Wes Parker

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Wes Parker

First Baseman

Born: November 13 1939 (1939-11-13) (age 69)
Batted: Switch	Threw: Left
MLB debut
April 19, 1964 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Final game
October 1, 1972 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
AVG	.267
Hits	1110
RBI	470
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1964-1972)
Career highlights and awards
Gold Glove 1967-1972 Led NL in doubles in 1970 with 47

Maurice Wesley Parker (born November 13, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1964 to 1972.

Parker batted a career high of .319 in 1970, and won the National League Gold Glove Award award for first base every year from 1967 to 1972. He was also part of the 1965 Dodgers World Series team. Parker was a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster in 1973.

On August 21, 2007, Parker was named to the Major League Baseball All-time Gold Glove Team, and is the only eligible member of the team who is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame.[1]

In 1972, Parker retired from the Major League Baseball and played in a Japanese professional baseball team in 1974, which was his last year of baseball career. After the retirement, Wes Parker became an actor and participated in a number of movies.[2]

Parker was one of relatively few non-pitchers in MLB history who switch-hit while throwing left-handed.