Bases Loaded   13 5 1 0 0 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 .385 .333 .462 .795
Two Strikes   270 49 11 4 4 18 28 24 95 3 0 0 .181 .246 .296 .542
First Pitch   82 27 8 1 3 14 11 4 0 0 1 1 .329 .368 .561 .929
Count 0-1   77 26 6 2 1 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 .338 .338 .506 .844
Count 0-2   45 10 3 1 0 2 7 0 22 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 1-0   39 15 2 2 3 9 11 0 0 1 0 0 .385 .375 .769 1.144
Count 1-1   44 11 1 1 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .318 .568
Count 1-2   78 13 2 0 2 4 5 0 26 0 0 0 .167 .167 .269 .436
Count 2-0   15 4 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 .267 .267 .533 .800
Count 2-1   38 12 1 1 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .316 .316 .474 .789
Count 2-2   84 16 4 2 0 8 5 0 29 3 0 0 .190 .184 .286 .470
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .833 .000 .833
Count 3-1   19 6 2 1 0 4 6 9 0 1 0 0 .316 .517 .526 1.044
Full Count   63 10 2 1 2 4 11 24 18 0 0 0 .159 .391 .317 .708
Behind in Count   200 49 11 3 3 12 20 0 48 0 2 0 .245 .245 .375 .620
Ahead in Count   112 37 6 4 5 21 25 14 0 2 1 0 .330 .398 .589 .988
Batting Leadoff   163 36 9 6 4 11 22 6 29 2 1 0 .221 .246 .423 .669
Batting 2nd   76 18 3 1 0 9 12 5 15 0 1 0 .237 .284 .303 .587
Batting 3rd   94 30 8 1 4 20 13 7 11 1 0 0 .319 .363 .553 .916
Batting 4th   86 19 3 1 2 9 7 10 12 1 0 0 .221 .299 .349 .648
Batting 5th   31 4 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 0 .129 .182 .226 .408
Batting 6th   49 13 3 0 1 1 5 2 11 0 1 0 .265 .294 .388 .682
Batting 7th   47 19 4 1 1 5 7 4 7 0 1 1 .404 .462 .596 1.057
Batting 8th   34 11 1 1 1 7 9 5 5 1 0 0 .324 .400 .500 .900
Batting 9th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Low Leverage   210 54 10 5 5 13 26 14 35 1 1 1 .257 .305 .424 .729
Medium Leverage   265 65 16 7 5 26 37 20 41 2 2 0 .245 .296 .415 .711
High Leverage   106 31 6 0 3 27 13 7 18 2 1 0 .292 .330 .434 .764
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 .752 117 118 4.0
1976 St. Louis - MLB 29 155 590 150 30 4 7 62 69 54 0 0 65 1 1 .254 .317 .354 .671 102 104 2.5
1977 St. Louis - MLB 30 152 585 150 32 12 13 66 76 42 1 5 95 35 12 .256 .305 .419 .724 95 104 3.4
Total MLB 1125 4121 1086 214 47 89 489 540 359 9 37 531 70 36 .264 .321 .403 .724 110 113 28.1
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
1977 St. Louis - MLB 30 15 50 15 3 1 1 4 7 6 1 0 7 3 0 .300 .386 .460 .846 129 151 0.9
Total MLB 20 72 18 3 1 1 5 7 7 1 0 10 3 0 .250 .325 .361 .686 90 107
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
1976 St. Louis - MLB LF 10 8 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 78.0 2.08 +0.2 .982
1976 St. Louis - MLB CF 31 29 100 1 0 103 2 .981 268.0 3.39 -5.4 .951
1976 St. Louis - MLB RF 111 110 221 4 1 230 5 .978 982.2 2.06 +5.9 1.036
1977 St. Louis - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1977 St. Louis - MLB RF 144 144 249 22 3 277 6 .978 1299.0 1.88 +8.8 1.039
TOTAL LF 58 56 101 0 0 102 1 .990 502.1 1.81 -2.5 .973
TOTAL CF 78 63 174 1 0 179 4 .978 581.2 2.71 -10.5 .946
TOTAL RF 925 915 1756 83 7 1872 33 .982 8186.2 2.02 +66.6 1.047
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.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
04/04/1977 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the St. Louis Explorers development complex.
06/28/1977 Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 4 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1974 150 7
Year 3B Rank
1973 11 2
1977 12 2
Year IBB Rank
1971 5 8
Year SF Rank
1971 7 7
1972 10 2
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