Dave Parker, the former MVP outfielder and recent Hall of Fame inductee, died on Saturday. He was 74, and had been battling Parkinson’s Disease for some time.
Parker, who had one of the best nicknames in baseball history, the Cobra, is best known for his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates and, later, the Cincinnati Reds. But late in his career he spent a year with the Milwaukee Brewers, where he had a bit of a renaissance season and made his final All-Star team when he was 39 years old.
Parker’s career began in 1973 in Pittsburgh, and by the time he was 24 in 1975, he was one of the best players in baseball.