Tom Parker (baseball)
Appearance
Tom Parker | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. | February 12, 1912|
Died: October 14, 1964 Rapides Parish, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 52)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1931, for the Indianapolis ABCs | |
Last appearance | |
1948, for the Homestead Grays | |
Teams | |
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Thomas "Big Train" Parker, Jr. (February 12, 1912 – October 14, 1964) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.
Career
[edit]He played from 1931 to 1948 with several teams, playing mostly with the Homestead Grays.[1] After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Parker briefly returned to professional baseball, but returned home to Louisiana.
Death
[edit]Parker died in 1964 and is buried in Plot E, Grave 3664 in the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors) and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1964 deaths
- Indianapolis ABCs (1931–1933) players
- Harrisburg Stars players
- Homestead Grays players
- Indianapolis Athletics players
- New York Black Yankees players
- New York Cubans players
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Elmwood Giants players
- New Orleans Crescent Stars players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Baseball pitchers
- American baseball pitcher, 1910s births stubs
- Negro league baseball pitcher stubs