High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas William "Tacky Tom" Parrott (April 10, 1868 – January 1, 1932) was a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1893–1896) with the Chicago Colts, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled an 39-48 record in 115 appearances, with an 5.33 earned run average and 166 strikeouts.