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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	25-13 / in Starts: 23-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	70 (40-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-21-10)

Most Driven In
T Umphlett	3
J Piersall	2
S White	2
T Lepcio	1
G Stephens	1
F Baker	0

Most Driven In By
J Piersall	3
G Kell	1
H Evers	1
J Lipon	1
B Goodman	0

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	202	1	Apr 16	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.28	0.024	3.12	0.04%	0.42	P
2	203	4 (2)	Apr 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.87	-0.015	2.04	-0.02%	-0.45	P
3	204	10 (5)	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.09	-0.036	2.02	-0.04%	-0.31	P
4	205	12 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	DET	W,10-4	GS-9	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	9	.15	-0.015	.30	-0.02%	-0.08	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	206	17 (4)	May 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.231	.333	.308	.641	9	.72	0.101	2.23	0.19%	0.49	P
6	207	22 (4)	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.250	.528	9	1.42	-0.088	3.92	-0.15%	-0.80	P
7	208	27 (4)	May 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.316	.649	9	.16	0.004	.38	0.01%	0.37	P
8	209	31 (3)	May 22 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.304	.286	.590	9	1.11	-0.060	3.13	-0.10%	-0.68	P
9	210	37 (5)	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.304	.624	9	1.04	0.005	2.68	0.01%	0.05	P
10	211	42 (4)	May 31 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	9	.64	0.058	1.27	0.07%	0.55	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	212	45 (2)	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	9	.38	-0.010	.59	-0.01%	-0.10	P
12	213	47 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	9	.82	-0.064	1.00	-0.05%	-0.67	P
13	214	51 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.286	.583	9	.26	0.080	.26	0.05%	0.29	P
14	215	57 (5)	Jun 14 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.263	.538	9	2.00	-0.159	1.80	-0.09%	-1.07	P
15	216	62 (4)	Jun 20	BOS		SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.268	.302	.293	.595	9	1.16	0.096	.79	0.04%	1.26	P
16	217	68 (5)	Jun 25	BOS		CLE	L,4-15	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.311	.302	.613	9	1.29	0.024	1.41	0.02%	0.09	P
17	218	69	Jun 26	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.311	.302	.613	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	219	73 (3)	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.283	.574	9	.90	-0.070	1.14	-0.05%	-0.94	P
19	220	78 (4)	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.288	.300	.588	9	.30	0.003	.10	0.00%	0.13	P
20	221	82 (3)	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.268	.278	.546	9	.49	-0.105	.40	-0.05%	-2.07	P
21	222	86 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.268	.278	.546	9						P
22	223	87	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.254	.263	.517	9	1.02	-0.079	.61	-0.03%	-0.69	P
23	224	88	Jul 17	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.254	.263	.517	9						P
24	225	91 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.250	.259	.509	9	.41	-0.011	.33	-0.01%	-0.35	P
25	226	92	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.242	.250	.492	9	1.99	-0.122	1.99	-0.07%	-0.74	P
26	227	98 (5)	Jul 26 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.242	.250	.492	9						P
27	228	101 (2)	Jul 30	BOS		CHW	L,1-17	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.238	.246	.484	9	.92	-0.024	.96	-0.02%	-0.24	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	229	103 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		DET	L,3-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.238	.246	.484	9						P
29	230	109 (5)	Aug 7	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.258	.266	.523	9	1.62	0.137	.16	0.01%	1.27	P
30	231	113 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.257	.265	.522	9	.84	-0.069	.07	0.00%	-0.34	P
31	232	119 (5)	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.257	.264	.521	9	.54	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.07	P
32	233	126 (6)	Aug 23	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.269	.289	.559	6	1.40	0.368	.02	0.00%	2.38	P
33	234	129 (2)	Aug 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.259	.278	.538	6	1.40	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	235	134 (4)	Sep 2	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.232	.250	.268	.518	9	1.05	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
35	236	138 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.253	.271	.523	9	.54	0.053	.00	0.00%	0.50	P
36	237	144 (5)	Sep 13	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.261	.506	9	1.13	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
37	238	149 (4)	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.255	.256	.511	9	1.09	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.16	P
38	239	151 (1)	Sep 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.223	.255	.266	.521	9	.82	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
							25-13		104	94	7	21	4	0	0	9	4	0	16	0	6		2	0	1	0	.223	.255	.266	.521		.91	-0.307	.90	-0.28%	-5.10

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