Mike Parrott
Mike Parrott | |||
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Parrott in 1981 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Oxnard, California | December 6, 1954|||
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MLB debut | |||
September 5, 1977, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 29, 1981, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 19–39 | ||
Earned run average | 4.87 | ||
Strikeouts | 266 | ||
Teams | |||
Michael Everett Arch Parrott (born December 6, 1954 in Oxnard, California), nicknamed "Bird", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Parrott graduated from Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California in 1973. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round, 15th pick, of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft. During a five-year baseball career, he pitched for the Orioles (1977) and the Seattle Mariners (1977–81).
A minor league pitching coach for over 30 years, in 2019 Parrott became the pitching coach of the Kane County Cougars, the Class A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. This followed several years in the same position with the Hillsboro Hops.
Professional career
Parrott played for the Rochester Red Wings and was the International League's Most Valuable Pitcher in 1977. He was called up later that year by the Orioles and in three games he gave up just one earned run.
On December 7, 1977 he was traded by Baltimore to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Lopez and Tommy Moore. In 1979, Parrott won a career high 14 games for the Mariners. He also led all Seattle pitchers in wins that year. After winning Seattle's opener in 1980, Parrott lost 16 straight to finish the season at 1-16, the longest such streak of the 1980s. On March 5, 1982 he was traded by the Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers for Thad Bosley. He never made a Major League roster after this.
In 1993 he was named to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Almanac
Preceded by Glenn Abbott |
Opening Day starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners 1980 |
Succeeded by Glenn Abbott |
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Sportspeople from Oxnard, California
- Bluefield Orioles players
- Lodi Orioles players
- Asheville Orioles players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Charlotte O's players
- Miami Orioles players
- Spokane Indians players
- Jacksonville Suns players
- Omaha Royals players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Baseball players from California
- Minor league baseball coaches
- Hillsboro Hops
- Sportspeople from Ventura County, California