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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1947 25 BOS AL 2 3 .400 6.39 15 5 5 1 0 0 50.2 60 41 36 1 27 23 1 1 4 232 61 1.717 10.7 0.2 4.8 4.1 0.85
1948 26 BOS AL 15 8 .652 3.14 35 27 5 16 1 0 212.0 205 87 74 7 90 77 4 2 3 916 139 1.392 8.7 0.3 3.8 3.3 0.86
1949 27 BOS AL 25 7 .781 2.77 39 33 5 27 4 2 295.1 258 102 91 8 134 122 5 0 9 1240 157 1.327 7.9 0.2 4.1 3.7 0.91 AS,MVP-4
1950 28 BOS AL 18 10 .643 3.61 40 31 8 21 2 3 249.0 244 116 100 17 106 93 7 0 4 1070 135 1.406 8.8 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.88 MVP-21
1951 29 BOS AL 18 11 .621 3.26 36 29 4 11 3 2 221.0 229 99 80 11 77 77 0 0 2 930 137 1.385 9.3 0.4 3.1 3.1 1.00 AS,MVP-24
1952 30 BOS AL 12 12 .500 3.62 33 29 3 15 3 2 214.0 207 94 86 13 89 107 5 0 5 920 109 1.383 8.7 0.5 3.7 4.5 1.20
1953 31 BOS AL 21 8 .724 3.06 38 34 2 12 5 0 241.0 217 98 82 15 116 136 4 0 7 1036 137 1.382 8.1 0.6 4.3 5.1 1.17 MVP-14
1954 32 BOS AL 3 7 .300 3.70 19 15 2 4 1 0 92.1 104 45 38 7 35 38 1 0 5 409 112 1.505 10.1 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.09
1955 33 BOS AL 2 3 .400 7.83 13 9 2 0 0 1 46.0 62 44 40 12 25 1 18 1 0 0 227 55 1.891 12.1 2.3 4.9 3.5 0.72
1956 34 BOS AL 7 6 .538 3.77 21 20 0 6 1 0 131.1 129 71 55 13 59 2 41 0 0 2 567 122 1.431 8.8 0.9 4.0 2.8 0.69
10 Seasons 123 75 .621 3.50 289 232 36 113 20 10 1752.2 1715 797 682 104 758 3 732 28 3 41 7547 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97
162 Game Avg. 16 10 .621 3.50 38 30 5 15 3 1 229 224 104 89 14 99 96 4 0 5 985 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 BOS AL 27 1 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 4.000 27.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1951 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances) 1 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 14 3.500 27.0 9.0 4.5 9.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 32 BOS AL 19 403 356 45 104 15 5 7 2 2 35 38 .292 .354 .421 .776 .309 150 11 1 8 3
1955 33 BOS AL 13 226 194 44 62 8 0 12 1 0 25 18 .320 .396 .546 .943 .301 106 4 1 4 2 1
1956 34 BOS AL 21 567 503 71 129 15 4 13 0 3 59 41 .256 .333 .380 .713 .257 191 17 0 3 2 2
3 Seasons 53 1196 1053 160 295 38 9 32 3 5 119 97 .280 .352 .425 .777 .282 447 32 2 15 7 3
162 Game Avg. 37 838 738 112 207 27 6 22 2 4 83 68 .280 .352 .425 .777 .282 313 22 1 11 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 32 BOS AL 19 15 3 7 5 1 2 6 9 .400 0 1 4 1 6 40% 49 78 20 11 3 5 4 4.3 4.0 5.9
1955 33 BOS AL 13 9 2 3 4 1 2 6 3 .667 0 1 0 0 3 33% 36 53 25 11 2 2 5 7.1 8.3 4.7
1956 34 BOS AL 21 20 7 5 8 1 1 13 7 .650 2 3 6 1 9 45% 50 89 24 17 10 3 11 4.9 5.0 6.4
3 Seasons 53 44 12 15 17 3 5 25 19 .568 2 5 10 2 18 41% 47 89 20 39 15 10 20 5.1 5.2 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 32 BOS AL 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1.019 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 3.0
1955 33 BOS AL 13 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 0.933 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 0 3.0
1956 34 BOS AL 21 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 1.097 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8.0
3 Seasons 53 9 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 1 17% 1.039 3 0 5 1 1 6 3 5 3 3 3 1 3.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1947 25 BOS AL
1948 26 BOS AL
1949 27 BOS AL
1950 28 BOS AL
1951 29 BOS AL
1952 30 BOS AL
1953 31 BOS AL
1954 32 BOS AL 403 79% 1.7% 9.4% 8.7% 6.7% 26% 1.25 78% 81 11 14%
1955 33 BOS AL 226 80% 5.3% 8.0% 11.1% 8.9% 32% 0.89 73% 48 4 8%
1956 34 BOS AL 567 81% 2.3% 7.2% 10.4% 5.6% 25% 1.37 80% 117 17 15%
10 Seasons 1196 80% 8.7% 61.2% 63.4% 6.6% 5% 1.23 78% 246 32 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1947 25 BOS AL 60 1 4
1948 26 BOS AL 205 7 3
1949 27 BOS AL 258 8 9
1950 28 BOS AL 244 17 4
1951 29 BOS AL 229 11 2
1952 30 BOS AL 207 13 5
1953 31 BOS AL 217 15 7
1954 32 BOS AL 375 104 7 0 11 6 1 5 2 21 9 2 43% 4 5 0 154 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 28
1955 33 BOS AL 226 62 12 0 4 12 0 10 2 11 6 1 55% 4 0 0 95 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1956 34 BOS AL 540 129 13 0 16 12 0 7 5 17 13 0 76% 15 2 1 208 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 27
10 Seasons 1141 1715 104 0 31 30 1 22 9 49 28 3 57% 23 41 1 457 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 55
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1947 25 2 3 .400 6.39 15 5 5 1 0 0 50.2 60 41 36 1 27 23 1 1 4 232 61 1.717 10.7 0.2 4.8 4.1 0.85 61
1948 26 17 11 .607 3.77 50 32 10 17 1 0 262.2 265 128 110 8 117 100 5 3 7 1148 113 1.454 9.1 0.3 4.0 3.4 0.85 113
1949 27 42 18 .700 3.24 89 65 15 44 5 2 558.0 523 230 201 16 251 222 10 3 16 2388 133 1.387 8.4 0.3 4.0 3.6 0.88 133
1950 28 60 28 .682 3.36 129 96 23 65 7 5 807.0 767 346 301 33 357 315 17 3 20 3458 134 1.393 8.6 0.4 4.0 3.5 0.88 134
1951 29 78 39 .667 3.34 165 125 27 76 10 7 1028.0 996 445 381 44 434 392 17 3 22 4388 135 1.391 8.7 0.4 3.8 3.4 0.90 135
1952 30 90 51 .638 3.38 198 154 30 91 13 9 1242.0 1203 539 467 57 523 499 22 3 27 5308 130 1.390 8.7 0.4 3.8 3.6 0.95 130
1953 31 111 59 .653 3.33 236 188 32 103 18 9 1483.0 1420 637 549 72 639 635 26 3 34 6344 131 1.388 8.6 0.4 3.9 3.9 0.99 131
1954 32 114 66 .633 3.35 255 203 34 107 19 9 1575.1 1524 682 587 79 674 673 27 3 39 6753 130 1.395 8.7 0.5 3.9 3.8 1.00 130
1955 33 116 69 .627 3.48 268 212 36 107 19 10 1621.1 1586 726 627 91 699 1 691 28 3 39 6980 125 1.409 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.99 125
1956 34 123 75 .621 3.50 289 232 36 113 20 10 1752.2 1715 797 682 104 758 3 732 28 3 41 7547 125 1.411 8.8 0.5 3.9 3.8 0.97 125

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1947 25 1 4 .200 6.84 50.0 62 42 38 1 28 23 1 1.800 11.2 5.0 4.1 0.82 0.2 15
1948 26 16 8 .667 2.90 220.0 204 79 71 7 90 80 4 1.336 8.3 3.7 3.3 0.89 0.3 35
1949 27 23 10 .697 2.60 301.0 255 97 87 8 132 124 5 1.286 7.6 3.9 3.7 0.94 0.2 39
1950 28 18 10 .643 2.94 260.0 230 94 85 16 100 97 7 1.269 8.0 3.5 3.4 0.97 0.6 40
1951 29 16 9 .640 2.93 227.0 223 82 74 11 75 79 0 1.313 8.8 3.0 3.1 1.05 0.4 36
1952 30 13 11 .542 3.69 217.0 215 99 89 14 92 108 5 1.415 8.9 3.8 4.5 1.17 0.6 33
1953 31 17 10 .630 2.95 247.0 221 90 81 15 118 139 4 1.372 8.1 4.3 5.1 1.18 0.5 38
1954 32 5 5 .500 3.64 94.0 107 42 38 7 36 39 1 1.521 10.2 3.4 3.7 1.08 0.7 19
1955 33 1 4 .200 6.98 49.0 64 42 38 12 26 19 1 1.837 11.8 4.8 3.5 0.73 2.2 13
1956 34 9 6 .600 3.22 137.0 125 54 49 13 57 43 0 1.328 8.2 3.7 2.8 0.75 0.9 21
10 Seasons 119 77 .607 3.25 1802.0 1706 721 650 104 754 751 28 1.365 8.5 3.8 1.00 0.5 289

* 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.

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 (387th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1948 AL--3.142--5th
1949 AL--2.773--2nd
1950 AL--3.614--7th
1951 AL--3.258--7th
1953 AL--3.062--7th

Wins s c a p y
1948 AL--15--10th
1949 AL--25--1st
1950 AL--18--4th
1951 AL--18--7th
1953 AL--21--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 AL--.652--5th
1949 AL--.781--2nd
1950 AL--.643--7th
1951 AL--.621--7th
1953 AL--.724--3rd
Career--.621--68th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1949 AL--1.327--6th
1950 AL--1.406--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 AL--7.862--6th
1953 AL--8.104--6th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL--3.136--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 AL--5.079--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 AL--295.3--1st
1950 AL--249.0--5th
1951 AL--221.0--9th
1953 AL--241.0--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1949 AL--122--7th
1953 AL--136--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1949 AL--33--3rd
1950 AL--31--6th
1951 AL--29--8th
1953 AL--34--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1948 AL--16--5th
1949 AL--27--1st
1950 AL--21--3rd
1952 AL--15--7th
1953 AL--12--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 AL--4--4th
1950 AL--2--7th
1951 AL--3--5th
1952 AL--3--8th
1953 AL--5--3rd
Career--20--244th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1949 AL--134--4th
1952 AL--89--10th
1953 AL--116--1st

Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--258--2nd
1950 AL--244--8th
1951 AL--229--7th
1953 AL--217--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 AL--.297--3rd
1949 AL--.244--1st
1950 AL--.615--6th
1951 AL--.448--3rd
1953 AL--.560--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 AL--86--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 AL--9--6th
1952 AL--5--4th
1953 AL--7--3rd
1954 AL--5--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL--4--10th
1949 AL--5--7th
1950 AL--7--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 AL--1240--1st
1950 AL--1070--6th
1951 AL--930--9th
1953 AL--1036--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1948 AL--139--5th
1949 AL--157--2nd
1950 AL--135--3rd
1951 AL--137--2nd
1953 AL--137--5th
Career--125--68th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 59 (242), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (291), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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