James Vo Parque (/pɑːrˈkeɪ/ par-KAY;[1] born February 8, 1975) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Parque played for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2003.

His father made less than US$20,000 per year and his mother, a Vietnamese immigrant, worked at a textiles factory in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

[3] Parque attended Crescenta Valley High School where he was mentored by former All-Star pitcher Jerry Reuss.

[2] Although he was recruited by such college baseball teams as the USC Trojans, UCLA Bruins and Miami Hurricanes, professional scouts showed little interest in him because of his size.

The injury limited Parque to just 53.1 innings between 2001 and 2002 for the Chicago White Sox and spent most of those years in the minor leagues or rehabilitating his injured shoulder.

[16] After 50 innings with the AAA Tucson Sidewinders, Parque announced his retirement citing his recurring arm injury from 2000.

[17] In a July 23, 2009 article in the Chicago Sun-Times, Parque admitted using human growth hormone while rehabbing from a shoulder injury in 2003.