Tom Parker

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records

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

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

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

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

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

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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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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
28 27 74 61 27 2 0 405.3 409 256 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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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 38.3 36 21 19 26 4.93 4.28 (-15%) 317.6
1941 SNS NAL 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 8 6 1 2 8.53 — 0.0
1942 NBY NN2 2 2 4 4 3 0 0 29.3 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 74.3 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

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

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

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

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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home892152866531.307
Away1213214791720.283

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home35179.21661754560.85
Away41240.122644117811.65

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

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

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

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.

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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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.