Dave Parker

David Gene "The Cobra" Parker (born June 9, 1951) is an American former player in Major League Baseball. He was the 1978 National League MVP and a two-time batting champion. Parker was the first professional athlete to earn an average of one million dollars per year, having signed a 5-year, $5 million dollar contract in January 1979. Parker's career achievements include 2712 hits, 339 home runs, 1493 runs batted in and a lifetime batting average of .290. Parker was also known as a solid defensive outfielder during the first half of his career, with a powerful arm. From 1975 to 1979, he threw out 72 runners, including 26 in 1977.

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Filmography

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Selected Dave Parker film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

Himself

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Himself - California Angels Designated Hitter

1988

1988 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Oakland Athletics Designated Hitter

1986

1986 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Outfielder

1985

1985 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Outfielder

1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Right Fielder

1980

1980 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Right Fielder

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Rightfielder

1979

1979 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder

1977

1977 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Right Fielder

1975

1975 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder

1974

1974 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder

Self

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Dave Parker.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1973	PIT	54	139	17	40	9	1	4	14	1	2	27	0.288	0.308	0.453
1974	PIT	73	220	27	62	10	3	4	29	3	10	53	0.282	0.322	0.409
1975	PIT	148	558	75	172	35	10	25	101	8	38	89	0.308	0.357	0.541
1976	PIT	138	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	19	30	80	0.313	0.349	0.475
1977	PIT	159	637	107	215	44	8	21	88	17	58	107	0.338	0.397	0.531
1978	PIT	148	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	57	92	0.334	0.394	0.585
1979	PIT	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	20	67	101	0.310	0.380	0.526
1980	PIT	139	518	71	153	31	1	17	79	10	25	69	0.295	0.327	0.458
1981	PIT	67	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	6	9	25	0.258	0.287	0.454
1982	PIT	73	244	41	66	19	3	6	29	7	22	45	0.270	0.330	0.447
1983	PIT	144	552	68	154	29	4	12	69	12	28	89	0.279	0.311	0.411
1984	CIN	156	607	73	173	28	0	16	94	11	41	89	0.285	0.328	0.410
1985	CIN	160	635	88	198	42	4	34	125	5	52	80	0.312	0.365	0.551
1986	CIN	162	637	89	174	31	3	31	116	1	56	126	0.273	0.330	0.477
1987	CIN	153	589	77	149	28	0	26	97	7	44	104	0.253	0.311	0.433
1988	OAK	101	377	43	97	18	1	12	55	0	32	70	0.257	0.314	0.406
1989	OAK	144	553	56	146	27	0	22	97	0	38	91	0.264	0.308	0.432
1990	MIL	157	610	71	176	30	3	21	92	4	41	102	0.289	0.330	0.451
1991	CAL	119	466	45	108	22	2	11	56	3	29	91	0.232	0.279	0.358
1991	TOR	13	36	2	12	4	0	0	3	0	4	7	0.333	0.400	0.444
Career		2466	9358	1272	2712	526	75	339	1493	154	683	1537	-	-	-

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Major League fielding statistics for Dave Parker.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1973	PIT	54	31	263	76	3	3	1	0.963
1974	PIT	54	47	445	153	7	4	10	0.976
1975	PIT	141	141	1,253	315	7	9	2	0.973
1976	PIT	134	134	1,196	293	12	14	0	0.956
1977	PIT	158	158	1,420	381	26	15	9	0.964
1978	PIT	147	147	1,303	304	12	13	3	0.960
1979	PIT	158	158	1,432	343	16	15	2	0.960
1980	PIT	130	129	1,091	237	14	9	0	0.965
1981	PIT	60	59	492	108	1	7	0	0.940
1982	PIT	63	62	527	110	2	5	1	0.957
1983	PIT	142	139	1,226	281	4	8	2	0.973
1984	CIN	151	150	1,301	296	6	8	1	0.974
1985	CIN	159	158	1,404	328	10	10	1	0.971
1986	CIN	159	157	1,399	277	10	9	2	0.970
1987	CIN	150	150	1,289	351	16	11	10	0.971
1988	OAK	35	35	275	64	6	4	0	0.946
1989	OAK	1	1	8	2	0	0	0	1.000
1990	MIL	3	3	23	24	0	1	4	0.960
1991	CAL	119		-					-
1991	TOR	11		-					-
Career		2029	1859	-	3943	152	145	48	-

First Name	David
Middle Name	Gene
Last Name	Parker
Full Name at Birth	David Gene Parker
Other Names	Cobra
Age	61
Date of Birth	June 9, 1951
Birthplace	Grenada, MS
Height	6' 5" (196 cm)
Weight	230 lbs (104.3 kg)
Star Sign	Gemini
Nationality	American
High School	Courter Tech (Cincinnati, OH)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Rightfielder
Bats	Left
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	12 July 1973
Last MLB Game	2 October 1991
Draft	Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 14th round of the 1970 amateur draft.