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: 28-11 / in Starts: 25-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 2

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	51	3	Apr 21	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	0.00	2.73	35	12	8	0	0	6	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.28	0.574	2.72	0.73%	4.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	52	7	Apr 25	BOS		WSH	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.51	34	13	8	1	2	7	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.631	2.40	0.74%	5.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
3	53	12	May 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,11-2	CG(8)	W(3-0)	5	8.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	0.69	2.43	32	20	0	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.155	1.39	0.23%	2.22	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a9
4	54	16	May 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(12)	L(3-1)	5	11.1	9	4	4	8	3	0	1	1.45	3.02	50	20	9	0	0	9	59			2	0	0	38	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.78	0.210	3.72	0.26%	0.62	1b start tie	12b 123 1 out d1
5	55	21	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(4-1)	4	11.0	7	1	0	3	11	0	1	1.12	2.70	44	12	10	0	1	7	89			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.908	2.97	0.96%	4.57	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
6	56	25	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	5	0	0	1.41	2.65	33	11	7	1	0	7	63			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.061	3.03	0.07%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
7	57	29	May 22	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG(12)	W(6-1)	4	12.0	9	2	1	6	1	0	0	1.30	2.86	50	19	15	0	0	9	73			0	0	0	43	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.72	0.943	3.84	1.27%	4.84	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
8	58	33	May 26	BOS		SLB	W,7-5	GS-8		3	7.2	10	5	5	5	3	0	0	1.75	2.94	38	12	8	0	0	10	37			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.49	-0.260	3.36	-0.35%	0.02	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out d1
9	59	37	May 30(2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(7-1)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	6	0	0	1.88	2.86	36	13	7	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.114	3.61	0.20%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	60	41	Jun 4	BOS	@	DET	L,9-10	GS-		4	5.2	6	5	5	6	0	0	1	2.26	3.07	29						31						22	2	0	0		0
11	61	45	Jun 7	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(7-2)	2	8.0	10	6	6	7	4	0	0	2.62	3.15	40	11	8	0	0	10	35			0	0	0	33	4	0	1	1	0	0	.72	-0.208	1.43	-0.25%	-1.56	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
12	62	49	Jun 12(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,15-3	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	6	3	3	4	5	1	0	2.65	3.24	35						64						31	1	0	0		0
13	63	53	Jun 16	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	L(8-3)	3	9.0	7	6	5	7	1	0	0	2.83	3.34	40	15	10	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	2	0	1	.59	-0.237	.83	-0.20%	-0.87	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
14	64	56	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.82	3.34	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	0.078	4.25	0.07%	0.47	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
15	65	59	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(9-3)	2	9.0	6	1	1	4	4	1	0	2.69	3.42	34	9	11	5	0	6	71			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.285	1.71	0.41%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	66	63	Jun 25	BOS		SLB	W,13-2	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	1	2.65	3.36	36	13	9	0	0	9	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.40	0.187	.85	0.24%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
17	67	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	6.1	9	6	6	6	3	1	1	2.91	3.52	33	9	5	0	0	9	28			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	-0.287	3.28	-0.49%	-2.99	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d4
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
18	68	72	Jul 4(2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG(7)	L(10-5)	3	7.0	11	6	6	6	0	1	0	3.13	3.68	35	15	6	3	1	8	25			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	-0.364	1.46	-0.24%	-2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
19	69	77	Jul 9	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	GS-9	W(11-5)	4	8.2	11	5	5	6	4	1	0	3.25	3.76	41	11	9	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.197	1.15	0.13%	-0.12	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a2
20	70	82	Jul 16	BOS	@	DET	W,11-1	CG	W(12-5)	6	9.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.13	3.73	33	16	9	1	1	4	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	2	.33	0.130	.42	0.10%	3.75	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a10
21	71	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	W(13-5)	5	9.0	8	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.02	3.68	38						66						35	1	0	0		0
22	72	93	Jul 27	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.87	3.62	33	11	12	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.417	1.38	0.44%	5.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	73	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,6-10	9-GF(10)	L(14-6)	2	2.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.03	3.70	11	2	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	-0.326	4.25	-0.45%	-2.86	9t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 4
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	74	99	Aug 1	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	W(15-6)	1	9.0	9	3	2	2	4	1	0	2.98	3.70	35	15	5	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.47	0.422	3.73	0.64%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	75	104	Aug 6	BOS		DET	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-6)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.85	3.63	32	17	6	0	0	5	79			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.587	3.62	1.13%	5.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	76	108	Aug 11	BOS		NYY	W,7-6	6-GF	BW(17-6)	4	4.0	5	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.93	3.62	21	2	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.137	11.38	0.38%	-0.72	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
27	77	112	Aug 14(1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-3	CG	W(18-6)	2	9.0	7	3	1	6	5	0	0	2.85	3.61	42	15	10	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	36	1	0	1	0	0	2	.56	0.160	2.04	0.35%	2.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
28	78	118	Aug 20	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	W(19-6)	5	9.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.74	3.55	34	17	7	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	2	.71	0.314	3.34	0.88%	3.61	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
29	79	122	Aug 26(1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	W(20-6)	5	9.0	7	4	2	6	4	0	0	2.71	3.55	39	12	10	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.14	0.084	6.39	0.28%	0.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Sep/Oct				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	80	130	Sep 1	BOS	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-7	L(20-7)	5	7.0	12	6	6	4	3	0	0	2.85	3.54	35	13	3	2	1	12	28			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	.62	-0.172	4.34	-0.72%	-2.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
31	81	134	Sep 5(1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(21-7)	3	9.0	11	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.82	3.50	39	8	16	0	0	11	59			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.317	6.56	1.41%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	82	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	W(22-7)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.76	3.47	31	16	8	3	0	3	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.109	2.72	0.52%	3.61	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a8
33	83	141	Sep 13	BOS		DET	W,7-4	7-GF	S(2)	2	3.0	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2.73	3.50	13	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.87	0.223	11.82	0.85%	1.71	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
34	84	143	Sep 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-4	CG	W(23-7)	2	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	0	2.77	3.46	37	13	9	1	0	7	57			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.037	8.27	0.16%	1.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
35	85	146	Sep 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(24-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.74	3.44	33	15	6	1	0	8	63			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	.99	0.317	6.16	1.19%	3.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	86	149	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(25-7)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.69	3.43	31	14	8	0	1	4	74			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.457	24.28	6.33%	4.13	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	87	152	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-GF		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	3.42	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	-0.166	85.40	-1.66%	0.22	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
38	88	154	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS-5		2	4.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.77	3.40	21	5	2	0	0	8	32			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.216	56.51	-5.86%	-1.89	1b start a 1	5b 12- 0 out a1
39	89	155	Oct 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	8-8		0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.80	3.45	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.082	33.75	-4.11%	-1.39	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 0 out d2
							28-11		W-L:25-7,Sv:2,BSv:1	3.3	295.1	258	102	92	134	122	8	5	2.80	3.45	1236	1.61		3%	1%	231	59	5	20%	4	3	0	1085	41	1	7	44	0	14	1.11	5.736	5.13	5.63%	56.55

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