Francis James "Salty" Parker (July 8, 1912 – July 27, 1992) was a

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and

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. Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, he batted and threw right-handed, stood tall and weighed . His professional baseball career began in the

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in 1930. Parker played in the Major Leagues for one month from August 13, 1936 through September 16, 1936. He appeared in 11 games, seven of which were at shortstop, for the

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, collecting seven hits and four RBIs for a .280 batting average and a .333 on-base percentage. Parker was traded from the Tigers on December 2, 1936 to

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of the American Association, completing a deal that had brought

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to the Tigers. Though Parker only played a month in the Major Leagues, Trout was a Major League pitcher for years, and eventually the Tigers' ace. After a lengthy minor league managerial career, including a stint managing Leones de Escogido in the

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(1957–1959), Parker coached for the

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(1958–1961),

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(1962), Los Angeles/California Angels (1964–1966; 1973–1974),

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(1967) and

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(1968–1972) and served brief stints as manager of the Mets, where he had a 4–7 record in 11 games in 1967 in relief of the departed

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, and the Astros, where he won the only game he managed on August 26, 1972, in between the tenures of

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and

Leo Durocher Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infie ...

. After his MLB coaching career, Parker scouted for the Angels and remained active in

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-area baseball, coaching in the Karl Young League for many years. He died in 1992 at age 80 in Houston.

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