Dixie Parker

{{short description|American baseball player (1895-1972)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dixie Parker

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1895|4|24}}

|birth_place=Forest Home, Alabama

|death_date={{death date and age|1972|5|15|1895|4|24}}

|death_place=Tuscaloosa, Alabama

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 28

|debutyear=1923

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 6

|finalyear=1923

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Games played

|stat1value= 4

|stat2label=At-bats

|stat2value= 5

|stat4label=Hits

|stat4value=1

|stat5label=RBI

|stat5value=1

|stat6label=Batting average

|stat6value=.200

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies (1923)

}}

Douglas Woolley Parker (April 24, 1895 – May 15, 1972) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1923 season. Listed at 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb., Parker batted and threw right handed. He was born in Forest Home, Alabama.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parkedi01.shtml Baseball Reference Major league profile]

Parker played briefly for the 1923 Phillies, forming part of a catcher tandem that included Butch Henline, Dink O'Brien and Jimmy Wilson.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/1923.shtml 1923 Philadelphia Phillies]

He also spent parts of 16 minor league seasons spanning 1918–1941, while playing or managing for 17 teams in 13 different leagues.

Parker died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at the age of 77.