Here are today's requested players:
Dave Parker
Parker has a shot at the HOB Hall of Fame. He retired following the 1992 season. He was on 6 division winning teams but all 6 lost in the LCS. He was never an allstar but was always a consistant outfielder.
As for his trade history in June of 1978 the Brewers gave up P Bill Castro and SS Fred Stanley to acquire Parker. At the deadline in 1981 Milwaukee sent Parker to LA for 1B Pedro Guerrero. In 1986 the Dodgers moved him to Oakland so they could reacquire 1B Steve Garvey from the A's.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1973 .273 0 5 20 33 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 .273 .364 PIT
1974 .256 0 9 21 39 10 4 1 5 0 0 3 5 .310 .410 PIT
1975 .384 5 32 50 112 43 6 0 17 4 1 9 15 .430 .571 PIT
1976 .299 10 60 143 331 99 19 3 49 4 1 16 62 .331 .465 PIT
1977 .329 13 71 122 410 135 26 4 64 7 2 27 78 .371 .507 PIT
1978 .302 12 78 147 493 149 28 1 84 4 4 40 77 .355 .436 PIT,MIL
1979 .307 16 83 153 577 177 21 6 86 3 2 53 95 .365 .447 MIL
1980 .313 19 106 144 550 172 36 2 95 4 8 46 115 .366 .489 MIL
1981 .303 15 109 154 597 181 30 6 71 4 6 45 119 .352 .449 MIL,LAN
1982 .324 15 85 153 589 191 30 2 85 6 5 47 109 .374 .458 LAN
1983 .331 16 109 160 619 205 39 3 97 9 6 41 115 .373 .481 LAN
1984 .293 8 74 149 543 159 30 3 53 7 4 36 111 .337 .403 LAN
1985 .294 13 74 156 511 150 29 3 69 1 1 51 83 .358 .438 LAN
1986 .295 17 61 136 455 134 32 6 56 0 1 52 69 .367 .503 LAN,OAK
1987 .285 22 79 148 513 146 28 4 76 2 0 49 79 .347 .483 OAK
1988 .289 15 83 145 471 136 21 5 68 0 0 51 82 .358 .450 OAK
1989 .294 15 81 141 470 138 25 2 71 2 0 49 83 .360 .451 OAK
1990 .258 10 48 98 322 83 12 0 34 4 4 21 56 .303 .388 OAK
1991 .287 7 38 91 289 83 9 0 37 6 4 23 64 .340 .391 OAK
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 7924 9358
Total AVG : .303 .290
Total Hits: 2400 2712
Total HR : 228 339
Total RBI : 1285 1493
Total Runs: 1118 1272
Total SB : 67 154
Ralph Kiner
Kiner holds the Pirates team record for homers in a season with 53 in 1950. The HOB Hall of Famer led the National League in homers on two occassions and was a 6 time allstar outfielder. He played on 3 pennant winning teams and was National League MVP in 1950.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1946 .222 1 4 20 27 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .250 .333 PIT
1947 .249 23 82 114 381 95 12 5 65 7 0 57 59 .347 .488 PIT
1948 .262 37 127 153 554 145 21 9 116 13 0 95 41 .370 .532 PIT,N
1949 .262 36 128 152 558 146 30 3 117 3 0 95 33 .369 .520 PIT,N
1950 .267 53 156 147 544 145 32 2 119 14 2 71 26 .351 .625 PIT,N
1951 .267 29 104 150 547 146 25 1 99 11 3 100 24 .380 .475 PIT
1952 .264 41 104 152 571 151 20 0 116 12 3 95 29 .369 .515 PIT,N
1953 .251 31 86 151 562 141 18 3 94 11 4 87 40 .351 .459 PIT
1954 .272 28 89 151 555 151 28 1 104 11 1 96 45 .379 .477 PIT
1955 .266 31 97 150 549 146 24 5 102 7 1 101 39 .380 .497 PIT
1956 .245 23 81 151 547 134 30 1 88 10 0 94 22 .356 .430 PIT
1957 .260 42 102 149 577 150 20 5 92 15 0 77 36 .347 .530 PIT,N
1958 .275 40 94 147 542 149 17 2 94 7 0 81 44 .369 .535 PIT
1959 .257 39 109 149 522 134 21 4 102 11 1 103 39 .379 .536 PIT,N
1960 .274 26 82 150 543 149 21 4 78 1 0 74 52 .361 .471 PIT
1961 .201 29 73 148 492 99 5 0 64 2 1 57 62 .284 .388 PIT
1962 .265 2 11 20 68 18 0 0 8 0 0 4 11 .306 .353 PIT
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 8139 5205
Total AVG : .259 .279
Total Hits: 2105 1451
Total HR : 511 369
Total RBI : 1529 1015
Total Runs: 1460 971
Total SB : 135 22
Vic Correll
Vic Correll never played a game in the HOB major leagues. He was in the Boston system buried behind Carlton Fisk, Jerry Moses and Bob Montgomery. Later the Red Sox would also have Ed Ott and Bo Diaz as catchers. Correll retired following the 1976 season.
Herb Score
Score played on some very bad Cleveland Indians teams and made his only allstar appearance in 1962. In 1956 Score missed 2 months with a fractured elbow. The elbow would affect him throughout his career as he missed time in 1957, 1961 and 1970. Each time the injury was elbow related. The 1957 injury was the most troubling as it came in the middle of what could have been the best season of his career. His ratings dipped slightly after that injury and did not return to normal until 1962.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1955 5.83 12 13 0 30 3 0 199.0 129 145 242 CLE
1956 5.39 8 8 0 20 3 1 120.1 72 80 161 CLE
1957 3.16 12 4 0 25 0 0 179.2 63 112 246 CLE
1958 4.71 13 13 0 30 2 0 204.1 107 130 289 CLE
1959 4.62 7 15 0 31 6 2 222.0 114 141 302 CLE
1960 4.93 12 9 0 31 7 0 219.0 120 134 318 CLE
1961 4.44 9 8 0 24 4 0 178.1 88 119 224 CLE
1962 3.46 18 10 0 33 3 1 241.2 93 137 301 CLE,A
1963 3.75 13 12 0 33 2 0 242.2 101 132 294 CLE
1964 4.41 8 18 0 32 5 0 222.2 109 137 268 CLE
1965 3.41 11 12 0 32 4 3 232.0 88 136 270 CLE
1966 4.85 6 14 0 29 2 0 204.1 110 127 228 CLE
1967 3.46 11 10 0 31 4 0 223.2 86 126 252 CLE
1968 4.45 11 18 0 33 4 0 226.1 112 144 252 CLE
1969 4.51 14 12 0 33 1 1 227.1 114 144 270 CLE
1970 3.83 11 7 0 25 1 0 176.1 75 117 193 CLE
1971 4.50 12 6 0 26 3 0 142.0 71 87 126 CLE
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 4.30 3.36
Total Wins : 188 55
Total Losses: 189 46
Total Saves : 0 3
Total SHO : 8 11
Total CG : 54 47
Total K's : 4236 837
Total BB's : 2148 573
JR Richard
Probably the most asked about player from the HOB, Richard's career in this league shows what he might have accomplished had he not had a career ending stoke at age 30. He won back to back Smilin' Mickey Welch Awards as the National League's top hurler in 1983-84. He narrowly lost out in the 1971 NL rookie of the year race to Los Angeles pitcher Charlie Hough. Richard started and won the 1977 allstar game, pitching 3 scoreless innings and allowing just one hit. He never pitched in a postseason game as the Astros finished as high as second in the NL West only once in his career. He holds virtually every Houston club pitching record and ranks 13th alltime with 278 career victories. Only 8 players in the HOB have struck out more than the 4046 batters he fanned in his career. He threw 3 no-hitters in his career - at Montreal in 1972, in St Louis in 1974 and at San Francisco in 1980. They were the first 3 no-hitters in Astros history.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS
1971 3.04 16 9 0 33 8 4 245.1 83 103 227 HOU
1972 3.67 15 8 0 33 5 1 242.2 99 113 231 HOU
1973 2.71 15 12 0 33 5 2 245.2 74 98 240 HOU
1974 2.33 18 9 0 33 8 2 258.2 67 92 222 HOU
1975 3.37 13 10 0 33 5 2 248.1 93 91 212 HOU
1976 3.61 16 9 0 33 4 2 244.1 98 100 224 HOU
1977 2.85 20 9 0 33 8 3 252.2 80 83 228 HOU,N
1978 3.45 13 8 0 25 3 1 182.2 70 67 173 HOU
1979 3.01 16 13 0 33 9 3 254.1 85 81 215 HOU
1980 2.73 8 9 0 24 4 1 178.0 54 62 146 HOU
1981 3.67 15 10 0 30 8 2 228.0 93 72 198 HOU
1982 3.52 14 7 0 30 4 2 202.0 79 71 175 HOU
1983 2.81 19 5 0 32 3 1 227.0 71 97 202 HOU,N
1984 2.90 18 9 0 32 6 3 229.1 74 84 208 HOU
1985 3.17 13 9 0 29 1 0 190.1 67 57 198 HOU
1986 2.87 10 5 0 23 3 1 159.2 51 57 180 HOU
1987 3.23 18 6 0 32 1 0 225.2 81 88 227 HOU,N
1988 4.21 7 14 0 31 1 0 188.1 88 87 200 HOU
1989 4.47 7 11 0 25 1 0 153.0 76 55 162 HOU
1990 5.71 3 16 0 30 0 0 159.1 101 101 147 HOU
1991 7.38 4 6 0 14 0 0 61.0 50 39 31 HOU
HOB REAL LIFE
Total ERA : 3.36 3.15
Total Wins : 278 107
Total Losses: 194 71
Total Saves : 0 0
Total SHO : 30 19
Total CG : 87 76
Total K's : 4046 1493
Total BB's : 1698 770
Whitey Herzog
A backup for well over a decade with the Senators/Twins organization. Herzog's HOB career was quite similiar to what he did in real life, except he stayed in the HOB as a player for 6 years longer than he did in real life.
He broke in as a 24 year old rookie and became the Sens everyday rightfielder in 1956. An injury early in 1957 cost him his starting job to Jim Busby and Herzog would rarely appear in the majors until the mid-sixties.
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1956 .251 6 39 107 354 89 17 1 41 1 6 43 59 .332 .356 WS1
1957 .266 0 6 23 79 21 2 0 8 0 0 7 15 .326 .291 WS1
1958 .344 2 5 18 64 22 5 0 8 1 2 8 10 .417 .516 WS1
1959 .250 0 0 11 28 7 1 0 5 0 1 2 4 .300 .286 WS1
1960 .000 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 WS2
1961 .000 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .000 MIN
1962 .220 1 7 48 82 18 5 0 12 3 0 19 23 .366 .317 MIN
1963 .252 3 21 114 218 55 11 3 28 1 3 32 43 .348 .372 MIN
1964 .306 1 13 48 85 26 2 0 6 1 1 14 19 .404 .365 MIN
1965 .266 3 25 116 368 98 15 1 45 5 7 53 82 .359 .337 MIN
1966 .251 9 43 122 414 104 14 1 49 6 5 67 106 .356 .355 MIN
1967 .312 5 24 60 154 48 3 1 29 1 1 23 26 .401 .442 MIN
1968 .236 3 13 48 140 33 8 0 20 0 2 14 32 .305 .357 MIN
1969 .281 8 48 112 359 101 22 0 65 7 4 48 94 .366 .409 MIN
HOB REAL LIFE
Total AB : 2354 1614
Total AVG : .264 .257
Total Hits: 622 414
Total HR : 41 25
Total RBI : 244 172
Total Runs: 317 213
Total SB : 26 13