Charlie Parks
1938–1947 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Elite Giants, NNS, Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees
179G
.265AVG
.346OBP
.381SLG
More career statistics
133H
6HR
64RBI
3SB
1.2IP
1K
5.40ERA
0GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 179 | 148 |
| Batting · At bats | 501 | 333 |
| Batting · Doubles | 24 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 133 | 76 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 3 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 576 | 386 |
| Batting · Runs | 56 | 38 |
| Batting · RBI | 64 | 31 |
| Batting · Triples | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · Walks | 60 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · p er | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 2 | 3 |
| Pitching · p k | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 1 | 2 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 576 | 501 | 56 | 133 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 191 | .265 | .346 | .381 | .727 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1.800 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1946-09-15 to 1947-05-18
10longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1942-06-28 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 86 | 213 | 41 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 0 | .223 | .315 | .353 |
| Away | 62 | 173 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 2 | .235 | .324 | .309 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | .667 |
| May | 31 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 1 | .200 | .317 | .271 |
| June | 35 | 84 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .208 | .262 | .325 |
| July | 26 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .130 | .242 | .148 |
| August | 37 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .265 | .376 | .373 |
| September | 18 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .326 | .370 | .565 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 40 | 98 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .224 | .306 | .341 |
| philadelphia-stars | 35 | 86 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .135 | .256 | .189 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 29 | 89 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .266 | .337 | .329 |
| new-york-cubans | 24 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .250 | .323 | .393 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 19 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .324 | .422 | .541 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 1 | – |
| 1939 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1940 | NENewark Eagles | 16 | 29 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .138 | – | – |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 22 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .241 | – | – |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 28 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 5 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1944 | NENewark Eagles | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 28 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 10 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 50 | 102 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 2 | .245 | – | – |