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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
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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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 5 409 111 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

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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 43 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 86 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 38 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 52 46 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .152 .188 .174 .361 -8 8 0 0 4 0 0 1
10 Seasons 293 729 668 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

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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 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--69th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 9 (256), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 100 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 44 (297), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

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