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: 20-13 / in Starts: 17-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 4

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	166	1	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.00	3.95	34	13	10	4	2	3	77			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.491	3.13	0.80%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
2	167	7	Apr 20	BOS		WSH	W,6-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	13	3	3	2	5	0	0	1.62	2.99	38	9	9	1	1	13	44			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.104	4.31	-0.21%	0.20	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a3
3	168	12	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,5-3	GS-7		9	6.2	10	3	3	5	2	1	0	2.31	3.85	34	6	11	3	1	10	39			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.39	-0.119	5.20	-0.27%	0.04	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
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
4	169	17	May 5	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	GS-10	L(2-1)	4	9.2	7	3	3	4	2	1	0	2.45	4.06	39	19	7	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	3	0	2	1.60	0.124	7.40	0.34%	2.61	1t start tie	10t --3 2 out d1
5	170	23	May 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-2)	5	8.0	9	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.20	3.49	33	10	9	0	3	9	65			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.95	0.191	3.50	0.42%	2.49	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	171	28	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	L(2-3)	5	8.2	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.17	3.12	34	13	7	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.64	-0.240	5.00	-0.44%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
7	172	30	May 19	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	3.11	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.37	0.092	9.53	0.16%	0.22	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
8	173	34	May 26	BOS		NYY	W,6-3	CG	W(3-3)	6	9.0	9	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.29	3.10	36	14	7	1	0	9	61			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.213	3.79	0.46%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	174	38	May 30(2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-3)	3	6.2	7	2	2	5	3	0	0	2.33	3.17	33	9	11	0	3	5	50			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.104	4.11	0.23%	0.88	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out a3
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	175	43	Jun 4	BOS		CLE	W,13-11	GS-5		4	4.0	4	7	7	4	4	1	0	3.10	3.37	20	2	6	3	0	4	26			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.277	2.79	-0.73%	-4.64	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out a3
11	176	49	Jun 9	BOS		DET	W,9-8	GS-1		4	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.60	3.59	6	1	0	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.334	3.79	-0.75%	-4.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
12	177	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	5-GF		0	4.2	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.50	3.48	21	8	4	1	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.125	3.23	-0.30%	-1.11	5t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 3
13	178	53	Jun 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-4)	3	7.1	4	4	3	4	3	1	1	3.51	3.65	29	13	4	2	0	4	55			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	-0.014	5.50	-0.04%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
14	179	55	Jun 15(2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.50	3.68	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.66	0.165	35.66	0.41%	0.42	9b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
15	180	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-1	L(4-5)	4	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.70	3.71	3	0	0	0	0	2	38			1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.040	5.09	-0.10%	-0.40	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out tie
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	181	72	Jul 4(1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	W(5-5)	13	9.0	9	5	5	2	4	3	0	3.83	3.98	36	14	7	0	1	9	51			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.066	1.41	0.12%	-0.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
17	182	77	Jul 11(2)	BOS		DET	W,5-3	CG	W(6-5)	6	9.0	4	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.75	3.75	32	11	10	0	5	4	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	0.263	2.06	0.28%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	183	83	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.69	3.64	39	13	7	2	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	3	0	1	0	0	0	.91	0.144	2.94	0.28%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	184	88	Jul 22	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-9		5	9.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	3.49	3.60	37	15	11	0	0	4	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.22	0.354	4.77	0.83%	3.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
20	185	93	Jul 27(1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-8	GS-4	L(7-6)	4	4.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.67	3.58	22	3	5	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.207	3.83	-0.49%	-2.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
21	186	98	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	W(8-6)	4	9.0	8	1	1	5	3	0	0	3.49	3.57	38	12	10	0	0	8	65			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.496	5.24	1.02%	3.18	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
22	187	104	Aug 9	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	GS-9		7	8.0	3	1	1	7	2	0	0	3.35	3.62	33	15	6	0	0	3	67			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.121	7.32	0.35%	1.53	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out tie
23	188	107	Aug 13	BOS		PHA	W,4-0	SHO	W(9-6)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.15	3.55	31	16	5	1	0	3	82			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.399	2.17	0.68%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
24	189	110	Aug 15	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.55	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	0.105	24.14	0.37%	0.44	8t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out a1
25	190	112	Aug 17	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(9-7)	1	9.0	8	3	1	3	6	0	0	3.02	3.47	37	8	12	1	0	8	66			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.029	6.21	-0.09%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	191	118	Aug 23	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(10-7)	5	9.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.02	3.45	33	12	12	1	1	6	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.269	3.24	0.36%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
27	192	122	Aug 27	BOS		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.86	3.41	34	9	10	2	0	6	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.255	2.21	0.57%	4.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
28	193	129	Sep 2(1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(11-8)	5	8.0	9	5	5	4	4	1	0	2.98	3.46	36	10	9	1	2	9	44			0	0	0	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	.57	-0.284	.94	-0.28%	-1.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
29	194	134	Sep 6(1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	8	4	3	3	5	0	1	2.98	3.42	36	13	6	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	3	0	0	.76	0.226	.03	0.01%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
30	195	138	Sep 10	BOS	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-6	L(12-9)	3	6.0	12	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.17	3.39	31	10	8	1	0	11	24			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.258	.02	0.00%	-3.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
31	196	143	Sep 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(12-10)	4	8.0	8	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.22	3.35	37	11	5	0	0	8	53			0	0	0	31	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.45	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	197	147	Sep 20	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-10	GS-4	L(12-11)	4	3.2	8	8	8	1	3	0	2	3.50	3.35	21	4	4	2	0	7	15			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-4.61	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d6
33	198	150	Sep 24(2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-8	GS-4	L(12-12)	3	3.2	8	7	4	3	1	2	1	3.61	3.50	23	5	5	1	1	8	21			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.331	.00	0.00%	-5.45	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d7
							20-13		W-L:12-12,Sv:2,Hld:1	3.8	214.1	207	94	86	89	107	13	5	3.61	3.50	920	1.38		5%	4%	201	53	7	29%	7	2	0	812	30	6	9	23	0	14	1.12	1.258	3.46	3.99%	10.83

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