Lance Parrish

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: June 15, 1956 in Clairton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (16th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Walnut HS (Walnut, CA).

High School: Walnut HS (Walnut, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1977 (Age 21-082d, 13,944th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 23, 1995 (Age 39-100d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Bill Landman, Tom Reich

Full Name: Lance Michael Parrish

Nicknames: Big Wheel

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.5

7067

1782

324

.252

856

RBI

1070

OBP

.313

SLG

.441

OPS

.753

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 12	DET		TOR	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 15	DET	@	KCR	W,4-0	GS	31	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	6	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	DET	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
9	9	Apr 19	DET	@	TOR	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 20	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	11	Apr 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	13	Apr 24	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
14	14	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	16	Apr 27	DET		NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	17	Apr 28	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	18	Apr 29	DET		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	19	Apr 30	DET	@	SEA	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
21	21	May 2	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
23	23	May 5	DET	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
24	24	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
25	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
26	26	May 8	DET	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	27	May 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-15	GS	39	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	29 (1)	May 12	DET		SEA	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	34 (4)	May 18	DET		TEX	L,5-13	CG	54	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	35	May 19	DET		TEX	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	36	May 20	DET		TEX	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	37	May 22	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	40 (1)	May 24 (2)	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	41	May 25	DET	@	MIL	W,12-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	43	May 27	DET	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	44	May 28	DET	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	45	May 29	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
40	47 (1)	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	48	Jun 1	DET		MIL	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	51 (1)	Jun 5	DET		MIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	54 (2)	Jun 8	DET	@	TEX	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
45	55	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	58 (2)	Aug 10	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
47	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
48	60	Aug 12	DET		TOR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	62	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	63	Aug 15	DET		NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	65 (1)	Aug 17	DET		MIN	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	67 (1)	Aug 19	DET		MIN	W,4-0	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	69 (1)	Aug 22	DET		TEX	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	70	Aug 23	DET		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	71	Aug 24	DET		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
57	72	Aug 25	DET		KCR	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
58	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	75 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
60	76	Aug 29	DET	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	77	Aug 30	DET	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	78	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	79	Sep 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
64	80	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	81	Sep 3	DET	@	TEX	W,8-5	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	82	Sep 4	DET	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
67	83	Sep 5	DET	@	TEX	W,1-0	GF	4	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	85	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	86	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
71	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
72	88	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	91 (1)	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	92	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	93	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
78	95	Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	L,4-8	GS	36	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
79	98 (2)	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	C
80	99	Sep 22	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	100	Sep 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	101	Sep 25	DET		MIL	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
83	102	Sep 26	DET		MIL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	103	Sep 27	DET		MIL	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
85	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
86	105	Sep 29	DET		BAL	W,14-0	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	107	Oct 2	DET	@	MIL	L,2-8	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	108	Oct 3	DET	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	109	Oct 4	DET	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
							90gm		766.0	407	40	3	450	6