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Mel Parnell

Melvin Lloyd Parnell (Dusty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Peters HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Team: RedSox 1947-1956

Final Game: September 29, 1956
Died: March 20, 2012 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 15 18 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 1 0 0 0 1
1948 26 BOS AL 35 83 80 6 13 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 11 .163 .173 .175 .348 -9 14 2 0 2 1
1949 27 BOS AL 39 127 114 9 29 3 0 0 13 0 0 3 10 .254 .274 .281 .554 42 32 4 0 10 1 AS,MVP-4
1950 28 BOS AL 40 107 98 7 19 5 0 0 7 0 0 5 13 .194 .240 .245 .485 20 24 2 1 3 1 MVP-21
1951 29 BOS AL 37 92 81 12 25 1 1 0 5 0 0 7 10 .309 .364 .346 .709 85 28 1 0 4 1 AS,MVP-24
1952 30 BOS AL 35 90 84 4 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 6 12 .095 .156 .155 .310 -16 13 4 0 0 1
1953 31 BOS AL 38 104 94 7 21 4 0 0 9 1 0 4 16 .223 .255 .266 .521 39 25 0 0 6 1 MVP-14
1954 32 BOS AL 19 37 34 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .088 .139 .118 .257 -32 4 0 1 1 0 1
1955 33 BOS AL 14 19 19 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .316 .316 .368 .684 78 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 34 BOS AL 21 51 46 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .152 .188 .174 .361 -8 8 0 0 4 0 0 1
10 Yrs 293 728 668 52 132 17 2 1 50 2 0 29 94 .198 .233 .234 .467 21 156 13 2 30 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 403 369 29 73 9 1 1 28 1 0 16 52 .198 .233 .234 .467 21 86 7 1 17

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 15 18 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1948 26 BOS AL 35 83 -13 0 -0 0 9 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .487 .497 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1949 27 BOS AL 39 127 -10 0 -0 0 14 3 0.3 3 7 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 7 $ 1 AS,MVP-4
1950 28 BOS AL 40 107 -13 -0 0 0 12 -1 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1 MVP-21
1951 29 BOS AL 37 92 -2 0 0 0 9 8 0.8 2 10 0.8 .521 .505 0.8 0.0 10 $ 1 AS,MVP-24
1952 30 BOS AL 35 90 -13 -1 -0 0 10 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .488 .497 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1
1953 31 BOS AL 38 104 -8 0 0 0 11 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .503 0.4 0.0 7 $ 1 MVP-14
1954 32 BOS AL 19 37 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1955 33 BOS AL 14 19 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1956 34 BOS AL 21 51 -8 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
10 Seasons 293 728 -79 1 1 0 79 1 0.1 19 20 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 21 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1947 25 BOS AL 18 17 0 0.0 102 .071 .056 .271 .056 .352 .056 .389 .111 .741 -70 .000 -4.3 -0.4 .059 .000 .000
1948 26 BOS AL 83 71 2 0.8 110 .188 .163 .279 .173 .365 .175 .403 .348 .768 -9 .035 -13.2 -1.3 .217 .025 .013
1949 27 BOS AL 127 99 9 2.4 113 .279 .254 .280 .274 .374 .281 .407 .554 .781 42 .237 -10.4 -1.0 .393 .053 .026
1950 28 BOS AL 107 84 6 1.9 122 .224 .194 .290 .240 .379 .245 .435 .485 .814 20 .146 -12.7 -1.2 .370 .102 .051
1951 29 BOS AL 92 61 10 4.4 110 .352 .309 .279 .364 .362 .346 .409 .709 .771 85 .490 -1.9 -0.2 .614 .123 .037
1952 30 BOS AL 90 80 2 0.7 102 .099 .095 .268 .156 .349 .155 .391 .310 .740 -16 .035 -14.1 -1.5 .238 .131 .060 .0
1953 31 BOS AL 104 79 7 2.4 106 .269 .223 .274 .255 .351 .266 .404 .521 .755 39 .241 -8.5 -0.9 .411 .096 .043 .0
1954 32 BOS AL 37 32 1 0.8 108 .100 .088 .278 .139 .355 .118 .406 .257 .762 -32 .049 -6.6 -0.7 .226 .088 .029 .0
1955 33 BOS AL 19 13 2 4.1 110 .375 .316 .277 .316 .358 .368 .412 .684 .770 78 .452 -0.7 -0.1 .538 .053 .053
1956 34 BOS AL 51 43 2 1.2 116 .200 .152 .281 .188 .365 .174 .429 .361 .794 -8 .078 -7.8 -0.8 .256 .065 .022
10 Yrs 728 579 41 1.9 111 .229 .198 .279 .233 .363 .234 .410 .467 .773 21 .167 -80.2 -8.1 .344 .082 .036 1.3
162 Game Avg. 403 320 23 1.9 111 .229 .198 .279 .233 .363 .234 .410 .467 .773 21 .167 -80.2 -8.1 .344 .082 .036 1

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 BOS AL 27 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1947 25 BOS AL 18 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 18.0 78%
1948 26 BOS AL 83 0.0% 13.3% 1.2% 1.2% 8% 11.00 7.3 10.0 0.70 83%
1949 27 BOS AL 127 0.0% 7.9% 2.4% 2.4% 10% 3.33 11.4 8.8 1.66 82%
1950 28 BOS AL 107 0.0% 12.2% 4.7% 4.7% 26% 2.60 7.5 14.0 1.39 79%
1951 29 BOS AL 92 0.0% 10.9% 7.6% 2.2% 8% 1.43 8.1 16.2 1.29 77%
1952 30 BOS AL 90 1.1% 13.3% 6.7% 2.2% 25% 2.00 7.0 84.0 21.0 0.89 79%
1953 31 BOS AL 104 0.0% 15.4% 3.9% 3.9% 19% 4.00 5.9 10.4 1.40 75%
1954 32 BOS AL 37 0.0% 10.8% 2.7% 2.7% 33% 4.00 8.5 1.00 81%
1955 33 BOS AL 19 0.0% 15.8% 0.0% 5.3% 17% 6.3 6.3 1.00 84%
1956 34 BOS AL 51 0.0% 21.6% 3.9% 2.0% 14% 5.50 4.2 1.13 69%
10 Yrs 728 0.1% 12.9% 4.0% 2.8% 15% 3.24 7.1 668.0 13.4 1.17 79%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 25 BOS AL -4.3 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 BOS AL -13.2 -1.3 62 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .92 -0.8 0.1 -8.5 -0.8 1.06 -9.1 0
1949 27 BOS AL -10.4 -1.0 111 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 .98 -0.8 0.5 -8.2 -0.8 1.01 -9.3 0
1950 28 BOS AL -12.8 -1.2 85 -0.6 0.8 -1.4 .79 -0.8 -0.0 -9.1 -0.8 0.94 -10.7 0
1951 29 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 93 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 .83 -0.1 -0.6 -1.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.1 0
1952 30 BOS AL -14.2 -1.5 90 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 .98 -1.3 0.1 -11.7 -1.2 0.91 -14.5 2.33 1
1953 31 BOS AL -8.6 -0.9 107 -0.3 1.4 -1.7 .91 -0.4 0.1 -5.2 -0.5 0.98 -5.6 3.47 1
1954 32 BOS AL -6.6 -0.7 38 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .82 -0.6 0.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.89 -6.0 0
1955 33 BOS AL -0.7 -0.1 19 0.0 0.4 -0.3 1.05 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.00 0.3 1.11 1
1956 34 BOS AL -7.8 -0.8 49 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .86 -0.8 -0.1 -10.3 -1.0 0.91 -9.9 0
10 Yrs -80.6 -8.1 654 -4.9 6.9 -11.8 .90 -5.6 0.1 -57.9 -5.6 0.98 -64.9 2.30 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 26 BOS AL 1 0 43% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2
1949 27 BOS AL 1 0 28% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 2
1950 28 BOS AL 0 0 28% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17% 6 6 0 1 1 0 5 2 2
1951 29 BOS AL 3 0 38% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31% 9 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 2
1952 30 BOS AL 1 0 23% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1953 31 BOS AL 2 0 28% 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1954 32 BOS AL 0 0 20% 4 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 33 BOS AL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 34 BOS AL 0 0 44% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Yrs 8 0 32% 199 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 34% 31 26 5 8 6 2 17 4 12

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 26 BOS AL 83 63% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 15 2 13% 18 4 22% 55 9 16% 7 3 43% 5 3 60% 0
1949 27 BOS AL 127 91% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 111% 28 4 14% 27 12 44% 84 12 14% 5 5 100% 7 4 57% 0
1950 28 BOS AL 107 60% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 14 2 14% 16 5 31% 53 7 13% 5 3 60% 6 4 67% 0
1951 29 BOS AL 92 80% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 26 1 4% 22 3 14% 66 5 8% 3 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1952 30 BOS AL 90 88% 8 1 0 0 0 2.33 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 4 24% 18 1 6% 58 5 9% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1953 31 BOS AL 104 73% 21 1 0 0 0 3.47 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 21 0 0% 20 8 40% 70 10 14% 7 4 57% 5 2 40% 0
1954 32 BOS AL 37 84% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1955 33 BOS AL 19 68% 6 1 0 0 0 1.11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 14 4 29% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1956 34 BOS AL 51 78% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 4 0 0% 10 2 20% 30 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
10 Yrs 710 77% 132 3 0 0 0 2.30 1 0 25 1 0 0 1 0 35 30 86% 134 13 10% 140 37 26% 450 52 12% 34 17 50% 36 19 53% 0
MLB Averages 50% 104% 13% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1947 25 15 18 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .056 .056 .056 .111 -70 1 0 0 0
1948 26 50 101 98 7 14 1 0 0 9 0 0 1 15 .143 .152 .153 .305 -20 15 2 0 2
1949 27 89 228 212 16 43 4 0 0 22 0 0 4 25 .203 .218 .222 .439 14 47 6 0 12
1950 28 129 335 310 23 62 9 0 0 29 0 0 9 38 .200 .225 .229 .454 16 71 8 1 15
1951 29 166 427 391 35 87 10 1 0 34 0 0 16 48 .223 .255 .253 .508 30 99 9 1 19
1952 30 201 517 475 39 95 10 2 1 38 0 0 22 60 .200 .237 .236 .473 22 112 13 1 19
1953 31 239 621 569 46 116 14 2 1 47 1 0 26 76 .204 .240 .241 .481 25 137 13 1 25
1954 32 258 658 603 47 119 15 2 1 47 2 0 27 80 .197 .234 .234 .468 22 141 13 2 26 0
1955 33 272 677 622 48 125 16 2 1 50 2 0 27 83 .201 .237 .238 .475 23 148 13 2 26 0 0
1956 34 293 728 668 52 132 17 2 1 50 2 0 29 94 .198 .233 .234 .467 21 156 13 2 30 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1947 25 16 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1948 26 37 85 82 5 12 1 0 0 7 0 1 11 .146 .157 .159 .315 2 35
1949 27 41 131 118 9 29 3 0 0 12 0 3 10 .246 .264 .271 .536 8 39
1950 28 42 107 99 5 16 4 0 0 5 0 4 14 .162 .202 .202 .404 4 40
1951 29 39 94 83 11 24 1 1 0 5 0 7 11 .289 .344 .325 .670 9 37
1952 30 37 93 87 4 8 0 1 1 4 0 6 13 .092 .151 .149 .300 2 35
1953 31 40 107 97 7 21 4 0 0 9 1 4 17 .216 .248 .258 .505 6 38
1954 32 20 39 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 19
1955 33 15 20 20 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 .300 .300 .350 .650 2 14
1956 34 22 53 47 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 .128 .163 .149 .312 1 21
10 Yrs 309 748 688 45 122 15 2 1 45 2 28 98 .177 .212 .209 .421 34 293
162 Game Avg. 162 392 361 24 64 8 1 1 24 1 15 51 .177 .212 .209 .421 18 293

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1949 (P)
1951 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 AL (4, 45%)
1950 AL (21, 2%)
1951 AL (24, 2%)
1953 AL (14, 8%)
0.57 Career Shares (403rd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1949 AL  7.9 (2nd)
1950 AL  5.3 (6th)
1951 AL  4.9 (7th)

             

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