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Larry Parrish
Larry Alton Parrish

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 6, 1974
  vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1988
Born November 10, 1953 in Winter Haven, FL

Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 20 MON NL  25   69    9   14   5  0   0    4   0  0   6  19  .203  .286  .275   55   19   2   0   2   2   1
 1975 21 MON NL 145  532   50  146  32  5  10   65   4  5  28  74  .274  .314  .410   97  218   7   2   5   4  14 RoY-3
 1976 22 MON NL 154  543   65  126  28  5  11   61   2  6  41  91  .232  .285  .363   80  197   1   6   2   2  13
 1977 23 MON NL 123  402   50   99  19  2  11   46   2  4  37  71  .246  .314  .386   90  155   3   3   9   4  11
 1978 24 MON NL 144  520   68  144  39  4  15   70   2  3  32 103  .277  .321  .454  116  236   5   1   9   2  19
 1979 25 MON NL 153  544   83  167  39  2  30   82   5  1  41 101  .307  .357  .551  146  300   7   1  11   2   8 MVP-4,AS
 1980 26 MON NL 126  452   55  115  27  3  15   72   2  6  36  80  .254  .310  .427  104  193   1   8   6   4  12
 1981 27 MON NL  97  349   41   85  19  3   8   44   0  0  28  73  .244  .297  .384   92  134   5   3   2   0  10
 1982 28 TEX AL 128  440   59  116  15  0  17   62   5  2  30  84  .264  .314  .414  103  182   0   4   0   4  12
 1983 29 TEX AL 145  555   76  151  26  4  26   88   0  0  46  91  .272  .326  .474  121  263   0   9   8   3  20
 1984 30 TEX AL 156  613   72  175  42  1  22  101   2  4  42 116  .285  .336  .465  117  285   0   3   7   6  20
 1985 31 TEX AL  94  346   44   86  11  1  17   51   0  2  33  77  .249  .314  .434  102  150   0   2   2   1  13
 1986 32 TEX AL 129  464   67  128  22  1  28   94   3  1  52 114  .276  .347  .509  128  236   0   6   7   2  16
 1987 33 TEX AL 152  557   79  149  22  1  32  100   3  1  49 154  .268  .328  .483  112  269   0   4   7   3  10 AS
 1988 34 TOT AL 120  406   32   88  14  1  14   52   0  1  28 111  .217  .270  .360   73  146   0   4   2   3   8
         TEX AL  68  248   22   47   9  1   7   26   0  0  20  79  .190  .253  .319   58   79   0   3   2   2   4
         BOS AL  52  158   10   41   5  0   7   26   0  1   8  32  .259  .298  .424   96   67   0   1   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         6792      1789     33      992     36    1359  .263  .318  .439  107       31  56  79  42 187
               1891       850      360    256       30    529                            2983
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        582   73  153  31  3  22   85   3  3  45 116  .263  .318  .439  107  256   3   5   7   4  16
 Career High    156  613   83  175  42  5  32  101   5  6  52 154  .307  .357  .551  146  300   7   9  11   6  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 20 MON NL   79   58    6   2.8    99| .203  .268| .286  .341| .275  .387| .561  .728|  55  .316  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1975 21 MON NL  573  414   64   4.2    99| .274  .270| .314  .341| .410  .390| .724  .731|  97  .484  -4.5  -0.5  44%
 1976 22 MON NL  593  443   54   3.3    96| .232  .268| .285  .336| .363  .382| .648  .718|  80  .400 -16.1  -1.7  25%
 1977 23 MON NL  449  324   47   3.9   101| .246  .266| .314  .333| .386  .405| .700  .738|  90  .424  -5.9  -0.6  33%
 1978 24 MON NL  560  404   69   4.6    94| .277  .261| .321  .329| .454  .384| .775  .712| 116  .541   9.2   0.9  40%
 1979 25 MON NL  595  394  106   7.2    99| .307  .268| .357  .333| .551  .397| .908  .730| 146  .712  32.4   3.2  83%
 1980 26 MON NL  501  364   57   4.2    95| .254  .267| .310  .329| .427  .387| .737  .716| 104  .499   2.4   0.2  25%
 1981 27 MON NL  385  282   39   3.8    93| .244  .264| .297  .329| .384  .378| .681  .707|  92  .457  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1982 28 TEX AL  478  342   56   4.4    94| .264  .258| .314  .321| .414  .393| .728  .715| 103  .481   1.2   0.1  71%
 1983 29 TEX AL  613  433   82   5.1    95| .272  .262| .326  .324| .474  .395| .800  .719| 121  .549  14.9   1.5   0%
 1984 30 TEX AL  664  465   89   5.1    99| .285  .267| .336  .330| .465  .403| .801  .733| 117  .558  13.6   1.3  33%
 1985 31 TEX AL  382  277   44   4.2   100| .249  .262| .314  .328| .434  .407| .748  .736| 102  .465  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1986 32 TEX AL  524  359   80   6.0   102| .276  .264| .347  .332| .509  .412| .856  .744| 128  .609  18.0   1.7  75%
 1987 33 TEX AL  613  423   88   5.6   106| .268  .265| .328  .333| .483  .426| .811  .759| 112  .550   8.0   0.7  75%
 1988 34 TOT AL  441  331   39   3.2    97| .217  .263| .270  .328| .360  .396| .630  .724|  73  .351 -16.4  -1.7   0%
         TEX AL  273  208   20   2.6    96| .190  .262| .253  .327| .319  .394| .572  .721|  58  .271 -14.7  -1.5   0%
         BOS AL  168  123   19   4.1    99| .259  .265| .298  .331| .424  .399| .722  .730|  96  .470  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     7450 5313  920   4.6    98| .263  .265| .318  .331| .439  .397| .757  .728| 107  .520  48.0   4.2  45%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 20 MON NL 3B 24 20 51 1 3 .986 .948 2.96 2.64 3.44 3.04 21 186.0 1975 21 MON NL 3B 143 105 291 35 33 .919 .945 2.77 2.58 2.87 2.98 135 1240.7 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 5.40 0 1.0 1976 22 MON NL 3B 153 122 310 25 35 .945 .952 2.82 2.61 2.99 2.93 145 1300.7 1977 23 MON NL 3B 115 81 225 21 11 .936 .956 2.66 2.54 2.83 2.98 108 974.3 1978 24 MON NL 3B 139 122 288 23 20 .947 .952 2.95 2.53 3.01 3.00 139 1224.7 1979 25 MON NL 3B 153 119 290 23 25 .947 .951 2.67 2.50 2.75 2.89 153 1340.3 AS 1980 26 MON NL 3B 124 106 231 18 15 .949 .948 2.72 2.39 2.80 2.87 124 1085.0 1981 27 MON NL 3B 95 91 141 16 7 .935 .948 2.44 2.47 2.49 2.84 94 840.0 1982 28 TEX AL RF 124 192 11 8 4 .962 .981 1.64 1.90 1.83 2.27 117 996.3 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.63 0.00 3.00 0 5.7 DH 2 1983 29 TEX AL RF 132 222 11 8 1 .967 .978 1.77 1.85 1.80 2.25 132 1164.3 DH 13 1984 30 TEX AL OF 81 153 8 3 3 .982 .983 1.99 2.17 2.00 2.51 80 724.3 RF 80 149 8 3 3 .981 .979 1.96 1.88 1.97 2.23 79 716.0 DH 63 3B 12 2 27 1 3 .967 .951 2.42 2.19 2.47 2.75 12 105.7 LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 3.25 2.28 1 8.3 1985 31 TEX AL RF 69 109 4 1 0 .991 .980 1.64 1.82 1.74 2.17 69 585.3 DH 22 3B 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.40 2.45 2.86 1 11.0 1986 32 TEX AL DH 98 3B 30 23 35 4 2 .935 .948 1.93 2.37 2.18 2.74 30 239.7 1987 33 TEX AL DH 122 AS 3B 28 19 26 4 6 .918 .951 1.61 2.31 1.88 2.77 28 215.0 AS LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 AS 1988 34 TOT AL DH 81 TEX AL DH 67 BOS AL 1B 36 221 25 3 18 .988 .992 6.83 8.41 9.99 9.57 32 221.7 DH 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 34 BOS AL 1B 36 221 25 3 18 .988 .992 6.83 8.41 9.99 9.57 32 221.7 1975 21 MON NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 1974 20 MON NL 3B 24 20 51 1 3 .986 .948 2.96 2.64 3.44 3.04 21 186.0 1975 21 MON NL 3B 143 105 291 35 33 .919 .945 2.77 2.58 2.87 2.98 135 1240.7 1976 22 MON NL 3B 153 122 310 25 35 .945 .952 2.82 2.61 2.99 2.93 145 1300.7 1977 23 MON NL 3B 115 81 225 21 11 .936 .956 2.66 2.54 2.83 2.98 108 974.3 1978 24 MON NL 3B 139 122 288 23 20 .947 .952 2.95 2.53 3.01 3.00 139 1224.7 1979 25 MON NL 3B 153 119 290 23 25 .947 .951 2.67 2.50 2.75 2.89 153 1340.3 1980 26 MON NL 3B 124 106 231 18 15 .949 .948 2.72 2.39 2.80 2.87 124 1085.0 1981 27 MON NL 3B 95 91 141 16 7 .935 .948 2.44 2.47 2.49 2.84 94 840.0 1982 28 TEX AL 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.63 0.00 3.00 0 5.7 1984 30 TEX AL 3B 12 2 27 1 3 .967 .951 2.42 2.19 2.47 2.75 12 105.7 1985 31 TEX AL 3B 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.40 2.45 2.86 1 11.0 1986 32 TEX AL 3B 30 23 35 4 2 .935 .948 1.93 2.37 2.18 2.74 30 239.7 1987 33 TEX AL 3B 28 19 26 4 6 .918 .951 1.61 2.31 1.88 2.77 28 215.0 1982 28 TEX AL DH 2 1983 29 TEX AL DH 13 1984 30 TEX AL DH 63 1985 31 TEX AL DH 22 1986 32 TEX AL DH 98 1987 33 TEX AL DH 122 1988 34 TOT AL DH 81 TEX AL DH 67 BOS AL DH 14 1984 30 TEX AL LF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 1.80 3.25 2.28 1 8.3 1987 33 TEX AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 28 TEX AL OF 124 190 12 8 4 .962 .982 1.63 2.15 1.82 2.47 117 996.3 1983 29 TEX AL OF 132 215 11 9 1 .962 .981 1.71 2.16 1.75 2.50 132 1164.3 1984 30 TEX AL OF 81 153 8 3 3 .982 .983 1.99 2.17 2.00 2.51 80 724.3 1985 31 TEX AL OF 69 111 4 1 0 .991 .982 1.67 2.10 1.77 2.44 69 585.3 1987 33 TEX AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1982 28 TEX AL RF 124 192 11 8 4 .962 .981 1.64 1.90 1.83 2.27 117 996.3 1983 29 TEX AL RF 132 222 11 8 1 .967 .978 1.77 1.85 1.80 2.25 132 1164.3 1984 30 TEX AL RF 80 149 8 3 3 .981 .979 1.96 1.88 1.97 2.23 79 716.0 1985 31 TEX AL RF 69 109 4 1 0 .991 .980 1.64 1.82 1.74 2.17 69 585.3 1975 21 MON NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0.00 5.40 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B*1021 810 1918 171 160 .941 .950 2.67 2.51 990 8768.7 OF* 407 669 35 21 8 .971 .982 1.73 2.15 398 3472.3 3 0 405# RF* 405 672 34 20 8 .972 .979 1.74 1.87 397 3462.0 DH 401 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 36 221 25 3 18 .988 .992 6.83 8.41 32 221.7 LF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.77 1 10.3 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90 SS* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.20 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1466 1700 1978 195 186 .950 .959 2.51 2.56
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   NLDS  MON PHI     W   5  20   3   3  1  0  0   1   1   3  .150  .190  .200   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  MON LAD     L   5  19   2   5  2  0  0   2   1   1  .263  .300  .368   0  0   0   0   0 
 1988   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   3   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   8  24   2   5  2  0  0   2   1   3  .208  .240  .292   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  13  44   5   8  3  0  0   3   2   6  .182  .217  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   MON NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1987   TEX AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *
1987 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1979-NL-4-0.38
Car-505-0.38 shares

Batting Average
1979 NL-.307-9

Slugging %
1979 NL-.551-6
1986 AL-.509-7

OPS
1979 NL-.909-6

At Bats
1984 AL-613-9

Total Bases
1979 NL-300-9

Doubles
1978 NL-39-4
1979 NL-39-6
1984 AL-42-2

Home Runs
1979 NL-30-6
1987 AL-32-9

RBI
1984 AL-101-9

Strikeouts
1978 NL-103-10
1979 NL-101-9
1981 NL-73-4
1984 AL-116-9
1987 AL-154-7
Car-1359-79

Adjusted OPS+
1979 NL-146-5

Runs Created
1979 NL-106-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1979 NL-32-7

Batting Wins
1979 NL-3.2-6

Extra-Base Hits
1979 NL-71-4
1984 AL-65-7

Offensive Win%
1979 NL-.712-7

Hit By Pitch
1980 NL-4-10

Sac. Flies
1980 NL-8-10
1983 AL-9-5

Grounded into Double Plays
1978 NL-19-2
1984 AL-20-8

At Bats per Home Run
1979 NL-18.1-10
1986 AL-16.6-5

Outs
1984 AL-465-9

Youngest Player
1974 NL-20-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 29 (785) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.6 (795) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 21.5 (737) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 21, 1972: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.

March 31, 1982: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Dave Hostetler to the Texas Rangers for Al Oliver.

July 9, 1988: Released by the Texas Rangers.

July 16, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 28, 1988: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Texas Rangers$560,000
1986Texas Rangers$560,619
1988Texas Rangers$550,131
Career (may be incomplete)$1,670,750

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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