Mel Parnell
Melvin Lloyd Parnell (Dusty)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 13, 1922 in New Orleans, LA
High School: S.J. Peters (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1947
Final Game: September 29, 1956
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 BOS AL 25 P 15 8 0 7 1 0 .875 0.47 .962 0.95
1948 BOS AL 26 P 35 58 9 48 1 3 .983 1.63 .962 0.91
1949 BOS AL 27 P 39 61 8 53 0 5 1.000 1.56 .961 1.01 AS,MVP-4
1950 BOS AL 28 P 40 75 7 67 1 6 .987 1.85 .948 0.96 MVP-21
1951 BOS AL 29 P 36 53 8 42 3 2 .943 1.39 .953 0.99 AS,MVP-24
1952 BOS AL 30 P 33 53 15 38 0 4 1.000 1.61 .964 1.03
1953 BOS AL 31 P 38 39 10 27 2 4 .949 0.97 .956 0.88 MVP-14
1954 BOS AL 32 P 19 15 92.1 21 3 17 1 1 .952 1.95 1.05 .957 2.01 0.93
1955 BOS AL 33 P 13 9 46.0 12 2 9 1 0 .917 2.15 0.85 .958 2.00 0.83
1956 BOS AL 34 P 21 20 131.1 28 7 19 2 2 .929 1.78 1.24 .950 1.92 0.82
10 Seasons P 289 44 269.2 408 69 327 12 27 .971 13.22 1.37 .957 1.96 0.94
10 Seasons TOT 289 44 269.2 408 69 327 12 27 .971 13.22 1.37 .927 1.96 0.94

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 BOS AL 25 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BOS AL 26 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BOS AL 27 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS AL 28 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BOS AL 29 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BOS AL 30 35 35 35 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 31 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 32 19 15 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 33 14 9 14 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1956 BOS AL 34 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 293 44 293 293 289 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 32 383 83% 28% 21 90% 1 3 0 1 18 13 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 83%
1955 BOS AL 33 227 81% 22% 10 90% 0 2 1 1 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 86%
1956 BOS AL 34 545 82% 33% 24 88% 0 7 2 3 19 17 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 4 100%
3 Seasons 1155 82% 29% 55 89% 1 12 3 5 45 38 4 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 3 0 17 88%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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