Tyler Parker
7
2000-2002
C/1B
6-3, 212
R/R
Marietta, Ga.
(Lassiter)

B.S. Management, 2007

2006: Assigned to Class AA Springfield (Texas League)....began season on 15-day disabled list (left thumb)....activated 4/16....sent down to Class A Palm Beach 5/17....released 6/16.

2005: Converted to full-time duty as an outfielder....assigned to Class A Palm Beach (Florida State League)....promoted to Class AA Springfield (Texas League) 8/23.

2004: Once again assigned to Class A Peoria (Midwest League)....promoted to Class A Palm Beach (Florida State League) 8/31.

2003: Assigned to Class A Peoria (Midwest League).

2002: Second-team All-ACC selection....Started season slowly going just 2-for-16 to begin campaign....Named to all-tournament team for the Baseball at the Beach Tournament in Myrtle Beach....went 4-for-9 with three home runs and seven RBI, including two-home run game 3/16, during two-game series at Wake Forest....selected in eighth round of June draft by St. Louis Cardinals....signed professional contract 6/30 and assigned to Class A New Jersey (New York-Penn League)....hit first professional home run 7/17 at Hudson Valley.

2001: Second-team pre-season All-America selection by Baseball America....went 3-for-5 in victory at Georgia 2/21....hit only home run of season in home opener 2/23 vs. Elon....missed entire month of March after suffering broken right thumb 2/28....hitting .342 with one home run and 13 RBI at time of injury....returned to action going 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI in late innings as designated hitter 4/4 vs. Georgia State....went down with hairline fracture in right forearm when struck by foul ball 4/14 vs. Wake Forest and did not play over the remainder of the season....returned to Wareham for summer....singled and walked as starting catcher for West in Cape Cod League All-Star Game 7/21 at Falmouth, Mass....also played for Cape Cod League All-Stars in victory over the New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars 7/28 at Keene, N.H....named No. 19 prospect at Cape Cod by Baseball America.

2000: Made collegiate debut with two home runs in season opener 2/12 at Georgia Southern....saw action as catcher, first baseman, designated hitter and in outfield....finished third on team with 11 homers....spent summer with Wareham Gateman of Cape Cod League....named number three prospect at Cape Cod by Baseball America after hitting .272 with ten doubles, one home run and 19 RBI in 147 at-bats.

High School: Starting catcher on Georgia's Class AAAA champions and the top-ranked high school team in the country by USA Today at Lassiter High School....Helped Lassiter to a 35-2 record and a 33-game winning streak as a senior....Hit .391 as a senior with 13 homers and 44 RBI....Winner of the 1998 Lassiter MVP award when he batted .360 with eight homers and 32 RBI....Three-year letterman for coach Mickey McMurtry, served as team captain two years....Helped the East Cobb Yankees to the Connie Mack World Series in 1999 with a .380 average, 21 HR and 85 RBI....sixth-round choice of the New York Mets in the 1999 Major League draft.

Personal: Tyler Keith Parker....Born May 13, 1981....Son of Barry and Phyllis Parker....Majoring in Management.


 Professional Career
 Year  Team         AVG    G   AB   R   H  2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO  SB  CS 
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 2002  New Jersey  .212   42  146  15  31   0  2   2   10  14   50   2   1
 2003  Peoria      .222   55  189  16  42   8  2   4   35  12   54   9   2
 2004  Peoria      .265   85  291  39  77  11  2  10   48  23   87   9   7  
       Palm Beach  .111    2    9   1   1   0  0   0    2   0    4   0   0
 2005  Palm Beach  .268   93  325  46  87  20  3   9   54  36  102  15   3  
       Springfield .263   13   38   5  10   3  0   1    5   3   10   0   1
 2006  Springfield .159   17   44   3   7   0  0   1    3   2   15   0   0
       Palm Beach  .191   20   68   9  13   4  0   2    6   9   23   0   1
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 Career            .241  327 1110 134 268  46  9  29  163  99  345  35  15     

 Georgia Tech Career
 Year   Avg.   G-GS   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   TB  Slg%  BB  SO  SB-A
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 2000   .238  53-47  185  32  44   8   0  11   41   85  .459  19  50   5-7   
 2001   .327  16-12   52  13  17   5   0   1   16   25  .481   4  15   3-4  
 2002   .310  65-64  258  57  80  19   4  11   59  140  .543  26  54  13-17
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 Totals .285 134-123 495 102 141  32   4  23  116  250  .505  49 119  21-28  


 Summer Statistics
                AVG  G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS  E
 2000 Wareham  .272 40 147 27 40 10  0  1  19 17 49 18  2  4
 2001 Wareham  .214 32 117 14 25  7  0  0  12 11 41  3  1  1