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	19-16 / in Starts: 19-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 83 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	59 (26-20-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 83 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-9)

Most Driven In
B Goodman	3
M Batts	2
B Tebbetts	1
S Spence	1
W Moses	1
B Doerr	0

Most Driven In By
J Pesky	3
D DiMaggio	3

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 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	16	2 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
2	17	3	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.91	-0.050	4.12	-0.07%	-0.26	P
3	18	5 (1)	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	19	7 (1)	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.081	1.07	-0.09%	-2.00	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	20	13 (5)	May 5	BOS		DET	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.24	-0.078	2.89	-0.11%	-0.58	P
6	21	20 (6)	May 12	BOS		CHW	W,6-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.42	-0.074	1.89	-0.06%	-0.71	P
7	22	23 (2)	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,7-10	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	23	30 (6)	May 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-9	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
9	24	32 (1)	May 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.90	0.073	.80	0.04%	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
10	25	39 (6)	Jun 2	BOS		SLB	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.28	-0.118	.73	-0.04%	-1.09	P
11	26	45 (5)	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	L,0-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.53	-0.124	1.70	-0.08%	-1.10	P
12	27	49 (3)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	1.87	-0.032	1.66	-0.02%	-0.77	P
13	28	53 (3)	Jun 20	BOS	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.080	.080	.080	.160	9						P
14	29	57 (3)	Jun 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.074	.074	.074	.148	9	.85	-0.076	1.57	-0.08%	-1.16	P
15	30	60 (2)	Jun 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	1.32	-0.032	3.11	-0.05%	-0.31	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
16	31	69 (8)	Jul 7	BOS		WSH	L,6-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9						P
17	32	70	Jul 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.065	.065	.065	.129	9	1.09	-0.088	1.50	-0.07%	-1.37	P
18	33	74 (3)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	7-GF(8)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.065	.065	.065	.129	9						P
19	34	76 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.088	.088	.118	.206	9	.71	0.078	1.29	0.09%	0.69	P
20	35	81 (4)	Jul 19	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.081	.081	.108	.189	9						P
21	36	89 (7)	Jul 24 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.075	.075	.100	.175	9	1.33	-0.195	8.70	-0.77%	-1.56	P
22	37	94 (4)	Jul 30	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.075	.100	.175	9						P
23	38	95	Jul 31	BOS	@	CLE	L,9-10	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.098	.098	.122	.220	9	2.34	0.050	19.34	0.25%	0.21	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	39	99 (3)	Aug 4	BOS	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.119	.143	.262	9	.69	0.035	3.73	0.11%	1.00	P
25	40	103 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,8-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.174	.326	9	.30	0.016	1.28	0.04%	0.70	P
26	41	107 (3)	Aug 13	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.160	.180	.340	9	.58	0.025	2.96	0.08%	-0.40	P
27	42	113 (5)	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.151	.151	.170	.321	9	.76	-0.065	3.61	-0.19%	-0.86	P
28	43	119 (5)	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.140	.140	.158	.298	9	.74	0.024	8.53	0.16%	-0.31	P
29	44	124 (4)	Aug 31	BOS		DET	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.148	.148	.164	.311	9						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
30	45	129 (4)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-6	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.167	.318	9	.48	-0.048	4.18	-0.25%	0.05	P
31	46	135 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.159	.174	.333	9	1.05	0.002	9.05	0.01%	-0.04	P
32	47	139 (3)	Sep 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.155	.155	.169	.324	9						P
33	48	145 (5)	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.171	.173	.344	9	.26	0.039	3.42	0.31%	1.36	P
34	49	149 (3)	Sep 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.169	.171	.340	9	.97	-0.025	20.30	-0.32%	-0.25	P
35	50	152 (2)	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,7-3	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.173	.175	.348	9	.54	-0.033	5.90	-0.22%	-0.99	P
							19-16		83	80	6	13	1	0	0	8	1	0	11	0	2		1	2	0	0	.163	.173	.175	.348		.89	-0.777	3.82	-1.31%	-9.20

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