Mark Alan Parent (born September 16,1961) is a former Major League Baseballcatcher who played from 1986 to 1998 and was the bench coach for the Chicago White Sox from 2012 to 2015.
On September 15,1996,Parent's home run off of Detroit Tigers pitcher Todd Van Poppel was the Orioles' 241st of the year,surpassing the record of 240,set by the 1961 New York Yankees.[1] Parent would make his first and only playoff appearance with the Orioles in 1996,who made it all the way to the American League Championship Series.
Parent's best offensive season would come in 1995 when he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates before being traded back to the Chicago Cubs. During this season he played in 81 Games,and had 265 At Bats,62 Hits,30 Runs,11 Doubles,18 Home Runs,38 RBI,while Hitting .234 and Slugging .479.[2]
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.
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 September 20,2016,the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announced a two-year player development agreement with the Class AA Mobile BayBears of the Southern League. Parent would not be retained for the 2017 season.
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