Mark Parent (baseball)

Mark Alan Parent (born September 16, 1961 in Ashland, Oregon) is a former Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1986 to 1998 and is currently the Chicago White Sox bench coach. After graduating from Anderson High School in Anderson, California, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round (92nd overall) of the 1979 MLB Draft and played in the minor leagues, starting with the Northwest League's Walla Walla Padres, for eight years before being sent to the Padres. He made one playoff appearance with the Orioles in 1996, who made it all the way to the American League Championship Series.

In 13 seasons he played in 474 Games and had 1,303 At Bats, 112 Runs, 279 Hits, 50 Doubles, 53 Home Runs, 168 RBI, 3 Stolen Bases, 98 Walks, .214 Batting Average, .268 On-base percentage, .375 Slugging Percentage, 488 Total Bases, 12 Sacrifice Hits, 13 Sacrifice Flies and 8 Intentional Walks.

After retirement

In 2005, Parent was named the first-ever manager of the newly minted Golden Baseball League's Chico Outlaws and took his team to the league championship in 2007. After the team won the title, he retired from professional baseball.

On December 15, 2009, the Philadelphia Phillies named Parent manager of the Lakewood BlueClaws, the franchise's Class A affiliate in the South Atlantic League.^[1]

On November 22, 2010, the Philadelphia Phillies named Parent manager of the Reading Phillies, the franchise's Class AA affiliate in the Eastern League.

On October 31, 2011, the Chicago White Sox named Parent bench coach under manager Robin Ventura.^[2]

On August 25, 2013 Parent was ejected from the Rangers-White Sox game during the pregame line up exchanges at home plate.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Mark Parent Stats at The Baseball Cube