Tom Parker
1934–1948 · bats R / throws R · Homestead Grays, HSL, IN5, NAS, NNL, NNS, NSH, New York Black Yankees
271G
.283AVG
.327OBP
.405SLG
More career statistics
221H
12HR
130RBI
4SB
31–28W–L
439.1IP
284K
5.63ERA
66GS
5Rare 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.
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 | 271 | 252 |
| Batting · At bats | 781 | 678 |
| Batting · Doubles | 35 | 30 |
| Batting · Hits | 221 | 199 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 2 | 1 |
| Batting · Home runs | 12 | 14 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 844 | 718 |
| Batting · Runs | 114 | 99 |
| Batting · RBI | 130 | 60 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 4 | 3 |
| Batting · Triples | 12 | 9 |
| Batting · Walks | 49 | 31 |
| Pitching · Games | 80 | 84 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,001 | 1,687 |
| Pitching · p cg | 29 | 40 |
| Pitching · p er | 275 | 62 |
| Pitching · p gs | 66 | 70 |
| Pitching · p h | 445 | 420 |
| Pitching · p hr | 20 | 18 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,318 | 1,363 |
| Pitching · p k | 284 | 149 |
| Pitching · p r | 316 | 297 |
| Pitching · p w | 263 | 187 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | 844 | 781 | 114 | 221 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 130 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 316 | .283 | .327 | .405 | .732 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 439.3 | 80 | 66 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 445 | 316 | 275 | 20 | 263 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 1.612 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1934-07-08 to 1934-08-27
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1938-08-09 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1938-07-02 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1937-08-21 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 104 | 261 | 77 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 0 | .307 | .326 | .450 |
| Away | 148 | 457 | 122 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 4 | .286 | .317 | .412 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 65 | 175 | 55 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 3 | .329 | .354 | .485 |
| June | 57 | 188 | 48 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 0 | .273 | .298 | .409 |
| July | 64 | 196 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .272 | .316 | .364 |
| August | 53 | 131 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .320 | .328 | .488 |
| September | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .292 | .364 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 53 | 161 | 46 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .301 | .335 | .438 |
| newark-eagles | 34 | 108 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .343 | .352 | .451 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 28 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .218 | .261 | .264 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 27 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .320 | .364 | .540 |
| new-york-cubans | 22 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .296 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 16 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .179 | .200 | .256 |
| homestead-grays | 16 | 57 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .389 | .421 | .593 |
| NW1 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .219 | .438 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | NSH | 35 | 117 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .299 | 13 | 12 |
| 1935 |  Homestead Grays | 32 | 56 | 19 | 2 | 3 | – | .339 | 63 | 34 |
| 1936 | Homestead Grays | 25 | 47 | 13 | – | 4 | 1 | .277 | 76 | 27 |
| 1937 | Homestead Grays | 19 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 6 | – | .385 | 70 | 34 |
| 1938 | Homestead Grays | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | – | .312 | 68 | – |
| 1939 | Homestead Grays, SAS | 17 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 2 | – | .275 | 26 | 5 |
| 1941 | New York Black Yankees, SNO | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .458 | 13 | 2 |
| 1942 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 24 | 92 | 18 | 1 | 7 | – | .196 | 21 | 4 |
| 1943 | HSL | 13 | 54 | 20 | – | 8 | 1 | .370 | 7 | 2 |
| 1945 | NCNew York Cubans | 19 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 6 | – | .323 | – | – |
| 1947 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 3 |
| 1948 | Homestead Grays | 39 | 111 | 27 | 1 | 9 | – | .243 | 86 | 26 |