Mike Parrott

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name =Mike Parrott

| image =Mike Parrott - Seattle Mariners - 1981.jpg

| caption =Parrott in 1981

| position =Pitcher

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1954|12|6}}

| birth_place =Oxnard, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| bats =Right

| throws =Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate =September 5

| debutyear =1977

| debutteam =Baltimore Orioles

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate =September 29

| finalyear =1981

| finalteam =Seattle Mariners

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label =Win–loss record

| stat1value =19–39

| stat2label =Earned run average

| stat2value =4.87

| stat3label =Strikeouts

| stat3value =266

| teams =

Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1977}})
Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1981}})

}}

Michael Everett Arch Parrott (born December 6, 1954), nicknamed "Bird," is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Parrott graduated from Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California in 1973. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the first round (15th overall) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web |title=1st Round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} During a five-year baseball career, he pitched for the Orioles (1977) and the Seattle Mariners (1977–81).

A minor league pitching coach for over 30 years, Parrott served as the pitching coach of the Kane County Cougars, the Class-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in 2019. This followed several years in the same position with the Hillsboro Hops. He is now a roving instructor in the D-Backs' system.

Professional career

Parrott went 15–7 with a 3.42 earned run average (ERA) and an International League-leading 146 strikeouts with the Rochester Red Wings and was named the circuit's Most Valuable Pitcher in {{By|1977}}.{{cite web |date=January 10, 1978 |title=Mariners to visit here with annual baseball tour |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LwEQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4909,482816&dq=carlos+lopez+mariners&hl=en |access-date=October 23, 2020 |work=Ellensburg Daily Record}} He was called up later that year by the Orioles, and in three games, he gave up just one earned run (2.08 ERA).{{Cite web |title=Mike Parrott Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parromi01.shtml |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

Parrott was traded from the Orioles to the Mariners for Carlos Lopez and Tommy Moore at the Winter Meetings on December 7, {{mlby|1977}}.{{Cite web |date=December 8, 1977 |title=Messersmith A Yank, Orioles Trade Twice |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19771208.2.115&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |website=The Desert Sun |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection |agency=Associated Press}} In {{mlby|1979}}, Parrott won a career high 14 games and recorded a 3.77 ERA in 38 games (30 starts) for the Mariners. He also led all Seattle pitchers in wins that year.{{Cite web |title=1979 Seattle Mariners Statistics |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1979.shtml |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} After winning Seattle's opener in {{mlby|1980}}, Parrott lost 16 straight to finish the season at 1–16, the longest such streak of the 1980s, and also recorded a 7.28 ERA in 27 games (16 starts). On March 5, {{mlby|1982}}, he was traded by the Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers for Thad Bosley.{{Cite web |date=March 6, 1982 |title=Outfielder Thad Bosley was traded Friday by the Milwaukee... |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/03/06/Outfielder-Thad-Bosley-was-traded-Friday-by-the-Milwaukee/5465384238800/ |access-date=March 19, 2023 |website=UPI |language=en}} He never made a Major League roster after this.

In 1993, Parrott was named to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame - List of Hall of Fame Members |url=http://www.vcshf.com/hall_of_fame_members.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120055452/http://www.vcshf.com/hall_of_fame_members.htm |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |access-date=November 20, 2008 |website=Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame}}