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One of the most popular figures in the history of Pittsburgh Pirates, Dave Parker, has died, confirmed the MLB franchise on Saturday. He was 74.
Parker, who was also lovingly known as ‘The Cobra’, was named seven MLB All-Star teams. He achieved more than 2,700 hits and hit 339 gays during his legendary career in the big league.
He received National League MVP awards for his striking season 1978.
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Former Pittsburgh Pirates Right Fielder and 1978 MVP Dave Parker during a ceremony in honor of the World Series team of 1979 before the Pirates de Atlanta Braves organized in PNC Park in Pittsburgh on 25 May 2024. (Charles Leclaire/USA Today Sports)
Although he is best known for his term of office at the Pirates, Parker also had Stints with the Cincinnati Reds, the athletics, Milwaukee Brewers and two other MLB clubs.
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Parker died less than two months before he was planned in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
Dave Parker of the World Champion 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates for a competition between the Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles in PNC Park 21 May 2014 in Pittsburgh. (Justin K. Alles/Getty images)
A moment of silence took place in the Pirates Home Game against the New York Mets Saturday.
New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza pauses a moment of silence in honor of Pittsburgh Pirates Former Hall of Fame Rechtveldder Dave Parker for a match against the Pirates in PNC Park in Pittsburgh on 28 June 2025. (Charles Leclaire/Imagn images)
Parker was an important part of the World Series-winning team of the Pirates from 1979. He was also a member of the Athletics 1989 World Series Championship Team.
The Pirates Eerden his former star and said the news about the death of Parker left them ‘deeply sad.’
Outkick’s Ricky Cobb, host of “The Ricky Cobb Show”, Taken to his Super 70s X feed to share his thoughts about Parker’s loss.
“I am sad that he will not be physically recorded in less than a month in Cooperstown. But I am happy that he has finally been safely passed in the knowledge that he will forever live among the immortal of baseball. You have lighter, because smoking with the Cobra will be a privilege.
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Parker went public with his diagnosis of Parkinson in 2013.
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