What years did Dave Parker play?

Dave Parker played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991.

Was Dave Parker a pitcher?

No. Dave Parker was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Dave Parker hit?

Dave Parker hit 339 career home runs with 2,712 hits.

What teams did Dave Parker play for?

Dave Parker played for 6 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1973–1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1984–1987), the Oakland Athletics (1988–1989), the Milwaukee Brewers (1990), the California Angels (1991), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1991).

How many MVP awards did Dave Parker win?

Dave Parker won 1 MVP award, in 1978.

What awards did Dave Parker win?

Dave Parker won the MVP award (1978), 3 Gold Gloves (1977, 1978, and 1979), and 3 Silver Slugger awards (1985, 1986, and 1990). He was selected to 7 All-Star Games.

What were Dave Parker's career stats?

In 2,466 games, Dave Parker had 2,712 hits, 339 home runs, 1,493 RBI, 1,272 runs, and 154 stolen bases, with a .290 batting average.

What was Dave Parker's salary?

Dave Parker's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1991. His highest recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1991, and his lowest was $970,000, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1991.

What position did Dave Parker play?

Dave Parker played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dave Parker and how much did he weigh?

Dave Parker was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 230 pounds.

How many home runs did Dave Parker hit each season?

Dave Parker's home runs by season: 4 in 1973, 4 in 1974, 25 in 1975, 13 in 1976, 21 in 1977, 30 in 1978, 25 in 1979, 17 in 1980, 9 in 1981, 6 in 1982, 12 in 1983, 16 in 1984, 34 in 1985, 31 in 1986, 26 in 1987, 12 in 1988, 22 in 1989, 21 in 1990, and 11 in 1991. His most in one season was 34, in 1985.

What was Dave Parker's career batting average?

Dave Parker batted .290 over his career, with 2,712 hits in 9,358 at bats.

Dave Parker

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1973-1991)

Dave Parker was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991 for 6 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,466 career games, he hit .290 with 2,712 hits, 339 home runs, and 1,493 RBI. Dave Parker was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025 and was a 7-time All-Star, an MVP, an All-Star Game MVP, a 3-time Gold Glove, and a 3-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 23,542.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 2025

AVG .290

HR 339

RBI 1,493

H 2,712

OPS .810

PIV 23,542

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 230 lb
Born: 6/9/1951 in Grenada, MS, USA
Died: 6/28/2025 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1973-07-12
Last Game: 1991-10-02
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2025 (BBWAA)
Awards: 7× All-Star · MVP · All-Star Game MVP · 3× Gold Glove · 3× Silver Slugger

Full name: David Gene Parker

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Career Batting Statistics

Dave Parker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,466	9,358	1,272	2,712	526	75	339	1,493	154	683	1,537	.290	.339	.471	.810	23,542

Career AVG .290 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +12.0% above league average.

Career OBP .339 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .471 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — +22.3% above league average.

Career OPS .810 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — +14.1% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dave Parker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1973	PIT	NL	54	139	17	40	9	1	4	14	1	2	27	.288	.256 (+12%)	.325 (-5%)	.378 (+20%)	.703 (+8%)	131.9
1974	PIT	NL	73	220	27	62	10	3	4	29	3	10	53	.282	.256 (+10%)	.324 (-1%)	.369 (+11%)	.693 (+5%)	155.7
1975	PIT	NL	148	558	75	172	35	10	25	101	8	38	89	.308	.257 (+20%)	.327 (+9%)	.374 (+45%)	.701 (+28%)	2823.7
1976	PIT	NL	138	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	19	30	80	.313	.255 (+22%)	.320 (+9%)	.360 (+32%)	.681 (+21%)	1894.1
1977	PIT	NL	159	637	107	215	44	8	21	88	17	58	107	.338	.264 (+28%)	.329 (+20%)	.401 (+32%)	.730 (+27%)	3576.6
1978	PIT	NL	148	581	102	194	32	12	30	117	20	57	92	.334	.257 (+29%)	.323 (+22%)	.378 (+55%)	.702 (+39%)	4397.2
1979	PIT	NL	158	622	109	193	45	7	25	94	20	67	101	.310	.265 (+17%)	.329 (+15%)	.397 (+32%)	.727 (+25%)	3131.3
1980	PIT	NL	139	518	71	153	31	1	17	79	10	25	69	.295	.264 (+12%)	.326 (avg)	.387 (+18%)	.714 (+10%)	843.9
1981	PIT	NL	67	240	29	62	14	3	9	48	6	9	25	.258	.255 (+1%)	.320 (-10%)	.368 (+23%)	.688 (+8%)	171.1
1982	PIT	NL	73	244	41	66	19	3	6	29	7	22	45	.270	.261 (+4%)	.324 (+2%)	.388 (+15%)	.712 (+9%)	324.0
1983	PIT	NL	144	552	68	154	29	4	12	69	12	28	89	.279	.260 (+7%)	.324 (-4%)	.389 (+6%)	.714 (+1%)	-52.3
1984	CIN	NL	156	607	73	173	28	0	16	94	11	41	89	.285	.259 (+10%)	.322 (+2%)	.384 (+7%)	.707 (+4%)	465.8
1985	CIN	NL	160	635	88	198	42	4	34	125	5	52	80	.312	.257 (+21%)	.323 (+13%)	.390 (+41%)	.714 (+28%)	3475.8
1986	CIN	NL	162	637	89	174	31	3	31	116	1	56	126	.273	.257 (+6%)	.325 (+1%)	.395 (+21%)	.720 (+12%)	1405.9
1987	CIN	NL	153	589	77	149	28	0	26	97	7	44	104	.253	.262 (-4%)	.331 (-6%)	.415 (+4%)	.746 (avg)	-117.0
1988	OAK	AL	101	377	43	97	18	1	12	55	0	32	70	.257	.254 (+1%)	.317 (-1%)	.377 (+7%)	.695 (+3%)	202.2
1989	OAK	AL	144	553	56	146	27	0	22	97	0	38	91	.264	.254 (+4%)	.319 (-4%)	.375 (+15%)	.694 (+7%)	516.8
1990	ML4	AL	157	610	71	176	30	3	21	92	4	41	102	.289	.257 (+12%)	.324 (+2%)	.385 (+17%)	.710 (+10%)	1000.3
1991	CAL	AL	119	466	45	108	22	2	11	56	3	29	91	.232	.255 (-9%)	.323 (-14%)	.384 (-7%)	.708 (-10%)	-805.5
1991	TOR	AL	13	36	2	12	4	0	0	3	0	4	7	.333	—	—	—	—	-805.5
Career · 20 seasons			2,466	9,358	1,272	2,712	526	75	339	1,493	154	683	1,537	.290	—	—	—	—	22,736

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dave Parker — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
30	111	11	26	5	0	3	11	7	24	.234

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave Parker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1989	ALCS	OAK	4	16	2	3	0	2	3	0	0	.188
1989	WS	OAK	3	9	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	.222
1988	ALCS	OAK	3	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	.250
1988	WS	OAK	4	15	0	3	0	0	0	2	4	.200
1979	NLCS	PIT	3	12	2	4	0	0	2	2	3	.333
1979	WS	PIT	7	29	2	10	3	0	4	2	7	.345
1975	NLCS	PIT	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000
1974	NLCS	PIT	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dave Parker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1209	4500	651	1362	170	785	.303
Away	1257	4858	621	1350	169	708	.278

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave Parker — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
1991-10-02	TOR	LAA	W	2	1	1	1	0	1	1
1991-10-01	TOR	LAA	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991-09-29	TOR	MIN	W	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
1991-09-28	TOR	MIN	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
1991-09-27	TOR	MIN	W	2	0	2	2	1	1	0
1991-09-23	TOR	LAA	L	3	1	2	1	0	0	1
1991-09-22	TOR	OAK	W	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
1991-09-21	TOR	OAK	L	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1991-09-20	TOR	OAK	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
1991-09-18	TOR	SEA	W	1	0	1	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Parker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	19	18	158	9	2	20
2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
OF	1867	1841	3791	143	142	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Parker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1973	PIT	OF	39	31	77	3	3	1
1974	PIT	1B	6	5	53	3	0	9
1974	PIT	OF	49	42	101	5	4	1
1975	PIT	OF	141	141	311	7	9	2
1976	PIT	OF	134	134	294	12	14	0
1977	PIT	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	OF	158	158	389	26	15	9
1978	PIT	OF	147	147	302	12	13	3
1979	PIT	OF	158	158	341	15	15	1
1980	PIT	OF	130	129	235	14	9	0
1981	PIT	OF	60	59	110	1	7	0
1982	PIT	OF	63	62	108	2	5	1
1983	PIT	OF	142	139	282	3	8	2
1984	CIN	OF	151	150	296	6	8	1
1985	CIN	OF	159	158	329	12	10	1
1986	CIN	OF	159	157	278	9	9	2
1987	CIN	1B	9	9	76	4	1	7
1987	CIN	OF	142	141	278	13	10	3
1988	OAK	1B	1	1	5	2	0	0
1988	OAK	OF	34	34	58	3	3	0
1989	OAK	OF	1	1	2	0	0	0
1990	ML4	1B	3	3	24	0	1	4

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Dave Parker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	19
Second Base	1
Left Field	48
Center Field	31
Right Field	1792
Designated Hitter	484

Awards & Honors

Dave Parker — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1990	Outstanding DH Award
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-08-25
1990	Silver Slugger	DH
1990	TSN All-Star	DH
1989	Outstanding DH Award
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-09-05
1986	Silver Slugger	OF
1986	TSN All-Star	OF
1985	Player of the Month	May
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-05-03
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-05-17
1985	Silver Slugger	OF
1985	TSN All-Star	OF
1979	All-Star Game MVP
1979	Gold Glove	OF
1978	Gold Glove	OF
1978	Most Valuable Player
1978	Player of the Month	August
1978	Player of the Month	September
1978	Player of the Week	Week of 1978-08-11
1978	Player of the Week	Week of 1978-09-16
1978	TSN All-Star	OF
1978	TSN Player of the Year
1977	Gold Glove	OF
1977	Player of the Week	Week of 1977-07-22
1977	TSN All-Star	OF
1975	TSN All-Star	OF

Salary History

Dave Parker's recorded salaries total $8,095,000 over 7 seasons, 1985 to 1991. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Parker's career ran from 1973 to 1991. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Dave Parker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1991	CAL	AL	$1,600,000
1990	ML4	AL	$1,200,000
1989	OAK	AL	$1,125,000
1988	OAK	AL	$1,000,000
1987	CIN	NL	$1,100,000
1986	CIN	NL	$1,100,000
1985	CIN	NL	$970,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$8,095,000

Award Voting History

Dave Parker — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1990	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	11.0	392	0
1989	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	44.0	392	0
1986	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	144.0	336	0
1985	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	220.0	336	6
1979	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	56.0	336	0
1978	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	320.0	336	21
1977	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	156.0	336	0
1976	Most Valuable Player	NL	20th	10.0	336	0
1975	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	120.0	336	0

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Dave Parker: the record in brief

Dave Parker played a first major league game on July 12, 1973 and a last one on October 2, 1991. By club, Parker's seasons break down as the Pittsburgh Pirates (1973 to 1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1984 through 1987), the Oakland Athletics (1988 through 1989), the Milwaukee Brewers (1990), the California Angels (1991), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1991). Parker played primarily as an outfielder and batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Born on June 9, 1951, in Grenada, MS, USA, Parker was listed at 6 feet, 5 inches and 230 pounds. Parker died on June 28, 2025, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. On the record, Dave Parker was born David Gene Parker.

Parker collected 2,712 hits in 9,358 at bats across 2,466 games, good for a .290 batting average; the totals also include 339 home runs, 1,493 RBI, and 154 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .339 and the slugging percentage .471, for an OPS of .810.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Parker

What years did Dave Parker play?: Dave Parker played in Major League Baseball from 1973 to 1991.
Was Dave Parker a pitcher?: No. Dave Parker was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Dave Parker hit?: Dave Parker hit 339 career home runs with 2,712 hits.
Is Dave Parker in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Dave Parker was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2025.
What teams did Dave Parker play for?: Dave Parker played for 6 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1973–1983), the Cincinnati Reds (1984–1987), the Oakland Athletics (1988–1989), the Milwaukee Brewers (1990), the California Angels (1991), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1991).
How many MVP awards did Dave Parker win?: Dave Parker won 1 MVP award, in 1978.
What awards did Dave Parker win?: Dave Parker won the MVP award (1978), 3 Gold Gloves (1977, 1978, and 1979), and 3 Silver Slugger awards (1985, 1986, and 1990). He was selected to 7 All-Star Games.
What were Dave Parker's career stats?: In 2,466 games, Dave Parker had 2,712 hits, 339 home runs, 1,493 RBI, 1,272 runs, and 154 stolen bases, with a .290 batting average.
How much did Dave Parker earn in his career?: Dave Parker's recorded salaries total $8,095,000 over 7 seasons, 1985 to 1991. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Parker's career ran from 1973 to 1991. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Dave Parker's salary?: Dave Parker's last recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1991. His highest recorded salary was $1,600,000, in 1991, and his lowest was $970,000, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1991.
What position did Dave Parker play?: Dave Parker played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dave Parker and how much did he weigh?: Dave Parker was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 230 pounds.
How many home runs did Dave Parker hit each season?: Dave Parker's home runs by season: 4 in 1973, 4 in 1974, 25 in 1975, 13 in 1976, 21 in 1977, 30 in 1978, 25 in 1979, 17 in 1980, 9 in 1981, 6 in 1982, 12 in 1983, 16 in 1984, 34 in 1985, 31 in 1986, 26 in 1987, 12 in 1988, 22 in 1989, 21 in 1990, and 11 in 1991. His most in one season was 34, in 1985.
What was Dave Parker's career batting average?: Dave Parker batted .290 over his career, with 2,712 hits in 9,358 at bats.