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Lance Parrish

Birthdate:

6/15/1956

Height / Weight:

6' 3" / 220 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Clairton, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Lance Parrish was six time All-Star, won three Gold Gloves as a catcher and was voted four times the top American League's top slugging catcher. Parrish joined the Detroit Tigers in 1977 and provided top offensive numbers but struggled defensively. In 1979, he led the AL in passed balls with 21 and also led the league with 17 in 1980. The Tigers hired former catcher Bill Freehan to work with Parrish and immediately Lance became a All-Star catcher. In the All-Star game of 1982, Parrish threw out three NL base runners attempting to steal. In 1982, Parrish hit 32 home runs, batted .284 with 87 RBI's. He won Gold Gloves in 1983 thru 1985 and in the World Series of 1984 powered a homer in the final game to help the Tigers win the World Title. As a free agent in 1987, Lance signed with the Phillies and was traded to the Angels in October of 1988. Lance Parrish's career stats: .253 batting average, 291 D, 317 HR's, 1032 RBI's in 1878 games, slugging pct .445.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
20 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1977	DET (AL)	12	46	10	9	2	0	3	7	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.275	SLG
1978	DET (AL)	85	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	11	71	0	0	0	3	1	1	.219	.254	SLG
1979	DET (AL)	143	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	49	105	6	7	2	2	3	1	.276	.343	SLG
1980	DET (AL)	144	553	79	158	34	6	24	82	31	109	6	4	3	3	2	3	.286	.325	SLG
1981	DET (AL)	96	348	39	85	18	2	10	46	34	52	2	3	6	0	1	1	.244	.311	SLG
1982	DET (AL)	133	486	75	138	19	2	32	87	40	99	3	4	5	1	0	2	.284	.338	SLG
1983	DET (AL)	155	605	80	163	42	3	27	114	44	106	1	3	7	1	0	13	.269	.314	SLG
1984	DET (AL)	147	578	75	137	16	2	33	98	41	120	2	3	6	2	2	6	.237	.287	SLG
1985	DET (AL)	140	549	64	150	27	1	28	98	41	90	2	6	5	2	3	5	.273	.323	SLG
1986	DET (AL)	91	327	53	84	6	1	22	62	38	83	0	0	3	5	1	3	.257	.340	SLG
1987	PHI (NL)	130	466	42	114	21	0	17	67	47	104	0	1	2	1	1	3	.245	.313	SLG
1988	PHI (NL)	123	424	44	91	17	2	15	60	47	93	0	0	7	2	0	5	.215	.293	SLG
1989	CAL (AL)	124	433	48	103	12	1	17	50	42	104	1	1	6	2	1	4	.238	.306	SLG
1990	CAL (AL)	133	470	54	126	14	0	24	70	46	107	2	2	4	5	0	2	.268	.338	SLG
1991	CAL (AL)	119	402	38	87	12	0	19	51	35	117	0	1	2	5	0	3	.216	.285	SLG
1992	CAL (AL)	24	83	7	19	2	0	4	11	5	22	0	0	1	0	1	1	.229	.270	SLG
1992	SEA (AL)	69	192	19	45	11	1	8	21	19	48	1	1	2	1	0	2	.234	.304	SLG
1993	CLE (AL)	10	20	2	4	1	0	1	2	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	SLG
1994	PIT (NL)	40	126	10	34	5	0	3	16	18	28	1	1	1	1	1	1	.270	.363	SLG
1995	TOR (AL)	70	178	15	36	9	0	4	22	15	52	0	0	0	1	6	2	.202	.265	SLG
20 years		1988	7067	856	1782	305	27	324	1070	612	1527	28	37	62	37	23	58	.252	.313	.SLG

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