Tom Parsons (baseball)
American baseball player
Thomas Anthony Parsons (born September 13, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1963) and New York Mets (1964–65). The native of Lakeville, Connecticut, was listed as 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and 210 pounds (95 kg).
Parsons' professional career lasted for 13 seasons (1957–69). After he signed with Pittsburgh, the right-hander spent seven full years in their farm system, but he would make only one appearance in a Pirate uniform, as the starting pitcher in an 8–0 defeat in his debut against the Milwaukee Braves on September 5, 1963. The following year was chaotic. Parsons began the 1964 season pitching at Triple-A Columbus, then was traded by Pittsburgh to the Houston Colt .45s in June. After he got into 19 games for Houston's Triple-A affiliate, the Oklahoma City 89ers, the June trade was cancelled and Parsons returned to the Pirates, who in turn sold his contract to the Mets. Parsons then worked in four September 1964 games, including a September 20 start against his former organization, Houston; Parsons went the distance and gave up only six hits but lost, 1–0.
His only full year in the majors came in 1965, for the last-place Mets. Parsons appeared in 35 games, with 11 starting assignments.
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