Dec 9, 2024 · If Willie Stargell was “Pops,” Parker was the team’s big brother in the Fam-A-Lee. And that Fam-A-Lee finally got the long-awaited good news they waited years for: Parker is now a Hall of Famer, being elected Sunday at the Winter Meetings via the Classic Era Committee.

Dec 9, 2024 · DALLAS (AP) — Having waited for the call from Cooperstown for nearly three decades, Dave Parker burst into tears Sunday when he was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame along with the late Dick Allen. “Yeah, I cried,” Parker said after receiving the news from Hall chair Jane Forbes Clark.

Nov 23, 2024 · Nothing demonstrated Parker’s dedication like the Pirates’ game against the New York Mets on June 30, 1978, at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium. In front of 31,497 fans, the …

Dec 9, 2024 · DALLAS — Having waited for the call from Cooperstown for nearly three decades, Dave Parker burst into tears Sunday when he was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame along with the late Dick Allen.

4 days ago · Dave Parker #39 of the Cincinnati Reds watches the flight of the ball as he follows through on his swing during a game with the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York, in 1987.

CINCINNATI — Dave Parker has earned baseball immortality in Cooperstown. The Cincinnati native former Reds star was elected Sunday night to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The former...

Dec 9, 2024 · Dave Parker was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, the first day of the MLB winter meetings in Dallas. It was fitting timing — shortly before Juan Soto reportedly agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets — because Parker couldn’t help but make light of the hefty contracts being tossed around now relative ...

Sep 13, 2024 · LEDGER ELEVEN: June 21, 1975 at New York Mets. At this point of his career, with the ledgers maxed out, Parker’s career peaks and valleys started to roll in. Like previous v-Club inductees, Parker had the markings of a trouble-maker, instigator, and certainly displayed an out-sized personality.

Jan 3, 2022 · So what was the greatest player of the late ’70s doing wearing a mask that made him look like Jason Voorhees? The Pittsburgh Pirates were hosting the New York Mets for the second game of a three-game series.

Jan 22, 2025 · Three former New York Mets will join the Hall of Fame ballot next year as Carlos Beltrán inches closer to induction.