Lance Parrish stats

Last played for the Toronto Blue Jays, 1995

Catcher · #5

Age 70 · 6' 3"

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Lance Parrish played 19 MLB seasons, 1977 to 1995.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,988
AB
7,067
R
856
H
1,782
HR
324
RBI
1,070
SB
28
AVG
.252

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1977DET1246109370.196
1978DET85288376314410.219
1979DET1434936513619656.276
1980DET1445537915824826.286
1981DET96348398510462.244
1982DET1334867513832873.284
1983DET15560580163271141.269
1984DET1475787513733982.237
1985DET1405496415028982.273
1986DET91327538422620.257
1987PHI1304664211417670.245
1988PHI123424449115600.215
1989LAA1244334810317501.238
1990LAA1334705412624702.268
1991LAA119402388719510.216
1992LAA/SEA93275266412321.233
1993CLE102024121.200
1994PIT4012610343161.270
1995TOR7017815364220.202

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
8
AB
30
R
4
H
8
HR
2
RBI
5
SB
1
AVG
.267

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,797
TB
3,113
XBH
656
HBP
37
IBB
62
GIDP
197
P/PA
0.00

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1977DET512050020
1978DET304122283080
1979DET5482254822150
1980DET5922766433240
1981DET3841373006160
1982DET529257531550
1983DET6632927217210
1984DET6292565126120
1985DET6002635625100
1986DET374158295330
1987PHI5181863812230
1988PHI4781573427110
1989LAA4821683026100
1990LAA5232123854120
1991LAA445156315270
1992LAA/SEA304115261370
1993CLE24820020
1994PIT1474881150
1995TOR20257131040

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
36.0
RC
935.0
RC/27
4.50
ISOP
.188
SECA
.274
BB/K
0.40
AB/HR
21.8
GO/FO
0.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1977DET0.553.5.2390.30.415.30
1978DET0.9293.3.2050.20.220.60
1979DET3.772.65.1.1810.30.525.90
1980DET3.081.15.1.2130.30.3230
1981DET1.738.33.6.1490.20.734.80
1982DET4.884.76.4.2450.30.415.20
1983DET4.486.74.9.2130.30.422.40
1984DET2.571.74.2.2060.30.317.50
1985DET3.681.95.2.2060.30.519.60
1986DET3.055.26.2260.30.514.90
1987PHI0.152.73.7.1550.30.527.40
1988PHI0.945.53.5.1560.30.528.30
1989LAA1.450.74.1500.20.425.50
1990LAA4.369.65.2.1830.30.419.60
1991LAA1.143.93.6.1720.30.321.20
1992LAA/SEA0.132.84.1850.30.322.90
1993CLE0.02.43.6.2000.50.8200
1994PIT0.117.24.7.1110.30.6420
1995TOR-0.114.52.5.1180.20.344.50

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
70 yearsJun 15, 1956
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1977
Birthplace
Clairton, PA
AL Silver Slugger
6x
AL Gold Glove
3x

What were Lance Parrish's career stats?

Lance Parrish played 19 seasons for the Tigers, the Phillies, the Angels, the Guardians, the Pirates and the Blue Jays. He was a career .252 hitter with 1,782 hits, 324 home runs and 1,070 RBI. His best season was 1980: a .286 batting average, 24 home runs and 82 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 1 postseason, 1977 to 1995

Lance Parrish finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Championships

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 133rd in home runs (324)
  • 218th in rbi (1,070)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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