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: 25-13 / in Starts: 23-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 4

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	199	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-6	GS-4		99	4.0	8	4	4	2	2	1	0	9.00	6.34	20	8	0	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.238	2.81	-0.35%	-1.95	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
2	200	4	Apr 20(1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	3	7.2	6	2	2	5	1	0	0	4.63	4.99	34	14	8	1	2	6	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	0.300	2.69	0.42%	2.71	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
3	201	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.92	4.43	39	15	9	0	2	5	63			3	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.419	2.97	0.47%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	202	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-9	W(3-0)	3	8.1	14	4	4	4	4	2	0	4.03	4.94	41	15	4	0	0	14	39			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	3	0	1	.28	0.055	.54	0.06%	-1.16	1b start a 3	9b 123 1 out a6
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
5	203	17	May 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	1	3.32	4.38	34	10	9	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.349	2.09	0.65%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
6	204	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8		6	8.0	10	7	6	5	6	1	0	3.91	4.42	38	6	11	3	0	10	37			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.45	-0.431	4.02	-0.72%	-2.85	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
7	205	27	May 18(2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	GS-7	W(5-0)	5	6.2	5	5	3	3	5	0	0	3.93	4.17	29	8	8	0	0	5	50			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	2	.60	-0.010	1.46	-0.01%	-1.70	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a2
8	206	31	May 22(1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8	W(6-0)	3	8.0	7	2	1	4	1	0	0	3.56	4.13	36	17	7	1	0	7	59			1	0	0	32	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.53	0.110	4.32	0.19%	2.15	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	207	37	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-1)	5	6.0	10	6	3	4	2	0	1	3.65	4.15	32	9	7	1	2	9	32			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	2	0	1	.76	-0.195	1.97	-0.30%	-2.92	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
10	208	42	May 31(2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	CG	L(6-2)	2	9.0	7	4	4	3	2	3	0	3.69	4.55	34	16	6	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.41	-0.134	.83	-0.16%	0.67	1t start tie	9t 3 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	209	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-2	L(6-3)	3	1.0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.99	4.64	11	4	0	0	0	4	30			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.373	2.24	-0.35%	-4.35	1b start a 1	2b 123 0 out d2
12	210	47	Jun 6(2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-3)	1	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.57	4.40	34	12	10	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.60	0.807	1.95	0.59%	4.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	211	51	Jun 10(1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.33	4.29	40	13	12	2	5	8	64			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	.38	0.161	.37	0.10%	2.58	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
14	212	57	Jun 14(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-4)	3	8.0	4	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.16	4.16	29	8	7	2	0	4	72			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.255	.77	0.14%	3.11	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
15	213	62	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(9-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	9	0	0	3.06	3.90	33	8	9	3	1	6	75			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.375	.71	0.15%	2.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	214	68	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	GS-6		4	5.0	6	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.24	4.04	24	7	6	0	3	6	36			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.295	1.27	-0.19%	-1.79	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out tie
17	215	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.21	4.05	4	0	3	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.011	1.07	-0.01%	0.52	9t 12- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
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
18	216	73	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.98	3.86	32	10	10	0	1	4	85			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.85	0.459	1.08	0.35%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	217	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	2.92	3.87	34	8	12	1	2	6	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.036	.03	0.01%	2.62	1b start a 8	9b 3 out a8
20	218	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-4)	3	9.0	8	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.74	3.81	37	16	7	0	3	8	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.88	0.391	.71	0.19%	4.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
21	219	86	Jul 12(2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	GS-2	L(12-5)	2	1.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	2.90	3.84	10	4	0	0	0	4	32			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.281	1.07	-0.13%	-3.39	1t start tie	2t -23 1 out d3
22	220	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	W(13-5)	3	6.2	6	2	2	6	1	0	0	2.89	3.89	31	10	8	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.34	0.192	.80	0.07%	1.93	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
23	221	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	7-7	H(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.89	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	0.109	2.23	0.04%	0.49	7b 1-3 2 out a1	7b 3 out a1
24	222	91	Jul 19(2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	7-9	BW(14-5)	1	2.1	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.84	3.93	11	1	3	0	0	2		3	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	-0.110	2.26	-0.05%	0.09	7b 123 1 out a1	9b 12- 2 out a2
25	223	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(14-6)	2	7.0	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.77	3.91	28	10	8	3	0	3	66			0	0	0	24	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.01	0.216	1.01	0.13%	2.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	224	98	Jul 26(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	GS-1		3	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.99	3.95	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.247	3.05	-0.32%	-3.00	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d2
27	225	101	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	GS-4	L(14-7)	3	3.0	6	7	7	3	0	2	0	3.32	4.14	18	4	5	0	1	6	16			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.287	.77	-0.18%	-4.45	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d5
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
28	226	103	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4	10-GF(10)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	4.12	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	-0.111	1.60	-0.04%	0.20	10t 1-3 1 out tie	10t end d 1
29	227	109	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	W(15-7)	5	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	2	0	3.30	4.20	27	9	6	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.123	.11	-0.01%	-0.73	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a2
30	228	113	Aug 11(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS-9	W(16-7)	3	8.0	9	6	5	4	8	1	0	3.40	4.18	36	9	6	0	1	9	46			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.090	.09	-0.01%	-1.28	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
31	229	119	Aug 16(1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	GS-9	W(17-7)	4	8.1	10	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.30	4.02	35	10	7	0	1	9	68			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.234	.04	0.01%	2.08	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a3
32	230	126	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-7		6	7.0	4	4	1	6	2	0	1	3.23	4.05	33	11	9	1	1	4	55			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	-0.199	.01	0.00%	-0.61	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
33	231	129	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	L(17-8)	5	7.2	7	5	2	2	8	0	0	3.19	3.95	32	10	5	0	0	7	57			0	0	1	30	0	1	1	1	0	2	.77	-0.102	.00	0.00%	-1.34	1b start a 1	8b 12- 2 out d4
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
34	232	134	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(18-8)	3	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.17	3.91	28	3	9	4	0	9	52			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.133	.00	0.00%	1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
35	233	138	Sep 7(1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	W(19-8)	4	6.0	7	4	3	2	6	1	1	3.21	3.92	28	4	8	3	1	7	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-1.23	1t start tie	7t 1-3 0 out a3
36	234	144	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8		5	7.0	4	5	5	7	5	0	0	3.31	3.92	33	11	6	0	0	4	47			1	1	0	25	2	0	2	0	0	2	.91	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
37	235	149	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(20-8)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.18	3.84	31	14	6	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.607	.00	0.00%	4.67	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
38	236	151	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(21-8)	5	9.0	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.06	3.77	32	10	7	1	0	4	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.60	0.637	.00	0.00%	4.31	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
							25-13		W-L:21-8,BSv:1,Hld:1	3.4	241.0	217	98	82	116	136	15	4	3.06	3.77	1035	1.37		5%	5%	215	55	9	44%	10	6	1	905	26	5	9	30	0	20	1.04	2.383	1.13	0.72%	20.39

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