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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Team Record in Appearances: 19-16 / in Starts: 19-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 6

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	16	2	Apr 19(2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.021	.63	0.03%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
2	17	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	7-GF	L(0-1)	2	2.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.91	1.67	11	3	3	0	2	3		2	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	-0.147	4.30	-0.19%	0.36	7t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
3	18	5	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	5-6		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	1.56	4	1	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.013	.27	0.02%	0.98	5b 12- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
4	19	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-1)	1	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.29	2.04	32	13	7	1	0	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.369	1.35	0.40%	4.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	20	13	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GS-8		8	7.2	10	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.08	2.71	31	10	8	0	3	10	44			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.10	0.017	2.56	0.02%	1.01	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d2
6	21	20	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7		6	7.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.51	2.86	31	8	12	1	2	8	48			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.020	1.59	0.02%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	22	23	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	6-GF(8)		5	2.1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	2.61	2.73	11	5	0	0	0	4		1	1	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.304	1.11	-0.33%	-2.56	6b -2- 2 out tie	8b end d 4
8	23	30	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	5-5		6	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.13	2.73	5	1	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.159	1.24	-0.10%	-2.17	5b -2- 0 out d1	5b -2- 2 out d4
9	24	32	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	2	8.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.95	2.58	30	11	5	1	1	6	64			1	2	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.073	1.05	0.04%	2.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	25	39	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	CG	L(1-3)	4	9.0	9	3	2	0	2	1	0	2.77	2.80	37	15	11	0	0	9	61			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.134	.69	0.05%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	26	45	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	L(1-4)	5	8.0	5	2	2	4	5	1	1	2.70	3.11	34	8	11	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.79	0.146	.88	0.10%	2.47	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
12	27	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(2-4)	6	9.0	7	3	3	6	3	0	0	2.74	3.25	38	13	9	0	0	7	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.45	0.154	1.29	0.08%	1.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
13	28	53	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	4	3	2	5	2	0	0	2.65	3.33	37						66						31	2	0	0		0
14	29	57	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	GS-4		4	3.1	5	5	4	2	0	1	0	3.00	3.55	17	8	2	0	0	5	30			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.408	1.69	-0.45%	-3.80	1b start a 2	4b --3 1 out tie
15	30	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-5	L(3-5)	3	5.0	10	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.36	3.53	27	9	5	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	24	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.01	-0.169	2.37	-0.24%	-2.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	31	69	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	9-9	BS(1)	7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.53	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.24	-0.392	10.29	-0.39%	-1.60	9t 123 1 out a2	9t 1-3 1 out tie
17	32	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(4-5)	0	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.13	3.48	36	16	8	2	0	8	67			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.02	0.462	1.40	0.38%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	33	74	Jul 11(2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	7-GF(7)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.10	3.45	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.026	1.07	0.04%	0.54	7b --- 0 out d2	7b end d 2
19	34	76	Jul 15(2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.91	3.31	33	10	13	2	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.512	1.90	0.56%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	35	81	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.76	3.30	33						70						31	1	1	0		0
21	36	89	Jul 24(2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	6	1	0	0	2.63	3.39	39	11	14	4	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.51	0.581	9.83	2.27%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	37	94	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-1		5	0.1	4	6	5	3	0	0	0	2.99	3.46	9	2	0	0	0	4	18			0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.77	-0.584	13.42	-2.66%	-6.91	1b start a 3	1b -23 1 out d3
23	38	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	9-GF(11)	BL(7-6)	0	2.2	3	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.00	3.51	14	3	4	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.58	-0.388	29.58	-1.92%	-0.90	9b 12- 0 out a2	11b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	39	99	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-1		3	0.1	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.43	3.53	7	2	0	0	0	4	16			0	0	0	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.350	5.27	-1.14%	-5.02	1b start a 6	1b 1-- 1 out a1
25	40	103	Aug 8(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	7	1	1	5	2	0	0	3.26	3.56	37	16	7	0	0	7	66			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.66	0.302	2.84	0.78%	3.60	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
26	41	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	4	2	2	5	1	0	0	3.18	3.60	36	15	11	2	0	4	67			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.318	2.89	0.98%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
27	42	113	Aug 20(1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9		6	9.0	5	4	2	6	2	0	0	3.11	3.64	37	16	8	0	0	5	61			1	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.56	-0.126	2.66	-0.36%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
28	43	119	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	10	4	2	3	2	0	0	3.05	3.62	41	10	16	1	0	10	54			0	0	0	38	4	1	1	0	0	1	1.38	0.142	15.89	0.98%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
29	44	124	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	8	4	4	7	6	0	0	3.10	3.63	42						54						35	1	0	0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	45	129	Sep 6(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	W(12-6)	5	9.0	12	6	3	0	6	0	0	3.10	3.52	39	11	10	0	0	12	51			0	0	0	39	4	0	0	1	0	1	.34	0.123	2.99	0.65%	-1.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
31	46	135	Sep 11(2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	6	6	0	1	2.99	3.53	39	14	7	1	2	5	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.89	0.644	16.20	3.32%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	47	139	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-	L(13-7)	4	7.0	11	3	3	3	2	2	0	3.03	3.66	36						42						31	2	0	0		0
33	48	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	11	2	1	3	4	0	1	2.94	3.64	39	14	6	1	0	11	60			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	3	0	0	.37	0.153	4.92	1.22%	2.93	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
34	49	149	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-3	L(14-8)	4	3.0	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.07	3.72	15	5	1	0	0	4	34			0	0	0	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	.70	-0.221	14.74	-2.78%	-2.42	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
35	50	152	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	GS-7	W(15-8)	3	6.2	7	3	3	4	3	1	1	3.10	3.79	30	8	7	1	0	7	47			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.245	9.86	1.60%	0.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a4
							19-16		W-L:15-8,BSv:2	3.8	212.0	205	87	73	90	77	7	4	3.10	3.79	915	1.36		4%	2%	173	54	11	55%	4	3	1	811	33	8	10	20	0	9	1.05	1.207	5.14	2.97%	16.05

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