Lance Parrish
1977–1995 · bats R / throws R · ALS, California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners
1,988G
.252AVG
.313OBP
.440SLG
More career statistics
1,782H
324HR
1,070RBI
28SB
2Rare feats
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,988 | 7,797 | 7,067 | 856 | 1,782 | 305 | 27 | 324 | 1,070 | 612 | 1,527 | 28 | 37 | 37 | 58 | 3,113 | .252 | .313 | .440 | .753 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1990-09-24 to 1991-04-14
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1980-07-19 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1990-05-01 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1984-07-27 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1001 | 3865 | 889 | 160 | 546 | 313 | 727 | .255 | .311 | .446 |
| Away | 987 | 3932 | 893 | 164 | 524 | 299 | 800 | .250 | .303 | .435 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 248 | 987 | 216 | 37 | 143 | 79 | 198 | .241 | .299 | .414 |
| May | 363 | 1446 | 367 | 63 | 214 | 120 | 255 | .282 | .337 | .483 |
| June | 340 | 1362 | 309 | 46 | 176 | 103 | 265 | .251 | .302 | .408 |
| July | 331 | 1269 | 293 | 65 | 184 | 109 | 233 | .257 | .317 | .477 |
| August | 350 | 1374 | 298 | 66 | 188 | 104 | 281 | .239 | .293 | .451 |
| September | 333 | 1276 | 276 | 43 | 151 | 94 | 276 | .237 | .290 | .395 |
| October | 23 | 83 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 19 | .291 | .313 | .519 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| baltimore-orioles | 149 | 596 | 139 | 27 | 76 | 49 | 117 | .259 | .315 | .459 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 136 | 527 | 140 | 26 | 75 | 34 | 81 | .292 | .330 | .510 |
| texas-rangers | 134 | 516 | 116 | 30 | 90 | 35 | 100 | .245 | .293 | .480 |
| cleveland-guardians | 132 | 533 | 110 | 13 | 74 | 38 | 99 | .227 | .278 | .355 |
| chicago-white-sox | 131 | 509 | 106 | 16 | 62 | 43 | 101 | .232 | .293 | .397 |
| boston-red-sox | 130 | 521 | 124 | 24 | 77 | 42 | 111 | .260 | .319 | .451 |
| kansas-city-royals | 129 | 493 | 118 | 20 | 59 | 26 | 99 | .255 | .292 | .436 |
| new-york-yankees | 128 | 522 | 107 | 20 | 68 | 42 | 99 | .228 | .285 | .409 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 |  Detroit Tigers | 12 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 7 | – | .196 | – | – |
| 1978 | Detroit Tigers | 85 | 288 | 63 | 14 | 41 | – | .219 | – | – |
| 1979 | Detroit Tigers | 143 | 493 | 136 | 19 | 65 | 6 | .276 | – | – |
| 1980 | Detroit Tigers | 144 | 553 | 158 | 24 | 82 | 6 | .286 | – | – |
| 1981 | Detroit Tigers | 96 | 348 | 85 | 10 | 46 | 2 | .244 | – | – |
| 1982 | Detroit Tigers | 133 | 486 | 138 | 32 | 87 | 3 | .284 | – | – |
| 1983 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 605 | 163 | 27 | 114 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1984 | Detroit Tigers | 147 | 578 | 137 | 33 | 98 | 2 | .237 | – | – |
| 1985 | Detroit Tigers | 140 | 549 | 150 | 28 | 98 | 2 | .273 | – | – |
| 1986 | Detroit Tigers | 91 | 327 | 84 | 22 | 62 | – | .257 | – | – |
| 1987 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 130 | 466 | 114 | 17 | 67 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1988 | Philadelphia Phillies | 123 | 424 | 91 | 15 | 60 | – | .215 | – | – |
| 1989 |  California Angels | 124 | 433 | 103 | 17 | 50 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1990 | California Angels | 133 | 470 | 126 | 24 | 70 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1991 | California Angels | 119 | 402 | 87 | 19 | 51 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1992 | California Angels, Seattle Mariners | 93 | 275 | 64 | 12 | 32 | 1 | .233 | – | – |
| 1993 |  Cleveland Guardians | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 1994 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 126 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .270 | – | – |
| 1995 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 70 | 178 | 36 | 4 | 22 | – | .202 | – | – |