Dave Parker

**David Gene Parker** (9 ga Yuni, 1951 - 28 ga Yuni, 2025), wanda ake kira "**Cobra**",  ya kasance ɗan wasan Kwallon ƙafa na ƙwallon baseball na Amurka. Ya taka leda a Major League Baseball a matsayin Dan wasan dama daga 1973 zuwa 1991. A sau bakwai All-Star, Parker ya lashe biyu National League (NL) batting titles kuma ya kasance 1978 NL Most Valuable Player. Ya kasance memba na kungiyoyi biyu na gasar zakarun duniya, inda ya lashe gasar tare da Pittsburgh Pirates a 1979 da Oakland Athletics a 1989.

Parker ita ce 'yar wasan Amurka ta farko da ta sami matsakaicin dala miliyan 1 a kowace shekara, bayan ta sanya hannu kan kwangilar shekaru biyar, dala miliyan 5 a watan Janairun 1979. Nasarorin da Parker ya samu a cikin aikinsa sun hada da 2,712 hits, 339 home runs, 1,493 runs batted in, da kuma Matsakaicin batting na rayuwa na .290. Parker kuma an san shi da dan wasan tsaron waje a farkon rabin aikinsa tare da hannunsa mai ƙarfi, inda ya lashe lambar yabo ta zinare uku a jere a lokacin da yake da kyau. Daga 1975 zuwa 1979, ya fitar da masu gudu 72, ciki har da 26 a 1977. A shekara ta 2025, an zabi Parker a cikin Hall of Fame na Baseball . Ya mutu kwanaki 29 kafin a shigar da shi.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi David Gene Parker a Grenada, Mississippi, a ranar 9 ga Yuni, 1951, kuma ya girma a Cincinnati kusa da Filin Crosley, inda ya koyi yin wasan baseball a filin ajiye motoci na filin wasa. Mahaifinsa, Dick Parker, ya kasance magatakarda ne a cikin wani foundry. Dave Parker ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Courter Tech .  Ya ce wasan da ya fi so shi ne kwallon kafa, kuma ya yi fice a baya amma ya ji rauni a gwiwa a wasan a lokacin babban shekarunsa kuma ya bar wasan. Har ila yau tauraruwar baseball, daya daga cikin abubuwan da ya fi so yana wasa a Makarantar Sakandare ta Western Hills, inda ya buga wasan gida wanda ya sauka a kan rufin gidan cin abinci na Frisch.

## Ayyukan wasa

### 'Yan fashin teku na Pittsburgh
Parker ya fara aikinsa na Major League Baseball a 1973, lokacin da Pittsburgh Pirates suka ɗaukaka shi daga ƙananan wasanni. Ya ɗauki hanyar da ta dace don warming up a cikin da'irar da ke kan bene, ta amfani da sledgehammer, ya bambanta da al'ada lead-weighted bat amfani da mafi yawan batters. A shekara ta 1977, Parker ya kasance zakaran batting na National League, wani abin da ya sake maimaitawa a 1978 lokacin da aka kuma kira shi dan wasan da ya fi dacewa na National League (MVP). A lokacin yakin neman zabe na MVP, Parker ya jagoranci National League a cikin kashi na slugging (.585), a kan tushe da slugging (0.979), da kuma jimlar tushe (340). 

## Bayan ritaya, rayuwar mutum, da mutuwa
Parker ya yi aiki a matsayin kocin farko na Anaheim Angels a shekarar 1997, kocin batting na St. Louis Cardinals a shekarar 1998.  An zabe shi a cikin Reds Hall of Fame Class na 2014, wanda ya hada da 'yan asalin Cincinnati Ron Oester da Ken Griffey Jr. A shekara ta 2012, an shigar da shi cikin Hall of Fame na Makarantun Jama'a na Cincinnati .  A wannan shekarar, an shigar da shi cikin Navegantes del Magallanes Hall of Fame .  A ranar 3 ga Satumba, 2022, an shigar da shi cikin Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame a matsayin wani ɓangare na aji na farko.

Parker never got more than 24% of votes on Baseball Hall of Fame ballots, and his 15-year Baseball Writers' Association of America eligibility was exhausted on the 2011 ballot. Supporters of Parker's candidacy argue that his involvement with the Pittsburgh drug trials contributed to his not being voted into the Hall of Fame, which may have also harmed the candidacies of Keith Hernandez (who never received more than 10.8% and fell off the writers' ballot after nine appearances) and Tim Raines (who was not elected until his 10th year on the ballot, after debuting at 24.3%), serving as a precursor to those listed on the Mitchell Report not being voted into the Hall of Fame due to steroid abuse. 
He appeared on the Classic Baseball Era Committee's 2025 ballot and was elected with 87.5% of the vote (appearing on 14 of 16 ballots) on December 8, 2024. He was scheduled to be inducted on July 27, 2025; however, he died 29 days before this took place. His son Dave Parker II delivered a speech on his behalf.

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