Mel Parnell
Boston Red Sox 1947–1956
Percentile snapshot
1953 season — qualified pitchers
of 59 qualified 1953 pitchers (min 153 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | -105.7 | -69.9 | .052 | -1.2 |
| 1948 | 35 | 83 | 80 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .173 | .175 | .348 | -26.6 | -8.8 | .165 | 4.7 |
| 1949 | 39 | 127 | 114 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .274 | .281 | .554 | 31.0 | 42.7 | .264 | 8.6 |
| 1950 | 40 | 107 | 98 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .240 | .245 | .485 | 8.9 | 19.6 | .232 | 5.9 |
| 1951 | 37 | 92 | 81 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .309 | .364 | .346 | .709 | 84.6 | 84.5 | .339 | 5.7 |
| 1952 | 35 | 90 | 84 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .156 | .155 | .310 | -34.5 | -16.0 | .155 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 38 | 104 | 94 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .223 | .255 | .266 | .521 | 27.7 | 37.8 | .245 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 19 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .088 | .139 | .118 | .257 | -56.3 | -31.8 | .130 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 73.0 | 77.9 | .316 | -1.3 |
| 1956 | 21 | 52 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .188 | .174 | .361 | -23.3 | -8.0 | .175 | 2.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 50.7 | 6.39 | 1.717 | 4.09 | 3.43 | 87.9 | 61.0 | -1.2 |
| 1948 | 35 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 205 | 74 | 90 | 77 | 7 | 212.0 | 3.14 | 1.392 | 3.27 | 3.78 | 85.3 | 141.1 | 4.7 |
| 1949 | 39 | 33 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 258 | 91 | 134 | 122 | 8 | 295.3 | 2.77 | 1.327 | 3.72 | 3.43 | 77.2 | 160.2 | 8.6 |
| 1950 | 40 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 244 | 100 | 106 | 93 | 17 | 249.0 | 3.61 | 1.406 | 3.36 | 4.21 | 85.1 | 137.1 | 5.9 |
| 1951 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 229 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 11 | 221.0 | 3.26 | 1.385 | 3.14 | 3.57 | 79.7 | 137.6 | 5.7 |
| 1952 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 207 | 86 | 89 | 107 | 13 | 214.0 | 3.62 | 1.383 | 4.50 | 3.47 | 89.1 | 107.7 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 38 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 217 | 82 | 116 | 136 | 15 | 241.0 | 3.06 | 1.382 | 5.08 | 3.74 | 89.6 | 136.3 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 7 | 92.3 | 3.70 | 1.505 | 3.70 | 3.71 | 91.7 | 109.2 | 1.1 |
| 1955 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 40 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 46.0 | 7.83 | 1.891 | 3.52 | 6.73 | 158.5 | 54.3 | -1.3 |
| 1956 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 55 | 59 | 41 | 13 | 131.3 | 3.77 | 1.431 | 2.81 | 4.52 | 99.1 | 120.9 | 2.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951-05-23 | BAL @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1951-08-23 | BOS @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1952-08-27 | DET @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1952-09-15 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1949-07-27 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-05-12 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 11.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1953-06-20 | BAL @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 1953-08-16 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 8.1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1953-09-25 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1952-09-15 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.