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: 13-8 / in Starts: 13-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	269	13	May 4	BOS		DET	W,6-4	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	14	4	4	2	7	1	0	4.32	2.97	39	8	8	2	1	14	44			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.268	2.48	0.37%	1.67	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
2	270	18	May 10	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(1-1)	5	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	2	0	3.12	4.27	37	15	11	2	0	7	63			0	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.284	3.68	0.50%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	271	23	May 16	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	GS-2		5	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.26	4.75	9	3	3	2	0	3	46			0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.008	2.14	-0.01%	0.06	1b start tie	2b 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
4	272	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS-9	W(2-1)	37	8.1	7	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.25	4.25	36	11	11	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.179	1.16	0.14%	0.77	1b start a 1	9b 12- 1 out a3
5	273	65	Jun 29	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	GS-5		5	5.0	3	6	1	5	3	1	0	3.03	4.64	25	7	7	2	0	3	45			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	2	2	1.39	-0.420	1.66	-0.30%	-3.62	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
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
6	274	72	Jul 4(2)	BOS		NYY	L,4-9	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	10	6	6	3	1	2	0	3.86	5.07	33	12	7	1	0	10	31			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.173	1.36	-0.21%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
7	275	79	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-2)	9	9.0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.14	4.53	28	15	7	1	0	0	89			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.468	.95	0.35%	5.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	276	85	Jul 18	BOS		KCA	W,7-4	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	7	4	1	1	5	0	0	2.81	4.07	33	16	4	0	0	7	67			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.24	0.227	1.04	0.11%	1.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	277	90	Jul 24	BOS	@	KCA	W,3-2	GS-		5	7.0	7	2	1	1	2	1	0	2.64	4.07	28						58						27			0		0
10	278	96	Jul 29(2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6		4	5.1	3	2	2	5	1	0	0	2.70	4.13	23	8	6	1	0	3	50			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.46	0.011	1.13	0.01%	0.56	1b start a 1	6b 123 1 out a1
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
11	279	101	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	1	0	6	1	0	0	2.39	4.13	36	14	11	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	4	0	3	.91	0.188	.75	0.09%	3.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
12	280	106	Aug 8	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	8	2	0	6	0	0	0	2.15	4.15	40	14	12	4	0	8	61			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.405	2.43	0.39%	3.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
13	281	111	Aug 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	GS-3	L(6-3)	5	3.0	6	5	5	0	2	2	0	2.57	4.34	14	6	0	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	.65	-0.273	1.09	-0.28%	-3.48	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
14	282	117	Aug 19(2)	BOS		WSH	L,10-11	GS-4		4	3.1	8	5	4	3	1	0	0	2.86	4.34	21	6	4	1	0	7	24			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.336	.13	-0.03%	-3.66	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out tie
15	283	120	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.70	4.29	31	15	10	2	0	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	0.614	.13	0.04%	4.26	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	284	125	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,3-6	GS-6	L(7-4)	4	6.0	9	5	4	2	2	1	0	2.88	4.32	27	9	6	1	1	8	36			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	2	0	0	.84	-0.125	.12	-0.01%	-1.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
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
17	285	130	Sep 3(1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS-1		5	0.0	2	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.13	4.37	5	1	0	0	0	2	30			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.53	-0.335	.05	-0.01%	-3.84	1b start a 4	1b 123 0 out a2
18	286	134	Sep 7(1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-9		3	8.0	7	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.30	4.32	34	12	10	3	0	7	45			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.308	.00	0.00%	-0.57	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
19	287	141	Sep 14(1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS-6	L(7-5)	6	5.1	6	6	6	7	3	1	0	3.60	4.47	28	6	6	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.00	-0.186	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
20	288	145	Sep 16(2)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-8	5-8	L(7-6)	1	2.2	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.81	4.44	14	3	3	1	0	7		3	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.57	5b 123 2 out tie	8b 12- 1 out d2
21	289	154	Sep 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS-6		12	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.84	4.38	27	8	9	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.093	.00	0.00%	0.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
							13-8		W-L:7-6	4.4	131.1	129	71	56	59	41	13	0	3.84	4.38	568	1.40		8%	1%	119	50	3	0%	0	3	0	504	15	4	2	17	2	15	1.11	0.332	1.15	1.17%	3.64

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