Manny Parra

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3+1⁄3 innings over 4 relief appearances. [2] He was assigned to Double-A Huntsville to begin the 2007 season. After 13 starts, he had a win–loss record of 7–3 with a Southern League-leading 2.68 ERA. [4] [6] He was promoted to the Triple-ANashville Sounds in mid-June to replace ace pitcher Yovani Gallardo who had been called up to Milwaukee. [4] Parra made his first career Triple-A start on June 20—a 3–0 loss in which he allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks while striking out 6 batters in 6 innings. [6]

On June 25, 2007, Parra's second Triple-A start, he pitched a perfect game against the Round Rock Express. [8] [9] This was only the third nine-inning perfect game in Pacific Coast League history. [9] In all, Parra stuck out 11 batters, achieving strikeouts in every inning except the eighth. [10] Six ground outs and 10  fly outs accounted for Parra's other outs in the game. [10] Seventy-seven of his 107 pitches were counted as strikes. [10]

After just two more Triple-A starts, Parra made his major league debut on July 20 against the San Francisco Giants. [3] Coming on in relief, he surrendered no runs over 1+1⁄3 innings and struck out 3 of the 4 batters he faced. [11] Parra appeared in eight more games, including two starts, [3] before breaking his left thumb during a bunt attempt in a game on August 30, [12] which forced him to finish the season on the disabled list. [4] Parra ended the campaign with an 0–1 record and a 3.76 ERA in 9 games with the Brewers. [3]

He returned to the mound at the beginning of the 2008 season, in which he had a 10–8 record. [3] Despite throwing 17  wild pitches in that season, tying for the major league lead, [13] his split-finger fastball was the most effective among major league starting pitchers. [14] He remained in Milwaukee's starting rotation through 2009. [3]

Parra was moved to the bullpen in 2010. [3] On June 6 of that year, Parra became the 52nd major league pitcher to strike out four batters in an inning, doing so against the St. Louis Cardinals. [15] Problems with his back and the necessary surgical removal of a bone spur in his throwing elbow resulting in him missing the entire 2011 season. [16] He continued in a relief role for the Brewers in 2012, but was non-tendered at the season's end and became a free agent. After five years with Milwaukee, Parra held a 26–33 record with a 5.12 ERA in 74 starts and 98 relief appearances. [3]

Cincinnati Reds

On February 1, 2013, the Cincinnati Reds signed Parra to a one-year contract. He pitched in the bullpen with the Reds as a middle reliever. On April 26, he was placed on the disabled list with a strained pectoral muscle, and missed almost a month. [17] From June 11 to July 28, he had a 19-game, 15.1 inning scoreless streak. In a year where he filled in for the high expectations of Sean Marshall, he shined, going 2–3 with a 3.33 ERA and 16 holds, striking out 56 in 46 innings (57 games). He entered June with a 6.23 ERA, and starting on June 11 to the end of the season, he had a 1.78 ERA in 35.1 innings.

On November 27, 2013, Parra agreed to a two-year, $5.5 million contract with Cincinnati. [18] In 150 relief appearances from 2013 to 2015, Parra accumulated a 3–8 record with a 3.91 ERA before reaching free agency after the 2015 season. [3]

Chicago Cubs

In 2016, Parra signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs that included incentives potentially bringing the total value of the deal to US$2.7 million if he made the 40-man roster. [19] Despite a strong showing in spring training, he was released by the Cubs and resigned to a new minor league contract on the same day in late March. Ultimately, Parra missed the entire 2016 season following Tommy John surgery in early April. [20] In 2017, he was signed to a minor league contract and pitched out of the bullpen on 11 occasions for Chicago's Triple-A Iowa Cubs. [5] He was released on June 25 with an ERA of 14.09. [6]

Bridgeport Bluefish

On July 31, 2017, Parra signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League where he played for the remainder of the season. [5]

San Francisco Giants

Though Parra was selected by the Long Island Ducks in the Bridgeport Bluefish dispersal draft, [21] he later signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants in February 2018. [22] He pitched for their Triple-A Sacramento River Cats that season and was granted free agency after its end. [5]

Leones de Yucatán

On June 1, 2019, Parra signed with the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. Parra did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [23]

Mariachis de Guadalajara

On March 11, 2021, Parra was loaned to the Mariachis de Guadalajara of the Mexican League, a new expansion team. [24] [25] In 8 relief appearances, Parra posted a 3.18 ERA and 5 strikeouts over 5.2 innings pitched.

Leones de Yucatán (second stint)

On July 19, 2021, Parra was returned to the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. [26] He made 6 appearances for Yucatán, registering a 1–1 record and 3.27 ERA with 5 strikeouts in 11.0 innings pitched.

Parra retired from professional baseball in February 2022. [27]

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Manny Parra
Manny Parra on September 4, 2014.jpg
Parra pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 2014
Pitcher
Born: (1982-10-30) October 30, 1982 (age 41)
Carmichael, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
July 20, 2007, for the Milwaukee Brewers
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 2015, for the Cincinnati Reds