sentences:  Parker was sent to the Tigers on December 2, 1936 in a trade with Indianapolis American Association that also brought Dizzy Trout to the Tigers.Though Parker only played a month, Trout was a Major League pitcher for years, and eventually the Tigers' ace.After a lengthy minor league managerial career, including a stint managing Leones de Escogido in the Dominican Republic (1957–1959), Parker coached for the San Francisco Giants (1958–1961), Cleveland Indians (1962), Los Angeles/California Angels (1964–1966; 1973–1974), New York Mets (1967) and Houston Astros (1968–1972) and served brief stints as manager of the Mets, where he had a 4–7 record in 11 games in 1967 in relief of the departed Wes Westrum, and the Astros, where he won the only game he managed on August 26, 1972, in between the tenures of Harry Walker and Leo Durocher.