- Wes Parker
Infobox MLB retired
name=Wes Parker
position=First baseman
bats=Switch
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1939|11|13
city-state|Evanston|Illinois
debutdate=April 19
debutyear=by|1964
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=by|1972
finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.267
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=1,110
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=470
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|1964-by|1972)
highlights=
* 6xGold Glove Award winner (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972)
*World Series champion (1965)
* 1972Lou Gehrig Memorial Award Maurice Wesley Parker (born
November 13 ,1939 inEvanston, Illinois ) is a formerfirst baseman inMajor League Baseball who played for theLos Angeles Dodgers from by|1964 to1972 .Parker batted a career high of .319 in 1970, and won the National League
Gold Glove Award award for first base every year from by|1967 to by|1972. He was also part of the by|1965 DodgersWorld Series team. Parker was aCincinnati Reds broadcaster in by|1973.On August 21,
2007 , Parker was named to theMajor League Baseball All-time Gold Glove Team, and is the only eligible member of the team who is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07234/811341-63.stm]In 1972, Parker retired from the Major League Baseball and played in a Japanese professional baseball team in 1974, which was his last year of baseball career. After the retirement, Wes Parker became an actor and participated in a number of movies. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662696/]
He appeared in episode #17 of
The Brady Bunch , "The Undergraduate" (1/23/70), as the boyfriend ofGreg Brady 's math teacher, on whom Greg has a such a huge crush that he is distracted in his studies. Parker promises Greg two tickets to Opening Day if he scores an "A" on the next test.On a personal note, it was widely believed that Wes Parker was briefly married at one point, but this has never been confirmed. Parker did have a son in 1967, Tyrone Devoe, from a relationship he had with an acting coach and Broadway actress Patricia Randall, but has never been present in his life.
ee also
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List of Major League Baseball doubles champions External links
*baseball-reference|id=p/parkewe01
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