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: 7-12 / in Starts: 6-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 2

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	237	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	4	1	1	1	1	7.20	5.80	25	7	7	2	3	8	33			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.300	2.19	-0.48%	-2.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	238	6	Apr 19(2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	L(0-2)	5	8.0	9	4	4	2	5	2	0	5.54	5.40	34	11	7	1	3	9	51			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.020	2.09	-0.03%	0.16	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
3	239	9	Apr 24	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-1	GS-2		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	5.00	8	0	6	1	2	2	52			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.094	1.49	0.12%	0.89	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
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
4	240	56	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		54	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.84	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 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
5	241	85	Jul 18(2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	9-GF		29	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.41	4.97	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.33	9t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
6	242	86	Jul 19(1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-7	7-7		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.67	5.46	5	0	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.48	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
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
7	243	101	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	GS-4		12	3.1	7	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.35	5.30	21	5	5	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.35	0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.02	1b start a 2	4b 12- 1 out a4
8	244	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS-3	L(0-3)	5	2.2	4	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.63	5.48	15	4	4	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.47	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.43	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
9	245	109	Aug 10	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-3)	2	9.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.34	4.78	33	13	11	4	1	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.371	.00	0.00%	4.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	246	115	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	5-6		3	1.2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.44	4.93	10	2	3	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.69	5b 12- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d3
11	247	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-6	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	12	6	6	1	6	0	0	3.98	4.19	39	9	11	2	1	12	44			2	0	0	38	2	1	0	1	0	0	.49	0.098	.00	0.00%	-1.99	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
12	248	123	Aug 24	BOS		DET	L,7-8	GS-3		4	2.1	4	5	3	1	1	1	0	4.37	4.41	13	2	5	0	1	4	33			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	.86	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-3.14	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d3
13	249	127	Aug 28	BOS		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.1	8	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.02	4.04	34	12	5	0	2	8	62			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.80	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
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
14	250	132	Sep 1(2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GS-4	L(2-4)	3	3.1	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	4.26	4.13	16	8	1	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
15	251	137	Sep 6(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.2	7	3	2	5	3	0	0	4.10	4.09	32	8	9	1	1	7	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.056	.00	0.00%	-0.56	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a2
16	252	142	Sep 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-7	L(2-5)	4	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.82	3.97	25	11	5	0	2	4	70			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	2	.89	0.193	.00	0.00%	2.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
17	253	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(2-6)	3	8.2	8	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.63	3.75	36	12	9	1	1	8	63			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.79	-0.112	.00	0.00%	1.16	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
18	254	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(3-6)	3	9.0	6	2	2	6	1	0	0	3.46	3.79	36	14	11	2	2	4	62			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	3	1	0	.62	0.232	.00	0.00%	2.01	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
19	255	154	Sep 24(2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	GS-5	L(3-7)	4	4.0	11	6	4	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.73	22	6	5	0	0	11	20			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.418	.00	0.00%	-3.27	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
							7-12		W-L:3-7	3.4	92.1	104	45	38	35	38	7	1	3.70	3.73	409	1.17		6%	9%	101	49	3	33%	2	2	0	362	16	5	1	11	3	5	1.02	-0.632	.34	-0.39%	-2.86

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