Freddy Parent, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1875
Place of Birth: Biddeford, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 02-Nov-1972
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Freddy Parent
- Frederick Alfred Parent (November 25, 1875 – November 2, 1972) was a professional baseball player.
- He played all or part of eleven seasons in Major League Baseball, between 1899 and 1911, for the St.
- Louis Perfectos (1899), Boston Americans (1901–07) and Chicago White Sox (1908–11), primarily as a shortstop.
- Parent batted and threw right-handed.
- He was born in Biddeford, Maine. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 154 lb., Parent was known primarily for his fielding skills, but he also was a solid hitter and an intelligent baserunner.
- Twice he hit .300, including a career-high .306 in 1901, and led the American League in at bats in 1902.
- He broke up three no-hit bids, as he got his club's only hits in these games.
- At shortstop, his fine defensive plays saved four no-hitters, including Cy Young's perfect game.
- He also was a member of the Boston team who clinched in 1903 the first World Championship in major league history. In a 12-season career, Parent was a .262 hitter (1306-for-4984) with 20 home runs and 471 RBI in 1327 games, including 180 doubles, 74 triples, 633 runs and 184 stolen bases.
- In the 1903 World Series, he hit .281 (9-32) with eight runs and four RBI. In the fall of 1960, Parent appeared on the television program I've Got A Secret alongside Pittsburgh Pirate Tommy Leach, as a commemoration of participating in the first World Series in 1903. Parent died in Sanford, Maine, at the age of 96.
- At the time of his death, he was the last surviving participant of the inaugural 1903 World Series.
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