Bill Parsons

Bill Parsons

William Raymond "Bill" Parsons (born August 17, 1948) was a 6' 6" right handed baseball pitcher from Riverside, California. He had a four-year career as a major league pitcher. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=parsobi01 Bill Parsons Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac ] ]

Baseball career

Parsons was drafted in the 7th round by the Seattle Pilots in 1968, [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/bill-parsons.shtml Bill Parsons Statistics - The Baseball Cube ] ] and worked his way through the minors at Newark, Billings, and Clinton in the Pilots' organization during 1968-69. At Clinton, he posted a 1.57 ERA with his 5-4 record..

In 1970, he came to the Milwaukee Brewers organization, pitching for Portland of the Pacific Coast League, going 3-0, 2.25.

Parsons was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 13, 1971, with the Brewers. [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=parsobi01 Bill Parsons Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac ] ]

He was the number-two starter for the last-place Brewers, going 13-17 with a 3.20 ERA as a rookie in 1971, while 7th in the league with 4 shutouts and 8th in the AL with 93 walks. [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bill_Parsons_1948 The Ballplayers - Bill Parsons | BaseballLibrary.com ] ] Parsons was second in the 1971 BBWAA Rookie of the Year voting, losing out to Chris Chambliss, and was named The Sporting News AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year. [ [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Bill_Parsons_1948 The Ballplayers - Bill Parsons | BaseballLibrary.com ] ]

He went 13-13, 3.91 the next year while going 3rd in the AL in home runs allowed (27) and earned runs allowed (93), as the Brewers again finished in last place. In both seasons, he was second on the team in victories.

In 1973, he was in only 20 games with an ERA of 6.79.

In 1974, after being traded to the Oakland Athletics with cash for Deron Johnson, he pitched only 2 innings in the majors. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/bill-parsons.shtml Bill Parsons Statistics - The Baseball Cube ] ]

He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in July 1975, but never appeared in the majors with them.

In July 1975 he was traded by the Cardinals with cash to the White Sox for Buddy Bradford. [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/bill-parsons.shtml Bill Parsons Statistics - The Baseball Cube ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/parsobi01.shtml Baseball Reference]


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