Tom Parker (baseball)

Thomas "Big Train" Parker, Jr. (February 12, 1912 – October 14, 1964) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1931 to 1948 with several teams, playing mostly with the Homestead Grays. After serving in the U. S. Army during World War II, Parker briefly returned to professional baseball, but returned home to Louisiana. He died in 1964 and is buried in Plot E, Grave 3664 in the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana.