- Mark Parent (baseball)
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Mark Parent Chicago White Sox Catcher/Coach Born: September 16, 1961
Ashland, OregonBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 20, 1986 for the San Diego Padres Last MLB appearance September 1, 1998 for the Philadelphia Phillies Career statistics Games played 474 Batting average .214 Home runs 53 Teams Mark Alan Parent (born September 16, 1961 in Ashland, Oregon) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1986 to 1998 and is currently the Chicago White Sox bench coach. After graduating from Anderson High School in Anderson, California, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round (92nd overall) of the 1979 MLB Draft and played in the minor leagues, starting with the Northwest League's Walla Walla Padres, for eight years before being sent to the Padres. He made one playoff appearance with the Orioles in 1996, who made it all the way to the American League Championship Series.
In 13 seasons he played in 474 Games and had 1,303 At Bats, 112 Runs, 279 Hits, 50 Doubles, 53 Home Runs, 168 RBI, 3 Stolen Bases, 98 Walks, .214 Batting Average, .268 On-base percentage, .375 Slugging Percentage, 488 Total Bases, 12 Sacrifice Hits, 13 Sacrifice Flies and 8 Intentional Walks.
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After retirement
In 2005, Parent was named the first-ever manager of the newly-minted Golden Baseball League's Chico Outlaws and took his team to the league championship in 2007. After the team won the title, he retired from professional baseball.
On December 15, 2009, the Philadelphia Phillies named Parent manager of the Lakewood BlueClaws, the franchise's Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.[1]
On November 22, 2010, the Philadelphia Phillies named Parent manager of the Reading Phillies, the franchise's Class AA affiliate in the Eastern League. [1]
On October 31, 2011, the Chicago White Sox named Parent bench coach under manager Robin Ventura.[2]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Mark Parent Stats at The Baseball Cube
Chicago White Sox current roster Active roster 10 Alexei Ramírez | 12 A. J. Pierzynski | 14 Paul Konerko | 15 Gordon Beckham | 17 Tyler Flowers | 18 Brent Lillibridge | 20 Carlos Quentin | 22 Brent Morel | 24 Dayán Viciedo | 26 Jesse Crain | 30 Alejandro De Aza | 32 Adam Dunn | 34 Gavin Floyd | 37 Matt Thornton | 39 Dylan Axelrod | 41 Philip Humber | 43 Addison Reed | 44 Jake Peavy | 46 Sergio Santos | 47 Gregory Infante | 48 Zach Stewart | 49 Chris Sale | 50 John Danks | 51 Alex Ríos | 58 Jason Frasor | 60 Hector Santiago | 62 Eduardo Escobar | 64 Anthony Carter | 65 Nathan Jones | 77 Will Ohman | -- Jhan Mariñez | -- Osvaldo Martínez | -- José Quintana | -- Donnie Veal
Coaching Staff Manager 23 Robin Ventura | Bench Coach -- Mark Parent | 1st Base Coach 3 Harold Baines | 3rd Base Coach -- Joe McEwing | Hitting Coach -- Jeff Manto | Pitching Coach 21 Don Cooper | Bullpen Coach 36 Juan Nieves | Bullpen Catcher 59 Mark Salas
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Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
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- San Diego Padres players
- Texas Rangers players
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- People from Ashland, Oregon
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