Mel Parnell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: March 20, 2012 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

High School: Samuel J. Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: April 20, 1947 (Age 24-311d, 10,314th in major league history)
vs. WSH 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 29, 1956 (Age 34-108d)
vs. NYY 6.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season

Full Name: Melvin Lloyd Parnell

Nicknames: Dusty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.7

123

ERA

3.50

289

232

1752.2

732

WHIP

1.411

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-16 / in Starts: 21-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	90	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,10-15	GS-8		99	7.1	8	8	8	5	4	0	1	9.82	3.95	36	7	11	0	1	8	29			0	0	0	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	.61	0.103	1.58	0.16%	-2.77	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
2	91	7	Apr 23(2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-2	CG(6)	W(1-0)	4	6.0	6	2	1	1	2	1	0	6.08	4.23	24	9	6	1	1	6	55			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.078	1.69	0.10%	1.35	1b start a 4	6b 3 out a10
3	92	11	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.03	3.66	35	15	8	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.509	2.27	0.61%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	93	16	May 4	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	L(2-1)	5	9.0	8	5	5	3	4	0	1	4.31	3.48	38	12	10	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.154	4.48	-0.30%	0.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
5	94	21	May 9	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	9	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.57	3.33	40	14	10	0	2	7	66			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.391	3.71	0.98%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
6	95	26	May 14(1)	BOS		WSH	W,8-1	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	8	1	1	4	4	1	1	3.10	3.60	37	11	9	0	0	8	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.65	0.245	2.46	0.56%	4.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	96	31	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-2)	4	8.0	6	4	2	1	3	1	0	2.98	3.63	32	13	9	1	0	6	60			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.093	3.23	-0.22%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
8	97	35	May 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,9-10	10-GF(10)		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	3.63	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	-0.284	12.72	-0.51%	-1.00	10b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
9	98	36	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	W(5-2)	1	9.0	6	5	1	6	5	0	0	2.71	3.61	39	15	8	0	0	5	62			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.306	3.46	0.50%	0.32	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
10	99	41	May 30(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	GS-1	L(5-3)	5	0.2	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.36	3.69	9	0	2	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.30	-0.398	6.08	-1.12%	-4.91	1b start a 1	1b 12- 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	100	44	Jun 3	BOS		CLE	W,11-9	GS-4		3	3.1	4	7	4	3	2	1	0	3.71	3.89	17	5	3	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.283	2.30	-0.53%	-4.03	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out a3
12	101	47	Jun 6	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	GS-6	L(5-4)	2	6.0	9	5	5	1	1	2	0	4.01	4.14	25	9	5	0	0	9	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.02	-0.169	3.02	-0.30%	-1.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	102	53	Jun 11(2)	BOS		DET	L,6-9	CG(14)	L(5-5)	4	14.0	17	9	9	4	2	2	0	4.28	4.28	62	21	18	0	0	17	40			0	0	0	57	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.62	0.262	5.63	0.55%	-0.24	1t start tie	14t 3 out d3
14	103	58	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	L(5-6)	5	8.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.12	4.09	31						61						30			0		0
15	104	60	Jun 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-3		S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	4.07	2												2			0		0
16	105	62	Jun 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	1	8.0	12	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.11	4.07	34	10	6	0	0	12	44			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.078	.65	-0.06%	0.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
17	106	65	Jun 25(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-5	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.03	4.07	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.404	1.49	0.32%	2.69	8b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 6
18	107	67	Jun 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-5	GS-9		1	8.1	10	5	5	4	4	0	0	4.13	3.99	34	11	5	1	0	10	43			0	0	0	28	0	2	0	4	0	0	1.71	-0.368	2.93	-0.38%	-0.96	1b start tie	9b --3 1 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	108	72	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,13-4	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	12	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.12	3.99	39	14	9	1	0	12	43			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	3	0	0	.27	0.064	.78	0.11%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
20	109	81	Jul 16(1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-10	GS-1		14	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.46	4.11	6	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.342	1.59	-0.32%	-4.71	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d5
21	110	82	Jul 16(2)	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	9-GF		-1	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	4.10	6	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.03	-0.007	.06	-0.01%	-1.37	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
22	111	92	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-7)	9	9.0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	4.14	4.07	34	14	10	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.911	4.98	1.49%	5.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	112	97	Jul 30(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.11	4.08	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.042	2.06	0.03%	-0.44	9b 12- 0 out a5	9b end a 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	113	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(8-7)	1	9.0	7	3	3	8	5	0	0	4.04	4.09	41						58						33			0		0
25	114	100	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	L(8-8)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.07	4.08	5	4	0	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.48	-0.210	4.00	-0.15%	-0.45	9b 1-- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
26	115	104	Aug 8	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	W(9-8)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.07	4.10	38	11	16	1	4	8	54			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	1	.99	0.201	1.99	0.25%	0.97	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
27	116	110	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-6	6-6		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.06	4.08	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.009	.41	0.01%	0.46	6b 12- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
28	117	111	Aug 15(1)	BOS		PHA	W,8-3	CG	W(10-8)	1	9.0	7	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.00	4.09	36	9	11	1	1	7	62			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.295	1.00	0.20%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	118	117	Aug 19	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(11-8)	3	9.0	10	4	3	7	3	1	0	3.95	4.18	45	11	14	3	0	10	49			0	0	0	38	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.52	0.031	2.77	0.03%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	119	121	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(12-8)	5	9.0	9	2	2	0	7	0	0	3.86	4.02	36	6	14	0	7	9	68			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.416	5.05	1.01%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
31	120	125	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,13-6	CG	W(13-8)	3	9.0	9	6	6	2	1	1	1	3.96	4.06	39	16	10	0	4	9	44			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.156	2.94	-0.32%	-0.37	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	121	129	Sep 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-3	GS-8	W(14-8)	3	7.0	9	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.95	4.07	33	6	13	2	1	8	43			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.139	2.65	0.40%	0.27	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a4
33	122	132	Sep 6	BOS		NYY	W,11-2	CG	W(15-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.87	4.06	37	10	16	3	2	7	65			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.235	3.75	0.83%	3.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
34	123	137	Sep 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(16-8)	5	9.0	5	1	1	6	4	0	0	3.75	4.04	37						71						29			0		0
35	124	141	Sep 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-9	W(17-8)	4	8.0	7	2	2	4	3	0	2	3.70	4.04	37	7	14	1	1	7	59			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.171	13.52	1.05%	2.28	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
36	125	143	Sep 20(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.67	4.04	6	4	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.008	7.19	0.06%	1.17	7b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 3
37	126	145	Sep 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS-3	L(17-9)	2	3.0	4	5	3	2	3	1	0	3.74	4.07	16	3	4	0	2	4	36			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.257	9.42	-1.73%	-3.34	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
38	127	147	Sep 25(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-0	SHO	W(18-9)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.60	4.02	32	15	8	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.20	0.106	.52	0.16%	5.02	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
39	128	150	Sep 27(2)	BOS		WSH	L,3-6	7-GF		1	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.56	4.00	11	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.037	.19	0.02%	1.88	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
40	129	153	Sep 30	BOS		NYY	L,5-6	GS-6	L(18-10)	2	6.0	7	5	2	7	1	1	0	3.54	4.09	32	11	6	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							24-16		W-L:18-10,Sv:3	2.9	249.0	244	116	98	106	92	17	7	3.54	4.09	1072	1.17		3%	5%	217	52	12	33%	4	1	0	943	42	7	3	29	0	9	1.02	1.996	3.32	3.47%	23.06

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