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	28-11 / in Starts: 25-8
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 127 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	86 (44-28-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 127 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (44-27-13)

Most Driven In
A Zarilla	4
B Goodman	4
B Doerr	1
T O'Brien	1
M Batts	1
B Tebbetts	0
L Stringer	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	3
T Williams	2
D DiMaggio	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	51	3 (2)	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.44	0.089	3.05	0.11%	1.65	P
2	52	7 (3)	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	9	.75	-0.044	1.46	-0.05%	-0.46	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
3	53	12 (4)	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	.42	-0.041	1.02	-0.06%	-0.46	P
4	54	16 (3)	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	9	1.41	-0.205	2.94	-0.26%	-0.86	P
5	55	21 (4)	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	9	1.46	-0.100	2.57	-0.11%	-0.46	P
6	56	25 (3)	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.304	.348	.652	9	1.18	-0.075	2.25	-0.09%	-0.64	P
7	57	29 (3)	May 22	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.321	.607	9	2.87	0.131	6.43	0.18%	-0.77	P
8	58	33 (3)	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.267	.267	.300	.567	9	.86	0.022	1.95	0.03%	-0.13	P
9	59	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.303	.576	9	2.20	0.075	6.29	0.13%	0.31	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
10	60	41 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.257	.257	.286	.543	9						P
11	61	45 (3)	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.237	.263	.500	9	1.16	-0.091	2.30	-0.11%	-0.86	P
12	62	49 (3)	Jun 12 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.256	.256	.302	.558	9						P
13	63	53 (3)	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9	.89	0.029	1.26	0.02%	0.18	P
14	64	56 (2)	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9						P
15	65	59 (2)	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	9	.58	-0.098	1.39	-0.14%	-1.48	P
16	66	63 (3)	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,13-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.264	.491	9	.38	-0.055	.82	-0.07%	-1.09	P
17	67	67 (3)	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.232	.268	.500	9	1.49	-0.094	4.25	-0.16%	-0.42	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	68	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.237	.288	.525	9	1.24	0.162	1.34	0.11%	1.46	P
19	69	77 (4)	Jul 9	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	9	.54	-0.032	.58	-0.02%	0.21	P
20	70	82 (4)	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.279	.515	9	.21	-0.025	.27	-0.02%	-0.73	P
21	71	88 (5)	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.236	.278	.514	9						P
22	72	93 (4)	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.303	.566	9	.41	0.002	.72	0.00%	0.60	P
23	73	97 (3)	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.303	.566	9						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
24	74	99 (1)	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.300	.563	9	1.16	-0.028	2.95	-0.04%	-0.37	P
25	75	104 (4)	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.286	.536	9	.50	-0.054	1.61	-0.11%	-0.98	P
26	76	108 (3)	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.259	.286	.545	9	.44	0.012	2.02	0.03%	0.14	P
27	77	112 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.256	.273	.291	.563	9	.92	0.077	3.36	0.17%	0.30	P
28	78	118 (5)	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.284	.551	9	.58	-0.039	2.71	-0.11%	-1.03	P
29	79	122 (3)	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.239	.255	.272	.527	9	.63	0.008	3.55	0.03%	-0.59	P
Sep/Oct		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
30	80	130 (7)	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.268	.284	.552	9	.67	0.049	4.71	0.21%	0.49	P
31	81	134 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.277	.293	.570	9	.52	0.050	3.88	0.22%	0.09	P
32	82	138 (3)	Sep 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.255	.276	.284	.561	9	.13	-0.013	1.03	-0.06%	-0.42	P
33	83	141 (2)	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,7-4	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.276	.284	.561	9	.41	-0.004	2.59	-0.02%	-0.23	P
34	84	143 (1)	Sep 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.266	.274	.540	9	1.42	-0.056	10.04	-0.24%	-1.29	P
35	85	146 (2)	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.277	.284	.561	9	.86	0.050	5.40	0.19%	0.61	P
36	86	149 (2)	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.278	.286	.564	9	.83	-0.023	19.23	-0.32%	-0.37	P
37	87	152 (2)	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.278	.286	.564	9						P
38	88	154 (1)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.274	.281	.554	9	1.00	-0.054	45.20	-1.45%	-1.03	P
39	89	155	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.274	.281	.554	9						P
							28-11		127	114	9	29	3	0	0	13	3	0	10	0	10		1	4	0	0	.254	.274	.281	.554		.96	-0.375	4.02	-2.00%	-8.63

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