As some of you know, I’m traveling East this week. We went through Pittsburgh a few days ago and that’s one town that loves their sports. So I thought a juicy Dave Parker would be an appropriate Monster Card for this week. This card comes from Parker’s MVP season of 1978.
Parker had it all that year, Hitting (he led the league with a .334 batting average), power (30 homers), speed, and defense. He topped 100 in both rbis and runs for the Bucs that year.
| Split | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Totals | 148 | 642 | 581 | 102 | 194 | 32 | 12 | 30 | 117 | 20 | 7 | 57 | 92 | .334 | .394 | .585 |
There’s not much to dislike about this card. Even for the 70s when there tended to be a little more parity among APBA cards, Parker’s card stands out. His combination of power numbers 1-3-5-6 plus an 11 is quite formidable. Add to that a 55-7 and he’s a standout.
If you need more convincing, 1978 Dave Parker is Fast and a OF-3. I don’t have his Master Game arm in front of me but I seem to remember that it was pretty good.
There are a couple odd things about this card, though. First, is the formatting of the 52-27. For some reason, the font is in bold. I seem to remember that back in day. Also, instead of receiving a 63-31, Parker’s second 31 is on 46. He gets a 32 on 63 instead.
Looking at his lifetime stats I can see why he’s not in the Hall of Fame, I suppose. Then again, some have made a persuasive argument for his case.
Dave Parker always played the game hard…100 per cent every play…on a grounder to second Parker went down the line like a run away train…a player like Barry Bonds would jog half way to first then turn toward the dugout.
Mel M.
Another thing about Parker…he won an all/star game MVP for his defense in 1979 or so…game was in Seattle…he made a couple of great throws.
Mel M.
Other than 1978 I never found that Parker put up great numbers for me in my BBW replay. Not sure why–most likely that the most successful BBW players are those that walk more than Parker did. That being said I really loved him as a player at the beginning and end of his career. Shame that drugs got in the way and probably stopped him from getting into HOF
Solid Card!
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OF-3
3- 11, 11-15, 6-22, 5-33, 7-44, 7-55 & 1-66
I will send you the Jim Rice Card from the same year.
I always felt pretty good coming to the plate with this card in my BATS league.