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Clay Parker

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 19, 1962 in Columbia, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 21st round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) and the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA).

High School: Caldwell Parish HS (Columbia, LA)

School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Debut: September 14, 1987 (Age 24-269d, 15,419th in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 8, 1992 (Age 29-172d)
vs. TEX 3.2 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: James Clayton Parker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.42

234.0

121

WHIP

1.397

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-24 / in Starts: 1-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 15

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	26	3	Apr 14	NYY		TEX	L,4-8	8-GF		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	-2.19	6	27	17	9	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.010	.10	0.01%	0.97	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
2	27	6	Apr 18	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	3-6		3	3.0	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.80	3.61	13	47	28	11	1	9	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.010	.68	-0.01%	0.57	3b -23 2 out d4	6b 1-3 2 out d3
3	28	9	Apr 21	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-9	4-7		2	2.2	2	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.52	4.37	11	49	29	11	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.027	.16	-0.02%	-1.16	4b --- 1 out d5	7b 1-- 0 out d5
4	29	17	Apr 30	NYY		OAK	L,0-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	8	6.1	7	5	5	3	4	3	0	5.14	6.52	29	104	59	18	13	10	12	5	1	0	40			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	.60	-0.212	.61	-0.13%	-1.87	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	30	22	May 5	NYY	@	CAL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.50	4.90	32	112	74	20	15	18	6	1	2	0	62			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	1	.58	0.035	.40	0.02%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from New York Yankees to Detroit Tigers
6	31	88	Jul 14	DET		TEX	L,3-5	3-6		69	3.0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.96	5.01	13	47	22	9	2	4	6	2	2	0		2	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.082	.34	0.03%	1.46	3t 12- 2 out d3	6t 12- 2 out d3
7	32	93	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,1-0	9-9	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.95	2	10	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.124	2.17	0.07%	0.39	9t --- 0 out a1	9t --- 2 out a1
8	33	94	Jul 20	DET	@	TEX	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.58	4.58	7	26	15	6	3	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.036	.23	0.02%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
9	34	97	Jul 23	DET		BAL	L,3-13	3-8		2	5.1	2	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.27	4.72	21	83	48	23	4	7	7	0	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.112	.15	-0.05%	-0.80	3t 123 2 out d3	8t 3 out d5
10	35	102	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,17-9	1-5		4	4.2	5	3	3	5	1	1	0	3.58	5.17	23					14	2	2	0	1		1	1	1	1	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.158	.69	-0.09%	-1.38	1t -2- 1 out d4	5t 3 out d3
11	36	105	Jul 31	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	4-7		2	3.1	7	4	4	1	3	2	0	4.17	5.54	17	72	45	11	8	5	8	7	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.013	.02	0.00%	-2.33	4b 1-- 2 out d6	7b 3 out d8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	37	107	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	13-14	W(2-1)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.01	5.39	6	22	13	5	2	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	0.188	1.42	0.06%	0.65	13b --- 0 out tie	14b -2- 2 out a1
13	38	108	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,5-14	5-7		0	2.2	4	3	3	3	1	1	0	4.37	5.68	13	54	26	8	3	4	5	1	2	0		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	.02	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-2.31	5b -2- 1 out d8	7b 3 out d10
14	39	112	Aug 8	DET	@	TOR	L,3-8	5-6		4	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	5.59	6	24	14	3	4	4	2	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.015	.21	0.00%	0.18	5b 123 0 out d2	6b -2- 1 out d4
15	40	114	Aug 10	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	4-6		1	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.04	5.42	8	24	16	4	2	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.014	.06	0.00%	1.06	4b --- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
16	41	115	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	L,4-13	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.01	5.36	3	11	9	4	1	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.69	8b -2- 2 out d10	8b end d11
17	42	118	Aug 14	DET		MIL	L,6-7	9-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	5.34	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.45	0.023	.51	0.00%	0.20	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
18	43	120	Aug 16	DET		MIL	L,4-8	6-GF		1	4.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.19	5.23	18	58	35	8	4	6	9	2	2	0		2	2	2	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.257	.05	-0.01%	-2.06	6t 12- 0 out tie	9t end d 5
19	44	126	Aug 24	DET		OAK	L,4-6	4-6		7	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.99	5.17	11	26	16	4	1	6	4	0	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	.57	-0.002	.05	0.00%	0.63	4t -23 0 out d2	6t -2- 2 out d4
20	45	132	Aug 31	DET	@	MIN	W,12-6	3-7	W(3-1)	6	3.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.75	4.99	15	50	32	7	5	6	8	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.56	0.093	.02	0.00%	1.23	3b --- 2 out a3	7b 12- 1 out a5
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	46	137	Sep 5	DET		TOR	L,3-7	GS-3	L(3-2)	4	2.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.06	5.23	13	54	28	6	3	4	7	3	0	0	32			1	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.15	-0.188	.05	-0.01%	-1.64	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d1
22	47	140	Sep 8	DET	@	MIL	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	5.20	2	6	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.66	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
23	48	145	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,3-7	7-GF		4	3.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.84	5.15	12	36	23	7	4	4	5	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.46	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
24	49	146	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	5.12	3	10	6	1	2	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
25	50	151	Sep 21	DET	@	OAK	L,5-6	7-7	L(3-3)	6	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.90	5.15	2	9	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-- 1 out tie
26	51	152	Sep 22	DET	@	OAK	L,1-5	6-6		0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.88	5.18	3	9	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.34	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.69	6b 1-- 0 out tie	6b 123 1 out tie
27	52	156	Sep 27	DET		BOS	L,2-3	4-8		4	4.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.64	5.03	13	47	30	10	4	4	6	3	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.129	.00	0.00%	2.27	4t -2- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d2
28	53	158	Sep 29	DET		MIN	L,0-2	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.63	5.06	2	8	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.69	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.43	9t 12- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
29	54	161	Oct 2	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.58	5.03	3	11	7	1	2	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.48	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
							5-24		W-L:3-3,Hld:1	2.7	73.0	64	29	29	32	40	11	1	3.58	5.03	308	1037	59%	18%	10%	1.23		15%	6%	1	45	24	50%	6	4	0	269	11	2	6	4	3	3	.53	-0.233	.27	-0.13%	-0.13

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