Tom Parker

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Tom Parker was a right fielder who played in Major League Baseball for 7 teams, including the Indianapolis ABCs. In 248 career games, he hit .286 with 210 hits, 12 home runs, and 126 RBI. He also pitched in 74 games, going 28-27 with a 5.68 ERA. Tom Parker was a 2-time All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020.

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

AVG .286
HR 12
RBI 126
H 210
OPS .743
PIV -303
Position
Right Fielder
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'1" / 235 lb
Born
2/12/1912 in Alexandria, LA, USA
Died
10/14/1964 in Alexandria, LA, USA
Awards
2× All-Star

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Tom Parker — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
710.0 669.0 86.0 205.0 39.0 7.0 11.0 88.0 33.0 4.0 2.0 .306 .339 .435 .774

Pitching

Tom Parker — Pitching
W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
39 25 72 40 11 2 477.0 429 265 77 20 170 136 1.45 1.26

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Tom Parker — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1947 5.0 4.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Listed seasons · 1 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Tom Parker — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1947 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 13 7 0 0 5 3 0.00 2.00
Listed seasons · 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.0 13 7 0 0 5 3 0.00 2.00

Career Batting Statistics

Tom Parker — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
248 735 109 210 35 11 12 126 4 48 3 .286 .331 .412 .743 -303

Career AVG .286 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — +5.9% above league average.

Career OBP .331 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .412 vs. league average .381 across their career seasons — +8.2% above league average.

Career OPS .743 vs. league average .718 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Tom 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
1931 AB2 NNL 11 15 4 4 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .267 — — — — 0.0
1934 NEG NN2 34 123 23 37 4 4 2 23 2 8 0 .301 .278 (+8%) .340 (+1%) .392 (+14%) .733 (+8%) 129.2
1935 HG NN2 25 44 10 15 2 0 2 12 0 4 0 .341 — — — — 0.0
1936 HG NN2 20 45 8 13 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 .289 — — — — 0.0
1937 HG NN2 19 42 14 17 2 0 3 14 0 3 0 .405 — — — — 0.0
1938 HG NN2 11 33 4 4 2 0 1 6 0 2 0 .121 — — — — 0.0
1939 HG NN2 17 42 9 15 1 1 2 11 0 6 0 .357 — — — — 0.0
1941 SNS NAL 7 21 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 .429 — — — — 0.0
1942 NBY NN2 33 121 10 28 5 1 1 16 0 10 1 .231 .253 (-9%) .323 (-9%) .349 (-10%) .672 (-9%) -177.7
1943 HSS NN2 14 59 8 21 7 0 0 9 1 2 0 .356 .255 (+39%) .324 (+16%) .346 (+37%) .671 (+27%) 213.7
1945 NYC NN2 23 84 7 24 4 1 1 10 0 3 1 .286 .260 (+9%) .328 (-6%) .354 (+11%) .683 (+3%) 5.2
1948 HG NN2 34 106 11 23 3 0 0 12 1 8 0 .217 .263 (-18%) .340 (-20%) .379 (-35%) .719 (-28%) -473.0
Career · 12 seasons 248 735 109 210 35 11 12 126 4 48 3 .286 — — — — -303

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.

Career Pitching Statistics

Tom Parker — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
28 27 74 61 27 2 0 405.1 409 256 18 246 254 5.68 -481.9

Career ERA 5.68 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 37.9% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Tom Parker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1931 AB2 NNL 1 4 11 8 1 0 0 35.0 49 44 38 30 11.31 4.10 (-176%) -909.3
1934 NEG NN2 2 0 4 3 2 1 0 22.0 14 6 11 24 2.45 4.29 (+43%) 968.6
1935 HG NN2 0 6 12 7 3 0 0 43.0 55 46 45 35 9.63 4.35 (-122%) -1356.4
1936 HG NN2 4 5 10 10 5 0 0 62.0 56 40 37 30 5.81 4.59 (-27%) -319.9
1937 HG NN2 7 1 11 9 3 1 0 60.0 70 37 24 41 5.55 4.34 (-28%) 763.6
1938 HG NN2 2 3 5 4 2 0 0 30.0 31 14 18 10 4.20 4.35 (+3%) -559.0
1939 HG NN2 3 3 6 5 1 0 0 38.1 36 21 19 26 4.93 4.28 (-15%) 317.6
1941 SNS NAL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.1 8 6 1 2 8.53 — 0.0
1942 NBY NN2 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 29.1 32 15 14 13 4.60 3.57 (-29%) -322.9
1943 HSS NN2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.0 3 2 4 2 3.60 — 0.0
1948 HG NN2 6 2 9 9 6 0 0 74.1 55 25 35 41 3.03 4.10 (+26%) 935.8
Career · 11 seasons 28 27 74 61 27 2 0 405.1 409 256 246 254 5.68 — -482

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

Tom Parker — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .130

Playoff Batting by Year

Tom Parker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1948 NLC HG 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .143
1939 NLC HG 4 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .083
1939 NLP2 HG 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Playoff Career Pitching

Tom Parker — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 2 2 0 17.0 16 4 6 9 2.12

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tom Parker — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1948 NLC HG 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 4 5 0.00
1939 NLC HG 0 1 1 1 0 8.0 10 4 2 4 4.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tom Parker — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home892152866531.307
Away1213214791720.283

Pitching — Home / Away

Tom Parker — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home35179.21661754560.85
Away41240.122644117811.65

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tom Parker — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1948-09-08 HOMNW2W 311000000
1948-09-06 HOMBLGW 400000000
1948-08-27 HOMPH5W 100000100
1948-08-23 HOMPH5L 300000000
1948-08-13 HOMBLGL 100000000
1948-08-12 HOMNY6W 401000000
1948-08-08 HOMNY5W 302100000
1948-08-08 HOMNY5W 401000000
1948-07-29 HOMBLGL 400000000
1948-07-20 HOMBLGL 310000020

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tom Parker — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1948-09-08 HOMNW2 W 9.0443441
1948-08-23 HOMPH5 L 8.2511301
1948-08-12 HOMNY6 — 9.0722230
1948-07-19 HOMNY6 L 5.19100160
1948-07-02 HOMNW2 W 9.0854711
1948-06-27 HOMNY6 W 7.0510260
1948-06-17 HOMNY5 W 9.0420130
1948-06-06 HOMNY6 L 6.01390101
1948-05-30 HOMBLG W 9.0722430
1948-05-15 HOMNY5 W 7.0400000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tom Parker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
3B 1 1 2 2 0 0
OF 159 142 176 7 8 2
P 74 61 15 113 7 6
SS 1 0 2 1 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tom Parker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1931 AB2 P 11 8 1 8 0 2
1934 NEG OF 32 31 28 1 2 1
1934 NEG P 4 3 2 8 1 1
1935 HG OF 9 7 9 2 1 1
1935 HG P 12 7 1 11 1 0
1936 HG OF 8 4 9 0 0 0
1936 HG P 10 10 3 18 0 1
1936 HG SS 1 0 2 1 0 0
1937 HG OF 5 1 2 1 0 0
1937 HG P 11 9 2 19 2 0
1938 HG OF 6 5 11 0 1 0
1938 HG P 5 4 1 10 0 0
1939 HG OF 9 8 7 0 0 0
1939 HG P 6 5 0 11 0 1
1941 SNS OF 5 5 4 1 1 0
1941 SNS P 1 1 0 2 0 0
1942 NBY 3B 1 1 2 2 0 0
1942 NBY OF 29 28 36 1 0 0
1942 NBY P 4 4 0 9 1 0
1943 HSS OF 13 13 21 0 1 0
1943 HSS P 1 1 1 1 1 0
1945 NYC OF 22 22 27 1 2 0
1948 HG 1B 1 0 2 0 0 0
1948 HG OF 21 18 22 0 0 0
1948 HG P 9 9 4 16 1 1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Tom Parker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 74
First Base 1
Third Base 1
Shortstop 1
Left Field 47
Center Field 17
Right Field 95

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  5. 71
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Tom Parker: the record in brief

The season rows for Tom Parker begin in 1931. Club by club, the record runs the Indianapolis ABCs (1931), the Nashville Elite Giants (1934), the Homestead Grays (1935 through 1948), the St. Louis-New Orleans Stars (1941), the New York Black Yankees (1942), the Harrisburg-St. Louis Stars (1943), and the New York Cubans (1945). Parker, born on February 12, 1912, in Alexandria, LA, USA, is listed as a right fielder and threw and hit right-handed. Size on record: 6-foot-1 and 235 pounds. The bio records the death on October 14, 1964, in Alexandria, LA, USA.

Parker collected 210 hits in 735 at bats across 248 games, good for a .286 batting average, along with 12 home runs and 126 RBI. Parker got on base at a .331 rate and slugged .412 (.743 OPS). Parker's .286 average ran 5.9% above the .270 that the league posted over the same seasons. The hits column peaks at 37, in 1934. 1934 brought the most runs batted in, 23.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tom Parker

Was Tom Parker a pitcher?
Both. Tom Parker pitched in 74 games, going 28-27 with a 5.68 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.
How many home runs did Tom Parker hit?
Tom Parker hit 12 career home runs with 210 hits.
What was Tom Parker's career batting average?
Tom Parker batted .286 over his career, with 210 hits in 735 at bats.
How many RBI did Tom Parker have?
Tom Parker drove in 126 runs in his career.
What was Tom Parker's career ERA?
Tom Parker finished with a 5.68 career ERA, going 28-27 with 254 strikeouts.
Is Tom Parker in the Hall of Fame?
No. Tom Parker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.