# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lance-parrish
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:19:55.760Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lance-parrish"
name: "Lance Parrish"
slug: "lance-parrish"
description: "Lance Michael Parrish, nicknamed \"Big Wheel\", is an American former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvania, Parrish grew up in Southern California and excelled in both baseball and football. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1974, and after four years in the minor leagues, he played for the Tigers for a decade from 1977 to 1986. He later played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988), California Angels (1989–1992), Seattle Mariners (1992), Cleveland Indians (1993), Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), and Toronto Blue Jays (1995)."
tagline: "American baseball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lance_Parrish.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1956-06-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.13
  momentum:             0.4926262943206777
  historical:           6.653717333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "蘭斯·帕里許"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "لانس باريش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4"
    title: "لانس باريش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Parrish"
    title: "Lance Parrish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5"
    title: "ランス・パリッシュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Parrish"
    title: "Lance Parrish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Parrish"
    title: "Lance Parrish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6483509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump