He was the National League MVP in 1978, won a World Series with Pittsburgh a year later and won ... Born on June 9, 1951, in Grenada, Mississippi, Parker grew up in Cincinnati and was a three-sport ...

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 ...

A list of players who hit home runs in their first World Series at-bat: David Ortiz, Boston, 2004 Troy Glaus, Anaheim, 2002 Barry Bonds, San Francisco, 2002 x-Andruw Jones, Atlanta, 1996 Fred McGriff, ...

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.

Willie Mays authored plenty of unforgettable moments during his Hall of Fame career. But he wanted one more World Series at-bat in October 1973. The star center fielder's son, Michael Mays, says ...