Bill Parsons

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Baseball career

Born in Riverside, California, he attended Riverside Polytechnic High School. He grew to be Script error: No such module "convert"., Script error: No such module "convert"., and threw right-handed. Parsons was drafted in the 7th round by the Seattle Pilots in 1968,[2] and played in their minor league system before leaving in 1970.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

He joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970, and was assigned to Portland of the Pacific Coast League, going 3–0 with a 2.25 ERA. Parsons played his first game in the major leagues on April 13, 1971.[1] He was in the starting rotation for the last-place Brewers in his rookie season, going 13–17 with a 3.20 ERA, while 7th in the league with 4 shutouts and 8th in the AL with 93 walks.[3] Parsons was second in the 1971 BBWAA Rookie of the Year voting, losing out to Chris Chambliss, and was named The Sporting News AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year.[3]

He saw little game time for the remainder of his career.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was traded to the Oakland Athletics with cash for Deron Johnson in 1974. His contract was purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Athletics at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1974.[4] In July 1975 he was traded by the Cardinals with cash to the White Sox for Buddy Bradford.[2]

References

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  4. Durso, Joseph. "Baseball Draft Is Skimpy," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 3, 1974. Retrieved October 30, 2020

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