Doc Parker

{{Short description|American baseball player (1872–1941)}}

{{For|the fictional character|Monte 'Doc' Parker}}

{{use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Doc Parker

|image=Doc Parker 1897.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1872|6|14}}

|birth_place=Theresa, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1941|3|3|1872|6|14}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 11

|debutyear=1893

|debutteam=Chicago Colts

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 21

|finalyear=1901

|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=5–8

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.90

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=24

|teams=

• Chicago Colts ({{baseball year|1893}}, {{baseball year|1895}}–{{baseball year|1896}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1901}})

}}

Harley Park Parker (June 14, 1872 – March 3, 1941) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from {{baseball year|1893}} through {{baseball year|1901}} for the Chicago Colts (1893, 1895–1896) and Cincinnati Reds (1901). Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=2}}, {{convert|200|lb}}, Parker threw and batted right-handed. He was born in Theresa, New York. His younger brother, Jay Parker, also played in the majors.

In a four-season career, Parker posted a 5–8 record with 24 strikeouts and a 5.90 ERA in 18 appearances, including 14 starts, 13 complete games, one shutout, one save, and {{frac|134|1|3}} innings of work. Parker was responsible for one of the worst pitching performances in Major League Baseball history. Playing for the Reds against the Brooklyn Superbas on 21 June 1901, Parker gave up 26 hits in the Superbas' 21–3 win.Mackin, Bob, The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records, Greystone Books, 2004. He umpired in the National League during the {{baseball year|1911}} season.

Parker died in Chicago, at the age of 68.