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Dave Parker played 19 major-league seasons (1973-1991) as a OF (1,867), 1B (19), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 22 | PIT | 54 | 139 | 17 | 40 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .288 | .761 | 116 |
| 1974 | 23 | PIT | 73 | 220 | 27 | 62 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 53 | .282 | .731 | 110 |
| 1975 | 24 | PIT | 148 | 558 | 75 | 172 | 25 | 101 | 8 | 38 | 89 | .308 | .898 | 156 |
| 1976 | 25 | PIT | 138 | 537 | 82 | 168 | 13 | 90 | 19 | 30 | 80 | .313 | .824 | 141 |
| 1977 | 26 | PIT | 159 | 637 | 107 | 215 | 21 | 88 | 17 | 58 | 107 | .338 | .927 | 155 |
| 1978 | 27 | PIT | 148 | 581 | 102 | 194 | 30 | 117 | 20 | 57 | 92 | .334 | .979 | 181 |
| 1979 | 28 | PIT | 158 | 622 | 109 | 193 | 25 | 94 | 20 | 67 | 101 | .310 | .906 | 154 |
| 1980 | 29 | PIT | 139 | 518 | 71 | 153 | 17 | 79 | 10 | 25 | 69 | .295 | .785 | 124 |
| 1981 | 30 | PIT | 67 | 240 | 29 | 62 | 9 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 25 | .258 | .742 | 115 |
| 1982 | 31 | PIT | 73 | 244 | 41 | 66 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 45 | .270 | .776 | 123 |
| 1983 | 32 | PIT | 144 | 552 | 68 | 154 | 12 | 69 | 12 | 28 | 89 | .279 | .722 | 106 |
| 1984 | 33 | CIN | 156 | 607 | 73 | 173 | 16 | 94 | 11 | 41 | 89 | .285 | .738 | 114 |
| 1985 | 34 | CIN | 160 | 635 | 88 | 198 | 34 | 125 | 5 | 52 | 80 | .312 | .916 | 162 |
| 1986 | 35 | CIN | 162 | 637 | 89 | 174 | 31 | 116 | 1 | 56 | 126 | .273 | .807 | 128 |
| 1987 | 36 | CIN | 153 | 589 | 77 | 149 | 26 | 97 | 7 | 44 | 104 | .253 | .744 | 102 |
| 1988 | 37 | OAK | 101 | 377 | 43 | 97 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 32 | 70 | .257 | .720 | 101 |
| 1989 | 38 | OAK | 144 | 553 | 56 | 146 | 22 | 97 | 0 | 38 | 91 | .264 | .741 | 107 |
| 1990 | 39 | ML4 | 157 | 610 | 71 | 176 | 21 | 92 | 4 | 41 | 102 | .289 | .781 | 117 |
| 1991 | 40 | CAL|TOR | 132 | 502 | 47 | 120 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 33 | 98 | .239 | .653 | 80 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | OF | 39 | 31 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1974 | OF | 49 | 42 | 101 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1975 | OF | 141 | 141 | 311 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 1976 | OF | 134 | 134 | 294 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 158 | 158 | 389 | 26 | 15 | 9 |
| 1977 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 147 | 147 | 302 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| 1979 | OF | 158 | 158 | 341 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| 1980 | OF | 130 | 129 | 235 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 60 | 59 | 110 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 63 | 62 | 108 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 1983 | OF | 142 | 139 | 282 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 1984 | OF | 151 | 150 | 296 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 159 | 158 | 329 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 1986 | OF | 159 | 157 | 278 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 1987 | OF | 142 | 141 | 278 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 1987 | 1B | 9 | 9 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 1988 | OF | 34 | 34 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Dave Parker won: TSN All-Star 1975 (NL), Gold Glove 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1977 (NL), Gold Glove 1978 (NL), MVP 1978 (NL), TSN All-Star 1978 (NL), Gold Glove 1979 (NL), Silver Slugger 1985 (NL), TSN All-Star 1985 (NL), Silver Slugger 1986 (NL), TSN All-Star 1986 (NL), Silver Slugger 1990 (AL), TSN All-Star 1990 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1990, 1989, 1986, 1985, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 120 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 156 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 320 / 336 | 21 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 56 / 336 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 220 / 336 | 6 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 144 / 336 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 44 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 11 / 392 | 0 |
Dave Parker ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #60 | right fielders | 1978 | 181 OPS+ |
| #148 | right fielders | 1985 | 162 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.