Jiggs Parson

{{short description|American baseball player (1885-1967)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jiggs Parson

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1885|12|27}}

|birth_place=Parker, South Dakota

|death_date={{death date and age|1967|5|19|1885|12|27}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 16

|debutyear=1910

|debutteam=Boston Doves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 4

|finalyear=1911

|finalteam=Boston Rustlers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–3

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.92

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=14

|teams=

• Boston Doves / Rustlers ({{mlby|1910}}–{{mlby|1911}})

}}

William Edwin "Jiggs" Parson (December 27, 1885 – May 19, 1967) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Boston Doves / Rustlers, a National League team later known as the Boston Braves. His professional career spanned 1907 to 1916.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=parson001wil |title=William Parson Minor Leagues Statistics |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

Also nicknamed "Chief", Parson was born in 1885 played baseball for and graduated from Bucknell University in 1908. He died in 1967 and was survived by a son and daughter,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121239026/chief-parson-bu-athlete-of-york/ |title='Chief' Parson, BU Athlete Of York |newspaper=The Daily Item |location=Sunbury, Pennsylvania |page=6 |date=May 22, 1967 |accessdate=March 19, 2023 |via=newspapers.com}} as well as his wife, two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.{{cite web |last1=Bohn |first1=Terry |title=William Parson Biography |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/william-parson/ |website=SABR |publisher=SABR |access-date=16 December 2023}}