He was the National League MVP in 1978, won a World Series with Pittsburgh ... Parker grew up in Cincinnati and was a three-sport star at Courter Tech High School. After playing for Pittsburgh from ...

Dave Parker, two-time World Series champ, dies one month before Hall of Fame induction Dave Parker, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 and died at age 74, won two batting titles ...

David Gene Parker – whose veteran leadership helped the Oakland A’s win a World Series title in 1989 – has died after battling Parkinson’s disease for several years.