One of the biggest wrongs in Major League Baseball was righted on Sunday night. Former Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Dave Parker, who made the American League All-Star team in his lone season with the franchise, was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
The Cobra is a Hall of Famer! Congratulations, Dave Parker! pic.twitter.com/mRTbtLCOGZ
— MLB (@MLB) December 9, 2024
Former National League Rookie of the Year and MVP Dick Allen, who also made seven All-Star appearances during his 15-year career, was also voted in by the Classic Baseball Committee.
Parker, who is 73 years old, is suffering from Parkinson’s Disease and is confined to a wheel chair. Allen passed away in 2020.
Dave Parker Made His Final Career All-Star Team with the Milwaukee Brewers
1990 Dave Parker Milwaukee Brewers
By the time Parker arrived in Milwaukee in 1990, he was already a household name with a resume worthy of the Hall of Fame.
His first full season in the Majors came in 1975 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He hit .308/.357/.541 that year, leading the National League in slugging percentage. He also had 25 home runs and 101 RBI.
In 1977, Parker made his first All-Star team and won his first batting title, hitting .338/.397/.531 with 21 home runs and 88 RBI. He also led the league in hits (215) and doubles (44).
Parker followed that up by winning the batting title again in 1978, hitting .334/.394/.585 with 30 home runs and 117 RBI. He also stole 20 bases. Despite not making the All-Star team that year, he did win the NL MVP Award.
In 1979, he helped lead the Pirates to a World Series Championship.
Parker spent the first 11 seasons of his career with Pittsburgh before signing with the Cincinnati Reds. He made two more All-Star teams with the Reds, bringing his career total to six.
In 1987, though, he hit just .253/.311/.433, but did mash 26 home runs with 97 RBI. The Reds, however, decided to trade him to the Oakland Athletics.
In 1989, he helped lead the Athletics to a World Series Championship as well, hitting .264/.308/.432 with 22 home runs and 97 RBI.
Fresh off his second World Series title, Parker signed a one-year deal with the Brewers. In his lone season in Milwaukee, he hit .289/.330/.451 with 21 home runs and 92 RBI. He was named to his seventh and final All-Star team. He also won his third career Silver Slugger.
Parker finished his career in 1991 spending time with the California Angels and Toronto Blue Jays.
When it was all said and done, Parker had accumulated 2,712 career hits, 339 home runs, and 1,493 RBI in 19 seasons while hitting .290/.339/.471.
Interestingly, his fellow Brewers teammate (and now fellow Hall of Famer) Paul Molitor was part of the 16-voter committee that elected him to the Hall of Fame.
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